KittyQ

Wouldn't Curtis, having regained the ability to walk, be a good person for Kai to talk to about the challenges he faces? Does the hospital have a social worker or counselor that Kai could talk to about losing his football dream? And does he have parents?? At this point, I can't believe anyone would seriously consider Sonny "the safest" parent for a kid. Ava's not a great mother, but at least (for the moment) she isn't involved in a mob or revenge scenario. But the better choice might be for BLQ and Chase to take Avery in, solving 2 problems at one time.

Why do they write BLQ to be so dim? No matter who is the father, if you give birth to a baby, it is your "biological child", so using donated sperm is not going to prevent that. Also, this is a difficult time for Chase, while he's coming to terms with his infertility, so suddenly springing a previous child (and a grown one, at that!) on him is not going to help him feel better about that.

In answer to the first question - Yes, I think he did. He broke protocol for returning agents once he saw her in London, and continued to do things to ensure that she could remain in England, even if it didn't really work for his agency. For the second question - I think this was a "joke" phone call, probably not even connected to anyone, saying he wanted to talk to Elvis and Lord Lucan (who disappeared years ago when he was suspected of murder). It was meant to show Martian that the whole thing was a setup. Until the accident and hospital meeting showed he was serious.

It is a good illustration of how people that you'd expect to be pretty rational and reliable end up doing bad things for the typical reasons: love/sex, power, and money.

(Bolding is mine) This is true. In many cases, they only talk about the things they all agree with. When there's someone with different perspectives and opinions, they make a little effort to get them to agree but if that fails, then they don't delve into the other person's reasoning. Interviewing isn't meant to determine who is "right" and who is "wrong", but to elicit information that the audience hasn't heard and understand the rationale of the interviewee.

No "Come back anytime..." for John Fetterman. I guess the panel wasn't crazy about the way he does things.

That makes more sense! I don't know why I heard Post Office. This is what I read about that: "But a senior department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Fagan was fired because she failed to address border security and meet recruiting and retention goals, mismanaged acquisitions and lost trust with the force in her handling of the cover-up of a sexual assault scandal at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn." Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2025-01-21/coast-guard-commandant-fagan-fired-16555947.html Source - Stars and Stripes "Her tenure has been clouded by the service's Operation Fouled Anchor investigation, the news of which broke in June 2023. While Fagan ordered a top-down review of the service's policies and culture toward sexual assault and harassment, she consistently declined to hold anyone accountable until the conclusion of a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General investigation into the scandal." Like most cases, there are conflicting opinions, but it does seem that the CG Academy didn't adequately address sexual assault reports for years.

How fun that Whoopi sent Michelle Yeoh a message wearing her Guinan hat!

Does the Post Office have a "commandant"? A quick look doesn't show that. USPS officers Perhaps Ana meant someone else?

It probably wouldn't have made any more difference in private than it did in public. Knowing that it wouldn't make much difference either way (given how Trump reacts to criticism of any kind), was the Bishop's sermon mostly performative intended for the rest of the audience rather than a sincere attempt to communicate with Trump? In general, I think private conversations are more effective, because the person you are criticizing is less likely to be defensive without an audience and more likely to hear your message. Making comments in public always seems to be more about showing everyone how you stand, rather than convincing someone.

FWIW, They're doing a great job of depicting the kinds of family disputes that arise in a crisis. Only on TV could someone not only arrange for special treatment in a foreign country on short notice but engage a private jet (with nurse!) at the same time. Most people can't get an appointment with their primary physician in less than two weeks. Also, shouldn't there be point where the jet nurse actually confers with Michael's doctors, so she (or he) understands his case? I normally go along with Tracy, but playing keep-away with kids that aren't even hers is a terrible thing to do. Invoking poor, sick Monica (RIP LC) is even worse.

Joy says "this is not a normal inauguration" so no need to follow historic protocol. The thing is, there's always some rationale for doing what you want to do rather than what is expected of you and saying that a situation is "not normal" or "unprecedented" and therefore the exception to the rule is a common way to excuse yourself. I'm sure there have been other "not normal" inaugurations - for example in 2001, after the very close and contested election - did anyone official choose to not attend? Strangely, Joy seems to have forgotten Biden's terrible debate performance, because it was very clear to those watching that he could not win the election. It is unfortunate, but people age and sometimes develop cognitive issues; it has nothing to do with how good they are, or how successful they've been, but it does mean that their capabilities become severely limited. Being President of the US isn't a job for someone with this problem.

I do.

I don't think that her absence indicates any health or other problem. I suspect that she just doesn't want to attend, and since being a former First Lady isn't an official role that has requirements (although there are social expectations) she gets to choose when she wants to show up or not. I do think that this aspect of MO's personality was carefully hidden when she was First Lady - she was on her best behavior, which almost all First Ladies are - but look at Melania Trump's example; she doesn't seem to care about social expectations or precedents, and seems to do just what she feels like doing. Perhaps Michelle has just taken a page out of her book.

It might be an interesting idea if before the show, they all got to see what topics would be discussed but not talk about what they thought about them until they were on camera. Also, give more time per topic so the conversations can evolve naturally. I would love it to hear for once, someone say, "You know, I didn't think of it that way" or even "I guess I need to look into that further", the way regular people do when they are having conversations.