Bulldog

For a finale, that was very underwhelming.

I don't know how I feel about the fact that Shane, who is clearly getting the villain edit, is the one character I seem to consistently be finding myself in agreement with his opinions. First, as I mentioned last week, on the room situation, you should get the room that you (or in this case, mommy) paid for. I would not obsess over it the way Shane has, but its not unreasonable. I did like the manager suggested trade-off of offering him a room with an extra toilet in exchange for the room with the ocean view. This week, I think its a perfectly reasonable request to not want your spouse to spend your freaking honeymoon working. I suspect if the roles were reversed, Rachel would be getting much more sympathy for the exact same situation. And yes, he should not have offered to "pay" her not to work -- that was a dick move -- but Rachel should have not put him in a position of feeling that he had to make such an offer. She should have simply replied to her editor/agent/whomever that she was on her honeymoon and would be available when she returned on "x" date. LOVED the Rachel/Nicole conversation and all its glorious awkwardness. So, does Rachel do those top 10 lists things you see at the bottom of web pages? Is that really journalism? And for all Rachel's aw shucks innocence and naivete, she was pretty quick to describe Nicole and the daughter as "bitches" when she saw them in the dining room. (Not that I disagree about the daughter.) Not sure where the whole Grandpa Mosbacher was gay and had AIDS thing is going, but that was certainly an unexpected curveball. Interested how it will fit in with the rest of the story. I'm not so sure that Tanya's business offer to Belinda was such a bad thing (although I'd be very wary of accepting). When she made the proposal to Belinda, then turned to tell the Mosbachers that they had a lovely family before Belinda could reply, I thought for certain it would be an example of how flaky and self absorbed Tanya was and that she couldn't remember what she was talking about mere seconds earlier. But, instead she worked the conversation back around to what a great massage Belinda gave her, and then turned to Belinda and said she could be her PR person as well. I think Tanya might be smarter than most are giving her credit for. Britton can do more with one facial expression than most performers can with an entire script of dialogue.

I loved him asking in the audition if the show was for the CW. I suspect many more mature cast members of CW shows have asked the same question when approached for a part.

I really like the kid playing Bart. He looks and acts like he could be the son of Barry and Iris.

Liked this more than I anticipated. Tuned in mainly for Connie Britton, who I will watch in anything. ANYTHING. Favorite character so far is Rachel, but I think it is much too obvious for her to be the body in the casket. That said, I do think it has to be someone connected to Shane in some fashion as he doesn't seem the type to look sadly upon a casket being loaded on a plane if the person inside is a stranger or someone he just met. Or, perhaps Shane is in some way responsible for the person's death and that is why he was looking out at the casket being loaded. Speaking of Shane, he's a jerk. No doubt. But, he wasn't wrong about the room. If you pay for the (presumably) more expensive room, then you should get the more expensive room. Of course, that is somewhat hypocritical of me to say as I would have definitely taken the Rachel stance of the room we have is nice enough. Didn't really like the manager trying to gaslight him into thinking they got the room they purchased. I'll just echo what others have said about Lani being pregnant. I, too, thought she was just fat. I didn't think the weight looked pregnancy related at all. I do wonder what she thought the endgame would be. Even if she gave birth early, she was clearly close enough to going into labor that she should have known she couldn't keep it a secret. Never really been a fan of Jennifer Coolidge, and so far, this has not changed my opinion. When she was whining about needing a massage, I was really hoping one of the staff would ask her if she had been doing too much bend and snap. Did the rich family (whose name escapes me at the moment) really book a suite for five people that only had one bedroom? If I understood correctly, the two girls were going to sleep in the living room and the son got relegated to closet kitchen (who knew those existed). These are obviously people of means. The wife is supposedly a big time exec for some company. Are we to believe they couldn't afford 3 or 4 bedrooms? Or maybe, it will be revealed that they are having financial difficulties. But if that is the case, why take the vacation at all.

I'd hardly compare the lead actress on a successful television series to a "slave." I have no doubt that she (and her fellow co-stars) were all homesick and missing their families. I still don't see that as a valid reason to bail on your commitment (again, assuming that is the case -- it may not be, but it seems clear that her absence from this episode was not something pre-planned).

I don't really follow the behind the scenes stuff, but if Candice really wasn't in the episode just because she wanted to go to LA or visit her family, then that seems like a fairly weak excuse to me. If you make a commitment to the show, then you need to honor it, barring extraordinary circumstances. Clearly, she was intended to be part of this episode. (And if she wasn't, then that's some piss poor decision making on the part of the writers and producers.) I can appreciate missing your family. Literally millions of people have missed their family due to COVID. But, you suck it up and do the job you were hired to do. (Or quit, which I wouldn't want because I do like Iris. But don't jump ship when you should be integral to the story just because you want a vacation.)

So, Iris is completely absent from an episode where one of the main storylines is whether or not she is pregnant? Huh?

Well, they didn't come right out and say it, but the juxtaposition of Katerina and Red in the final scene made it seem fairly obvious that they were one and the same. I honestly thought that Liz's final vision would be Katerina morphing into Red. I'll admit I never paid much attention to all the internet chatter thru the years that supported the theory, but I'm convinced now. Of course, with Boone leaving, and Liz presumably dead, I don't know why they didn't just come out and make the big reveal. If they are saving it for later, it simply won't have the same impact without Liz to react to it (never thought I'd type those words). Honestly, with Liz being gone, Red's identity basically becomes a moot point.

There's a reason they are called supporting characters, show.

Not trying to apply too much logic to this episode, but what exactly was the mechanism by which Liz was getting this info tonight? Was Red telling her this story? Was she dreaming? Imagining? Were these projections like a film? Holograms? Inquiring minds want to know.

I've seen this speculated several places on the internet, but honestly never gave it much credence. However, it certainly seemed like the direction they were headed in this episode.

I'll never take pleasure in somebody losing their job. In that respect, I do hope the decision for Boone to leave was mutual (although I very much doubt it). That said, the show will be infinitely better without her. The contrast between this season's episodes with her and without her was stark. She was clearly the weak link. I won't miss the character, but I wish the actress well.

And she immediately backtracked. https://www.primetimer.com/item/Jane-Levy-I-wasnt-trashing-NBC-with-comment-about-its-quot-crime-and-guns-quot-shows-z8S7bX Sounds like her agent had a few words with her.

Awful.

I kept asking myself if we had actually ever seen him (and the only other two in the group with names) before. I thought they might be some of those people Madison magically helped off screen. I had absolutely no recollection of them. Madison seems to be getting quite a bit of mentions lately. I wonder if a return is in the works. Slightly off topic, but are tombs really that easy to get into? TV and movies are always showing people opening up tombs with relative ease. People seem to have no trouble digging up graves, or, in this case, opening up a mausoleum. Aren't those things sealed in some way? And in ground tombs rarely seem to have a vault that you have to get through to access the casket? And can you really just pop open the lid to a casket? Inquiring minds want to know. (And I realize in this instance, Looney Toons has a background in the funeral industry, so maybe he has more knowledge than most, but it seems to be a fairly oft used TV/movie trope.)

They should ditch Liz and the whole FBI crew. Next season should be just Red, Dembe, and Paula doing whacky hijinks. I'd watch.

As someone who has really thought that this season has been lacking so far, I actually enjoyed this one. The show does best when it has the cast interact with historical figures. Ditch the alien stuff and concentrate on that. Nate looked more like a Kennedy than either of the actors who were playing JFK and RFK. Zari typing with her thumbs was definitely the highlight of the night. I like semi-competent Mick!

Thankfully, it appears that the "Forces" storyline is over. I honestly couldn't give you a coherent summary of it if someone held a gun to my head.

I'll just echo that I did not see the twist with British guy coming. Well played, show. Well played. Since Beth doesn't want to be a lawyer and the dance studio fell through, maybe she should go to work as a seamstress. That was some fast sewing! Rebecca's not even trying to hide her favoritism any more. I was hoping that when she kept pressing Randall for details about his birth mother, he would say "well it was dark when we went skinny dipping together, so I really didn't get a good look." Maybe Kate isn't in the ultimate flash forward because armed troops storm her second wedding and take her out. For a show that airs on NBC, they sure did reference alot of ABC programs. Continue to love Uncle Nicky. But even he should know not to have something like chairs delivered to the wedding venue. He had their address.

I'm going to go against the grain and say that I found Tommy's reaction to her husband's death completely unrealistic and contrived. I will add that it is to Torres' credit that she sold it as good as she did. Otherwise, the whole storyline would have been unwatchable.

If 16 years was supposed to have passed in Grace's dream, why did some people appear to have not aged at all and Morgan appear to be about 30 years older? And why would nobody recognize Grace, whom they all knew, and whose appearance has not changed at all since she "died"?

Was I the only one who found Devon's reaction to Rose and Barrett odd? Like really, really odd? Where did that come from?

I often wonder if the citizens of Central City question why lightning bolts so often shoot out the top of Star Labs into the sky,

I loved that Kevin not only brought Uncle Nicky with him to the studio, but also let him actually sit in on the meeting with his agent. I think I would watch a series with nothing but Uncle Nicky critiquing movie scripts. I was kind of hoping we'd get a DeNiro cameo for the movie screening. I always wonder what is going thru an actor's mind when the script calls for them to basically insult themselves, like when Kevin worried he might have to go back to doing television as if that was beneath him after having a film career. (And while I know television used to be considered lesser than movies, I'd argue that now there are many television projects that are just as prestigious as film.) Susan Kelechi Watson is really one of the unsung heroes of this show. She was definitely the standout tonight. And for once, Randall took someone's advice and didn't try to swoop in and save the day. Try listening to people more often, Randall. Kate was right about the strawberry dress. And on a similar note, while I know diddly squat about fashion, even I would know better than to put someone Kate's size in a patterned dress with huge ruffles as trim. I sometimes think the costume designer must hate Chrissy Metz. This.