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I'm working my way through the much anticipated season 4, just finished the fourth episode, and while I know there are 8 more episode in which things can (and will) go awry,

Mine was "Red something, not Auerbach, something else". I'm ready for Jon to leave. He bugs me for some reason, not just the DD hunting. Maybe he's too low-key? At least you knew it was Dickens.

I said 747, then switched to Air Force One. I'm gonna say I was right anyway. ;-) I'm aware of Goodnight, Moon, but have never read it, and would never have guessed it in a million years. So I'm not at all surprised that no one got that one right.

Okay, so now I need to watch the original again. (Like I really needed a reason.) I'm finding the actress cast as Jane too dewy and doe-eyed to be a credible young version of Jane Tennison. And I don't really buy Tennison sleeping with a superior officer - it doesn't seem part of the character as established by the original. Not sure how I feel about her toeing the line about how the suspect ended up injured; on one hand, I can see her maybe doing that at this point in her career, but on the other hand, it doesn't quite seem like something Jane Tennison would do. But I was happy to be correct about who had beaten the murder victim, and I am still digging the clothing and music. It takes me back to my unfortunately not-misspent youth. I don't think it was an apartment. It appeared to be a room in police-supplied dormitory housing.

In all fairness, there were almost none of the Classic Who companions included, other than Susan and, I think, Sarah Jane. Which meant no Ian and Barbara, no Leela, and, most importantly, no Jamie! Unless I missed them because . . . um . . . there was a lot of dust in the room at the time. Yeah, that's it, dust.

I suspect that trying to cook two at a time would've resulted in a lot of burned pancakes, at least based on my pathetic pancake-cooking skills.

I made Yorkshire puddings one year for Christmas dinner, after reading about them in many books. They're not hard to do for a meal, but I can't imagine having to make each one the same size, shape and color.

Mashed potatoes & gravy, probably.

Whenever I see that commercial, all I can think is "get out of the car and change your own damned tire, you lazy bitch". Plus, they'd all have to get out before anyone could jack the car up for tire changing anyway.

Their commercials, which tout all kinds of miracle treatments that most insurance companies won't pay for because they're experimental, are why I actually LIKE the commercial raising awareness of pancreatic cancer using disappearing runners. Yeah, it's depressing, but so is the fact that pancreatic cancer research gets so little funding even though it's an incredibly deadly disease. (I tend to take this particular disease personally. My grandmother died of pancreatic cancer just two weeks after being diagnosed; that survival rates have changed little in the intervening 51 years, at least partially due to lack of research, makes me very angry.) That product is an abomination. If it ain't got tequila, it ain't a margarita, damn it!

I don't watch the show, but I have seen many promos for it during its run, and they've always focused on James Spader's character far more. So much so that I wouldn't have guessed that the actress was a co-lead at all. (Obviously I don't know the name of either the actress or her character, which is a reflection on how the show is promoted.) I wouldn't put it down to sexism in this case. I would say it's because James Spader was the known entity when the show started, and is still far better known amongst non-viewers whom NBC is presumably trying to attract with the promos.

Really? I think Never Been Kissed would work just fine, although the main character should probably be less conventionally attractive than Drew Barrymore.

Yes, in the original Prime Suspect (which I cannot recommend highly enough), Tennison smoked a lot, especially under stress.

I actually found it kind of amusing. I didn't mind any of the contestants for a change. I ran the Opera category, which I expected, but also did well in Economics (except for John Maynard Keynes - I've heard of him but didn't know he was part of the Bloomsbury group), which surprised the heck out of me. I got La Traviata - who knew that Mario Andretti could sing opera? I'm loving that man more and more - paper money, inflation and David. I said "sea snail" - would that have been accepted?

For my FJ, I bet enough to beat the guy in 3rd place if he bet everything. Which was a mistake, because we all got it wrong. The champ would still have won, due to a couple of late bad guesses on my part, but at least I'd have been in 2nd place rather than third.

I wanted to say Logan's Run, but I'm familiar with the movie, not the book, and the cut-off age in the movie was 30. Probably because Michael York did not look 21 at all.

I didn't think of Walt Disney, although afterward it did seem obvious, but I did at least realize that was too early for Trump. Hoffa, now, that was a crazy answer, but it got rid of Brandon for me, so I'm good with it.

It's about time. I'd read a lot about Hillsborough, but seeing the 30 for 30 about it nearly made me cry. The actual footage was visceral, and the interviews with survivors and family members were like punches to the gut.

I first came across the idea of guinea pigs as food in an episode of a British reality show called Last Man Standing. The contestants were in the Andes on that ep (could've been Peru), staying with local families, and were all served the afore-mentioned rodent as dinner. All but one of them ate it; the last guy tried, but just couldn't.

I haven't heard of biting midges either, but I guessed that anyway. I got the same stumpers you did. Man, I really wish Brandon would've lost. All I can see when I look at him is "cast member of a bad local theater production of the Book of Mormon only gay".

I don't John McEnroe should apologize for what he said; he's entitled to his opinion no matter how stupid it might be. Given that he has been rather a loud-mouthed jerk for many years, the best course would probably be to ignore him, but Serena Williams' reply was classy. He's not entirely wrong in what he said, though. Although Serena Williams is probably the best player to come along in the women's game in decades, if not ever, she would still have some trouble competing with the elite men's players, even with her strong physique. (Not implying anything about Ms. Williams other than her being gifted with great musculature which she obviously works very hard to maintain. That, plus her natural talent and training ethic, make her a formidable player.) She'd be in the top 30 or so, maybe even the top 20, but the very best male players would still beat her on a regular basis. Definitely way higher than 700, though - that's total crap. I like it better, too. I have no problem with the picture they chose to use, but it is kind of a cliché.

I did not know that. I watch the Oscars every year, but some things stick in my brain better, and I never had any interest in that particular movie so I guess it didn't stick.

I thought of her first, but couldn't think of anything for which she might've won an Oscar.

Two episodes into season 3, and I have to say it's terrible. Too much Amanda (although I did feel sorry for her when her father strong-armed her aunt into evicting her), and Geordie cheating, just ugh. The mystery in the second episode was interesting, but need way more time than it was given. But hey, we needed that time for Sidney's existential crisis and goo-goo eyes at Amanda.

I was iffy on this, because who needs a prequel when you can just watch the original. Then I saw it was based on Lynda LaPlante's book, and thought I'd give it a try. I liked it, although I was really hoping they wouldn't go the route of Jane & her boss getting involved because she's never seemed like that kind of person. Still, I enjoyed it enough to keep watching for now.