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I thought that this was a very well done documentary. It was interesting to see how his comedy morphed from the early 60s to the 70s and how he had a resurgence in the 90s. I had been familiar with some of his comedy in the early 70s (I was a young teen who'd listen to nightime FM radio) but I had no idea that he was also on tv in the 80s. He had a brilliant kind of warped mind that excelled at word play and also was able to cut through so much of the bullshit of life. I was sad that both he and his wife had bad substance abuse problems (and sadder for his daughter, and trust me, I know what that was like) but on the other hand, they also had such a love story. It was tragic that at the point in his life when he felt that maybe he could slow down career-wise and spend more time together that she became fatally ill. His second wife appears to have been considerably younger, but thats usually how it goes. Listening to so much of his later comedy I kept thinking, oh boy, if he had still been alive in the last 5 or so years, how much material could he have had, but it seems that so much of what he said 20, 30 years ago is just as true today - if anything, more so.

The texts received by Parker's ex-wife and ex-partner, and their replies were identical which leads us to believe that they are/were working with the same person (The Raven?). Now we will see if Parker's ex-wife is really a bad guy or if she is a good guy pretending to be a bad guy and who needs Parker's help in taking the real bad guy down. Gazing into my crystal ball, I think that Raven has a mole in the FBI and that Parker's ex is aware of it. She might be worried that there is also a mole in NCIS. So she has gone undercover as somebody in co-hoots with the Raven and pretends to kidnap Parker. I'd love to see her REALLY being a bad guy but something tells me that isn't going to be the truth. Why did they now have to drag all this personal Parker crap into this? I don't care if he has a crusty father who plays board games with him; I don't want to know his ex-wife (who he clearly still has feelings for), and God only knows what the backstory of "something even a happy marriage can't recover from", and I don't think that I want to know. We've got the romance with Knight/Palmer (nice to see Ducky again) - show leave it at that. Please. But it appears that the actress playing the ex Mrs. Parker is being added to the cast list, so she is going to be around for a while next season.

Xeliou66 - you said it all for me! I'm another person who can't stand romantic pairings on these types of shows (I still gag when it comes to Rollins and Carisi on L&O SVU) but both Knight and Palmer are so likeable and they do have good chemistry, so I'm on board with that. Not looking forward to Parker and the ex-wife which will probably be one of these things with the "cute" bickering or they still have a flame for each other. Why ruin a good thing with Parker - keep him mysterious and his personal life out of the show.

You'd think if it were the CIA they'd kidnap her in a safer way than t-boning her car and possibly killing Robyn as well as injuring/killing Aunt Vi and Dee.

I agree with everything that Ohmo said above. Just makes more sense that Brenda would kill her husband than anybody else. Especially with a gun kept in a kitchen drawer (don't we all have junk drawers with scotch tape, broken rubber bands, various pens that don't work, and .. guns!) Actually, I really want more of a deep dive into Brenda and Buddy's marriage. Dateline kind of alluded to it with all of the stuff about he wanted to do this and that and the other thing and she always went along with it. You really have to wonder about the possible amount of simmering resentment this woman had for years, and I think that it probably was the tax audit/investigation that finally made her crack. My guess is that she was a very passive-aggressive type of person and rarely (if ever) actually blew up in anger at her husband. Maybe he was a domineering jerk (they didn't seem to interview any of his employees) and she learned to go along to get along. And why didn't they have children? Was is a choice that they both made (if they couldn't have their own, there could be adoption) or was it HIS choice? just lots of questions that could possibly be a clue in why she did what she did. And did anybody think that she looked much more stylish when she was arrested than she did while her husband was still alive? She looked better with the short grey hair than she did with that dowdy dyed long hair with bangs. Maybe she finally felt "free" - women's hair can say a lot.

I really enjoy this show as long as I check logical reasoning at the door. That being said, I really like the cast and they have great chemistry together. It's also satisfying to have the good guys win most of the time. Hair, makeup, and clothes are mostly on point (I agree that Mel looks better with the more natural looking makeup; that shade of red they use on her is wrong). Even the teenager is getting easier to like this season.

So does anybody think the Vicky White/Casey White case is going to wind up on Dateline? That woman must have had some kind of serious Bonnie and Clyde fantasy. I guess the cops weren't going to take her alive in any case.

You (and everybody else above) said it all - took the words out of my mouth. And this episode reminded me of the photo of a "Keep Portland Weird" bumper sticker somebody posted on my FB feed a few years back. Portland seems, um, weird indeed.

Well I felt totally ripped off with Part 2. It was mostly a rehash of Part 1 with a more recent interview thrown in as the bonus. Mrs. Shelton is what my mother would call "a broken down tomato". Hard to believe that she has gotten away with so much but she is smart enough to let somebody else's hands actually get dirty (with the exception of shooting the guy in the back). Her husband is serving a life sentence - amazing how it was HIS DNA found on the discarded items near the one murder scene. Probably was a win/win for her - her enemy's husband was dead and her husband was behind bars, which was probably fine by her. And in a state where people get put on death row for a lot less than what she has done, she gets off scott free and can laugh like hell at both the reporters and their audience.

So did anybody watched this weekend's Part 1 about the female disbarred Texas lawyer Catherine Shelton? Talk about a WTF story. Bodies drop like flies around this broad yet nothing seems to happen to her. And that's in a state where people seem to get sentenced to death in cases where there is less evidence than what they can pin on this woman. One ex-boyfriend- a doctor whom she apparently only dated for a few months and then sued him for half his assets claiming they were common-law married - was murdered in his garage. A man who could have possibly been implicated in that murder wound up being murdered himself, and there is more coming. One ex-boyfriend joined the Marines to escape her (probably prevented him from being killed) and they interviewed yet another ex-boyfriend who she actually shot in the back and yet she got let off the hook in that case ("self-defense" - yeah the guy GOT SHOT IN THE BACK as he was trying to leave). I'm waiting for Part 2 to air this coming Saturday.

I can't add much to what has already been said but Michelle got away with murder. The jury had it right. And did anybody else notice her body language when she was being filmed asking for whoever took her son to bring him back? She would sort of turn her head away and downturn her eyes which to me said that she was lying and knew damn well that her child hadn't been kidnapped. This seems to me to be the case of a woman who just got sick of being tied down with a young child and wanted "out". It was probably easier to kill him than to dump him on other family members to turn him over to foster care. I think that if her sister hadn't moved to Florida, the boy would not have been murdered as it sounded as if the older sister did much of the child care work in the family. And no surprise that she sticks by Michelle while writing off the niece as a lying, wanting revenge drug addict. Better to think ill of the drug addict than to come to grips with the fact that your beloved "little sister" murdered her five year old child.

Really good episode - I enjoyed Robyn's detective work and the lack of shoot 'em outs and chase scenes. I also enjoyed their take on "12 Angry Men" but also how they had most of the jurors originally closed minded about the case and with the attitude of "we just want to go the hell home". Makes you wonder how many innocent people get locked up and guilty ones are still out on the street because somebody else got convicted, although most of the time, I still believe that the police get it right in who they arrest. This show still has a great hair/makeup & wardrobe crew. Loved Mel's boots and Robyn's sweaters but that Granny Square thing - no, just plain no. Talk about an Ugly (actually Fugly is more the term) sweater. And some hipster fashionista type would pay $800 for that thing? Those Granny Squares need to stay back in the 70s where they belong (and if I only had my Granny Square midi-skirt from 1971.... not that I could fit into it but. it was a helluva lot more attractive than that sweater). Sigh.

Kind of makes you wonder about prison. And I looked at my prior post re "Dexter" and realized what a hypocrite I am as I watched all 4 seasons of "Killing Eve". Talk about a show that glamourized a psychopathic killer! Somebody punish me by making me watch some reality tv like The Kardashians. Something where it's only people's reputations get sliced and diced rather than their bodies...

It's a shame that the first guy (talk about lucky!) didn't go to the police after he escaped - maybe the 2nd guy would still be alive. Frankly, I never watched "Dexter" and never will. I don't understand making killers into heroes; especially killers who seem to take such glee in killing their victims. It just glamourizes such sickness. And it's hard to believe that this weirdo murderer is actually going to be up for parole next year. If you ask me, he should've gotten the chair but I don't think that Canada has capital punishment.

My guess is was because of his age. He was 10 years older than me and I can still remember the civil rights marches on the nightly news and seeing black protesters have fire hoses turned on them. He grew up in the segregated South in his grandmother's home so he probably heard plenty from the old folks. Black people at that point may not have been slaves but they still had a precarious lot in life. Look at a white person the wrong way and God knows what could happen to you. His grandmother was a grown woman in 1920s America and that period of time saw a big growth in the KKK. Most of the black guests on FYR have been younger people who didn't grow up having to drink from a different water fountain or in fear of being lynched, so they are that much farther from the experience of slavery and Jim Crow than an older southern black man like Andre Leon Talley,

I was a bit disappointed with last night's episode. The only one of the three I was familiar with was Andre Leon Talley and there was very little on him. I had read his memoir and he had a very interesting life, although he came off as somewhat bitter in the memoir. He started his career back in the days when there was still a lot of class in the world of fashion and things changed. He also seemed to feel that losing his looks (he had been a very handsome man when he was younger) also hastened the end of his career. I guess that one can more easily get bitten by the sharks in shallow waters. As for the two women, I didn't find either's ancestors all that interesting, other than the pastor being accused of witchcraft and then him blaming his wife. Ah, the good old days when times were rotten... I was also envious of Erin Burnett in how she kind of stumbled into her career. Some people really have the luck to be in the right place at the right time or know the right people. For a person who had no background in journalism, she certainly lucked out there.

I believe that I said something months ago that Missy Peregrym was pregnant because of how she started wearing very loose shirts and then she always had a jacket on and even with the jacket, they started shooting her above the waist. Last night's episode was obviously the actress going out on maternity leave while "Maggie" recovers from her ordeal. It was a pretty decent episode but I guess there are no SWAT teams located north of NYC? You'd think if they could helicopter up the two agents, they could also helicopter up some backup. Eye roll here.

I originally liked Torres as an addition to the team - he was somewhat lighthearted and fun at times. Since Gibbs and Bishop left (taking their beyond boring angst with them), the show has turned Torres into a moody, whiny, angry alcoholic. So now he's the guy picking up all the angst we got rid of with the other two. Show, give us a break. I'd say that most of us want the crime of the week and our heroes catching the bad guys. Who the hell watching a crime show wants to watch the heroes in therapy - this isn't Dr. Phil or Iyanla Fix My Life or Ophra. I like Dr Grace and I had even liked Jack (remember her?) but c'mon already! The other day I read that they are bringing on an actress to play Parker's ex-wife and it's going to be for multi episodes. So that will either be angst filled or they'll be the "cute" bickering back and forth exes. Another trope I can't f-ing stand.

No, the trial hasn't started yet.

Here is one that might eventually make it to Dateline - very new story : https://nypost.com/2022/04/18/orsolya-gaal-was-stabbed-nearly-60-times-police-sources/ Nice Jewish family living in an upscale neighborhood; very attractive victim. The 13 year old son was arrested and then released. Her husband and older son were on the west coast. I'd say that maybe hubby paid somebody to kill her as he'd have an alibi, but stabbing somebody 60 times is really personal. A paid killer would probably just shoot her and make it quick. This is going to be an interesting case.

OMG - that Dentist Daughter photo - and that is on the website? WHAT are they selling? No doubt in my mind that the dentist killed his wife - goes back to means and motive and he had those in spades. By killing the wife he had a win/win situation. He probably knew that the local investigation would be subpar (and who knows, maybe he paid off that local "investigator") and he gets the bonuses of $5 million in life insurance AND doesn't have to split the business and marital assets with an ex-wife! And it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the side piece knew of his plan or maybe suspected it. One thing that bugged me (and I had to hold my hand in front of my face every time they showed up pictures of those murdered animals) - they kept saying how the dead wife/victim had been such a loving and kind person. Gee, in what world do "kind" people get their kicks killing large animals (and she was really, really, hoping to add a leopard to her collection of death) with high powered guns and topped with modern high tech gun sights. Not much of a "sport" in my mind. The poor animals never have any kind of a chance. And to end here, 48 Hours mentioned how the kids have been "supportive" of their father. Yeah, ok. Your mother dies in suspicious circumstances in a 3rd world country, your father cremates her within days and then moves in with his girlfriend in like a few weeks. AND YOU SUPPORT YOUR FATHER. I guess you don't want to piss off the guy with the bucks - can't bring back Mom...

I have to agree - this season was kind of a clusterfuck. I understood why they introduced Pam but it didn't become apparent until the final episode. Had no idea why they had Gunn - it just seemed like a waste of time and an excuse for Eve to gouge somebody's eyes and Villenelle to get in a good quip. That young twerp (the guy who now seemed to be Carolyn's boss or handler or whatever) seemed to be there for some odd comic relief. And did anybody else scratch their head why they had Anton Lesser do like a 2 minute cameo? I totally agree with the person upthread who said that they could have condensed this into a two hour movie. With all of the commercials, each episode was a bit over 30 minutes (yeah, there were A LOT of commercials). With keeping the ending they gave us, two hours would have probably been more than enough.

I had heard of Regina King but not of Damon Lindlehoff. Never watched either "Lost" of "Watchmen" (love the graphic novel and the show seemed as if it strayed from it). The stories were more or less of the same old thing. The stain of slavery, Jewish people escaping from Eastern Europe and left behind family members being slaughtered during WWII. On one hand it gets repetitious after hearing about this so many times, on the other hand, modern Americans really need to be educated about these horrible parts of human history. It outrages me that politicians rail against teaching about the truth of American history in schools and it also outrages me that so many people are now saying the Holocaust never happened. As a nation we must NEVER forget these things. I don't know if PBS makes Finding Your Roots available as a teaching tool for use in schools, but if not, they should. The show humanizes history in ways that most text books can't. I thought that Regina King seemed so "real" (unlike some of the other actresses we've seen on the show). She obviously was very emotionally touched by what she was learning. And this show shines a light about all the family secrets that past generations kept in the closet! Unfortunately, generations down the line wind up opening those closets either by accident or on purpose and the skeletons hit them on the head.

You really had to feel bad for that poor husband (victim) in this case. And I laughed that I am not the only one who couldn't figure out what all these men saw in her. From the early photos, I guess she was nice enough looking but she sure as hell was no Angelina Jolie. And at the time of the murder - I guess it shows that looks aren't everything. This case brings me back to wondering if these psychos who'd rather murder their spouse rather than divorce them have any kind of religious or spiritual values. I look at it like, ok, so I bump off the spouse and get the 600K life insurance (and nowadays, that's not a whole lot) but is that worth your soul being subjected to eternal punishment (or at least until the next reincarnation)? And I'm not saying that means you're going to have somebody with horns, a tail and trident roasting you over flames but there is going to be some kind of punishment for doing something so morally reprehensible.

I wasn't all that surprised that Villenelle died after killing off what was left of The Twelve - in a way it was like a "Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword" moment. In the first season she was a totally psychopathic remorseless killer and somewhere along the line she became a character that we started to root for (due to a combo of writing and Jodi Comer's amazing portrayal). My take is that Eve started off as a decent person and got sucked into the dark side and Villenelle was like her shadow side. The rainbow to the beige. I actually liked the scene on the boat where Eve is having such fun at the party and Villenelle is almost radiant while killing off the Twelve (or what was left of them). Frankly, there was no way that relationship was meant to last. Villenelle "freed" Eve in one way but imprisoned her in another. It was interesting that the people left standing (so to speak) at the end were Eve (who started out on the side of "right"), Carolyn (who also probably started out as one of the good guys but is now in some sort of grey area and maybe is trying to get back to the good side) and Pam who got sucked into the dark side and had the luck (Helene being killed) and sense to get out before it was too late. In a way, I wish that Konstanin had lived but he had contributed too much to the dark side to survive. I liked Carolyn and the actress really nailed the part. If the spin off is going to be about Carolyn (present day, not the young version) I'd probably watch it.