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That would have been better. Even if Ruby didn't figure that out, it's a tip off to the viewers.

I guess it's hard to sweep a series when you're not handed 3 of the wins.

I'm not up on all the rule changes. Can the refs just tell the players to "knock it off" and not review everything?

Why no opening theme? I assume they shot this on location. Wonderful scenery. We usually don't get a Doctor Lite until later in the season, and I see this is because of the overlap with Sex Education. I didn't realize Gatwa was doing double duty. You'd think the amount of times the Doctor gets separated from the Companion that they'd give them a psychic paper just to give them a little help. Didn't the Doctor fix her phone in Space Babies? She couldn't try to call him? Gibson really carried the episode well. I liked how Ruby was unraveling. And you're always going to reel me in with a Doctor Who people in a single room/train car/pub. Even though it didn't work, good try with the cell phone idea. Also nice to see Kate. Did Ruby call her because she only said 'get in touch' and show up? I didn't realize Ruby knew of UNIT. I think it was a little much Kate got 'got' because she's more skilled than that. I figured when they showed Ruby's 30th birthday that we were in some Turn Left scenario and getting some kind of reset. I think we could have maybe got to the Roger ap plot a little sooner though. There's no way Pakistan sells their nukes. Come on. Great Britain can make tons faster. They should have said they're buying materials or something. Super clever though for Ruby to trap him though! I didn't quite follow the ending on how Ruby became the old woman because she drove her own mother away. What could she have said to make everyone run away? I just have to clarify - Nuclear power plants that make electricity do not produce weapons grade material. You (US, UK, France, USSR, etc.,) build a reactor to specifically do that though, and UK can make as many as they want. Those countries are recognized as 'nuclear weapons states'. They're not buying them, and they have enough anyway. Maybe if he said enrichment equipment or something. I don't think that's too esoteric for this audience. That's kind of having your cake though because there's no way I buy whatever was said would cause her mother to disown her. Nor the smug PM to just run away and not say anything. I take the point that anything RTD would have written her saying wouldn't live up to it, but it still does kind of matter because we're being asked as viewers to fully buy in that it just works. You need to give us glimpses. For example, suggesting her mom was told the only way to save Ruby is to abandon her. But when the mom is alone in the kitchen, she's hard. You'd think you'd see some anguish there. The key commonality is that the old woman says something, then they all look at Ruby, and they literally run off. I'm not trying to ruin anyone else's viewing experience, but I just need a little more to buy in. If you're (RTD) only saying it's some kind of 'fairy magic', then you're just saying 'a wizard did it.' If Ruby was supposed to be the angel of death, then you have to hint at that. I'm also not clear on how Ruby heard her the second time around. To be fair, the order was to apprehend her, so they did have to get that close. However, given Ruby's intel, if it's just what she said to people, then just plug your ears. Or doesn't UNIT have higher tech to detain someone? I get that they got 'got', but like it was said, Kate not taking out the earbud is making her stupid for plot. I could buy her shooting the woman before that.

I'm not saying nothing to you people. Talk about behind the iron curtain.

I'm going to put on my Heisenberg hat for a minute. Saying "just a kids movie" is slightly disingenuous. Yes, but there was also a ton from Lucas about how the prequels were about how a democracy falls into fascism. So it's fair if original fans were expecting something a little different. Not to mention the opening crawl was nothing short of byzantine. Be a man and cop to it. Look at the Clone Wars and Rebels. You can split the difference.

I don't know if it was an article or web feature or what, but tptb on Burn Notice had a consultant who was either a spy, agent, whatever. So they worked all that out based on real life. I remember them saying, 'not all locks can be frozen, but this one can and this is how. Because it's a TV show Michael catches the break that it's the right lock." I think those voice overs were all based on something irl like that.

I take his point, but there's certainly legitimate criticisms of the prequels as well. I never thought they were as bad as the internet screeched, and nothing is, but. "Hold me like you did on Naboo". Dude no.

I'm working my way through it. Overall, it's poor. Glaser is the stand out, but all the other real stand ups, Bert, etc., did well. Right off the bat though, Brady admonished Jeff Ross on a no brainer and fairly banal dig on Kraft, and Gronk's tame hitting on his adult sisters, so it begs the question how many guardrails there were, and underscores how poor a sport Brady really is. I don't need the comics constantly saying "It's just jokes, Tom." Yeah, does he need that constant assuaging? There's no way a pro like Ross would have done the Kraft joke if it was agreed beforehand not to. That was just weak and told me it wasn't really a roast. All the "Oh it's just jokes" and Kevin Hart having to kill time with all the "wow wow" makes me think this could have been a tight 90 minutes. It's beneath his talent to have to go do crowd work. I also agree the non stand ups were flat and was asking myself who the writers were. To be fair, it seemed like Edelman and Gronk were having a blast. Kardashian was total and predictable garbage. They did a joke about OJ when she hosted SNL that fell flat and this one was off that floor. She's just not good at live TV. I probably couldn't read off cue cards either, but I don't pretend I have comic talent. I didn't really find it vulgar or crude, tbh, I thought it was tame. Or there was so much off limits that there was just limited material to draw upon. You look at the Pam Anderson roast. They shredded her, and then she came up to the mic and destroyed everyone. Brady's take was weak too though there was some good bits. He wasn't really going after anyone more than saying how great he was. I get leading with the arrogance is the right call, but there wasn't much more to it.

I feel like I could just repeat what I said last night.

Obesity drugs is a great topic for South Park. There was a lot going on. Randy, of course. Then the insurance companies. And the kids just making drugs. The cereal bomb was a lot. I can see chicken and waffles, but not with cereal. Hard shot on Lizzo too. I really liked the show. This is the most scathing in a while. I don't get why Kyle got so into it though. He killed Twinkie the Kid!

Anyone watch Jordan's Moscow special?

I'm not a fan of replay in any sports at all. I said here in the game 1 screen for the Pacers/Knicks that the Pacers turned the ball over too much to make that call a game changer. You've got an 18 point lead here. At home. One call at that point affecting the game; the ship sailed. I'm not rooting for Boston, but they know how to play with that buffer. That's kind of on the coaching here.

Wow Dallas.

I don't know if I remember who Barriss was. I guess she was the one who framed Ahsoka? I didn't think we'd get a Vader cameo though! Nice. I don't get why Barriss wore the helmet, but the other one didn't. I would think they'd all want to be disguised. I had to laugh when Lyn ditched the cape. They're so useless. But I did like Barriss not needing the sabre like the Inquisitor did to her. That ended weird. Did Barriss die?

Liandrin is providing some narration for the Pompeii documentary on PBS. She's not as severe as she usually is.

I like to think that in the year 3800 whatever, that we're still waiting for the second half of the 8th season of Outlander.

That certainly might be. The Doctor really hasn't been paralyzed like this even when the situation was very dire though. I would guess that's kind of new. The Doctor also gets emotional when the Companions are in real danger too. Had he not been incapacitated, he wouldn't have had Ruby doing the shooting, for example. I think maybe there's a theme here about the Doctor not being the most all powerful being in the universe. Even the Doctor can be rendered helpless. However, I don't think I'd be counting him out either. You saw how fast he turned on the soldier to admonish the anglicans for their war mongering and feeding the algorithm.

I can see that. Same thing I said last series. The Pacers just threw the ball away too much. I know it's hard to foul when you're up and there's the one out of bounds play left, but I don't get the decision to defend like all Boston needed was a 2. You can let them get that easy basket. I also think getting down 12, 13 or so really takes a lot out of you to having to keep coming from behind all game too. Boston can shoot themselves back into the game at home, so you really can't let them get second chances or throw the ball away so much.

I only know the Skye song from Outlander. I thought that's what the Doctor was singing. I know in reality Gatwa wasn't standing on one foot, but he was still standing there and had to extremely limit his movements. That's got to be an acting challenge for anyone. And he couldn't talk loud at all. I don't know that shooting at anyone standing on a mine is a smart move. With a civilian and kid (that she knows). It's not like they were stealing anything. Although I suppose given the guy immediately shooting, that they're not trained for nuance. Also, given the war profiteering theme, I suppose that was the point. Gatwa really turned on the wrath too. More like "Doctor Who Doesn't Have Time For Your Faith Nonsense."

I'm rooting for the Pacers, but if Boston is shooting lights out, they're hard to beat. However, 1-1 after 2 games isn't an outlandish result either. Porzingis is out for tonight too. So far, the Pacers have looked best when they keep the tempo up. The question will be is if they're just more tired tonight after 7 games.

Late night Bobs After Dark only has limited menu items.

She's got to be the old woman, right?

I couldn't even name who mine was if you paid me.

I loved the robot graduation speech. They are really all the same. The only difference is the big big places just can get famous people to say 'follow your dreams, take risks, lean in'.