Driad

Week 28: 2/5.

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.

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.

Tetracycline was a TS, but maybe someone would have got it if they had shown the structural formula with the four rings.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

An XKCD comic with a Sheldon-like character

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.

2/5. Bringing quiche Florentine, enough for everyone.

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.

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.")

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.

That is probably how most of us learned the proper order of adjectives.

Better Off Ted's Brilliant Corporate Satire Was Ahead of Its Time

3/5 + 1 * (Promethium).

:-| (That's a "Meh" emoji.)

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.

Seeing an announcement (about a different show), I wished for a "Meh" emoji.

Maybe the Councilman's wife had just learned that the Councilman was the father of Isabella's baby, and that's when the wife flipped out.

In science fiction circles, if someone asks for a good "first contact with aliens" novel, Shogun is often recommended because the cultures of the Japanese and British characters are so different.

Week 25: 2/5 + one *. To date: 87/125 + 11*.

Betty is seriously cute, but for "best dressed TV animal" she has not yet displaced Clyde the tortoise on Elementary, IMO.

Reminds me of when someone accused Abraham Lincoln of being two-faced. Lincoln replied, "If I had another face, do you think I would wear this one?"