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I clearly missed some... developments(?) when I was on vacation and temporarily took this off my dvr, because I thought they broke up. I remember Kate Burton as Aunt Marie on Grimm. They are welcome to bring her back here a lot more! Maybe Maggie was taking Ella to live with her grandparents? Because, yeah, running into an old friend on a job, becoming a temporary guardian because said friend is having emergency surgery, then somehow, being named that child's guardian... makes no sense. "That man is playing Galaga!" I spend a lot of time watching the worker bees too. I've been thinking about turning it into a drinking game.

Clearly the new story will be the air marshal. Right?

I enjoyed the interview until Costa repeated the question Desi just asked. Getting that the correspondents are an act, and recognizing that I disliked Jordan's character on the show until he started doing field pieces (the 12yo in me giggles at "Fingers the Pulse"), putting Costa behind the desk for his turn has done nothing toward changing my mind about him. If they're still looking for a permanent host, and they name Costa, I'll be resorting to watching bits on that site that I know best for music videos. @Lantern7 I miss Roy, too.

Exactly what I was thinking. At the same time, didn't she confess to someone when she and Thor started dating that some of her forgetfulness was an act? She pretended with him to have forgotten some things so that they could experience "first times" again? Or did I just walk through Flower?

I love movies that let you watch the characters experience life and then you get to make your own decision. I agree with you that the ending doesn't feel conclusive, and doubt it was meant to be. It felt right. I saw Greta Lee on the Graham Norton Show and couldn't wait to see this movie. Fast forward a month, and it was an option on the flight I was taking! It's not my preferred way to watch a movie, but since we don't get out to the theater as often as we used to, I'll take it.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was muttering, "Don't do it, Hana, don't offer... oh, hell," at the end. Agreed about the cases on MW. I think this edition has the most interesting cases. I keep wanting to like International, but none of the characters work for me since Jaeger left.

Not to mention seeing Addison smack the side of the handset to get it to work. I don't know. This thing with Ben and Addison leaping together could (will probably) end up being a total shitshow. I doubt it will last long, which is my way of saying that if it lasts more than three episodes, I won't be staying.

I'm definitely going to have to take notes on the finale; this episode just went in one ear and out the other for me. That said, I agree with everyone above that there's no way Magic stays fired.

I started laughing at all the "finishing school" comments to the point that I started re-reading the line, but changed it to "band camp." As much as I frequently get annoyed by the stories at HQ, I love me some James Frain, especially as a deep grey character. That said, I did love watching Ian tear up while Ben used them as a positive example for Dean. Their "you really listened to me" expression made me realize that I need to do a better job of dusting the house.

Was it just me, or did the rest of you get suspicious of Elena after the first time plans went south on bringing in Kevin? And why would Kevin keep pouring diamonds out of the bear after Ben and Hannah found him in the basement? Did the director think we didn't see them the first time?

@KaveDweller mentioned two of the episodes you were thinking of. That storyline was the marvelous "Trilogy." Sam was the father in part one, fiance (which, yeah, a little weird) in part two, and finally the attorney. Always love me some Lou.

You are my PEOPLE! As much as I actually do like this show, there was far too much that annoyed about this episode, and you have each pointed out all of them (Ben losing and not replacing the cap; anachronisms galore; the "Plastics" which, has now become my favorite way to think of the other girls; the ever-popular Red Delicious apples, and especially looking so good in time of drought), however, the one that nobody has mentioned yet is the constant use of "Goody." It wasn't her name, writers! "Goody," as everyone here knows, was short for "Good wife," or "Mrs." If they wanted to use it, Ben and the townspeople should have been referring to "Goody Sarah," or whomever.

Oh, please. I was thinking about how Joe had a crewcut and there would never have been women in the engineering courses. About how McMillan was the tallest man on the team, and Chuck Day's father was a dentist (not broke). Oh, and how Roger wasn't the cigarette smoker on the team (that was Day). I recently watched the American Experience documentary on that website that is known for videos, The Boys of '36, and highly recommend it.

I've been waiting for this movie since I first read the book several years ago. TBH, I have read the book far too frequently to be unbiased, so I'm still working past my quibbles. Understanding that it's hard to tell such a detailed story in two hours, so cuts must be made, some of them could have been better done. Instead of having our eight young men simply start crew for the '36 season, do some exposition at the beginning (or a statement of some sort with the opening credits), because it would have been such a nice touch at the end to point out that in four years of competitive rowing, Joe, Roger, and Shorty never lost a race. Also, I strongly disagree with the actress who played Joyce's opinion that all the actors looked "exactly" like their RL counterparts. That said, they did a good job with it. The scenes on the water were marvelously shot. I was pleased to learn that early screenings were for actual rowers who said that they "got it." We took my HS-age nephew to see it, and he's been recommending it to all his friends. :)

I've been waiting since I first read the book five years ago for the Boys in the Boat movie. I'll likely see it opening day with my mother (who told me about the book) and my sister, since that's our tradition. I know there will be changes, and I hope they won't be too disappointing.