MicheleinPhilly

Overall I enjoyed this. But I have no loyalty to any other iteration of Alex other than Morgan Freeman. I did think it went on a bit too long but it was a nice, brainless way to relax after work and I'm happy it has been renewed. But that episode with Alex calling the radio station DESTROYED me, for personal reasons. 😭 I went through the entire series thinking the FBI agent was played by Linda Cardellini.

Well, I wouldn't exactly call being targeted by a psychopath because of lies perpetuated by his delusional wife to protect the sacred memory of her precious, rapist son a "misunderstanding."

I felt Melissa's struggle. I have wonky ankles (both of them) and am constantly twisting them and shaking it off. My worst ever was walking to my Uber to take me to the theater. When I FINALLY went to the hospital the next day with my ankle looking like it had swallowed a baseball, the doctor said, "Why didn't you come in as soon as this happened?" Me: "Because I had tickets to Hamilton." I want to eat Jabari's face, he is so stinkin' cute.

This was the first episode that elicited serious side eye from me. You mean to tell me that Catherine's colleagues all read a full book in about an hour and then were giving her stank face when she arrived? The whole thing, particularly her assistant telling her she was cancelled, was so damn cringeworthy. Also, I'm FAR from 25 but would someone who is that age just start DMing with a total stranger? Hell, I don't even accept friend requests from people I know.

I was away for a couple of weeks so only watched this last night. I think I'm going to have to pause my viewing of John until this is all sorted because my nervous and gastrointestinal systems can't take another week+ of this. As others have mentioned, I do think the abortion initiatives/referendums on several state ballots are being discounted in terms of influencing turnout. I also think polls are basically shit and don't actually represent anything meaningful in terms of gauging voter intent. I mean, do you answer your phone for an unknown number? I certainly don't unless I'm expecting a food delivery. Now that's not to say I'm not scared shitless and investigating my options should my worst nightmare come true, but I just try to keep reminding myself that the media WANTS this to be a photo finish. Their entire bottom lines are built on covering the horse race. Will there be some attempted legal buffoonery? Undoubtedly, unless it is a landslide. 🤞

I was a lice MAGNET in school. So much so that my mother scheduled a meeting with the nuns to find out just what the heck I was doing in school all day to always be coming home with cooties. I thought this entire episode was amazing. From the PTA meeting and realizing that all of the Abbott teachers have horrible taste in Will Smith movies to Ava talking about getting a tapeworm from a seafood restaurant next to a gas station.

That's where I grew up. I have so many fond memories of sledding down that HUGE hill every winter and then moaning incessantly when I had to walk back up. I was out of town for a couple of weeks so have only just seen this first episode but I am so happy it's back! "Are you a Mormon?" "I've been saved. Thank you."

I was in the second row and kept getting distracted by the amount of smoke blanketing the orchestra in the pit. Curious how they read their music!

I saw this in Philly last month. It was my first time even though I was very familiar with the story and the music. My only quibble was with the amount of smoke and the lighting. Is the show always that dark and musty?

I've received an invite to watch the first episode on Friday, October 4. CB is my fantasy wife and I am ridiculously excited for this, but I'm a binger so I don't know if I should wet my whistle with the first and then wait to binge or suffer through the week-to-week drops. Decisions, decisions! #FirstWorldProblems

'Abbott Elementary' sets up Curiosity Cube in Philadelphia to engage kids in STEM 😊

Merritt told her. That's why they had that argument on the beach. Ignore me. I'm thinking of Amelia, not Abby. 🙄

I loved it but "rich people behaving badly" stories, whether in books or on screen are my kryptonite. Will it win any awards? Absolutely not. But I thought it was a fun, deliciously trashy, high end, soap opera that made for a perfect late summer binge. I'll sit at my table for one though because I HATED the intro dance. I couldn't scramble for the remote quickly enough to skip that nonsense. Detective Henry was my MVP.

Free tampons! Free school meals! Run for the hills! /s

Saw Funny Girl with Katerina McCrimmon as Fanny Brice last weekend. She was absolutely sublime. What a voice!