Lone Wolf

As soon as I saw Senor Chang, I knew there'd be friction with Frank. I wish they'd have done some kind of Community callback, like "Your clicker doesn't intimidate me, I've survived more paintball battles than you can imagine." Isn't Emily management? If so, I'm not sure that she'd have been allowed to attend the Union election speeches. Carl must have had desk duty if he was working while "injured". That's all I've got.

At least Cheryl didn't wake up to find Larry in the shower and realizing that everything from the season that they got divorced had been a dream. Seriously though, it worked for me. I especially liked Jerry meta-ing the fact that a lot of people were predicting (and hating the idea of) Curb ending like Seinfeld did: "You don't want to end up like this. Nobody wants to see it. Trust me."

Random thoughts: Did anyone else notice that all of Richard's scenes were filmed with him sitting in the car, even to the point of him having LD come to Richard when they argued about LD buying the car and Conan Clearance? They seemed to be having a great time during that scene - more than a hint of a smile on both their faces, and I'm certain that the entire "Babe" exchange was improv. Steve Buscemi (who IMHO can do no wrong) is looking his age. I guess we're all getting older. Couldn't help but remember this clip of real-life LD introducing himself to a major celebrity - no doubt without prior clearance: https://youtu.be/gjtL6zXlBSo

Yikes, I'll say...Wikipedia link below:

I thought they were pretty sympathetic, although I didn't expect any less - TPTB seem to be at least as interested in trashing Hefner/Playboy (not saying that he doesn't deserve it) as they do in presenting these stories. My nitpick remains that a lot (if not most) of these crimes aren't directly attributable to or caused by Playboy, so I think the title is a bit exploitative as are the episode descriptions ("A Playboy model writes a tell-all book about Hef and is later found dead." Are we supposed to infer that Hef had her whacked?), but I guess with so many program viewing choices these days, eyeballs must be captured by any means necessary. As for this ep, I don't know whether having sex with Hef would have gotten Jill Ann her coveted centerfold (although I think the odds were against it), but good on her for deciding that it wasn't worth it even though it had been her lifelong dream. She was in a stronger place than a lot of wannabe's because she was more accomplished and mature, so she had a more realistic perspective than many. I'm still amused by Holly's nails changing colors even though her outfit stays the same. Pink and green were the revolving colors in last week's and this episode. I'll be curious to see whether Holly and company will be able to scrape up enough "Playboy murder victims" for a third season - they may have to modify the definition to include Playboy magazine subscribers.

Just watched the Melonie Haller ep. I remember her from Welcome Back, Kotter and the magazine pictorial but I wasn't aware of what happened to her subsequently; based on the show's premise and title, I assumed that she'd been murdered, which I'm sure was the intent. Glad she lived to tell the tale. The Playboy connection is the weakest one we've had this season - I also remember Jeana (Tomasino) Keough from first several seasons of The Real Housewives of Orange County back in the mid '80's. She looks better now than she did then; ah, the magic of Hollywood.

I tend to watch the first half or so of these shows, get bored, and then Google the case, so I can get resolution without investing any more time. It is interesting seeing Holly's fingernails go from green to red and back again several times in the same ep, though. Continuity monkeys asleep at the switch.

Watching for the first time, most because I was curious to see what all the fuss (e.g., Markle) was about, but back in the day I liked LA Law quite a bit so I assumed there was a decent chance that I'd enjoy this one. Just finished Season 8, Ep. 4, "Revenue Per Square Foot", so I'm winding down with the series. This plotline includes Louis getting mugged and subsequently vapor locking in court due to having suppressed the trauma of the experience. My biggest problem with this ep is that for a long while now Louis has had his therapist, Dr. Lipschitz, practically on retainer, calling him at all hours of the night and day, walk-in appointments, etc., but this time instead of reaching out once more to Lipschitz, Louis internalizes the event and misdirects his PTS towards Samantha. Not a realistic outcome, especially since he realized he was in denial after the court fiasco. In general, sometime during the last season I gradually became aware of how frequently the characters say, "What do mean?" or "What are you talking about?" Without exaggeration, I think each phrase comes out of someone's mouth at least once and usually more per episode. Seems like lazy writing. Other nitpicks - I don't think any office environment includes the men wearing suitcoats the entire day; most guys take their jackets off when they settle in and put them on again when they leave the building. I could almost handwave putting it on when you leave your office, but just working at your desk? Very unlikely. Finally, I realize it's TV and not a documentary, but c'mon...the basic premise is ridiculous - no firm is going to hire, retain, and have act on its behalf as an attorney someone without a law degree (especially one as prestigious as Pearson Hardman is supposed to be), photographic memory or not. And even if they did, they wouldn't get away with it for as long as these guys did. I get it, without that you don't have a show, but still...it's tough to suspend disbelief. All that said, I do like the show (obviously, since I've hung in this long). The banter between the characters is amusing (if a little forced sometimes), Louis is a bit over exaggerated but so was Douglas Brackman (though not quite this much), and the production values sets and men's wardrobe (the women's are a little OTT for a law office) are on point. I'm not feeling the need to binge, nor will I miss it when it's over, but it's been a fun watch.

Season 12 Eps: 12 x 01: Live At MoDeans 12 x 02: Sun Darts 12 x 03: I'm A Degen 12 x 04: Snooters 12 x 05: Stuck 12 x 06: Over And Out I think there was more, but I don't believe in instant gratification so I didn't binge the season and only remember noticing some things in the moment that I saw them. I am going to go back and rewatch the entire series though - the dialogue has always moved so quickly that I'm sure I missed a lot the first time around.

Welp, he was comforted by the one team member who has an aversion to human contact, thus honoring his bravery and sacrifice, so I'm inclined to think he ded. My nitpick is that in all the flashbacks to when the team was active Army, Reacher looks like the same scruffy hobo he's destined to become. In this episode his immediate superior comes in to lay down the law and apparently doesn't even notice that Reacher's barely in uniform (fatigue pants and an undershirt) and badly needs a shave. I would think that especially as an officer in charge he'd need to be squared away. Without a doubt. In almost every book Reacher "gets the girl" , at least one girl, at least one time, barely trying. He's irresistible. And not for nothin', but I'm sorry, muscle-bound guys don't look in suits - they look like they're suffocating. The Rock had the same problem in Ballers, and he didn't even wear a tie.

I tend to watch television without pity (kudos to anyone who gets the reference), so my first thought was that it's an embedded commercial and he gets paid for it. OTOH, those huge corporations probably don't need a C-list celebrity humping their foods on a streaming service, so maybe not. I did notice that in one ep they spent a lot of time talking about some snack chip though; I think they were even eating them in the car. There may have been some shenanigans going on with that one.

I'll take it, but there wasn't anything inherently Christmas about the episode. In other words, if you took all the Christmas references out of it, the Kevin James plot could have stood on its own. Back in my day, Lois climbed Christmas trees in the town square like a red-headed King Kong and Santa was referred to as "Klaus". Now, that was A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas. And not fer nothin', but the Griffins have had people move in with them before. Still enjoyed it though. It was a good appetizer for my annual Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town screenings.

From a rational, common sense standpoint, I totally agree with you. However...Melissa (and her son) inherited Joan's $150 million estate. That's in addition to the wealth she had accrued on her own working for E! and whatever other projects she had going. $150k to her is $1,500 to you or me. Maybe even $150.

EP 1: Seems like if Mary was giving birth to a wolf, it would have changed back and forth in utero during the full moons and she would know already. That said, I'm betting that she'll have one - there's a lot more to do with that plotline than there would be with another human. I bought the wedding misdirect until she started bleeding and then I knew it was somebody's dream. As soon as the ultrasound went haywire, I knew we were being faked out again. Mary's advice about rip tides was wrong. If you go with the flow, you're going to get pulled right TF out into the ocean. At least on this side of the world, you swim parallel to the shore until you're out of it, then you make your way in. Maybe the tides behave differently in Australia, but I don't think so. Did anyone else notice the wolf topiary in front of Mary's house? It was in the first exterior shot, but the camera panned over it fairly slowly in the last one at the end of the show.