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I don't know if I'd lay that on her. You could argue that the conditions of the prison and the treatment at the hands of the guards also led to the deaths. Taystee did actually use the situation to get their demands, to be fair. She did screw it up, but the show is essentially a tragedy.

She just comes off as so dumb to me. The character. Not the actor. I get with the life sentence you can get bleak, and I get the drug use and getting protection, but being a boss is laughable. Ugh. Caputo. I was laughing that Fig was like shut up, let it blow over. He shouldn't have gone there, but it was an interesting turn when he was like, no, you actually were bad at your job.

I do kind of feel bad that she got set up there, but she kind of knew what was going on. The thing is, it's the being dragged down that is the real tragedy. I did like her letter at the end. If in fact the babydaddy's new fling is going be a real relationship, I do hope he follows through and lets her see the baby. I don't know. I also feel bad for McCullough in a way. I liked her sneaky plot to get rid of the drugs. "I haven't logged in since the Russians took over." Yeah, I'm not liking this. I don't remember when this happened though I remember the character. Whoa Taystee.

I could see the guest stars doing their appearances on the cheap as a favor to Seth though. They don't have huge scenes for the most part.

He looked like he was having a tough time dealing with it as well, so I can buy that he just couldn't bring himself to talk to the warden. Maybe had he had more time to process he might.

The actors always play well of one another, and they just never had a lot of scenes together. Objectively, I find the deportation plot sad but very real. However, I just can't seem to muster any sympathy for Maritza. She shouldn't have been at the club. She was talking to her friend about it earlier how she knew she wasn't supposed to be there and didn't care. Then she said something like, "Why would I need ID to get in anywhere? I'm hot." Well, ok. Now you're gone. If Piper's PO is all over here getting a job, I can't imagine Maritza's isn't too. I have much more sympathy for Blanca's plight. And Red's for sure. It's actually worse watching the people around her realizing what's going on. I think the best non-speaking was when Nicky was just taking it in and her face totally fell as it dawned on her.

I'm a terrible person, and I'm fine with that, but I was amused that Badison's role was mainly getting beat up. Interesting that she just left. I wonder if that was the plan all along or if they realized what a terrible character she was and wrote her out. Nothing against the actor, but there's no way she was believable as such a heavy hitter as they made her out to be. Or I guess that was the point - once her 'boss' died at the end of last season, she wasn't shit since. You can't not though. I like that Fig is just so Fig. Of course Caputo is going to be the pushover parent and Fig is the one to lay down the law. I get that a hot woman doesn't need ID to get in clubs, but it's still kind of bit much that she didn't have it in her possession. I think makes more sense if she never had one because she didn't drive. Having a license isn't a requirement.

I think the C/O meant well and was trying to give her advice, but I saw where that was going and it's sadly not surprising. I'm interested to see how her plot shakes out.

The curfew is the real killer there because she'd be able to work 2 jobs or get those later shifts. I'm not surprised it's hard to get back into society, but having to pay the PO for the monitoring makes it even harder.

Yeah it has to be him because as Jerry said, he has no act. Amazing to see Jerry go off like that. I mean, that's a show biz guy. He's right, the act is the currency. You have it or don't. What struck me was that Jerry was implying Bobcat didn't work for it, and I totally see Jerry as a 'pay your dues' guy. If you look at the comics on the show, there's always a story about 'coming up.' Respect the hustle. I didn't think it was Gilbert because he's been around as long as Jerry and it's still doing gigs. Plus he really strikes me as a 'comic's comic' when you see him around other comics, they love him. You take his voice out of it and he still has killer jokes. Why was there a roll of scotch tape on the table in the restaurant with in the Barry episode? I'll tell you what, you're selling jokes to the likes of Letterman and Leno, you know what you're doing. There seemed to be a lot more eating this time too.

I really liked Jamie Foxx because they spent a huge amount of time just sitting there talking shop. Holy shit. I'm a sandwich guy, and those looked fantastic.

I can't say I needed 2 episodes of Ricky. They sure beat the Chinese joke to death.

The town was populated by real people, like the mailman, who would come by and talk to him. There's a famous scene (for back then) where it's supposedly a hot day so he invites the African-American handyman to take his shoes off and cool off in the foot bath with Mr. Rogers. The puppets were in the Land of Make Believe, where the trolley would take you.

I can't say I'd go out for a coffee and then have fries. I mean, one or the other.

I'm glad to get the info that there are more episodes. I really like listening to comics sitting around talking shop, and this has been a great show for that. Amazing that Eddie and Jerry were on the same card, also Gilbert was next on that list. It's really amazing how long these people have been at it. I love stuff like, 'yeah I played the Copa.' You know it's like, whoa. I had one moment like that and it's fantastic. Really interesting point about so many options leading to a lack of greatness. I don't know if that's entirely fair because the options give more people a shot.

I guess to just add another schism in the marriage? It might be that the wife is the only person with an axe to grind against Jamie that would talk to the reporter. Even a news report about him fathering the lovechild might be bad for him at whatever is job is.

Jackie issued a thinly veiled threat to the priest a while back. The wife was volunteering at the school but the priest said they had to let her go because of insurance liability, but she knew the deal.

I wash my plastics before recycling but not super thorough. I actually bring my recyclables to a separate location. I try to use less plastics, but you've got stuff like biodegradable garbage bags that break apart constantly.

How was the guy was cheating at chess?

Johnson was using it as a reference to his acronym for 'Deliver, Unite, Defeat' and then added 'Energize' because otherwise it would spell out DUD. So I think he was trying to make a lame joke not that it's used colloquially in the UK.

I didn't like the last segment, though I agree with Sam's point. Duckworth had a lot to say and the format didn't really let her get more deeply into the issues she was talking about.

I absolutely love that they're continuing Hayley working at SubHub. I watch on my tablet with the tbs app. Vehicle is the perfect song. I was dying when Hayley yelled 'smoke em if ya got em'.

It looked ok for Columbo in the 70s, so I can give it a pass. If Ward had it for a while, he likely could have learned to compensate for the lack of perception. I got nothing on the reporter. I guess it's a public building so she can just go in there. I've walked into City Hall where I live unabated. It looks like she's everywhere though, which seems a little much. That could have been the case back then. It's a pre 9/11 world we're seeing. As we learned later, she actually started the fight, so I think it's a subtext of her having some ptsd of seeing (presumably) this Kinicki getting killed. I think she's going to be key in unraveling the entire case. Jackie still doesn't know that the CI is the brother. That shoe is going to have to drop at some point. The mother was furious about her going to see the counselor (as she said) to the husband that she doesn't know what she's going to say. So they must know she saw something. The brother was a Vietnam vet with some serious problems, as he told Jackie when he was drunk. Jackie threatening to throw him in jail, where he likely wasn't going to survive, is a real threat. It's a parallel with Ward threatening to throw the guy's mother into jail. They both threatened suspects with questionable records. What are they going to do? File a complaint? They still have credible evidence on the mother/brother to put them away. As for asking questions after counsel, which are inadmissible - so what? If they learn something new, they can find another way to prove it. Notice how they had the guy (with the mother) walk by the window where hook was? Ward was seeing if he recognized him. The point is Jackie/Ward are skirting the margins. The suspense is whether this is going to catch up with them to ruin the case or they get away with some seriously questionable tactics. They spent too much time on this episode with the domestic drama, which I'm not really interested in, so I hope the plot moves better next week.

I could see Hop getting shoved into the Upside Down and finding a portal out which brings him into Russia. I'd rather not the Upside Down be used as a transport system that everyone is using though because it takes away from the value that he's one of the only few people to get through the Upside Down and survive.

I only knew the guest from the tv show about Washington's spy ring during the revolutionary war, where he was not the best spy. Cool he's getting a lot of success though.