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Having just re-watched Prime Suspect 1 and 2 (after being inspired by watching this), all I can say is that there's no way I see the person shown here developing into Jane Tennison, No way.

There weren't even any pictures. Just Santiago who like to fish, and a crap-ton of pointless religious symbolism.

Yeah, I noticed that the first week. And, because Candice's lip-pursing habit has been commented on, maybe she's a smoker? Some smokers I know do that without even realizing it.

Plus, peacock was a big thing in Tudor banquets, so it fit the period perfectly. Heck, there's one on display in the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace.

I got that it was groundbreaking in how it was made, and it was ahead of its time technically, but the story left me disinterested as well. So while I can admire it as a piece of filmmaking, I would probably never watch it again.

I can think of only two other movies were the sound had this kind of impact: Master and Commander & Black Hawk Down. Whatever other nominations this film might get, come Oscar time, it better get ones for the sound.

I agree, there were some episodes which were well-written and fantastically acted, and which were less preachy. The one where Sam leaps into the actor doing Man of La Mancha springs to mind, although some of my fondness for that episode is due to getting to hear Scott Bakula singing Dulcinea. And even some of the episodes where the subject matter was potentially very preachy (the one where he was a secretary and the one where he was a elderly black man, for example) were elevated by the acting. Unfortunately there were also ones like the episode you mentioned. So Quantum Leap is a bit of a mixed bag, looking back from 2017.

My parents thought they'd chosen the most unique name they'd ever heard when they named me in the mid-60s. Jennifer. 'nough said.

I knew the Bodleian, but did not get FJ. I forgot about both Nixon and Amistad. I always see "The Oscars" as the FJ category, think "I'm good at the that - I'd bet it all", and the answer is something I can't remember. Sorry to see Justin go. I'll miss his brightly colored shirts. I didn't really form much of an opinion about the girl who won, but I am glad it wasn't the hipster in the middle. Yeah, the category was Jolly Roger, so for this one category, only the last name was required. By Jeopardy rules, you're allowed to change your answer IF you change it before Alex rules you incorrect. It's a rule I wished I'd remembered when answering my very first question and saying something stupid. I took a guess and got it right, but then, I had a 50-50 chance.

He's only six months older than I am and almost two decades shy of 70. No, I did not know that - I had to look it up.

I said Sloth as well. For me, it was the "six-toed" in the clue and the fact that I knew TR had been to South America. Although that was after he left the White House. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who didn't know that, lol. Last night I took a wild guess and said Andorra for FJ - color me extremely surprised that it was correct! I got these and Meredith Wilson. My dad loved The Music Man. I hated The Old Man and the Sea with the passion of a thousand fiery nuns, and didn't realize that they'd made a film of it. So obviously, no FJ for me.

There's an ad for some home security service (not ADT or Slomins Shield) in which a woman is on hold with customer service while trying to purchase a home security service. When someone answers, she whispers "we've been robbed and I want a system" or something to that effect. When the camera pans around the room/house, it looks like it's literally just been robbed, like the burglars left five minutes before. Every time I see it, all I can do is wonder why the hell she's calling to purchase a home security service instead of phone the freaking police to report a crime. I just looked it up, and the commercial is for SimpliSafe. SimpliStupid is more like it.

And I wish they'd used those three minutes elsewhere. Or maybe thrown in some exposition? ;-) But I do understand the appeal of a nice butt. I never said I wasn't hypocritical, lol.

In an earlier season, I'd say it was cool that two nice people got to have good, non-violent sex, but it's far too close to the end to waste that many minutes on Grey Worm and Missandei. Or really, anyone else just having sex. Although I probably wouldn't complain if they found some reason to get Jaime naked again.

Hot Pie! That is all for now.

I wondered about that right after I posted.

I saw his name in the end credits, but don't remember hearing him. Where was his voice?

I knew going in that the action was not sequential, and that the story was not character-driven but rather event-driven. Thus forewarned, I thought Dunkirk was pretty much fucking perfect. I didn't need to know anything about the characters to feel their desperation, and to be moved at the deaths of those who didn't make it. I was reminded of Black Hawk Down in some respects, where the soldiers were somewhat interchangeable, and yet I still cared what happened to them, and also in how I felt absolutely exhausted by the unrelenting tension when coming out of the theater. It was visceral, rather than cerebral. Honestly, I was a little afraid that certain scenes might make the drowning nightmares I used to have recur. (Fortunately, so far that hasn't happened.) And that a moment when Kenneth Branagh's character looked through his binoculars and saw the flotilla of little ships and boats coming to the rescue actually moved me to tears. I absolutely agree with those who think there'd better be some major nominations come awards time, including Best Picture and Best Director. Not sure if anyone would snag an acting nomination, given the nature of the film, but Ken Branagh and Mark Rylance would be my top picks. This is the first film I've seen in a long time where I'm seriously considering seeing it again, and might even shell out for IMAX.

I absolutely adore Bonfire Heart.

I said that guy from Law and Order. Yes, it could've been Johann Sr., Johann Jr., Richard, or Kit.

I got her mixed up with Susan Collins and said Maine.

I forgot that the category was American Authors, and completely discounted Charlie McCarthy as the ventriloquist's dummy. D'oh!

I was so embarrassed when they revealed the answer. I should've known that one since I'm old enough to remember Rocky quite well.

I thought he wasn't condescending enough - the implosion one had "demolition" in the clue. And even if one doesn't follow the NFL, how can you miss Pittsburgh = steel?

Damned few. I'm beginning to think that, after Peter Capaldi's final Doctor Who at Christmas, if there's a cheaper level of Directv, I'm dropping down to it, even if it doesn't have BBC America. 'Cause there won't be anything I'll want to watch anymore.