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It's doesn't ring true to me that neither Glenn nor Emily talked to Juliette before the baby arrived about nannies and additions to her security team. Because of their careers, they'd need a nanny would is ok with extensive travel, can deal with the paparazzi, and they'd want hire a couple of people to do security specifically for the nanny and baby. I would think this isn't something you'd call the local nanny agency for when you're wanting someone to come over a couple of days a week, so I have no idea why this wasn't discussed before the baby was born. I actually don't think it would have been completely unusual if they hired someone when Juliette was on bedrest, just so the person could get used to the household, and the various people in their lives, to make sure it's a good fit before the baby arrives. I mean, what exactly was her plan when she went back in the studio or on tour? Just hand the baby off to Emily to deal with? Gunnar looks like a moron in that hat and I wish Scarlette had told him to take it off, as well as to stop being creepy. I like her with the doctor and hope they don't screw that up and put her and Gunnar back together.

So, 30-something years ago, some guy breaks into Max and Brennan's house, stealing Brennan's ring, in order to make a point that he can get to the family whenever he wants and that makes Max abandon the family. Fast forward to now and Max learns the guy has died, goes to dig him up to make sure it's him, and discovers the ring the guy stole from Brennan. So they're saying this guy not only kept the ring all these years, he either kept it on his person or whoever buried him felt it was important enough to him to bury him with it? On the plus side, I'm really enjoying Aubrey. I didn't care for him at first, but he's definitely one of the highlights of episodes for me now. Too bad he, Hodgens, Cam, and the interns can't have their own show.

One of the things I didn't understand is why Kim was so worried about the accountants flagging $400 worth of copies from Chuck's billing code. I could understand them questioning it if it was her own code, but even though Chuck is on sabbatical or whatever they're calling it, he's still a named partner and I assume that would give him more leeway for something like that. Also, that amount of money doesn't seem like all that much for a big law firm to spend that it would get noticed. The aspects of the case itself seem pretty realistic to me and I can absolutely see how the retirement home might be using creative accounting in order to steal from their residents. I have a relative in a similar kind of place and we've recently discovered some questionable money issues. In our case, there have been some checks addressed to my relative, who is incapacitated and cannot sign or make any decisions. These checks are supposed to go to the guardian to deal with, but instead, the facility has been signing and cashing the checks without informing the guardian that the checks existed. And I could totally see the home trying to cover themselves by claiming that residents were informed of all the charges, since they were listed on the bill. The facility could easily say that it's standard practice to use billing codes and that it's not their fault that the definition of those codes is written in such fine print, but if a resident has questions, they could ask and have them explained. Of course, that explanation might be more them saying, "It's ok, everything is fine. That charge is for aspirin. You did ask and receive aspirin, didn't you? Do you remember the exact dates, times, and amounts of aspirin you received? No, that's ok; let us worry about all that, bingo is about to begin and you don't want to be late."

i'm going to take the wardrobe talk to Elizabeth's thread.

From the Tamerlane thread: Calamity Jane: She definitely should be dressing in a suit, like she does, based on her position. It's just the 3/4 sleeved jackets that I find surprising, because more conservative higher ups would probably be giving them the side eye (in real life, anyway). I think any suit is professional, but my experience has been that you see them more on 'staffers in the summer' than 'the boss at any time of year'. That also reminds me of another thing I love about her wardrobe; she wears pants! I absolutely loathe the idea that a woman isn't dressed professionally if she's not wearing a dress or skirt, so to see a woman in power wearing pants to the office on a regular basis is refreshing.

I wonder if she had flashbacks of the accounting "blow-off" class where everyone had to stand on their desks and they found out why you don't do that. ETA: Also I don't know if I just lucked out, but there weren't any commercials when I watched. I was watching it through my xbox360 and not on my computer, so that might have made a difference.

This is making me laugh, because I could totally see protocol people making sure that she is wearing something representing whatever country she's visiting, either something manufactured there or a brooch of a native bird or whatever. I'm also not really up on current fashions, but is her long sleeved button up with a 3/4 sleeve suit jacket the style now? I suppose it might be their way of showing she's not overly conservative and isn't giving up her sense of style, but I feel like all of her jackets are 3/4 sleeved and it bugs me. Wardrobe aside, I really enjoyed this episode because of how she interacted with her family. I liked that her husband didn't put his foot down and insist that she not go because it was too dangerous. He didn't like it, but recognized that it was part of her job. I cracked up about her list of "vetoed wives" and I liked that entire scene, because I think that was a realistic way a couple that has been married a long time would act when faced with a serious situation. I actually think they are my favorite married couple on tv right now.

The gun case didn't interest me at all, but I'll give it a pass since I always like to see McVeigh and apparently this show is constantly forgetting that he and Diane are married and could actually show up without having a case involving a weapon. Two things are bugging me, though. Isn't it a conflict of interest for him to be testifying on behalf of his wife's client? We know both of them can be unbiased, but why isn't the opposing council objecting to him giving expert testimony? It also really bothered me that the judge kept asking questions and showing his bias. How can he give a fair verdict (though, I can't remember if this was a jury trial) if he's appalled by the gun designer? I'm beyond tired of "Florrik for SA" election redux. I was sick of it when it was Peter and I'm sick of it now. I signed on to watch a show about people at a law firm, not people running for office. There's not enough Eli, not enough Diane, not enough Cary, and not enough David Lee to make up for me having to suffer through Alicia wandering around Chicago acting like she's running for the President of the PTA and not a state wide office. I honestly don't know why the creators decided to go down this path to begin with and I have no idea why Alicia wants to be SA. She's not acting like she wants the job for any other reason except that people have told her she shouldn't be running.

With all of the cast changes, I was a little worried, but they has a similar spark to earlier season episodes to me. I really loved seeing Garrett, Leonard, Vicki, and Todd again and hope that they will stick around. I think was disappointed me the most with the past couple of seasons was that the group felt really isolated from the larger Greendale community and I missed the group interacting with people other than just the Dean. I think that Frankie will fit in well with the group and I liked that she immediately went to Abeb for help fitting in. She said she was the normal one in a family of crazy people and, according to the personality tests they all took in the season 3 Halloween episode, Abeb is also apparently the sane one in a group of crazy people. I'm hoping that Elroy and Jeff will be partners in crime, like Troy and Abed were. I liked their interaction and it would be interesting to see how the group would react to him becoming fast friends with a new member. One thing I do think would be kind of funny would be to see people in the background losing frisbees every episode, since it would be such a Greendale thing fix the roof and promptly forget about what started the problem.

The PAC thing has been bugging me from the start, because I've either missed when they clarified what kind of PAC they're talking about or no one bothered to do a google search about it. A PAC has to disclose the names of donors and there are limits on how much a person can donate, but they CAN coordinate with candidates. A SuperPAC also has to disclose donor names and there is no limit to how much a person can contribute, but they CANNOT coordinate with campaigns. Campaigns and PACs have to file quarterly reports that list donor names and expenditures and it's public record; anyone can look it up. Starting a PAC isn't anonymous; there has to be a treasurer and that person's information is listed on the paperwork. Bishop said he started Alicia's PAC and he will put her in touch with his 'contact', meaning the treasurer. It's doubtful he just pulled in a random person off the street, so there's the first public connection between Alicia, Bishop, and the PAC. I'm assuming that Bishop is using the PAC to "buy" Alicia, but it's also possible he's using it to launder money in some way. Except, any money donated to the PAC must be disclosed. And by disclosed, I mean name, address, occupation, employer, etc are listed. So, that's the second public connection. So why is everyone on her campaign trying to be so hush hush about the origins of the PAC and its connection to Bishop? It wouldn't take a person that's moderately connected (or really bored) to figure out the money trail. Do they think people aren't going to check the records? Checking stuff like that is a huge part opposition research and the minute there's any whiff of something sketchy going on, they'll have people going over the disclosures with a fine toothed comb. The only thing I can think of that would make sense is that Bishop created a 501(c )4 and didn't tell Alicia. They can collected unlimited donation amounts and donors are anonymous. Then the 501(c )4 can donate unlimited amounts of money to the SuperPAC, which will only have to disclose that they got the money from the 501(c )4. Alicia's struggle with the whole PAC/Bishop thing just bugged the crap out of me. It's not a deposition, so lying about Bishop's connection isn't perjury. And her campaign manger was right on; Alicia only knows that Bishop told her he started the PAC, she doesn't know for certain that he's behind it or has contributed to it. How many times have they shown her doing deposition prep with clients, where she told them to just answer the question asked.

Actually, yeah. I generally say something along the lines of that they'll be in my thoughts and I've never had someone take offense to that. To me, it's disrespectful to another person's belief system to say you're going to pray for them when you don't believe in it. But I don't think that was about her trying to be polite about the request; that was Alicia in campaign mode. She's spent months being coached to say she's anything but an atheist. She can say she's struggling, searching, or anything that might indicate that she has some sort of religious belief, but not that she's an because "public atheists" don't get elected. I didn't really want Alicia to run for office, because they've focused so much on campaigns in the past, but I think it's interesting to see how Alicia has changed. She hasn't even been elected yet and is already being corrupted, just by the process of running for office.

My favorite part of the the Fox News bit about the Times cropping out GWB is the fact that they used a completely different picture to illustrate their outrage. Pay no attention to the bridge behind the people, Fox News viewers!

Gah, watching Annie Walker was like seeing Mr. Magoo try to be James Bond. Your post also make me wonder when the last time that the Alphabet Soup Law Firm actually won a case without having to lie, steal, coerce, or threaten anyone. All I can really remember happening the past two seasons is bitching and moaning about interoffice crap.

Not sure if this is an UO, but I cannot stand Peter's girlfriend Carla. Everything about her annoys me and I'm finding myself fast-forwarding through all her scenes, which means that I'm missing quite a bit of Peter in some episodes.

I actually missed several of the early seasons, so those have been fun to watch for the first time. It was right around the middle of the second season that I stopped watching (I was a teen and my parents didn't like an episode, so it was banned), then watched seasons 5 and 6 before losing interest. I'd still watch, but it was no longer appointment tv and I didn't care if I missed episodes. Echoing what WendyCR72 said, I definitely feel like the magic was lost once the core 6 characters were gone and it just wasn't the same with the newbies.

I think the show would have worked better if Mike had went to law school and took the bar exam, but sometime after graduation and before being admitted to the bar, he was arrested and convicted on drug charges. From what I've read briefly online, it seems that a conviction wouldn't necessarily prevent you from being admitted, but if you were denied admission, they might reconsider after a period of time. Doing that wouldn't have changed the initial premise of the show much at all. Mike could have been dealing with the best friend, got busted, but not be that worried because all of his law school friends have told him that a conviction wouldn't matter. When he's not admitted to the bar, he decides to be a drug courier for the best friend, in order to start paying back his loans (instead of to get money to pay for his grandma's nursing home, like in the pilot) and that's when he meets Harvey. Yeah, there won't be any "the secret" drama, but maybe the conflict could be from Mike being frustrated because he'll never be able to advance at the firm without being admitted to the bar.

I know they picked the name because of the location, but it's so forgettable to me and I wonder if that might end up being a ratings issue. I'm generally pretty good at remembering the names of upcoming shows, but 30 minutes after I see a commercial for this one, I can't remember anything except that it's "that new CBS cop show".

What Donna did was like a bad plot from a sitcom. Is she really so stupid that she wouldn't realize that there might be cameras there? Or that impersonating a federal employee might be pretty illegal? And I don't even know why she got the documents in the first place, since it won't help their case. She got them illegally, so they aren't admissible and yeah, they have him on record saying they didn't replace the sensors, but so what? If they were going to withhold or falsify the documents during discovery, what makes makes Harvey and Mike think they won't do it anyway? One of the only good things about this episode is hopefully Jeff will go to Paris and never, ever come back. Every character I've ever seen DBW play has been exactly the same; angry, bitter, and self-righteous and it's annoying.

At this point, I see no way for the show to move on from this. Too many people know and too many crimes have been committed to covering it up. I wouldn't be surprised if the show ends with everyone going to jail and Daniel Hardman taking over what would be left of the firm.

I swear, if Daphne wasn't already in college, her entrance essay would be titled "How I committed a felony and got away with it". I liked how the dealt with the situation with Kathryn's mom. When they were cooking and she thought she forgot her meds, I couldn't decide if they were in a relationship or if the friend was a care worker and still wasn't quite sure when John said they wanted to share a bedroom. Are we to assume that when the friend (spacing on her name) told Kathryn that they were "companions", that the fact they are in a relationship is going to remain unspoken because Kathryn would be uncomfortable with her mom being a lesbian? That's how I took it, but I'm not sure why they would think she's be uncomfortable with it, so maybe I misunderstood. I think Bay was exactly right about the fact that they needed to talk about what happened before they could move on, but I was so annoyed that Emmett kept insisting that HE didn't need to talk. It wasn't about HIM and his needs; it was about Bay and what she needed, but naturally he didn't get that. If your girlfriend wants to talk, you shut up and listen instead of telling her she doesn't need to "put herself through that". Saying that dismisses her feelings and is the opposite of being a supportive boyfriend. The one huge nitpick that kept bugging me was trying to figure out when this was supposed to be taking place. Daphne said she was on "fall break", coffee shop kid was in a heavier coat and wool hat, yet the trees were loaded with leaves and the grass was green.

I was surprised that there wasn't already a board for ER, so thanks for adding my request for one, SilverStormm! I started rewatching it a month or so ago and forgot how good it was in the early seasons.

Wow, I had completely forgotten that Tooms was in season one! Twenty years later, Eugene Victor Tooms still creeps me out and is probably #1 on my list of scariest XF cases.

If you want one, don't let that hold you back. We've have a 55 gallon salt water tank for 15 years and have never had a significant problem because of a power outage, even when we lost power for 2.5 days. I think that, once the tank gets established, it can handle less than perfect conditions pretty easily.

Then there were two crimes committed and they both should be prosecuted for rape.

I'm a Rory/Logan fan and preferred their relationship over the ones she had with Dean and Jess. Rory and Logan more on equal footing than she was with any of her other boyfriends and I think that Logan understood that more than Rory did. I think that Logan proposed, not because he particularly wanted to get married, but because it was "the thing you did" after graduation when you wanted to make a stronger commitment than "college boyfriend/girlfriend". I honestly don't think Logan wanted Rory to marry him, settle down in California, and be a corporate wife; I think he just wanted to let her know that he was fully committed to their relationship and it wasn't just a college relationship. I liked her relationship with Logan because he understood what it would mean for their relationship when it came to her career. Because of his father, he would have become accustomed to the weird hours, so he would have an easier time getting used her being gone. He also had no problem with calling her out when she was she was getting too much inside her own head. Yes, he did go about it the wrong way at times and came off as a jerk, but the way I see it, Rory had enough people in her life that were more than willing to coddle her and treat her like an ultra special snowflake. I don't know if I'm explaining how I feel correctly, but I liked that he didn't treat her like she was a girlfriend that he was "slumming with" in college. Yes, he might have been amused because she wasn't used to it, but the fact of the matter is that her great-grandmother was rich, her grandparents were rich, her father was rich, and eventually, she will come into a ton of money. Out of the three major relationships we were shown, I think that Logan and Rory were the best match and were the most likely to have made it into adulthood.