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Theresa's speech growing more labored and slurry after she'd started to warm up terrified me the most. I'm sure she was shivering too hard to speak clearly, but losing that much control over your body is scary as hell. I too was afraid she'd black out and topple right into her fire.
3 hours ago, Melina22 said:I would have had the button-pushing frenzy on Day One when they tried to make me get off the boat.
I've said every season that I would be the one crying and pleading with one leg still hooked over the side of the boat, trying to hang on like some kind of wrestling move. These remaining five folks are absolute badasses/completely out of their minds, in some combination.
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Well, Matt(ed) and Biko share the surprising distinction of showing up to Alone already filthy...or at least looking it? I'm concerned that Matt has some gnarly teeth going on as well.
Tim, with all his braggadocio and then his cardiovascular melodrama reminded me of my dad, honestly. Dad would absolutely have blabbed away and/or exaggerated 35% heart function/"if I hadn't gone to the doctor THAT DAY I woulda lost three toes"/"pus means it's fighting the infection!" and then gone right on to do the next stupid thing involving a ladder or a motorcycle. The thing is...my dad DID eventually die of a sudden, massive heart attack (more than 10 years ago now). So, Tim, I say this with love: stop fooling around in the woods and go home and hug your kids, you big dope.
I wonder if the show will address the pandemic at all? The opening quote about the torture of isolation seemed pretty pointed, considering that most or all of us have been shut away or locked down for at least part of the last 18 months. I'm sick of my little house, and I have the benefits of indoor plumbing, grocery delivery, a phone, and a SHOWER, MATT at my fingertips. To be honest, I wasn't sure I'd even enjoy the show any more. But I was immediately sucked in, and glad to be back snarking on these brave lunatics attempting something I'd never go for in a thousand lifetimes. Hi y'all!-
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I want to love this show! It ticks all my boxes:
- the current iteration of the government's Department of Weird Shit;
- hot, diametrically opposed DoWS agents;
- all Vancouver all the time;
- gorgeous, eerie special effects, getting better and better;
- time loops and parallel universes and clones, oh my!
I haven't paid a lot of attention to chatter about it, so when John Noble showed up in the finale I shrieked a little. (And extra kudos to him: Walter Bishop was always sympathetic and tragic, even when he did awful things...but this Otto fellow, doing and saying little, was one terrifying mofo.)
But I admit, I'm struggling to follow along. Thirteen episodes has been just too fast for me to invest emotionally in the characters, or accept their "us against The World" dynamic unfolding naturally. And backing up a dump truck full of Moar Mysteries! with renewal on the table compounds my confusion. Am I getting old? It's sure pretty to look at, but I hope this show gets a chance to breathe and stretch out a little, yikes.
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3 hours ago, LetsStartTalking said:
What does ETA stand for in this sentence ? I only know it as 'estimated time of arrival'.
In these forums, "Edited to add". 🙂
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8 hours ago, LetsStartTalking said:
Is anyone else as dizzy as I am watching the 'new episodes', and going from current 2020 to Spring, 2012 ? Seeing a much younger JJ with her original hairstyle, juxtaposed with the older 'RBG' Judge Judy ?
I find it a little jarring and sad, too. Younger JJ, with her expert makeup and hairdo (and her diffusion filter on the lens!) is a far cry from doing-her-own-look, gives-no-f*cks 2020 JJ. It's clear that she thrives in front of an audience, too, and that she's disappointed there's no one to laugh at her punchlines, and no one to shush for laughing. Seeing her former self batting around Mr. I Don't Know How My Uninsured Car Got On That Brick Wall for sport was a delight. She doesn't have the patience for it any more, and for her own sake and health in this crappy year, I am glad she's almost done.
This can't be how she wanted her silver anniversary final season to go, either, which is a shame. I do appreciate that they're bringing back some real doozies of cases for us to enjoy. But if this is how she has to go out, I say dig deeper. Go WAY back and treat us to the classics! Cheez Balls! Tupperware! Heck, what did it look like in the first season, before she became a total phenomenon? Show some ancient cases, maybe even have her do some commentary. Which ones stand out in her memory? Would she rule differently today? Does she regret any decisions? The producers are sitting on a gold mine, if they really want to acknowledge her cultural impact. And it's not like there's anything NEW to watch on t.v.
ETA: I mostly lurk, here, but I enjoy all you regulars and hope you're safe and well during these craptastic times! Life is short; eat the steak!-
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On 5/5/2020 at 3:50 PM, DoctorK said:
It might even be that some brands consider the appearance of their logo on any of these sad-sack litigants to be damaging to their image.
Yeah. Nike, etc. are all "keep my name out your mouth."
I don't post often in this thread, but I hope everybody is healthy and safe during all the pandemic mayhem!-
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On 2/18/2020 at 8:14 PM, littlebennysmom said:
These idiots are the kind of people that sue because their kid, Lil' Bitchface, breaks into a secured yard and injures themselves on someone else's property.
Belated thanks for providing me with my new rap name, Li'l Bitchface!
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4 hours ago, BexKeps said:
I think the elderly landlord was getting something besides rent from the angry tenant. The way she was so adamant that he would never rethink renting to her. Yikes.
Yeah, like the threat of a beatdown.
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Good LORD, Nikki, you are a menace! I too have to confess that I laughed like a loon well into the commercial break. In the teaser, I just assumed it was Nikki bleeding all over the place again, but figured she'd cut herself. Something about that karmic chomp was brutally funny.
Meanwhile, Jordan might still be out there RIGHT NOW. Like, he's cashed the check but chose to stay. It's his to lose, at this point. Though I think Woniya also has a genuine shot--either one of them, barring an unlucky accident, clearly has the skills to thrive.
The isolation is tilting Michelle into kookoopants territory. She's raging but not strategizing beyond that, and bound to make a horrible mistake sooner than later.
Nice net, Barry!-
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10 hours ago, Toaster Strudel said:
It's strange that he used 1/4" over 1/8" spacers, because there's literally no advantage to him.
Oh, there's no doubt in my mind that that ding-dong 1. didn't know the difference and/or 2. started the 1/8" wall with the 1/4" floor spacers, or some jumbled combo of both, and then just kept going higgledy-piggledy. Hence the smashing when they came up too high. As Bugs Bunny would say, what a MAROON!
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1 hour ago, HurricaneVal said:
I liked that Ray left a little fish out for the bird as a respectful homage and thank you to the Canadian wilderness, but I worried that while he was leaving that little bit out, the rest of his fish would get stolen behind his back by the rest of the bird gang.
Yes! I had a seagull snatch a whole bagel out of my hand, on the wing; considering how Ray relied on a gull for fishin' hole tips, I was VERY on edge. 😄
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15 hours ago, iwasish said:
What was with the headband? Was it hiding something? Holding something together? A fashion statement?
Holding in those nine brain cells, maybe.
On 6/12/2019 at 7:38 PM, AngelaHunter said:"That way you won't be gawking at my fabulous self and I won't have to see your chubby, botox wife in the yard with your yappy dogs."
Maybe I'm nuts, but I thought that brassy old broad was hilarious, little sawed-off overconfident beef jerky strip that she was. I would probably be much less enthused if she was clambering around on MY roof, but the defendants were total pills and begging to be messed with.
I also can't help thinking that, if JJ's humble dentist dad hadn't put her through all 67 years of law school or whatever--if she wasn't glowering down at us from atop her cash pile--she would ABSOLUTELY be the petite, overtanned, busybody biddy neighbor to someone somewhere, Brooklyn or otherwise. "The only attitude here is MINE." Well, she's gotta put it somewhere.-
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Donny's Diarrhea Drama amused me, juxtaposed with Nikki's literally calming herself down from cut panic. I was shocked, too, when she reached for the radio and the first-aid kit in the same instant...but she gathered her wits in real time. Meanwhile, there's no bigger drama queen than a rugged survivalist Brawny paper towel man, sobbing and shitting his brains out in the Canadian Arctic. It all made me think, again, that if men were subject to menstrual periods, society would break down completely.
TBH, I didn't care for the way Donny seemed to be breathing with effort, before he ever had the muskrat toots. Both he and the producers were making poor choices in putting him out there, I think.
Do be careful with that knife, Nikki. I wonder, now, how many other contestants have grabbed for the walkie in a meltdown moment, and then talked themselves back off the ledge, and we just didn't see it?-
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20 hours ago, Byrd is the Word said:
My only question is why Home Alone kid defendant needs to borrow money? Didn’t he save anything from his brief movie career?
I texted my sister a screenshot of that defendant, labeled "Ichabod Culkin," so great minds think alike, etc. 😄
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2 hours ago, MakeMeLaugh said:
Lauren Ash was so freaking good in that moment. ...
7 hours ago, Empress1 said:When Dina was like "I don't know! They're everywhere! I'm sorry!" and was so defeated, it was heartbreaking....
Put me on this bandwagon too. I was goofily thrilled when she jumped on the radio and started using her surveillance panopticon for good...and then as panicked and crushed as all the characters when it didn't work. It's a sitcom, how could it NOT WORK?
I worked retail for years--in a mall, if not a big box store--and this series is a truly underrated gem.-
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I am still a bit hung up on Her Honor's one-case ponytail situation, and during one of yesterday's new cases began to wonder...do we think her standard short-n-sassy do is perhaps a wig? I mean, she could afford a better one than every litigant who's shambled through the courtroom with a luridly dyed muskrat atop his or her head. I don't know; she was looking teased and fluffed to high heaven (the higher the hair, the closer to God!) and suddenly it struck me differently.
My very glamorous (and...vain) great aunt used to get her bouffant 'do "set" on a weekly basis at the beauty parlor...but then she ALSO had a wig, the same color and style, which accompanied her to the salon every week, too. So she'd wear her real hair until it got a bit mashed and misshapen, and then pop the wig on, for continuity until her next appointment. Maybe JJ's hair is on a Styrofoam head in the makeup trailer...and as someone upthread suggested, the stylist had a sick day. 🙂 Having an off-duty ponytail might allow JJ to roam around Florida relatively incognito!-
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10 minutes ago, Byrd is the Word said:
I once watched a woman pay a $3.50 service fee to withdraw $40 from a service station ATM and turn right around (literally) and hand over the cash for scratchers.
An idiot tax on your idiot tax! Wow.
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20 hours ago, BusyOctober said:
I haven’t seen anyone look so avian since Kids in the Hall!
Oh my god, BusyOctober. I loved KITH and was a grown-ass woman when I discovered them (still am, only more so!), but the Chicken Lady always freaked me right the eff out. This case is on my DVR for weekend viewing, and now I am excited and childishly terrified in equal measure.
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19 hours ago, lovesnark said:
she may have received a lump sum settlement
Whatever kind of sum she received, that 'un can retain the "lump" title. <ba-dump bump>
In that case, I noticed that the beaming, rotund Plaintiff ex and the vocabulationarily-challenged Defendant each had a case of the pop-eyes; I could see the whites all around Def's eyes as she defended her unfat nearly-nekkid boudoir portrait. I think Jimmy has a type...devoted to a very VERY specific feature, oddly enough.
I thought it was interesting that JJ seemed to go from a "quinceañera what now" position to pronouncing it quite well; I wondered if she elicited the definition for the viewers' benefit. She's lived in New York and Florida; surely it's not a new concept for her.
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On 9/28/2018 at 5:08 PM, AngelaHunter said:On 9/28/2018 at 2:39 PM, ItsHelloPattiagain said:
Since I have been banished from climbing ladders by my grown children, my daughter drove 30 minutes at midnight to disable the smoke alarm.
All you need is a broom/mop handle with which to jab the button. I was forced to get a smoke alarm that freaking talks and goes off when I cook. The handles work just fine!
This made me laugh, because my 70-year-old mama has also been instructed to quit messing with ladders and stepstools, and she just whacks at her smoke detector with a broom handle, too.
On 9/29/2018 at 9:59 AM, ItsHelloPattiagain said:I was vacuuming and sucked up the sleeve of a shirt that was dangling from the bedroom hamper and when I pulled the sleeve out, I set the belt on fire which caused the bedroom to fill with that burning tire smell, which in turn set off the smoke alarm and screaming dog. (Yes, I am aware I'm a mess).
Patti, this is another solid argument I can use to bolster my firm belief that HOUSEWORK IS FRAUGHT WITH PERIL. You were just trying to vacuum and nearly set the house ablaze; cleaning is obviously far too dangerous!
On 9/29/2018 at 2:21 PM, SRTouch said:And when we got to be teenagers, everyone in the family had a day of the week when it was our turn to cook the family dinner... Dad made a mean round steak, mashed potatoes and gravy dinner.
Aww. We did this in our house, too! Grew up with my sister, our single mom, and our grandparents. Nobody was much of a cook, alas, though my sister and I taught ourselves as adults when we got tired of our sad Rice-a-Roni skillz. Meanwhile, my grandpa's night of the week was Friday. I think he cooked two terrible meals in the rotation; he couldn't coordinate the timing, so we would all sit down to a round of eggs...and then after ten minutes there was toast...and then some bacon a while later. After that, he took us out to dinner every Friday night until he died, bless his heart. :)
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20 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:
Burger King delivery guy nailed by chihuahua in a dress.
That dog was better dressed than most of the litigants we see in Her Honor's courtroom, HEYOOOOOOO
22 hours ago, ItsHelloPattiagain said:JJ was in rare form today with the case of the dingleberry college student and his scary-browed mama (somewhere there's a Sharpie trying to find its lid) trying to pawn off hospital bills for his alcohol poisoning to the aging college student defendant. Hmmm she didn't even have to bring up that under 21s aren't even supposed to be drinking. (BTW BrowMama needs to be thanking her lucky stars that her kid is alive - I lost a brother to alcohol poisoning years ago - he just drank too much and laid down on a park bench)
Watching JJ bat that drunkard dipshit teen around like a cat with a mouse was the most fun I've had in ages (and possibly the most fun she's had in ages). When she busted out the pantomime violin I died a little.
Though, to switch tone wildly--Patti, I'm sorry about your brother. Truth be told, most of the litigants we see should be grateful they've survived to mortify themselves on national television.-
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15 hours ago, Toaster Strudel said:
Some yahoos find a way to ride snowmobiles over a guy's roof. Their defense? "There was no sign saying 'don't go over the house'"
Is Sarah Palin's brood up to their antics again?
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34 minutes ago, ProfCrash said:
But I would hope that Sam knows that he can provide a house and car for his family if he works.
3 hours ago, ramble said:Is Sam using this show as his family’s main source of income? He kept talking about how he needed this to get a house for his family and a reliable car. Really?
I realized that I've fully aged into Judgy McJudgerson, Neighborhood Crank status when my response to this moment was "Get a job, manchild!" What is Sam, 25, 26? With two small children at home, but he can afford to dink around in the wilderness for 1-3 months? Hhrmmph. (I'm also both amused and irritated by Sam's very vocal pride in his half-assed craft projects, like the greatest spoon ever carved and the rickety wilderness Squatty Potty. Meanwhile, Britt's building a damn sled and whittling semi-intricate ornaments. I wonder if Sam has a lot of Participant trophies at home...?)
I worried for Fuckin' Larry when he climbed that mountain; completely shocked that he didn't follow that up with the traditional tap! I also laughed when he mentioned that last time, he craved and missed sweets, because you don't say, Mr. Tower of Bakery Boxes. I think Larry and I would get along in real life, with our sugar cravings and gutter mouths and jobs that are...just jobs. I don't know if he's got it in him to win this thing, but dammit, I still like him.
Dave, good luck. You were always a little too deliberately kooky for my taste, but with a proper haircut and some meat on your bones you're a handsome dude. Do keep all your own teeth in your head if you can, please.
Britt is the most entertaining and interesting to watch, for me. I love that he experiments, thinks it through, makes mistakes and attempts to learn from them. I think his attitude might be the thing that propels him to the win.
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I thought Armpit Tit Bride might have been waiting to schedule her wedding until her fiance graduated high school, because he looked like one of her passel of kids. (Also, I'm fully committed to going to hell anyway, so: maybe she could use a consult on those nostrils while we're at it? I thought I glimpsed her brain up there.)
15 hours ago, PityFree said:DIY-guy is an arrogant ass. In what universe would highly trained, highly skilled Dr. Lee ever consider him a peer??
Affect-less tech bro from Seattle, with a giant house full of computer and motorcycle shit but no furniture? Dollars to donuts that clown is one of the legion of Amazon dudes who are overrunning this town, ugh. I suspect that HE has plenty of health insurance, for all he's using it. That was the least sunny and jovial I've ever seen Dr. Lee, too, so it was obvious she straight-up loathed the guy. Heh.
<sips coffee> hoo, I am cranky today!
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S06.E04: Hit and Run
in Better Call Saul
Yeah, Walt's embittered pride constantly got in his way. And he was truly good at what he was doing, both making meth and somehow scrambling out of consequences over and over again. I feel like Kim is made of sterner stuff than that, too, based on the glimmers of conscience she exhibits here. But that doesn't counter the fact that I'm still terrified for her.
Those ruinous consequences Walt evaded for so long were underscored in this BCS episode by the return of BB characters, for me. Wendy is/was still a sex worker in a shitty motel, but she looks reasonably healthy; she's still alert enough to participate in the scam, and to notice and admire Jimmy's Howard 'do. Spooge is...well, a guy who goes by the name "Spooge" and is in need of a criminal lawyer...but he's not the pustulent, filthy wreck of a human being Jesse encounters. Meth is creeping around the edges of Albuquerque's underworld, in the BCS timeline...but it's Walt's pure, perfect variant that lays waste to everyone and eventually himself. Such great, devastating storytelling, gaaaahhhh.
I wonder if Cliff's son with the drug problem ends up being eventual cannon fodder in Walt and Jesse's end of the timeline.