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I agree. Also, unfortunately, many people do run away from halfway houses and so of course they would be low priority. I think Maggie was projecting. She knows if her sister had disappeared from a halfway house, she would have written it off too as just another bad choice that her screw up sister made. Katie's mother did have a right to be angry but it's the system that's messed up. Not enough resources to go around investigating every single reported missing person report so they do have to prioritize based on historical data and unfortunately drug addicts, especially ones living at halfway houses, do run away. I've also seen enough Dateline episodes to know that even suburban housewives who go missing can be written off as a mom who just decided to leave because she had had enough of her boring life. There's just too many people reported missing, too many instances of people running away voluntarily and then coming back for there to be enough resources and time to investigate every single case. And getting a senator's daughter back would be a priority because it could have national security implications. It's not fair but it's just the reality.

Re: Courtney Coco It was pretty obvious that Lace's fiance had something to do with it. There was also something so off about Lace herself too. She was clearly hiding something but I don't think she had anything to do with her sister's death. However, based on what we were told and shown on Dateline though, I don't think I could have voted to convict. There was too much reasonable doubt IMO and not enough evidence. I wanted to know how the original coroner could have stated there was no drugs in her system, no visible marks of trauma and still ruled it a homicide? How many times have we seen on other Dateline episodes where the coroner had more visible signs of trauma on a body and still ruled it undetermined and that later creates reasonable doubt? How could this coroner rule it a homicide when according to them, there was no evidence, other than there was no evidence of anything else that could have killed her? And then how could the state lab later determine on a toxicology test that there was so much drugs in her system? One of those tests is inaccurate or the original coroner never ran an actual test, IMO. I've also never heard of a "traveling prosecutor". Is that for counties/parrishes that are too small to have their own prosecutor?

I agree. So glad the judge denied her request. Make her face up to what she did. She and Chad Daybell are disgusting excuses for humans. I hope they rot in prison. On another topic, did anyone else watch the Laci Peterson episode? I watched the entire 2 hours and honestly I felt it was a waste of time. I don't think there was any new information, other than being able to see Laci's mom and Amber as they look today. I do have to say Amber looks pretty good. The one "journalist" that Keith interviewed who believes Scott is innocent was lame. His "explanations" for the evidence that makes Scott look guilty were stupid. For example, the idea that burglars would kidnap Laci and then hold her for a few days until they saw in the news that Scott had been at the Berkeley Marina at the time so they decided to frame him by dumping her body there. Why would a group of criminals risk driving that far away with a dead body just to frame him? Laughable. Same as the explanation that Scott drove all the way to Berkeley to test out the boat and that the boat was a gift for Laci's stepfather. As the cops mentioned, if he just wanted to test out the boat, there were lots of other places he could have done that. I can't believe it's been 20 years though. To think that Connor would be 20 years old today. :-(

I agree that her story didn't make any sense. Even if he was going to commit suicide in front of his girlfriend, why do it in the manner he did? A person familiar with guns would have shot himself in the head, not on the side of his chest. Brenda seemed obviously clingy and jealous and she was probably mad that he was breaking up with her. However, I agree that the police so f'ed up the crime scene and did such shoddy police work that there probably wasn't going to be a way to prosecute.

When we watch L&O, this is what bugs my husband the attorney the most. Sometimes he'll just say that they must do things differently in NY but other times, it really bugs him. LOL

Add me to those who didn't understand Greg's role. I understand he was brought in as a fill-in, but for who? Catherine? Is he a current employee who switched shifts? Or was he brought in off the street? I wish we could have found out about what he's been doing since the original CSI ended. Did he stay as a CSI and is now a supervisor? I was hoping we would find out that he had left CSI and found a niche as a writer/podcaster for old Las Vegas history and that he was brought in as an expert because there was a case related to that. One thing I always found frustrating about CSI was that no one ever seemed to be moving forward and onward, other than Sara and Grissom. We didn't need to have lots of personal drama about the characters, but it would have been nice if Nick or Greg had gotten married or gotten a steady love interest in the last few years. The characters by then were in their mid-30s/early 40s and were essentially the same people they were at the beginning of the series. It would have been interesting to see that Greg had moved forward with his life.

I liked it. I felt it made just enough sense if you didn't overthink it and it felt like the writers actually had a plan from the beginning of how they were going to end up at the end of the season. (Although LOL at the description of the plot being the plot from Terminator.) it didn't seem like they were making stuff up as they went along, like some other time travel sci=-fi shows (I'm looking at you, La Brea!). I wonder if the scenes of Ben and Martinez going back to previous leaps and fighting were filmed at the same time that the episode was filmed (which would mean the writers always knew what they were going to do) or if they had to go back and re-create those sets. I'm thinking it had to be the former as it would be hard to re-create the sets. However, if the writers had wanted to keep the story a secret, even from the actors, it would be the latter. It was brutal watching Ben get beat by Martinez, but it wouldn't have made sense for Ben to be a good fighter as he was a scientist. I too was kinda hoping that there would be a surprise during the episode of Sam showing up and maybe that's what will happen next season as they purposely didn't show what happened at the end. I'm looking forward to next season!

I didn't get this episode. Was Muncy's brother actually involved in the operation? I'm also not sure what the scheme was. So some guy "orders" a girl, and somehow she miraculously ends up at that bar so that bartender can drug her with the limes. What if she doesn't order a tequila shot with a lime chaser? What if she doesn't suck the lime? And then after she starts to feel woozy, she goes to the bathroom and they kidnap her and take her to the hotel where she gets raped. What if the girl doesn't go to the bathroom? What if her friends take her home instead? In the case of the redhead, she had friends and an ex-husband in the bar. Why didn't they go looking for her? And was that redhead "ordered" specifically, or was she just the only redhead in the bar that fit the "order" by the Canadians? I also didn't understand why everyone assumed Muncy's brother was in on the whole thing simply because he was friends with the bartender. I don't dislike any of the new detectives, but don't like how the whole episode only involved them and there was no Finn or Carisi. The cost-cutting measures for this show are so obvious.

Price should have never been allowed to prosecute this case and frankly the entire prosecution and trial should have been handed off to the AG's office, another county or a special counsel. The victim, the person who found the victim, the defendant and the judge were all part of the same system and all had relationships with the victim, the defendant and/or both. It should have been handed off. to a neutral third party. It's ridiculous that in NY the judge gets to rule on whether he should recuse himself or not. If he hasn't already recused himself, you really think they will admit they are biased? As we've seen in L&O, either the judge never recuses themselves or they err too much on the side of caution and recuse themselves for political reasons that have nothing to do with their actual bias or the case. In California, according to my husband who is an attorney, you can get a one-time pass to move a case from one particular judge. You don't actually have to cite a reason or have a hearing, you just file a 170.6 motion. Also, I agree with those who say that the doorman was not exculpatory. The defense could have found him themselves and found the CCTV footage if they thought it would help the defendant. They knew it would look bad for him that he lied about his alibi and went to see the victim even after she broke up with him. If they thought it would help his case they would have looked it for themselves. And I agree with everyone who says it's ridiculous that McCoy didn't know the extent of Price's involvement. It would have been big news and it's completely incompetent that McCoy wouldn't have known.

Lots of problems with this episode, many already pointed out by others. I thought the knife should have included and even if it were tossed based on that one faulty search warrant, I too was waiting for Price to argue inevitable discovery. They had the defendant's name, and would have done more investigation that would have led to another search warrant which would have led to the discovery of the knife because the defendant clearly wasn't going to get rid of it. The confidential source was also not handled properly. I can go along with the journalist refusing to divulge the confidential source's name, but they should have then asked her how she verified the source's story and then through that, maybe would have cme up with more evidence of wrongdoing and other witnesses who may have overheard that same conversation. Or are they saying the journalist just took the confidential source at their word? The journalist must have done more investigating to verify and corroborate the source's story. And finally, I thought it was disgusting that the Jewish assult victim was just discarded. Where was her justice? Surely there had to be a way around using that Nazi witness. If he saw the defendant, maybe others did too. Just disappointing all around.

OK, I finally watched the last 2 episodes and yes it did seem like a series finale. I'm with everyone who felt Irving and Jessica got shafted. It would have been nice if we had found out she was pregnant or they had bought a house or something to show they were also moving forward with their life beyond the hospital. Also, was Cade in any scenes other than the one with Ian and Kit and then a very brief scene with James where they walked off together? I didn't particularly like her this season but seems like she got shafted too, considering she's a regular main character. AJ and Padma's babies were super duper cute and yes they looked just like him! However, this was the most ridiculous storyline. AJ as a dad would have been a good storyline, but I would have preferred he find a woman he loves and is in a relationship with and then had babies, rather than this ridiculous thing he's got going with Padma. Way too much time spent on her! And the ridiculousness that was the hospital being saved. So the governor can just arbitrarily just decide to fund one hospital in the state because they did him a solid? How corrupt is that? And how do they know that he won't die a few months later and a new governor won't just decide to change it? I just wish they had stuck with medical case of the week storylines instead of delving in the politics of funding. I've been watching old ER episodes and I just feel like overall, ER was just a better show. This show could have been better but it just kind of ended up fizzling out. Sorry it's likely being cancelled but it's proably for the best.

Didn't realize he had passed. :-(

wow, if I lived in Atlanta, I'd love to go check it out. Looks like a lot of good stuff. Funny I can't actually recall any of those things on the show but i guess I just never really noticed. I wonder why they went so designer for some of the clothes though. The characters on the show aren't shown to be super wealthy and seem to be more middle to upper middle class and they work and probably still paying off student loans, so I'm not sure how realistic wearing some of those high end designer clothes really are.

I like little Gigi too. She looks like she really could be Nic and Conrad's daughter. I think she's cute. I haven't watched the last 2 episodes yet (still catching up on my DVR) and while I don't hate the show, it definitely has not reached the potential it had. I especially hate the storylines involving the finances and politics of funding a hospital because they never ever talk about Georgia's refusal to expand Medicaid as part of the ACA and how that impacts the hospital's bottom line. Instead, it's just some big bad governor who apparently has the discretion to defund specific hospitals just because he doesn't like Kit. It just seems like a total copout for them to ignore this fact about the lack of Medicaid expansion because they film in Georgia and need the tax credits they get for filming there and don't want to piss off the politicians in that state. It's a dishonest storyline and I wish they never went there. I would have just preferred that they stick to medical cases for their storylines.

Catching up on my dvr... I liked the cat lady story but think it would have been funnier if the cat actually talked, instead of having it turn into a big sloppy human. Didn't like the high school reunion storyline, and it was too much like Romy and Michele. Since they made it through their entire adult lives without having any other adult relationships, I agree that they had an unhealthy co-dependency. Lots of people are awkward and are geeks in high school but outgrow it but they apparently couldn't. Breaking up, or at least taking a break from each other, is probably the healthiest thing for each of them as they were holding each other back.

I agree with your comment about Kaylene. I don't know why it took the police and prosecutors so long to build a case against Juan. They had her statement that she was raped and assaulted, photos of her graphic injuries and DNA. Yes, I know that they stated they couldn't find him, but I question how hard they tried. I think they didn't actually believe her and just made some half-hearted attempts to find Juan by going to his mom's house and his sister's house but then shrugged their shoulders and were like meh, can't find him. I mean, he was out and about in town, going to bars, and they couldn't find him?? BS. I too wondered why the family was using those obviously filtered photos of Rita in the posters. You'd think the family would want to use photos of her that looked like what she would like if you randomly saw her on the street, not what she posts on Instagram or Snapchat in heavily edited and filtered photos. And how disgusting was it that when Juan got picked up by border patrol and when he asked what his warrant was for and they said rape, he was all "sweet!". He figured that his lies about Kaylene had already swept the community and he could talk his way out of it. To me, that shows he knew the cops didn't try hard to pin that on him and he thought he could get out of it. He was more concerned that they didn't find Rita's body yet.

I saw parts of episode 1 while I was at the gym and I have to agree with those that say Tarek basically just swapped out Christina for a slightly younger twin. There really is no point to this show, other than because they just want to stay on tv and get free publicity for their business, which if HGTV is willing to pay them and people are willing to watch, why not? I've seen some of the older Flip or Flop shows before Tarek and Christina became famous and rich, when they were flipping smaller and older houses in SoCal and it felt more like an actual business than just doing it for tv filming purposes and to "build a brand" for social media. Now it seems that they are on tv just for the sake of being on tv and the multi-million dollar homes are less relatable. I also don't think we need to see so much "personal" stuff, but the show is an hour so I guess they have to have filler. The 30 minute Flip or Flop episodes were easier to watch and you could watch the whole thing without investing a big chunk of time.

New Alex Murdaugh episode tonight. I wonder if they had to do some fast editing to include the verdict, since it seems like the verdict came back really fast. Although it makes you wonder why they would have scheduled this episode to air before a verdict was known, if that was the original plan. I'm glad the jury saw through his lies. I was home on the second day of Alex Murdaugh's time on the stand and so I saw a lot of his testimony and cross-examination. He just really had no credibility. His admitting that he lied about being at the kennels right before they were shot was completely self-serving and only came about because numerous family and friends testified that it was his voice on the video and he could no longer get away with continuing to perpetuate that lie. Also, there was just no credible opportunity for anyone else to have committed the crime. The 2 guns that could have been used to prove or disprove if they were the murder weapons were both conveniently missing. The dogs never detected that there was a stranger near by, lying in wait for Alex to leave so they could shoot Paul and Maggie? I know it was the defense that wanted the jury to visit the property but I bet that backfired because once they saw how big and isolated the property was, it just became clear there was no way that anyone else had opportunity. As for motive, I firmly believe Alex is a narcissist and a family annihilator. Also he made a big deal out of the opioids making him paranoid and that's why he lied but by that same logic, the opioids could have made him paranoid and not thinking clearly and so he made up some twisted logic in his head that his family would be better off dead than with him disgraced. I'm sure Buster is probably secretly relieved that his father is off behind bars and can't finish the job of offing the entire family. I'll be watching this episode, as I have not seen the HBO series that has been talked about so much. I'll be interested to see what new information Dateline adds.

The scenes with Katsumoto, his son, and the K-Pop star were funny. It was nice to see Gordon crack a smile and laugh. It was kind of weird though that there was no interaction between Katsumoto and the rest of the gang though. So they had no idea he got stabbed?

I pegged this episode as being ripped from the headlines of this story. They changed a lot of the details, but it was similar enough that I recognized it. What cracked me up was psycho Mavis had an even more psycho ex. LOL

I agree that it appears that nothing got resolved and they added more unnecessary complications on top of the ones they didn't resolve. In some ways, there is no suspense to any of the difficulties that the Duttons are facing because we already know that they end up winning the long-term battle for their land because Kevin Costner is still living in that house. There is suspense in how it happens but I agree that this is dragging on too long and it seems like Taylor Sheridan is making it up as he goes along. Not really sure what the Zane storyline with his Asian wife was supposed to accomplish. The actor was credited as a regular but he really didn't do much and then in the last episode we find out that he's actually married and has kids but it's an illegal marriage? What is the point of all this? Is this to show us why the current ranch hands on Yellowstone are not allowed to live in town and must be branded and debted to the Duttons and live on property? I also didn't understand why Alex felt the need to get all dressed up and go rub it in Arthur's face that she was now with a handsome stud. Completely immature and I wish Spencer had told her he wouldn't play that game. Why wouldn't they just lay low in their first class stateroom and just order room service? Alex is just another entitled rich girl who wants the fun of being "free" with her manly stud but also wants all of the trappings of the good life. Where were her parents? How was she able to access credit? Did they not disown her after she ran off and called off the wedding? Teonna's storyline also got no resolution and the brutality was hard to watch. I was impressed with Jack's wise words to Elizabeth after her miscarriage. He started off the season as a doofus but it turns out he may be the most immature mature and wise of them all. (Edited - meant to say he was mature!) I feel like these Yellowstone shows always start off strong but then they peter off and the endings are never satisfying or turn into ridiculousness. I liked 1883 for most of it, until the last few episodes of Elsa playing Prairie Indian Barbie, and I liked 1923 for most of it until the ridiculousness of the last few episodes. I liked the first couple of seasons of Yellowstone but it's become unwatchable for me because none of the characters are likable and the Duttons are so corrupt and always win. I'll give a second season of 1923 a shot but I'm not having high hopes.

Regarding The Window: I went back and forth on this one. I did think that Hannah's mental health history made it entirely plausible that she impetuously started going out the window herself in an attempt to commit suicide and then changed her mind as she started sliding down the side of the building. The mechanics of the window made it impossible to just jump out and so I can believe that once she started falling she realized what a mistake she made. I didn't actually notice how far off the floor the window was, but if it was high up, doesn't that also make it really difficult for someone to lift her up and over it in order to throw her off? I did think Craig's behavior was controlling and abusive - the idea of a surprise wedding/elopement sounds romantic but he didn't include any of her family? The only friend he included was also the only one who defended him at his trial. It does sound like he was trying to isolate her from family and friends who didn't like him. I've been in a relationship like that and I recognize that as a red flag. And Craig did appear to lie about how bad her drinking was, but she did have a history of acting erratically when drinking. I'm really not sure about this one. I do think based on what we were shown on Dateline that there was reasonable doubt due to Hannah's history but I do think Craig was probably a controlling SOB.

If I had been on the jury, I would have believed the cop's testimony about seeing the defendant run out of the club with the gun. He was specific in his description, from the blue knit cap to the red boots, which are distinctive, and by then he had nothing to gain by lying. He admitted he lied earlier, to save face. If he was a liar, he would have continued to lie, to not look bad, instead of admitting what he did and saw, and allow the defense attorney to ridicule him. I thought this was an interesting twist. I thought the cops in Uvalde were cowardly as they had massive amounts of protective gear and had strength in numbers. If it had been one lone cop, as in this situation, I can sympathize that he froze. He's just lucky that the shooter was after a specific target and once he got her, he didn't go after anyone else. I had a feeling the cop would commit suicide at the end, but I'm not sure why his friend went after Price. He should have gone after the defense attorney.

Stabler should just leak word on the street that Eamonn is an FBI informant and let his enemies take care of him.

Jacob lamenting about the cities was stupid. If no cities developed on the east coast, his ancestors would still be stuck in Europe as there would be no economic opportunity for them here. His lament is typical rural American fantasy in that they believe they don't need cities/urban centers and would be better off if they had their own state without having to deal with the politics of the "liberal woke cities", completely disregarding that these cities are the drivers of economic activity and provide all of the tax dollars that allow them to function in their little rural utopias. I'm looking at you, state of Jefferson. LOL