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I thought Mattea won something recently. Time and tournaments have become scrambled in my brain.

Another board I frequent has a gritted teeth reaction. I would use that one but since we don't have it here, I gave the above post a fire emoji. One of these days, they will play this song behind one of the more dramatic scenes: https://genius.com/The-doors-light-my-fire-lyrics I say the show is best when it leans into itself.

I wanted to give that show a try, but it's too damn early in the morning for me. I'm already taping Velshi and watching it on delay because I can't take my news that early in the morning. I notice they've been moving a lot of the more interesting hosts to the weekend, and shoving them in the early hours, when I'm trying to take a break from the news. It's hard for me to believe the more insipid coverage gets better ratings, but maybe it does. I just can't understand why people would prefer repetitive pablum to actual info.

I find Mandy's mother extremely unpleasant, enough that I really hope she's not on the spin off and was actually disappointed when she and Mandy reconciled during this episode. Mary may be dogmatic and unreasonable at times, but she is still warmer and more supportive and generally kind than Mandy's mother. When it really counts, Mary is there for the people who need her and she isn't a total downer,

And the next tornado could land them in Oz!

No doubt! (sad)

I never watched The Closer. Do you recommend it? I wouldn't mind seeing the cops resist Elsbeth forever, because I like the idea that incompetent and corrupt police will not be won over by the agent of the consent decree. I just find their resistance to her to be weak and kind of unconvincing. It's like they haven't figured out yet that she's capable, despite that she solved three murderers in no time flat. They do have a bit of a problem, though, in that if she cracks the corruption case and they take down the Chief and reform the department... then Elsbeth no longer has a reason to be there, since she's only there on behalf of the consent decree and isn't actually part of the NYPD.

I'm sympathetic about him not wanting to take over the family business. But not so much his willingness to bully and take advantage of the B&B and freeload there.

I actually thought this one was better than this show's average. It was kind of leaning into the campiness of the situation (not the ambulance part but the fire tornado) and that helped me not get so worked up about the ridiculous aspects. I keep making the mistake of hoping they a really are course correcting things I don't like-- like maybe they would really end the triangle, and maybe they are really going to stop talking about personal drama instead of fighting a fire during an emergency, and maybe they are really going to make better use of the prisoner stories and also stop making Bode some sad sack/hero hybrid. And they sort of did that with Freddy 2.0 and Eve, though in a very annoying way that undermined her character and propped up Manny's at her expense. And they sort of did that with Vince and Sharon waiting to talk about their personal drama until after they took care of the kids (I don't know why the fire truck would be safe, though. Isn't that like an untethered trailer? Why wouldn't it be affected by the tornado? If it was nearly lifted off the road so that they couldn't drive it, why would it provide safety while NOT weighted down even with the weight of the passengers and just sitting there empty and parked?) If I believed they really ended the triangle, I'd be happy about it, but I don't trust that they did. But I still thought this episode was less irritating then most of the previous. This show clearly is not going to be my dream of a show, but I thought this was better than its average and clearly I'm still watching. One thing they are fairly consistent about is showing the prisoners doing their jobs and not being Big Scary Monsters. Bode and both Freddies were essentially unjustly punished and stigmatized, and we don't know the stories of most of the others. We had the one Bad Seed who was disposed of in the previous arc that sent Bode back to prison and then back to fire camp. But they are not demonizing the convicts and actually are showing them to be at the least, hard workers and not scary, with the one exception. This is not a point they explicitly focus on most of the time, but having it in the background is a throughline that you can't fail to notice if you watch the show. I like that. I think it's a good thing. They also don't make the women any less effective as firefighters or rescue personnel compared to the men. Sharon may be annoying, and her kidney issues absurdly misrepresented, but she is not bad at her job. Likewise, Gabriela may be written into a stupid triangle, but she is and always has been brave and a asset to the team even aas a trainee. And Cara, who they unceremoniously fridged to give Bode more heroics and Jake more angst, was also extremely professional even while dying. So I give the show points for that kind of thing, as well.

I also liked when they were trying to tell her she couldn't be where she was and she got very serious and said "I think I can." Moments like this show that she can drop the goofy act and be serious as a heart attack. I'm starting to have a little trouble with how the Chief sees her clearing cases, sees his staff being lazy and not thorough and basically just deciding they don't really need good evidence, they can just come up with a theory and say someone is guilty even if it won't probably hold up in court, and yet... the Chief still doesn't treat Elsbeth like a serious person. In the original Columbo, the cops knew Columbo was a good detective and they didn't really try to stop him. It was the suspects who fell for the act. In the reboot they are trying to run two stories-- that she is hoodwinking the suspects, but also investigating the corruption of the cops. I like this concept, but I think they need to do more to show that the cops realize she is smarter and/or more effective than they are, and that just brushing her off as an annoyance isn't going to work. Even if they are trying to keep her from discovering things, they are still doing it in a lazy way. I don't know how they should do this two-track throughline, but it isn't feeling credible to me right now, that the cops are still treating her like she's not really a threat, when she's clearly shown them that she sees right through them and her ditziness is an act. Kaya clearly sees Elsbeth very clearly and is acting accordingly. She's the only person in the entire department who's doing so.

I don't think so.

You can buy chihuahua clothing, but I also imagine Betty has custom made wardrobe. These examples just don't look as nice as what Betty wears. https://www.chihuahuawardrobe.com/ https://www.amazon.com/chihuahua-sweaters-dogs/s?k=chihuahua+sweaters+for+dogs https://www.etsy.com/search?q=chihuahua+sweaters&ref=search_bar

I think Columbo only did murder stories.

While they did resolve the mystery of who threatened Amanda, I think the fallout from the backstory will continue to be seen. I wonder if the actress for Oremwood's wife was not available? Leaving with a note like that seems like a really big deal. Divorcing him would make sense. But leaving the kids and not giving them any info like that? Seems out of character and way out there unless they just couldn't get the actress.

Thanks!! I wanted to hear him commenting on yesterday's event. Will head over to the site to watch.

Jen said that Chris was off for one day and would be back tomorrow. Last night I had Joy Reid and Lawrence O'Donnell set to record. But weirdly what recorded was Chris Hayes and the 11th Hour. I don't know what went wrong, because it's a series recording and I didn't change anything. And it worked every day before and again today. It looks like Joy's show is available on demand, but I don't see LOD's and I'm bummed.

It seems like the sub is the obvious person to be cut. She doesn't care anyway. I guess she's subbing for Maya who's on parental leave, though? So if they fire her sub, does that mean they're getting rid of Maya? I would think there was some kind of seniority system. They have a union, don't they? How does earning a higher rank make you first in line for layoffs? But if Ruiz quit, I guess that settles that question. I also though Hughes might be pregnant. They already did an abortion story for her, so another unplanned pregnancy wasn't what I would think they'd be scripting for her. I guess Ruiz is the father if she is pregnant. So... I don't know what to think is next. But if she;s not pregnant, then is she depressed? Or sick? Something is definitely wrong here. And Herrera ought to have known enough to ask her, since it's not like Hughes is typically a slacker.

Do Asta and D'arcy know Max can see Aliens? I can't remember who knows what anymore. Too much time goes by between seasons.

Honestly, I give a lot of credit to the acting here. Buck seemed more genuinely excited about Tommy, and flustered by the kiss, than he ever seemed with any of his previous love interests. He used to be enthusiastic and kind of "why not?" but he never seemed like he was out of breath or losing his cool to that degree or anything even close to it before.

Maybe they'll throw Carol in the well after they rescue Flower.

I really liked this episode. I was actually thinking the wedding was a good way to show that they were not going to put up with having their parenting undermined. Neither of them cared about the church wedding, they were only doing it for their moms. Well, if the moms don't respect their own parenting, then they see there are consequences. At the same time, I also liked that Georgie really didn't care about the baptisms one way or the other and was able to shrug it off. It was priceless that he and Sheldon both agreed that stealth baptism was rude, though.

I was getting SO ANGRY about being trolled so hard, it seemed so disrespectful. But then, the look in Buck's eyes when he and Tommy were standing close and talking, and the way he was holding his breath, I also said: Oh just kiss already! Still, didn't think they actually would. Good for them, if they do this for real. I just don't want to see another "identity freak out" as Buck goes through some weird internal backlash or something. Just let him have this and don't go too hard on the cliches, please. The entire franchise (this and the Lone Star version) has always been pro-cop, and it's the main thing about it that I've had trouble swallowing (more than the camp and other ridiculousness!) but I can't say the show didn't warn us for multiple seasons about their attitude. I notice Athena never did answer harry's question about what he was suppose dto do when he tried to leave and the shopkkeeper put hands on him and blocked his way. I don't know who any of the Bachelor characters are, and was glad the cross-over was brief. I felt degraded just watching it. 14 year old girls get a bad rap. Not all of them are dungbats. I thought Buck was acting more like a 14 year old boy. But even I know not all 14 year old boys are awful. The mom who accidentally shot her son was crushing.

The type of food, not the number of calories, makes a difference for people with carb/insulin problems. This is why people who are on a ketogenic diet (not fad keto, but real ketosis, as used to control epilepsy) do not gain weight even if they eat a crapton of calories. I personally can attest to this, as I lost 65 lbs that way. If I hate half the calories in carb form, my blood sugar went crazy and I had dangerous symptoms. Also, weight loss studies show that people who severely restrict calories often stop losing weight because their metabolism slows down. Of course, if you take anything to the extreme, people will die in either direction-- you can die of starvation, cause organ failure with extreme anorexia, or suffer all kinds of diseases from nutritional deficiencies, or eat yourself to death by eating non-stop. And "communities" are experienced differently by POC than white people, and the genetic issues are not in fact consistent as you say. Take POC and put them in situations where they are not stigmatized and the health disparities fade. Move people from their majority community and put them in a racist overlay and voila! Health problems. I'm not going to continue this because it's clear your mind is made up, but I encourage people to delve deeper. Most diets fail. Calories are not the whole story. It is much more complex than people think.

I think Kate made it home, but I don't know how. But they showed her and The Mayor sitting on the couch together, and he was asking her if she remembers anything and she said not. That was at the very end, while D'arcy was standing outside their door with the baby, getting ready to knock.

I notice a lot of crime shows have the investigators not wearing gloves these days. It always annoys me. Tess saying her partner can't investigate because he'd need a warrant made me laugh. Like, Tess can break and enter without a warrant-- no problem! Would her evidence be admissable on that basis? I figure her blindness came on slowly and she was in denial about how serious it was until it reached critical mass or something. I don't know anything about the particular condition they say she has. Can anyone tell me if the photo on the webpage for Sunny was her, or someone else? It went by too fast and my own vision is iffy enough these days (double vision with vertigo-- a flare, I hope, and not permanent), but I thought it might be that they lingered on it to show that it was someone else... which implies that Sunny is an imposter who stole the real Sunny's identity? Also, unless he was drugged, that one night stand guy was an implausibly heavy sleeper! This is the 2nd show the CW has done with a blind crime investigator. I think it's a surprising niche they seem to be carving out for themselves.