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1/5. I know my maladies!

We don't know if he really had the mole removed, or if he just said that because it's a pretty easy lie to tell when you find out that people think you ought to have one. I think it's super weird that he doesn't want to see any of the other members of the family or talk about what happened. Also, his constant focus on Gabi rings all my alarm bells. Whoever he is, the whole thing is weird. -- I am the opposite of everyone who's commented so far, in that I really don't like the creepy Sir dynamic and I feel like they need to get rid of him and focus more on the backstories of the other characters. Or, just do cases of the week. I'd be okay with the show being less creepy. I feel like Gabi continuing to go back to him is sickening. She didn't need to go to the prison to tell him about Christian or to say she's not going to be needing him any more. Just cut ties. As long as she stays enmeshed with him, she's not healing and she's feeding his pathology besides. It diminishes her that she can't solve cases without him, too. I also don't know if I believe what she said about Christian. Maybe it's true and maybe it isn't. But if she was just baiting him to see his reaction, that's creepy and unhealthy, also. STOP IT, GABI! And she doesn't need to go to jail to do penance. Just change, do better, and continue to do good in the world WITHOUT SIR. And get therapy. Really, all of them need therapy. -- The case with the pastor talked about forgiveness and bitterness and what happens when you get stuck in your pain. Please, show, turn that insight onto the MNA crew + Trent, and stop having them going in cirlces and re-enacting their traumas on each other.

Death is hard. I thought it was confusing that Bode was getting the bar ready to open and then just took off. I also was horrified that they just left that really young kid all alone most of the day. And it seems like a huge plot hole that Sharon and Vince don't have a plan for who will be with Walter while both of them are at work. But I still liked the episode.

I don't think Colter looks like he was 40 ten years ago. I think he and the living sister look about the same age.

Partly you are trying to incentivize her to get clean and stay that way. But also, you want to protect the child from potentially erratic behavior and scene making that could traumatize him further if she shows up high.

You have to know something about dealing with an addict to understand Matty's decisions. Elie is known to be a liar. She lied about her drug use, and they know this. And more than once. We do not at all have any reason to think she was actually sober for a month when she said she was. From the fact that she couldn't even clean herself up to LOOK sober FOR COURT, and when begging to see Alfie, suggests to me that she is not sober, and if she is sober, she is not functioning rationally enough to be trusted with a child, especially one as young as Alfie was at that time. And if she was so unstable as to not understand why she lost custody and was also being denied visitation, that also speaks to her lack of fitness to function as a parent, and thus that Matty was right to refuse to give up the custody fight or let her visit Alfie. Even on a visit-- who knows what she would do? Even if supervised, would she traumatize him like the parents in the case of the week? He had already been born addicted and badly burned in her presence. Would she try to take him and force Matty to physically block her, grab him, or otherwise contend with a terrifying-for-the-toddler scene? Elie was not able to put Alfie's interests abover her own feelings even long enough to understand the situation. She could not be trusted, period. Saying no to visitation is not an easy thing to get a court to rule for. That they did, also underlines just how out of it Elie was. Yes, when you are dealing with someone that dysfunctional, you tend to blame yourself, especially if it's your child or someone you love and are otherwise close to, but the fact is, all the evidence we were given points to Elie NOT being functional enough to be given any slack. Addicts that far gone have to be dealt with firmly. It's for their own good, but in this case also for the good of the child and everybody else she interacts with. It is very difficult, but it is necessary. Edwin's guilt and sometimes blaming Matty shows that he's more of a co-dependent than she is, and yes, they all need therapy. And this is all why the malfeasance of Wellbrexa and the law firm, if true, is as bad as Matty thinks it is-- opioids are not just some drug that's not perfect. They are SUPER dangerous and they destroy lives, and promoting them while knowing but burying the risks of how bad they are, is indeed criminal and ought to be punished by any means necessary. These drugs kill people, and they destroy lives not only of the users but also of the people around them. They have uses, but much fewer and under much more careful conditions than how they were promoted for, and this is why Matty and Edwin have gone to such lengths to try to expose the wrongdoing.

I somehow didn't realize until this episode that Margaret has two daughters. I only remembered the one.

I would never have guessed the Elementary writers had anything to do with this show. I liked Elementary a lot. I find this show so far to be nearly intolerable. Watson is an insufferable, manipulative, ego-maniacal, smug, self-satisfied asshole. He's not even that perceptive. He doesn't seem brilliant like the classic "brilliant diagnostician" character, and he doesn't seem to have the knowledge base or insight to suggest he spent any time with Holmes, or that he'd be all that much use solving difficult medical cases. He relies on his minions and spends too much time preening. He also doesn't seem like he'd be capable of being anybody's sidekick or companion, because he's just too full of himself. And he's vile to his soon-to-be-ex wife. I sure hope she doesn't get back with him. I don't know how she tolerated him even before the abandonment, if he was anything like he is now. If they do bring in a Holmes character, will they make him a nebbishy dude who was actually having his strings pulled by Watson? I mean... I do not see Sherlock putting up with the likes of this particular John.

Yeah, in theory the antlers could be used to stab someone, but I wouldn't think they'd be easy to weild while attached to the head. I'd also think it would take A LOT of force to get them to pierce flesh that deeply. The guy didn't seem like he'd be stron genough, and also it just seemed like the puncture wounds were too small to match the antlers. Plus, why wouldn't he sanitize the antlers after using them, instead of leaving them bloody? I think we will have to watch this show with a less fussy mind, and try to appreciate the "quirky" aspects of the town, and the dynamic between the siblings-- neither of which I'm sure yet about whether I actually will like, though I did appreciate that by the end of the episode they seemed to be enjoying each other rather than her acting like he's a burden. If her actual problem with him is that he left, not that he is who he is, that is better than if it's going to be a show all about how the neurotypical person is annoyed by the person who isn't. I don't think representation is worth having if it's just going to be insulting. Seeing the two of them ally against their corrupt parent might be interesting, though the fact that his corruption is why they both have jobs does undermine the premise. Nepo babies vs corrupt parent smacks of "we're not taking this at all seriously-- and not only because it's a comedy". I am also side-eyeing the step-mother, who is such a caricature that it's hard to think of anything else to say about her besides that she is one. I thought it was interesting that the cop assigned to work with the brother likes and identifies with the brother and was excited to work with him. Being a fan since high school rather than just another person rolling their eyes at him was a good beat. And the way the brother decided to give the cop credit for their lead shows that he does actually know how to... think creatively... to get around obstacles. He's listening, even when he's frustrated by someone, and he's able to make use of ideas and resources that arise, and form alliances with willing partners. I liked that.

I agree! It completely blew my mind at the time.

I also expected quite a few more fatalities and collapses and was really happy that they didn't happen. I like that this isn't that kind of show. It's full of tension and consequences and drama and high emotion-- but they don't do carnage and gore casually, and they usually don't torture people just for shock.

Do people who hate Shae hate Julian also?

I didn't think of the phone at all, actually; I was more thinking of notifying people in person. But I suppose that in wartime, it's not practical to dispatch someone to the home of each casualty.

It looks like they really are committed to making the show about some big arc villains, and even when they have a case with an individual it will tie into the Big Arc. I'm finding that I don't enjoy it anymore and am just kind of watching out of habit.

I was very taken with Jaskaran's beard. I want to know if it's as soft to touch as it looks, and whether it's that way naturally or if he uses something to condition it, and if so, what does he use? Clearly, none of this is any of my business, but that was my primary takeaway from his game. I am the only person in my family with fuzzy hair, so I take particular interest in hair issues. I knew it was one of the segregation cases in the SCOTUS category, and I could even remember the details of the case... but not the name. Been having so much trouble with names lately! It must be a specific part of the brain that stores names! --- I like imagining Ken wearing the friendship bracelet. I think the community of J! players must be one of the best parts of playing. Yes, if you win big money, that's awesome, but 2/3 of players don't win at all, let alone a huge amount, but the community seems to be there for all, and I like that. My ex studied Ancient Greek and Latin, and I felt like I should know tonight's FJ, but I did not. --- When thinking of yarn, don't forget weavers! They are probably not as numerous as knitters and crochet artists, but they do exist. I think, though, that shops like that are also community resources-- many times they host meetings and classes, so fans of the crafts can get together for social reasons, or to learn skills.