Impromptu

I don't listen to country music - I don't mind it, but it's not really my go-to choice. But this was the first season that I voted consistently for a singer on The Voice, and that singer was Craig (and also Anita, when she was still in play). My elderly mother, for the first time in my memory, voted for a reality competition (for Craig) via phone, and had me explain to her how to vote online as well (which was... not fun, as Mom isn't exactly the most computer savvy person). We're not country music fans, or swayed by exhortations to Jesus (we're Jewish), nor do either of us live in small towns in the South (I'm in Minneapolis, she is in Cleveland) we both just happened to think he was the best singer & performer on the show. To chalk up Craig's victory to "southern, country music block voting," is missing the point.

There is an American version of Broadchurch - I've already been seeing promos for it. It's FOX though, so even with David Tennant in it, there's certainly potential for disaster: http://www.fox.com/gracepoint/ I may go back and rewatch Babylon 5 this summer. I've been watching "Murder in the First," but while I've liked it, it's kind of a neutral like, not a compelled to watch like.

RE the issue of Sarah having had an abortion in her past and what potentially happened to that fetus, from this interview with the creators of the show, it seems like that was something that Tatiana improvised when they shot that scene. So it seems that Sarah's past abortion is not likely to play into the future story arc - it's more a tribute to the creative character research that TM has done. Full interview here: http://www.theloop.ca/tv_guide_canada_orphan-black_210/

They said the cell lines came from baby teeth (yes?) - I figured that someone had somehow gotten hold of Kira's baby teeth.