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Okay, four for four, IMO. And I'm glad it was worth it for Gillian to stay up until after 1 a.m. in London!

It's already more technically polished than the Golden Globes and I'm happy with the first two winners. Dare I hope?

Yes, even though I remember being bitterly disappointed in the whole thing last year 😀

I finally deleted this from my series recordings. I too have been following Bill since his Politically Incorrect days on ABC, and even saw him perform live once, but it's gotten to the point where, as the businesspeople like to say, Real Time was just not adding any value to my life 🙄

You're right, Tessaray, that is the argument for distributing the checks across the board. Lord knows there are people who were doing quite nicely in 2019 who were cut loose because of COVID in 2020 and would greatly appreciate the check. The problem I think I had with this particular segment was that it seemed to assume that different people weren't in different circumstances. I feel like I'm hearing more and more stories about people who never lost their jobs in the last year and now have quite a nice bundle of savings socked away -- which includes their stimulus checks, which aren't stimulating anything. I guess I prefer Chris's outrage to be directed to something about which I, too, am outraged 😆

I finally had to mute Chris hyperventilating over stimulus checks being cut for, say, single people earning $80K. As someone who used to earn close to that, I can tell you that at that level you would barely notice another $1400 in the bank. The perfect can be the enemy of the good, after all. Usually I appreciate his passion but I think it was misdirected on this one.

I was holding my breath through most of tonight's show waiting for John to mention the no-knock raid here in Houston just over a year ago that killed an innocent couple. I guess Breanna Taylor was a more high-profile version of that, but it was a terrible thing here and John made a good case overall. That poor woman who was told not to shout?! Not enough words 😢

It's Kristin Wiig's latest project, with her friend and writing partner of many years. Someone else will have to come up with the actual name of the thing! (Thanks, AimingforYoko!)

Is anyone directing this show? Truly awful and inexplicable choices are being made.

I admit I did! Found this interesting article: This Is The Real Case That Inspired Girl In The Basement You couldn't make this stuff up. No one would believe it. At one point it reminded me of the book (and movie) Room...and then it just kept going 😲

I got a distinct vibe that this was somewhat routine for her: "Wilford's going to do something horrible and sadistic again, time to go shut the door and put on the soothing music and the headphones." I appreciate everyone's explanations here of what happened with Alex and the razor blade. For a while I was wondering if she was purposefully going to be leaving a trail of blood from the first class dining car back to Big Alice. Guess I gave her a little too much credit.

Water is back for me, though we're still under a boil order until the results of our city tests come back from the state (expected late Sunday). Had my first hot food and drink since last Sunday and am looking forward to washing my hair within the hour. MSNBC appears to still be pursuing how everything went wrong and how to fix it and I remain appreciative of them continuing to do their job ☺

Wanted to weigh in from balmy Houston, Texas (hey, it's 47 degrees today) to express my appreciation for Rachel's (and all of MSNBC's, really) coverage of our frozen state. I was especially gratified to see our county executive, Lina Hidalgo, on last night's show. She is a force to be reckoned with and has a great personal story, having come here as a child from Colombia, with her parents. She's 29 years old and has exhibited more leadership and compassion in the two years since she was elected, through any number of local crises, not to mention the pandemic and now this, than all our state-level officials put together. (Shoutout too to our excellent mayor, Sylvester Turner, who appeared on Chris Hayes' show last night, another leader who knows how to lead.) Personally, I lost power sometime before 6:30 a.m. February 15 and got it back at 10:26 a.m. February 17. My indoor temperature got to 42 degrees. I was able to boil a few batches of water on the 17th but am using the last of that today and haven't had running water since the 18th. I've been filling a pail with water from the apartment complex swimming pool for flushing purposes. We are under a boil-water advisory until at least Monday the 22nd to protect against possible bacterial growth due to low water pressure, but like many, I have no water to boil! We've had two deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning, ten from hypothermia, and who knows how many people with broken water pipes in their homes to add to the misery. It's hard to believe this is life in the fourth largest city in the country, in the third millennium. Rachel and the MSNBC team are doing excellent reporting on this situation and calling to account all of the many negligent persons and systems. This Houstonian is grateful.

Enjoyed this episode but I found myself obsessing over where the grandparents' bedroom and bathroom were. I couldn't tell if there were more rooms on the second floor that we just didn't see, or if those spaces were downstairs in the main family living area. Just thought that was an odd thing to omit, since those are rooms one uses every day. I know not all shows feature a bed/bath makeover, but at least it usually seems clear that those spaces exist in the structure. Might be just me ☺ Feel free to tell me to get over it 🙃 I will say that as a person who would love to have a proper library, I also couldn’t tell if there was really enough light in there to read by. I noticed one of those big Japanese-style lights near the couch, but it didn't look as though it would be very bright. The art studio was to die for, though, and they practically worked miracles with the kitchen. And extra credit for pronouncing "Carnegie" correctly, with the accent on the second syllable.

Fun fact: Rafe Spall, who plays Nick Bailey, is the son of Timothy Spall, who played Peter Pettigrew/Wormtail in the Harry Potter movies. I'm enjoying this. I had DVRd the first two episodes, which I watched back-to-back Sunday night, and I was all in for last night's ep. I just happened to catch an ad somewhere on the teevee for the series, which is the only way I knew about it. That's how I "found" Line of Duty too.

I half expected to see the red BREAKING NEWS chyron when they put up that she was snowed in 😅

I swear that man looks ten years younger 🙃

This might be the point at which I stop watching this show. Y'know, self-care and all that 😉 I'll be sure to get the scoop here afterwards!

Masterful too to tie it to recent events and draw a bright line between disregard for representative small-d democracy (especially when it involves the voices of Black people) writ on a local and now national level.

I call total shenanigans on PB Forever Home (which has been a little feel-good oasis for me in pandemic times). When HGTV started running ads for the new season they promised new episodes through February. Now they are moving it exclusively to Discovery "+". I am so mad I could spit. I can do without watching Joanna Gaines cook (from the commercials I've seen, even she doesn't seem too into it), but to move new episodes of shows that have historically aired on HGTV is not cool.

I always save the "Festive" episode of GBBS for New Year's Day, and this sure got 2021 off to a hilarious start. I basically giggled my way through the whole thing. Have watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls and that probably helped but it was in no way a requirement. (I'm going to recommend it to a friend who isn't all that into DG, just 'cause it's such a darn silly ep of GBBS.) It did strike me too as a cross between GBBS and Nailed It (which I watched one episode of and didn't really enjoy -- but I'll give it another chance) though I think this was helped immensely by the bakers all being comic performers who know how to bring the funny. And the natural tension between Irish and English culture went a long way too (even though Derry/N. Ireland is part of the UK) .

Or is it like Eddie Izzard's bit about how the movie Speed should have been La Vitesse in France but instead was just {French accent} Speed? ☺

I would watch The Stephen and Evvie Show all day, every day ❤

Hanging my head right there with you, TexasGal. I think we get inured to Paxton -- he's just part of the background noise here -- so it was helpful (in a weird way) to get Rachel's 30,000-foot perspective. Happy Safe Harbor Day, everybody! (like anyone even knew that was a thing before this year 🙄)

I know Wikipedia isn't everything, but they confirmed my memory was right of that Breaking Bad episode. Check out the page on "Blood Money," "References to other media," where they note the Godfather's use of oranges. Rewatched the finale tonight and appreciated it more, I think at least in part because of the fine commentary here ☺