Sweet Tooth

HA! Yeah. But he does a lot of physical work with this role, so he probably wants to be in shape. Agreed that he's had a major shift in weight, especially from when Castle ended.

Ahhh...yep. Cesar's girlfriend's house is definitely the one where I saw they were about to film. I should have stuck around. Gone on another walk. Damn! I'll probably never get into one of those houses, so it was nice taking a peek. I'm assuming they put up fake walls, though. I can't imagine the people with the pretty house like holes in their real ones. Oh, c'mon, show. Why did you have to make Kyle Secor the bad guy? I was really hoping he'd turn out okay, but the way he condescended to Lopez at the end made me want to throttle him. Agreed that in the real world, Stanton would have been protected. But of all the ways to get back at him, this was the most realistic. And I just thank the Universe that they didn't drag it out. I love how Tim can go from sweet to digging into Nolan. Loved how Nolan totally threw him under the bus. Smitty insisting on DJ'ng. OMG. Okay, Brandon. Please go back on the LOT ship now. Thank you. "Hey, Chen. Save me a dance." Y'all, they are playing us HARD. Ugh, if all they showed was the wedding for next week, that puppy is going to get blown up real good. This is all about to come to a head.

I don't think it has much to do with Deacon being smart so much as "succumbing." Even if he points out that leaving might put him in more danger, I don't know if Annie would get on board with that. I'm hoping I'm wrong, and she realizes him running away isn't the way to solve this at all, as it would set a bad example. A lot of people look up to Deacon. Him quitting when the going got tough would look really bad. And I don't think he would feel too good about himself, either.

Oh, God no. I hope you're wrong. While I'd love for Christina to get some development, we've seen that they can slowly do it with the complete cast. Like I said, Hondo has had a nice evolution. I don't think it's time. I think it's that, as you say for Deacon but in her case, they've painted themselves into the corner by making her "the abused one" and "the female." Oh, and now, "the alcoholic." They've spent literal episodes on her, and they just can't get it together. I think they killed off Erika just so they wouldn't have to write another female. I sincerely doubt they'd go for a major character death at this point. If Erika's death, someone they barely knew, threw everyone into a giant tizzy to the point they couldn't think or see straight, Deac's death would shut down the show for a month. However, I agree that the ridiculous thing with Annie begging him to retire thing will rear its ugly head, as I'm assuming Deac's life is about to turn into a living hell. I'm really hoping they don't bring it to the family and instead just keep it to the workplace this time. I think that would be more realistic, as that's what I'm sure happens in real life. They make the cop's life miserable and threaten him at every turn, to the point he dreads going to work. Of course his team will be on his side, but most of the others, probably not. Deac will fall into a guilt puddle, as he'll get his own line about backyard trash talk thrown in his face multiple times.

I was glad there was confirmation that Trevor didn't just get with Stella by chance. Because I'd been thinking that was too much of a coincidence. It seems Clint is a coward and sends other people out to do the dirty work. I don't think Liam running for D.A. and the opening of the bar took place at the same time. The candidacy thing looked like it was talking place in the middle of the afternoon., but it was at least daylight.

Also, he didn't even want Hondo going to Hicks about it. Like, even when he found out Hondo uttered Durham's name to Hicks, Deac went into a tizzy. At the same time Deac was saying, "Well, I said something to you, didn't I?" he was also telling Hondo not to say a word to anyone else. So yes, the only thing Deac could do was unburden himself, since he didn't really take it seriously. So, I guess he was trying to take the coward's way out by burdening Hondo with what was going on, but then hamstringing him to the point he basically couldn't take action. Fortunately, he realized that at the end, because I would have hated them ruining Deacon's character over this. It was definitely a tough decision, and he's going to pay the price for doing the right thing. I do like that they were realistic about this, because yeah, cops who report on other cops are subject to all kinds of abuse.

This episode was a cut above the rest and definitely back to the old S.W.A.T. I'd come to love. I didn't see that as the message at all. I agree with Daniel: The only thing they did was show the manager was a d1ck. Which he was. As Daniel said, what he was doing was illegal, cutting off their utilities, etc., and generally making their lives miserable. This wasn't just about the poor man needing to pay his bills. And I'm pretty sure these people didn't have the kind of jobs that paid a ton of unemployment that let them live high on the hog. Probably a bunch of under-the-table work. These seem like the kind of people who have to scrape for every dime. And they stopped the enhanced unemployment benefits anyway. But I'm pretty sure these people couldn't just go skipping back to their jobs, which probably went out of business, because they definitely weren't working for Microsoft. But seriously, the only people they depicted as the "real villains" in this episode were the lead bank robber guy and the rac1st jerk. I have to tell you, I was disappointed in Deac at first when he said, "Why are you telling me this?" to Hondo when he was showing him the track record of those cops using excessive force. Like, seriously? WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS? I don't know, Deac. Maybe it's because you just told him it was backyard beer talk. Which is exactly what Hondo said. But he redeemed himself in the end. I love that he worried he was like them and how he realized he tossed off a lot of these comments as "just talk," when it was actually seeping into their jobs. His crisis of conscience was done really well. They let this breathe. In the end, I was happy with them sending Deac into the gray area, because he's usually depicted as the guy who does everything right. Him doubting himself struck the perfect balance. His metamorphosis from the beginning of the show until the end, felt organic. It felt real. I also like how Hondo dealt with everything. This episode in particular showed a wonderful evolution of Hondo who held back with Deac and let him figure it out for himself. He also went to Nichelle and opened up to her in a vulnerable way, which old Hondo had a hard time doing and was one of the big reasons they broke up. I'm really glad to see they're not trying to create drama by constantly having Hondo backslide, which would get so tiresome. I'm really amazed that all of this was going on, and yet they still did these little moments with the Lucas, Deac, and Hondo with Nichelle in a great way. I have to say I didn't miss Daryl and his dad. I think they drag things down.

I think this will be the very thing that brings them back together. Like "his side" isn't exactly scrubbed all nice and clean, either. That they're going to use the law in the same way Robyn uses her gun. Agree with all of this. The sniper was definitely the straw that broke the camel's back for him and sent him running to the DA to take her down. He probably thought she colored outside the lines but would never go this far. Like, her going in with the lock pick was okay with him, because the ends justified the means, but a sniper? Yeah, he was not on board with that one little bit.

I think this will be the very thing that brings them back together. Like "his side" isn't exactly scrubbed all nice and clean, either. That they're going to use the law in the same way Robyn uses her gun.

That was such a nice change of pace, wasn't it? Yeah, I was glad when he wasn't. I did like that she acted somewhat like Fatima, but there were little tells that it wasn't her if you were paying attention. That little stunt would have never worked on me. I would have been rocking out with him to Tainted Love.

Wow! Emily looked fantastic. And I love that her pattern of speech was so markedly different than what she used on Bones. I'm glad they ended on a high note, because DAMN! I did not expect that. They really played up how adorable Diego was. I really liked him. I love the Lopez/Wesley relationship. It's so grounded. And what a twist on the Tim situation. I was sure we were headed for some horrible times, but instead Tim reduced the dude to tears in like under a minute. He really is a master of looking at someone and knowing exactly what they need. I love what they've done with him. And the sports bar on Sunset thing was hilarious. I think next week's episode is the one I saw that was about to be filmed. Nice houses, etc. I always see these film notices on the gates of these houses that there will be loud bangs, etc., because they need to notify the neighbors not to call the (real) police when they hear gunfire. I also like that they injected a bit of reality where they couldn't just record everything the whole time, like we usually see.

I was coming here to say the same thing. There are usually only two ways things can go when you have a cop/rule follower versus someone who doesn't like to abide by them. Either they remain adversaries, which is boring and monotonous, because you know that the rule-breaker usually wins the day, and they have to spend all of this time trying to avoid the rule-follower, before being called in and yelled at. Or they eventually get on the same side. But this is an interesting twist, because they became allies, only for him not to become the kind of adversary where they're butting heads, but where he's seen her tactics, doesn't like them, and has vowed to take her down. I like that they became friends and quite intimate with each other. He let her in. She saw his kids, etc. They had a great chemistry going. And then the minute I saw the way he looked at her as she handled the dad, I knew that partnership was totally over. And again there was a twist, since I thought that when she went there to save him, they'd reconcile, but instead she made things worse. I thought Dante shot the bad guy and was dismayed to see who actually shot him, because I knew that would bury the relationship for good.

You can probably find it on the CBS site.

Wow. That was creepy as hell. And I knew that wasn't Fatima from the get-go. Seemed too convenient. I was upset that the guy was evil. They seemed so cute together. But I loved when Fatima threw him down the stairs. And it looks like Nell was raiding her grandmother's closet again. Good grief.

And he used Simon Baker as RJ's voice, which didn't help matters, in the end. Yes. And he's also genuinely funny and loves his kids. He saw the other stuff as a hobby. It wasn't his entire personality, like you said. I totally get where you're coming from. There's something you learn in writing, which is that the bad guy never sees themselves as the bad guy. There has to be a deep-seated, personal reason they do what they do. Even if someone is straight-up cray-cray, they have their own reasons, based on their own version of reality. I'm hoping that we meet the Great Leader sooner rather than later, and that he's more interesting than a cardboard cutout. Because the longer they drag this on, the more frustrating it will get.

I think the Durham read Deacon correctly, just not for the reason that he thought. In other words, I think there will always be a part of Deac that knows he should be leading if everything didn't go down the way it did, and Hicks felt he had to politic his way out of it. When Durham said that, you could see there was a little bit of guilt on Deac's face that the guy was reading his resentment correct, even if, again, not for the right reason. They botched this up HORRIBLY on one of my favorite shows, The Mentalist, when they realized they had to reveal who Red John was, and they didn't know who he was. The person they chose was not an interesting character, and it fell flat. The show survived, but that was a HUGE letdown. I've seen it done right. More often it's once they lock up the character and have to go back to them on occasion. But if you want a good Big Bad, usually you kind of like a certain part of them. Like on Prodigal Son, you know Martin is a serial killer, but he's not just portrayed as someone who constantly mocks the good guys. He's a three-dimensional character, and you almost forget about that whole killing thing, until sometimes, you see that side of him, and it's a bit terrifying. But they only show it for a moment, and then it's gone. That's how you do it. The thing is, they have the rhetoric down pat and paired it nicely with the whole "Q" nonsense. They've done an excellent job with that. But yes, at some point it does have to go beyond the rhetoric and get down to WHO HURT YOU? Because usually when someone starts this kind of movement, they have a burning need that drives them.

Okay, I won't tell you. HA. I had the opposite vibe from him. I smelled hinky right away with how he agreed with Deacon re: cancelling the police. I didn't like him on sight. I just felt he was up to no good. And I was worried Deac wouldn't see it, so I'm glad he figured it out sooner rather than later. Shows always take two approaches to the big bad. 1. Have them know who he is right away, but they're unable to catch him. He taunts and does horrible things to them, but he's Roadrunner 2. Build up this nameless/faceless individual without us ever seeing him. Make him the boogeyman. He's "out there somewhere." They've gone with option 2. And maybe, now that you bring this up, it could be they chose this direction, because he's someone we already know, and he is trying to steer the investigation. A lot of times they don't reveal an identity if they want to shock you with, "He was there the whole time." But yes, the mindless bots works for one episode, but if they keep capturing them, and all of them have the same spiel, it will get really old, really fast.

I just deleted it, but I don't think it's a real saying. I believe Deac said it's similar to what the Imperial Dukes say. So...okay! I now understand why Deac had the discussion with new guy. At least they've taken it to a deeper level. I did twig to something and felt that new guy might be racist/have certain tendencies to act like a macho dick. Suspicion confirmed. It was just the way he agreed with Deacon. I felt like they were on different pages, but that Deac said the right thing in the right way for new dude to think they were of the same mind. I did like that Darryl listened to Hondo at the end. It was getting a bit old with him seemingly brainwashed by his dad. I'm not all that happy that the Dad/Hondo feud seems to be ramping up rather than simmering down, but I am glad that Darryl isn't shutting out Hondo. They really do know what these rac*st punks actually say. They nail that part. I don't think that it will get personal/we'll know the real reason why they do what they do, until they catch the top bad guy. Right now, they're dealing with foot soldiers who merely repeat the party line. That's what they do. Drill these ideas into their heads, until that's all they can spew. They have no thoughts of their own. So, in that sense, I think they've succeeded in showing us what mindless puppets these guys are.

HAHA. Yep. A long...long...looooong time ago, I stumbled upon Corvette Summer being filmed. Hey, I met Mark Hamill, so that was great. But one two-minute scene did take hours to film. And I think they were still setting up. I didn't see anything going on yet. So, who knows how long it would have taken?

HAHA. I talked to someone on FB who said she has a friend who works on the show. She says he's really cool, which I'm glad to find out. There are so many shows with ensemble casts that don't take the time to explore the characters or go against stereotypes. Yes, Lopez isn't treating her wedding like it's the most important day of her life, but just that she wants it her way. Mom not having a stick up her butt is such a welcome departure. This could have turned into a bitchslap fest, and instead, it's opening up the characters and giving us some of the best Tim scenes. Nathan being willing to share the spotlight is great.

They had a trial special instead of Most Wanted, so I guess since they didn't get a new episode, original recipe couldn't do a new episode. That's what I'm thinking.

Hi, new recruits... Uh...bye, new recruits...? "Bizarro World John Nolan..." Hilarious. So, at first I thought they were setting the teacher up for a romance with Nolan. Then I thought it was the activist guy, until he asked out Harper..but now it looks like Nolan again? And holy smokes, the coming attractions for next week. Long-time Bones fan, so this should be interesting. The show is totally messing with us with Chen/Bradford. They know exactly what they're doing. And Tim's Bridesman duties are still fantastic. It's so great to see him just be funny. And so glad Mom isn't an uptight jerk. She's a lonely woman who was a bit overzealous. I love that she's welcoming Lopez into the family.

They showed what's coming up throughout the season, and I don't think this is the direction they're going.

I just mean that the kids constantly being shot up would have to blow back in a big way. I mean, if they're shot at in their home and potentially shot up at school (even if they weren't IN the school at the time), then Deacon would be building a bunker at that point. The kids would never see the light of day.

It would be nice if it was wrapped up. On so many shows, they draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag this stuff out until you want to strangle the person doing the investigating. Here, they had a conclusion that made everyone happy. And Cumming came away a likable character. What I don't think is over is watching little sis for more crazy. Anybody else, they'd be psychologically traumatized. She's not even breaking a sweat. They keep pointing at Martin, but he seems to have a conscience, having nightmares and generally suffering after effects, whereas Ainsley seems to sleep a little too well after slitting a man's throat.