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Driad

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  1. Given a time limit, I would have cut the driving lessons and the kid's poem in order to leave in some of the more important material.

    Cyril is in an awkward situation with the church lady (Mrs. Wallace?) who considers saving souls (i.e. getting people to come to church) as their top priority, while he is trying to help their physical health too.  I have always liked Cyril and hope he succeeds.

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  2. Where I used to live, the station finally started airing "preempted" Jeopardy shows at the usual time, but on their other channel that usually airs sitcom reruns.  I forget why they made this improvement: the polite letters, the less polite letters, or the torches.

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  3. Not about this episode, but do ambulance crews, police, etc. have protocols if they are dealing with a person with a dog?  Years ago a friend was walking her dog, fell, and took a while to get up.  Someone who saw this must have called, because an ambulance showed up.  They told her to tie the dog's leash to the fence and come back for it later, which she was not willing to do.  She ended up walking the few blocks home (with a broken arm) and getting a ride to the hospital.  I hope there are better protocols in place now.

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  4. The dog started by opening the refrigerator, IIRC, which worried me for a moment because dogs that open fridges are not always doing it to be helpful.  A friend's dog opened the fridge at someone else's house and ate everything he could reach including a pound of butter.

    They seemed to have a bit more screen time for animals than they did in an earlier episode, which is good.  I could quibble about the species and weight of the tortoise but I won't.

  5. I still wish they had started the series with Shaun as a medical student.  Freddie Highmore looks young enough.  Shaun's behavior could still go through the same changes that it has in this series, but it might be more believable that his professors etc. would be tolerant and supportive, given his occasional flashes of brilliance.  

    When Shaun started at this hospital, he was very fortunate to work with people who tolerated his behavior and even went to bat for him.  If he had started at the hospital the way he is now, he probably would have had a less difficult experience.

    ETA:  I have said this before, but I'm repeating it because Shaun does not realize how lucky he was.  I'm glad his coworkers appreciated him, but not everyone would be allowed to stay.

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  6. They have several hours between recording and broadcast, right?  Why can't someone sync the closed captions with the audio?  Some viewers like to hear Stephen's voice but can't catch all the words, so we need the captions too.  The captions tend to be a sentence behind, which can be confusing.

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  7. 2 hours ago, possibilities said:

    I can't drive a car.

    I can't either, because of my vision problems.  Sometimes people have been angry at me because I need a ride or can't get somewhere at a particular time.  Just another thing to deal with.

    2 hours ago, possibilities said:

    I can't remember his name, but Park's student had a white circle on his neck when he was talking to Morgan. I thought maybe it was supposed to be some device to help his nausea (like the wristband), but then it wasn't there the next time we saw him.

    I thought it was a patch containing medication to help with his nausea.  Maybe he didn't need it when he was not watching surgery.

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  8. Do the writers want us to like Nolly or not?  Her line about a coworker "may be late, I saw her at the bus stop when I went past in my car" sounded like a character we are expected to hate, but in some later scenes Nolly was more sympathetic. 

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  9. 1 hour ago, Orcinus orca said:

    Phyllis is an older spinster with no responsibilities so it's easy for her to blow off the money side of things. 

    What was the pension or retirement situation at the time?  If Phyllis becomes unable to work, will she have some income or support?  She is not a nun like Sister Monica Joan who can depend on the order taking care of her.

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  10. Jay could use his fingerprint or facial recognition to log in.

    Are there "games" in which a user makes investments in stocks etc., but it isn't real money?  Sam & Jay could let Trevor "sneakily" use one of those so he would think he is making (and losing) real money, but he wouldn't be affecting their real finances.

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  11. 2 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

    I figured it was the Western Hemisphere since the UN is headquartered in NYC.

    So did I, because it was unclear what "its" referred to.  Not the best written clue.  At least Western Hemisphere got me Peru, although Portugal is in the Western Hemisphere too.

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  12. 1 hour ago, ProudMary said:

    Yogesh's FJ embellishment, "I for one welcome our new Troy overlord,"

    It may have been a reference to the games against Watson, in which Ken Jennings wrote, "I for one welcome our new computer overlords."  (Which doesn't mean Yogesh didn't mean it as a passive aggressive "compliment.")

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  13. Could Margaret have given Susan the promotion now, and promised a raise when the firm's money issues ease? 

    At the beginning I knew something was off with the guy because he put a box of eggs into his cart without checking them for cracks.

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  14. Since it's State of the Union day, here's a bit from "He Shall from Time to Time":
    President Josiah Bartlet: We meant "stronger" here, right?
    Sam Seaborn: What does it say?
    President Josiah Bartlet: I'm proud to report our country is stranger than it was a year ago?
    Sam Seaborn: That's a typo.
    President Josiah Bartlet: Could go either way.

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