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I liked it better when Melissa and Jacob were enjoying living together, sharing tv shows they both liked, etc. I really don't like the way a lot of shows will choose one character to bully. Even Janine has been taking part in the ganging up on Jacob. They used to be best buds! And she used to never be unkind to anyone, ever. I like her growth, but this isn't particular behavior isn't growth.

I had the cheap ad-free plan for 11.99 til they increased the price and bumped me down to the 6.99 with ads. But I really don't use it very much these days, and I hate the ads. So I might just drop it when it goes up. Maybe I'll start being someone who subs for a month, binges stuff, then cancels, and rotates through different streamers that way, instead of sticking with long term subs of just a few.

I liked it better than last week, but I really disliked last week.

I think they did say Tara is behind on rent. But if the nannies were friends with Rosa, you'd think Rosa made the same wage they do, and that Tara would also be offered that wage. And if not, I'd feel like: someone should tell Tara she's being exploited! But if Tara was unfriendly to them, and preferred to spend time with the rich father, I can see that they would resent her and assume she's a stuck up racist.

I don't buy any of that stuff, either! I'd be struggling without fruit, but I really don't need the rest of the dessert menu. I also have made bread without sugar. I think putting sugar in everything is bizarre. I used to bake a lot of cakes and other dessert stuff-- I love to cook! But I always regarded it as a hobby, not an essential, and I always went long periods without it. So I guess for me, it's fairly shockling the way everyone seems to regard sugar as an essential. That strikes me as more of a valid concern, though why they didn't dry things (dried fruit is delicious!) I don't know. Maybe it would be too hard to do that in the damp climate, without fuel, and I know there were fuel shortages, also.

I liked last night's show. And I thought Taylor's opening commentary was more lucid than a lot of what else is out there. I don't usually go to her for current events insight, but she's not as conditioned by fear of offending people as some of the usual suspects, so I think that helped her just tell it like she sees it without worrying about who was going to approve it? In any case, good for her. I thought the panelists were fun together, it was more high energy than suual and less wasting time.

Serious question: do you all buy sugar all the time? I haven't bought any in at least a decade. I don't really understand why a sugar shortage is any kind of hardship, but it's the main thing people always talk about when they mention war rationing.

I thought that she didn't call the brat's mom because she wanted him to sit out there and stew in his own juices for a while, not be relieved of his punishment immediately. I figured mom was already scheduled to pick him up at some point-- later. But then I come from the generation of kids who walked to school unsupervised and nobody worried we'd die or be abducted if we sat on the porch for a little while alone.

I didn't like when the boyfriend she doesn't know was her boyfriend lied to her about not knowing what her password meant.

I do think it's interesting that she is so taken aback by the protocols they've put in place for her to be assessed. This is the 2nd time she's had a major screw up on a case -- she had one last episode, too. I think it's more than reasonable that she has to prove herself. I like that they are not making her a perfect person or a total victim. I would like to see her best friend get to be more than a sidekick, though. It seems clear that the new chief is in fact trying to cover up his mistake, though. Was he talking to a lawyer, or a higher up hospital admin, who was counseling him to make sure Amy fails? I'm guessing it is an admin, who wants to cover the hospital's ass wrt a lawsuit. I'm glad he at least has some moral conflict over what he's doing. I still don't like him, but at least it's not quite as extreme as it was looking in the earlier episodes.

I also want to say I didn't mean to insult anyone who listens to the Pod guys. I am sick of them, and I don't think they know what they are talking about at least half the time. But I have also waded into mixed-quality waters at times, and I don't think other people are idiots if they do, too.

Ken Marino, the actor who played the PI, had a role on Veronica Mars-- very similar to this one, actually. He's the quintessential slimeball. His character name was "Vinnie Van Lowe"-- just saying it makes me laugh. I like Morgan's son. The other kid was horrible and I didn't actually mind when Morgan called him out on it. His mom didn't seem so terrible, which makes me wonder why her kid is horrible. At first, when he was locked into the game and then wanted no sugar, I thought he might be on the autism spectrum or that he has some other neurodivergent quality. I was hoping that Elliot would crack the code to bonding with him. But then when he went off on Elliot, he seemed like just a regular issue sullen brat. I guess I should have known he would be, since he invited all the toher kids to his party. I do think Morgan was wrong to intervene like that and try to get the invitation. That could only end badly. And it's humiliating for Elliot. If Tara was working for a lot less money than the other nannies, it would have been better for both her and them if they had worked it out. She'd have been able to get a raise and they would not feel so threatened by her. I wonder if she was too much of a racist to be open to it, or if they never tried with her because they were too loyal to Rosa. It does sound like Rosa fucked up, and it bothered me that they didn't seem to understand that. I liked that Morgan and the real estate mom got along. That was fun. It's so weird that they hired Judy Reyes but are still giving her so little to do. What a waste!

I really need Nico to thank Will for taking them in and providing for them even in his absence. It's just not cool to be acting how they have been about it. Amanda shopping for Sunny without even consulting her was insane. Who does that????? Do we think we will see tha handyman again? I feel like they set him up to be in some way an on-going story for Angie. Maybe not. But I feel like we haven't gotten the whole story there. I feel like they are kind of muting Faith, and I don't like it. They used to be partners, but now it feels lke Will is kind of dioing it all and she's just tagging along, which I resent. Even Oremwood has gotten more to do than Faith has. Angie needs to apologize to Will. She doesn't seem to understand that she hurt him, and that he was in a terrible position.It's always been all about her and she's still acting like it should be. And that is wrong.

I can't believe that, under the circumstances, they wouldn't help her reset her password.

They seem incredibly naive about the ceasefire deal. I could rant about it, but would probably run afoul of the site's rules. Suffice to say, they appear to know nothing about history, and in my opinion they are more about acting confident than actually checking facts.