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This was a better episode than most this season. I actually liked the kid (who also has a very nice smile), but I'm unhappy that Lucy is going to him and not staying with Gibbs. Maybe this means that Gibbs will be either sailing away on the boat or be back in action again, leaving little time for a pet. And the bad guy - yeesh. Instead of just contacting the kid's guardians and telling them about his son needing a bone marrow donor, the guy has to hire henchmen, almost kill this nice couple and try and kidnap the kid. Talk about over kill. I guess as the doctor said, the dude was just a bad guy all the way around. And while I wouldn't mind Bishop and Torres together (as what is any NCIS show without 2 of the team in a relationship), this whole "talk" thing just got annoying. It's like what is this, jr high school? At this point, let them #$@% and get it over with already!

It may also be because most of the use of "fuck" is as a verb rather than as a standard curse word almost everybody and their grandma uses today. I've read my share of Victorian porn and that's generally how the act is described in that. How did people in polite society refer to sex? If it was ever referred to in polite society. When Swann was having his fun and games with the one girl in his club, note that he asked her if she was "spending" - that was the Victorian term for having an orgasm (at least in the porn). I think part of noticing the f word also is when Amalia uses it - here she is - looks very upright and proper but she uses the word in it's correct use and I think it comes across as a bit shocking, especially as she is so matter of fact about it. I don't watch many HBO dramas (right now its this one and Mare of Eastport) so I had no idea that graphic sex was such a big part of HBO shows. The opening scene of this episode was really kind of over the top and just seemed an excuse to put some hot action on screen. I guess that actors today have to be fairly exhibitionistic if they expect to get jobs. It's amazing to me how old movies got their point across and could be steamy without being something where you have to chase the kids out of the room when you're watching it. The hint of sex and using your imagination can be a lot sexier than what we're used to watching today.

Another episode which left me confused. Who arranged for that mass electrocution? Massen, The Beggar King, Maladie or ??? And did Massen say that he ordered the "hit" on Mary? I can't understand half of what is being spoken on this show! And the opening sex scene - ok, we get it, Amalia is a lusty woman, but ick. Especially in that her lover is a married man. I agree with Stuffy above - I wish they'd keep the nudity and sex to where it should be - in Swann's sex club.

I'm beginning to think that the COVID lockdowns sucked the brains out of so many tv writers. The shows that I've watched this season have gotten so bad and so cliched that it's an insult to the viewers' intelligence. NCIS mothership is almost unwatchable now. This show has retconned an affair between Dwayne Pride and Sasha Broussard (not even hinted at in the prior season which featured her) that resulted in a son and for what? To make drama between him and Rita, cause all this stupid angst, because all of a sudden this kid he knew nothing about is now HIS SON, and to drive home that Dwayne really is like dear old late Dad. So we'll have the remaining shows featuring Sasha getting her due (and probably killed off in some way), Carter and Hannah declaring their L.U.V. for each other, Tammy moving in with her girlfriend, and the big wedding of Pride and Rita and everybody (including The Son) dancing the night away at the bar.

Mare is a redhead? On my tv her hair looks to be dark brown roots and a home grown bleach job growing out on the ends. I guess that tv screen color varies.

Yeah "masochistic achievement" is right - we all deserve to raise a glass to ourselves and take a good long gulp. I guess that this is now showing us exactly how tedious archeology really is. You watch NOVA and get to see all the exciting stuff without the tedium. And does anybody else wonder if Rick and Marty actually believed all the Knights Templar and ark of the Covenant stuff? Those things are a far cry from buried pirate treasure. Now that "Oak Island" had the season finale, the "Mystery of Sky Walker Ranch" has started up again. Same production company, but so far, it's intriguing.

So what are we missing re Effie Boyle? The actress is listed as Margaret Tuttle but I couldn't find a photo of her on Imbd.

Enjoying this show, even though I can't understand half of what is being said. Amalia seems to be turning into one of the shows big mysteries - who and WHAT is she really? I like her swashbuckling style - even down to jumping into the barroom brawl which she played a large part in its happening. Maladie's makeup makes me think of the character played by Darryl Hannah in Blade Runner. Something about that black mask of makeup on the upper part of her face. If I recall correctly, the Blade Runner character was sort of nuts (Maladie is WAY nuts) also.

I'm enjoying the series (I watch a lot of dark British crime dramas) but man, are they showing us Mare going off the rails or what? When she was in the evidence locker and taking some of the drug packets, at first I thought that she was going to use them, but then thought, oh God, she's going to try and frame her nemesis grandbaby mama. And then, it's like, "What the hell is she thinking?". Maybe the evidence storage has a camera, or somebody sees her go in there... and to not even put the drugs into a different glassine envelope! That is some kind of total Police entitlement or whatever it would be called. Like NOBODY is going to dare accuse her of doing that, or the cops in that town have gotten away with shit like that and nobody questions it. As it is, the chief is giving her an out by not arresting her for this. And maybe we are being shown how she can act like judge and jury when it suits her. She'll let some people off the hook but then pull a stunt like this and probably feels justified because she knows that the grandchild is better off with her and not with his mother. I do not think that Erin killed herself and still wondering who the real father of her child is. It would be a kicker if it turns out to be Mare's dead son and at this point, I'm wondering if he really did kill himself or if he were murdered and it was made to look like a suicide. I think the priests know something but are not the killers. And still trying to figure out what the deal is going to be with the writer. Will they REALLY have an actor like Guy Pearce in what is basically a cameo part?

This episode was so cliched. So Torres meets his long-lost presumed dead father only to lose him at the end. Ho hum. This show appears to have truly jumped the shark. Its like the writers have run out of steam and are going to phone it 'til the end.

Or possibly one of the priests. On one hand, priests having sex with members of their flock has become old hat, on the other, you're talking about a teenage girl and a small town. If the baby daddy was Erin's uncle or cousin, then I'm sure you're going to deal with her father's wrath. The water is still murky here. And I wonder what the endgame of the writer is? As was mentioned, when Erin was murdered, he was otherwise involved. But did he have something to do with the girl who is still missing? A case of you don't hire Guy Pearce for some random (scuzzy) middle aged eye candy.

Is there a forum thread for the Ken Burns Hemingway doc? If so, I haven't been able to find it. And if you haven't seen it, it is slow at times but Hemingway was a Rockstar in his day. Movie Star handsome, and all the things he did by the time he was 30. Not what you'd call a "good" human being, but it appears that not many great artists have been.

Sigh. Hated the retconning of Pride and Sasha. I don't recall ANYTHING in the past shows featuring Sasha that she and Pride were ever "involved" with each other, and now there is the "Love Child"?. Gimme a break! Is this some stupid male fantasy that they have a love child somewhere is the shadows? And of course, Pride has a daughter so it makes everything so nice that now he has a SON. Especially, that the kid's mother is some criminal mastermind as opposed to the local donut store counter girl. Blech.. Frankly, if I were Rita, I'd run like hell in the other direction. And the cliffhanger - now that Carter and Hannah are having an affair (and did the show really need to go "there"), we don't know if she survived the explosion. Well, they killed off Lasalle, so no biggie if they kill off somebody else also.

Well, gotta say that I was dead wrong in thinking that the guy who WASn'T Q was Ron. What a weird story and it goes to show how quickly people believe shit on the internet without knowing who really is posting it and what their intentions are. As the old saying goes, good to keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. I don't believe it was a costume. The guy didn't want to be interviewed on camera, so the film maker used an animation for the interview. Guess he thought it was more interesting than just showing himself talking to the guy on the phone.

Meh episode. I think as others have said, another way to bring back Christie. I wouldn't be surprised if we see Anna Farris on the last episode. Regarding cat diabetes - I had a diabetic cat for 10 years. He was young when he got it, but always had a weight issue. He went into ketoacidosis after he got a tooth infection and spent a week in the animal hospital. I was lucky that the vet on duty was a diabetes specialist and she told me that I'd never get his diabetes under control as long as he ate dry cat food. I had 11 other cats to also feed, and did some research and switched all of my cats to canned Fancy Feast classic food, which was fairly low carb. I got him off of insulin within 3 months and he stayed off of it until he passed at the age of 16. I have "retired" from being a Crazy Cat Lady and am down to 4 cats and have re-introduced some dry cat food into their diet. None have weight issues and cats are like people - some people can handle more carbs than others. And all of my many, many, cats in the past 25 years have been indoor only. Too much danger outside. End of public service announcement.

Yeah, episodes 3 & 4 were kind of a slog to watch. I think it's pretty apparent that at least Daddy Watkins is part of "Q". I really don't think that the son has the imagination for it or sense of actually wanting to be a chaos causing Trickster, but Dad on the other hand.... The son does the techy dirty-work, but yeah, there must also be a degree of sociopathy to see all the damage Q Anon is causing and to continue to be a part of it. Did somebody upthread mention Psy Ops? Because it seems that Q Anon has so many of the hallmarks of that. And it's amazing how people are so stupid that they will fall for it. And like members of any other cult, you can't reason them out of the belief with logic. Apparently, there are now anti-cult "deprogrammers" who have been hired by family members trying to deprogram their Q Anon following relatives.

I'm a day behind in watching this (DVR it to avoid the millions of commercials), but boy, they should have sub-titiled this "Daddy Dearest". Talk about a totally narcissistic monster. Aretha had so many strikes against her - you've got to give her real credit. I had heard firsthand stories about how difficult she was to work with - after watching this, you can see why.

So far, enjoying season 3 much more than the first two. Great acting and interesting, well-written script. I had no idea that Aretha Franklin had her first child at such a young age and that she was raped. At least it seems that her family was supportive. But I was almost in tears when they showed that little girl in that situation.

So far, this doc is interesting. I always loved conspiracy theories back in the day (and I'm talking 20 plus years ago), but I'm talking things like the Kennedy Assassination and the Face on Mars and The Roswell Crash. You know, fun stuff. Back then, you'd actually have to read books and go to the library and look at microfiche news reports - do some real work. For shits and giggles, there were always rags like the National Enquirer or the Weekly World News (which was almost entirely made up. Supposedly, the Pizzagate story was started by a former WWN writer as a joke to show how stupid people were). Now there are Internet FORUMS (like aren't Forums so 2005?), and any asshole can come up with some weirdness and if it gets to the right gullible folks (or cynical enough ones), and is done in such a way as to hook people in, well, you get Qanon. You've got nice Christian housewives and LA Gossip writers actually believing that one of the most corrupt people to ever sit in the Oval Office is the person who is going to protect the world from the evil Hillary-led cabal of child sex traffickers and cannibals. This is the sort of shit that led people to murder Jews (and accuse them of starting the Black Plague) and slaughter cats by the thousands (as they were minions of The Devil), which was one of the things that really did help spread The Plague. This is 2021 and not the Middle Ages but people don't seem to have changed all that much. I also think that so many people stuck at home due to COVID restrictions and not mixing with friends, family, and co-workers who would roll their eyes at this Qanon stuff helped fuel it. People were bored and had nothing better to do so they got sucked into the rabbit hole. If any of you remembered the Satanist hysteria of the 1980s, none of this is really all that surprising. I worked at a place in Denver in the mid-80s and an old guy who worked there (a good Texas Baptist) came in with a flyer that stated Proctor and Gamble was really owned by Satanists because of their very old logo of the Moon and Stars., and here is proof - blah, blah, blah. A few of us younger people practically laughed the guy out of the breakroom. That was one old guy and a mimiograph flyer somebody from his church gave him. Now MILLIONS can access this same misinformation with a few clicks on a keyboard! And voila... I'm looking forward to next week's installment - what a crew of likely suspects, but I don't really think that the Watkins son was the guy who dreamed this Q thing up. The older Watkins seems like the sort of dickhead who thinks that he's the smartest guy in the room and has that air of a Trickster about him. Yoga practicing pig farmer by day and the high and mighty Q, when the spirt moves him. The guy in the wheelchair might have something to do with it as well. He loves the letter Q - hmm. There Are NO Coincidences... Finally, I totally love the animated Rube Goldberg like title sequence (or whatever it's called). A feast for the eyes and very clever!

I read an article in the newspaper about Mom's cancellation this past week. Apparently, Allison Janney's contract was up at the end of this seasonl, as well as the show's contract with CBS. I guess that the CBS suits figured that Allison Janney would want more money and so would Chuck Lorre, so they decided to pull the plug instead. And there was an interview with Allison Janney last week where she said that Chuck Lorre was in the process of writing the script for the final episode.

Ok episode but I can't stand Jackie the Bounty Hunter - annoying as hell, actually. And another vote for leaving the personal stuff out of these crime shows. I don't care about Jess' love life. And I totally didn't get all the flirty-flirty from the riding instructor and then when he asks her out to dinner she turns him down. Like, huh? Mixed signals there, woman. Jess is supposed to be a profiler, and now they're going to have him doubt himself about asking a woman out? And OF COURSE the daughter is the most wonderful rider EVAH - because she is the most wonderful at EVERYTHING SHE DOES. I wish this show would give THAT a rest also.

Anybody else watch this past episode about Madelaine McCann? I really hope that the Germans can pin that poor child's disappearance on their suspect. If the Portuguese police had done their job correctly, maybe this guy would have been caught while the child was still alive. It still blows my mind how parents (and these people were Doctors for cryin out loud), could leave 3 very young children by themselves like that. They said that the group of friends/ parents would take turns every 15 minutes to check on the kids, but as this case proved, tragedy can happen within 15 minutes. What if there would have been a fire - you couldn't trust a 3 year old to know how to escape that. I understand that with toddlers, you can turn your back for a minute and the kid can take off, but to leave sleeping children alone in a crowded resort and to leave the door unlocked on top of it.... guess that these people had a different take on childrearing than most Americans do.

The Clint Black/Roseanne Cash episode was another interesting one. I knew nothing about Clint Black other than he was from Texas and was very popular in the early 90s. On the other hand, I've been a big fan of Roseanne Cash since her first album in the late 70s and have followed her career, going from Country Super Star to walking away from that and going the singer-songwriter folkie route. For anybody who is interested, she is also an author and among essays also penned a wonderful memoir that dished no dirt but had some good stories and was beautifully written. I always thought that Roseanne's mother's family was totally Italian; I had no idea that her mother also had American ancestry going way back to the 1700s. It's not really surprising that white Americans with roots in the south also have some Black ancestry. What was it - the "one drop" law? How many people were really more "white" than black, yet they were still considered Black and therefore slaves? It's no wonder that if people could "pass", many of them did. Racism is inherently stupid, and you have to wonder how many of today's racists would feel finding out that guess what - YOU have a Black ancestor.

I enjoyed the episode - but I enjoy this show in general. Unfortunately, I knew it was doomed as soon it was stuck on the CBS 10 PM timeslot. That is the Kiss of Death timeslot where CBS puts the shows that are getting killed off. Sigh. For some reason, the stupidity that is NCIS LA keeps going on forever though.

In this case, it might be a part of why the women wound up with this monster, but the three wives who were murdered were all apparently terrified of him and stayed because they were too afraid to leave. The first wife got out alive (probably because he hadn't murdered anybody yet) and the other wife who escaped did so with no notice and, I think, left town. We really don't know much about what happened with the ex-wife who died of cancer years after she left. The show didn't seem to get into his situation with her other than pointing her out as one of the dead wives. These types of men can turn on the charm and then when they become abusive, scare the woman into staying. Look at what's in the news right now re Shia LaBeouf and the singer/dancer FKA Twigs. Granted, Shia LaBeouf is a famous actor but for the last number of years the guy usually looks as if he Method Acting the part of a bum. And yet this beautiful, talented young woman with a good career and money of her own got sucked into his craziness. And she was afraid to leave him until she finally felt that he probably would kill her if she didn't get away from him.