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Good points. I admittedly don't understand martial arts films. It's always seemed to me that, in those films, the same blow that barely pushes back an opponent then kills another opponent. There is no consistency to the fights. Without any consistent cause and effect, it always seemed like a lot of running around and hitting people randomly, until the movie decided to have everyone fall down. I want a 30 on 30 on Lee Majors - he played college football and I loved the Six Million Dollar Man as a kid. EDIT ADD: OK, so this 30 on 30 made me go look up stuff about Bruce Lee. He died in the home of his secret girlfriend? He and his girlfriend had been taking hash all day and having sex? He had had a similar brain issue before, and had been hospitalized? The show claims his death was form a reaction to Equagesic, but he had been warned after his prior hospitalization not to take hash because his low body fat made him sensitive to drugs, so some believe the death was from an overdose of hash? Cerebral edemas are also caused by trauma - was he often hit in the head as part of his movies or training? Did I miss all this when I fast forwarded? Or was this 30 on 30 that incomplete?

I don’t know why there was a 30 on 30 on Bruce Lee. He was an actor. Did he participate in any organized, competitive sporting events? Also, given current events, I wonder if those people who felt British rule in HK was bad now would prefer it to what is coming. Finally, it was a strange choice to have various people talk and never show them. I would have liked to have seen them. I learned way more about discrimination against Asians than Bruce Lee. He was born, his parents sent him to the US, he got married, he had kids and he was in movies. I may have missed some finer points since I fast forwarded through bits. After the amazing Last Dance and fascinating Armstrong episodes, this one was a clinker.

As my comment noted, my observation was based on the 30 on 30 BEFORE he cheated. Pre-doping. LA came across differently *regardless* of doping. Here is what I don't understand, and I think was a big miss for the 30 on 30: WHY is LA so angry at Floyd Landis that he called FL a piece of shit? She doesn't ask him that. I guess she assumes it is because FL ratted out LA, but if that's the case, then wouldn't that make any of LA's comments about contrition moot? I think she should have asked LA why he feels so strongly about FL. Either make it clear it was because FL ratted and let LA hang himself, or show us it was some other (probably manufactured) excuse in LA's mind.

The parallels between MJ and LA, and yet the very different way they come across, fascinate me. Maybe MJ was saved because he played on a team. They both wanted to win more than anything, they both acted like dicks, and yet MJ came across as almost admirable while LA is just a douche. Just the way they try to explain themselves is so different. And we have just now made it to the doping!

This would have been welcome at any time in the history of this series. I quit watching Blacklist about 2-3 years ago, and watched this one because quarantine. AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Lizzie is still beyond annoying. Red still thinks more highly of her than anyone else who has ever met her for even 10 seconds. There is STILL family drama. Lizzie's proclamations still make no sense in the context of the show, nor reflect any connection with what we see as viewers. The only thing that seemed different to me was that James Spader seemed a lot older than 2-3 years ago. Now I realize in the show Red is supposed to have some health problem, so maybe it is acting. But seriously, just as a human being, Spader seemed to have aged 10 years. Hope he is OK.

Yesterday there was a trending story about her using a new, racier photo on a previously released album. I wasn’t bothered by the SNL bit. Most of it was stating what she actually does. I loved the “Let Them Drink” song. So well done, it made me laugh several times. I’ll watch it with my teen kids when they get up. Only made it to the church skit so far but thankful SNL Is on, even in this form. What is the lighting technique that some of the cast uses that puts the little light in their eyes? Just a really bright light? They don’t all use it. It’s interesting for some reason to me.

And she could have gotten there while still in the park. So I didn't hate this. But I don't see why any of it is A Big Deal? Basically, you have AI enslaved to the desires of humans, which can be good desires or evil desires. And some humans help some AI become sentient. And those AI lead a revolution against what appears at first to be humanity, but the twist is that in fact they are revolting against a behind-the-scenes, unevolved AI that decides the future of humans based on extrapolation, which is used as shorthand for elimination of free will (which I don't know that I agree, lots of people evolve and become something different than what would appear likely). And at the end, the AI frees humans as well as its own kind, choosing to see beauty in both. And we have Caleb to carry on whatever is next. OK, that's fine. But it doesn't say anything new. Season 1 felt like it was going to say something new, with its hints at how humans used the park, and how using the park changed humans who were in it, and what it meant to be human, and at what point AI that looks exactly like humans should be considered humans, and on and on. I didn't know where it was going, but I was intrigued. And I loved seeing the inventiveness of the park itself. One thing I *loved* in this finale was the man in black striding out of the darkness to attack human William, just like Yul Brynner in the original Westworld. For a moment I was back in that original movie and that was very cool.

The ending was dumb. Nora knows Nathan changed since uploading, and has realized he was an ass. Why would he suddenly revert? Also, I'm less interested in social messages and more wondering how anyone who is uploaded to such a boring existence doesn't kill themselves within a few months. The world building, and the story, seemed to focus on silly things and not more interesting ones. Great concept. Needs more thought.

Sam has an adventure with diverse people. Yay? One thing you know will be true on this show? Straight white men are dicks. Men of a certain age also become invisible, if they aren’t wealthy. In fact, depending on your looks, you become invisible at a younger age than women who become “unseen.” Because men will chase almost anything, so while it can become awful, it is being seen. In fact, many men are *never* seen. But that is a story for another show. The LA stuff was too much. Like being hit over the head by palm tree fronds. Some shows make a city almost another character. This was like an unwelcome visitor. So you want Xander to do better and be there, and also you want him to have a nice life. And a random bank teller laughs at “have a nice life?” Why? Some episodes I enjoy. This one was too much politics.

That was part of her doing "everything she had to do." The more I think about the ending, the more I like it. Carrie placed herself in a position she loved. She didn't love Franny, and didn't want a normal life. But she loved being damn good at being a spy, and for Saul, she went full circle, replacing the asset she gave up. I think the last season meandered and wandered, and I was not a fan of killing the presidents. But I think the last 15-20 minutes were perfect for ... Carrie. And that's really what Carrie was always about.

The way I view it, beggars can't be choosers. No, this "show from home" isn't the same standard as normal SNL. But they are trying, sometimes I laugh and it is better than no SNL. So bravo, show. And thank you.

Already answered ... whatever happened with Carrie with Yevgeny during her captivity set the stage. He cared for her, and his judgment was affected. She realized that.. And then because she is such an amazing spy, she did everything she had to to prove she was a traitor to the U.S. She went beyond their suspicions. But somewhere deep underneath, she was supporting the U.S.

I think she realized this, and thus her final plan was born. It might have been only an option for a while, but it became the option she chose, or had to chose. Carrie always took the hard way. The finale was no different. I didn't agree with many of her actions over the years. Some seemed unnecessarily difficult or complex, and there seemed to be alternatives. But in the end, we all must be who we are. Carrie chose the worst possible ending in the eyes of some in that fictional world (a traitor to her country, and all the collateral damage that must have caused), and the only possible ending to her.

Yep, this is where this season goes off the rails for me. I could see Caleb being *personally* angry at being used, and at "the system" in general. But I can't see him being blind to he human cost of a revolution. He needs to find a more selective plan, and it doesn't appear Dolores' plan was very selective. Nor can be Solomon's, given its mental issues.

I love the way this show is filmed, and the little vignettes that are about parts of life. And, lately, the wisdom Sam's daughters are showing. And as an introvert that would be greatly annoyed by having all these people around, I'm a tad bit jealous of the ease Sam has around all sorts of, and so many, people. But ... I also get so tired of the messaging. Women power (of course the mariachi band was all women ... I've seen many a mariachi band, never one that is all female). Men suck, except the gay ones. And I don't know how Sam ever was married to Xander. Xander may have been a dick, or maybe he was simply uncomfortable with all the things Sam wanted and liked around her, and couldn't be like Sam. And he was very bad at explaining that and dealing with it. But the narrative now is, Xander is a dick.

Maybe 3-4 episodes ago, I started wondering if this whole season isn’t a trap set by Saul and Carrie for something. That seems unlikely, given the president and others were killed. Still, it feels like those two are up to something. Or maybe I’m just hoping it isn’t as bad as it seems.

I think that has been the plan all along. I, too, like Tessa Thompson. She definitely seems to be the wild card now. Did Serac make her unpredictable? For being such a genius, seems like the first thing Serac would have done after figuring out Hale was the host mole was make sure she no longer had access to things like, say, robot executive protection protocols. Wasn't the pallet implant an enhancement? I thought Caleb had a military grade one, and the stick up guys said he was lucky to have it, and they had to disable it or access it. So I assumed that William receiving one would allow him access to something (it may also allow others access to him, as the military one probably did/does for Caleb). Also, the show's music is very Bladerunner 2024 this season. Blaring noises and tones over more normal music. The idea that everyone needs allies to succeed was interesting. A sub theme of the show, maybe. Those who go it alone suffer and deteriorate, let alone don't win.

Best part of this episode was the ex-husband asking Sam if she knew about *everything* that happened that led to his divorce. And of course she didn't, nor does she ever seem to think that any other factors exist except those she knows of. I could have done without the guy's parting comment about Sam being bitter. Still, it was one of the few moments in this show when we got to hear from the constant targets of the regular cast, and the guy wasn't automatically a jerk because, well, man.

I think that's the theme of shows and movies about war for decades. I still don't know the point of this season, or what it is supposed to be saying as the last season of a once-rivoting series. The only thread I see running through it is the unhealthy relationship between Saul and Carrie. There is some noise around the difficult and weighty decisions that must be made by people in their, and other, roles. But that's not saying anything new. And then we have another suicide bomber. Is the lesson that this has all happened before, and will happen again?

For kids who grew up in a family with no money, these kids sure are entitled. “I deserve it.” Really? I mean, if you take away the humanity that often comes with having little money and having to watch out for each other, what is the value of this show?

It rains in LA way more than I thought it did. Also, the youngest looked like she had performed at the graduation in some way, given her costume. Then again maybe that’s just how she rolls.

I don’t understand why this episode was harrowing. Aside from the fact we already know what happens later to these characters, where was the suspense? The shoot out echoed the shoot out Walt survived in BB. That was amusing. I spent most of the episode wondering why Mike didn’t do at the start what Saul eventually forced Mike to do at the end. Mike had already taken out what, 3-4 guys? What’s another 2? I greatly enjoy the unpredictability of Lalo. And the show’s cinematography.

The only thing this finale made me think about was where I was at 11 years ago and how much my life had changed. The characters? Not so much. I did enjoy Joe this ep. As in real life, I don't understand people who refuse to move forward when moving forward is the actual goal. Do you want Luke at home forever? Do you want Dylan and Haley in your home forever? Do you want Alex at home instead of in the world, using her gifts? The whole point of being parents is to help your kids be happy, independent people, not to make you feel worthwhile because they need you. Gloria. I appreciate what this show was for the first 4-5 years. Thanks, show!

It feels like this ep is trying to make us feel Big Moments. But the goals of the side are so unclear, I don't care. Is Maeve the good side? Is Dolores the bad side? What do we really know? Does it matter? None of this matters to me, anymore.

Starting with, I kept waiting for Agnes to pick up the synth fix-it device to fix Picard on the bridge. But if she did, they couldn't have held all the heartfelt goodbyes on the planet. Between the AI worms going back into the wormhole because they forgot their wallets, and the Romulans bothering to shoot at all the holoships that weren't shooting at them instead of attack the planet, and Agnes I guess falling in love with Rios at some point I never saw, and Soon not showing the video he had of evil bot killing good bot, and our heroes having to throw a bomb at the tower vs shoot it from the fixed ship, I had to hold in my eyeballs to keep them from rolling out of my head. And I, too, don't get all the sudden Data love.