Lady Jane

The ones I saw using a bain marie looked like they were pouring cold water from a measuring cup into the pan holding the ramekins. If you don't start off with hot water in the bain marie, you have to wait until the water comes up to temp in the oven--which if I caught it correctly weren't set much above boiling point, so getting the water up to temp would have taken EONS. You have to start items in a bain marie in hot water. Otherwise, they're just sitting there in cold water as it creeps up to temp for an hour. If you notice, the "tops" of the sponges were cooked -- they'd been exposed to oven temp. The bottoms of the sponges, which had been sitting in cold water baths in the ovens, were not cooked once unmolded. This was just a failure of a basic technique. Tasha was marginally more successful because she took her sponges out of the water bath, allowing them to get at least a little bit of time at actual oven temp. To cook something like that or a cheesecake in a bain marie, you need to heat a kettle of water and pour it into the tray containing the dessert as you put it in the oven, so it is getting heat from all around, as well as the steam. Matty kept agitating his caramel, which causes crystals to form on the sides of the pan, and since sugar likes to be in crystals, when crystals from the side of the pan are constantly stirred back in to the liquified sugar, the whole thing crystalizes again. Melt your sugar, brush down any crystals that form on the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush, and let it darken.

I first saw him as Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy, so you can imagine how I feel seeing him here and as Churchill.

I think it might be interesting if she either lets him go after the one year and 8 days she held him, but in some way that makes him coming back really difficult. Or, he could escape (or she could let him escape?) and they could spend a while on him taunting her, then her remotely seeking his assistance, etc. I think it is hard to imagine how this show will go on for multiple seasons.

Jared's delusion that he was "protecting" his mom, and trying to get her further in that game was just... breathtaking.

I would love it if the last Cirie/Jared twist was that whenever one of them is evicted, both of them are evicted.

Some of us do, some of us don't. Often it will vary from court to court or from proceeding to proceeding. We tend to do a better job at not policing women's bodies and paying attention to substance than we did when I first started practicing in the 90s. You should have seen what Kimberly Guilfoyle wore to court--as a prosecutor. Long story short unless an ass cheek or a breast is falling out, we tend to just get on with our jobs. That said I've been pretty disappointed in the courtroom scenes' accuracy.

Surely you're aware that Scheana was not allowed to be there while Rachel was there, so she literally could not have confronted Rachel. Shitty people deserve to be confronted and told they're acting shitty. I'm not going to be mad at Lala for saying true things.

Did... did Remy actually say "send the popo?" This character is insufferable

Sleep deprivation is a common torture tactic. If you've ever had insomnia, you know why!

I saw this on my DVR, and said, "oh good! That Guy Fieri show is on! And it's two hours! Yay!" Please send help. I don't know who I am anymore.

This is my experience as well, but DAMN somebody should have run a conflict check before signing the retainer agreements. How they showed it in this episode was patently absurd, however. I have to actively disengage my lawyer brain watching this show because they get everything wrong in the worst possible and stupid way. Agree about Skyler Astin's arms. Did NOT see that coming. WAY hotter than Thor LOL

They've concluded that the Senator's son was the murderer as he confessed to all the crimes, if I remember correctly. The bureaucrats prioritized having a closed case over catching the right guy. That's why they jumped at the chance to investigate a similar crime--one where the locals were actively asking for help. They got to investigate Sicarius w/o having to reopen the closed case. I don't think any hardware store clerk would remember a transaction as small as $400. During remodeling we regularly dropped $5K a visit if we were buying plywood, 2x4's etc. Now if someone bought $400 worth of trashbags, lye, zipties, and a shovel they might be memorable! Also, I've always worked in male-dominated fields (stockbrokerage and law) and "she's getting some" wouldn't even blip on my radar from a coworker. We can debate its appropriateness, but in my experience it is extremely commonplace to discuss coworkers' personal lives. Ideal? No. Realistic? Yes.

In 25 years of practice, I've never seen a spouse come to the office for a meal. I've seen spouses drop off take-out (before UberEats etc) but not ever in the office. "These days" there's less than absolutely no reason to work late, unless you prefer the solitude of an empty office. Everything is online, all files and filings are digital, etc. I am going to be generous and assume that the "office" space in their home is where Derwood works if he has to work late. I would absolutely side-eye a spouse having a meal in the break room or the attorney's office. (No shade meant to you at all @MaryAnneSpier, 100% at J&D!) Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a lawyer eat in the break room, either. If you're working late and eating, you're at your desk multitasking so you can actually go home eventually. Whole thing is peculiar to me. ETA: He's practicing in OK, right? As of Nov 2022 ADA salary in OK was $60,417. It is set by statute. Just for figurin' purposes for all you mathers out there

Olivia Pope had an abortion on Scandal. She wasn't conflicted about it, she didn't hesitate, and she was shown to be satisfied with her choice. I grant you there are few examples. The writers may in general be squeamish about depicting the reality of women's lives, but that just contributes to the stigma around abortion. What's crazy is they are perpetuating the stigma rather than normalizing it--as you say, the American public is decidedly pro-choice. I assume this will follow the same trajectory as being inclusive of LGBTQ+ relationships on TV. It was a HUGE deal at first, and now there is much better representation. I assume they'll start treating abortion as healthcare rather than some kind of moral issue at some point. I also took Scola's "I'll support whatever choice you make" was a reference to abortion, as it usually is. They didn't say it out loud, but at least presented it as a choice.

There are two different issues. The first is that a spouse cannot be compelled to testify against their spouse. They may CHOOSE to do so, but cannot be compelled. But, the second issue is that even if they choose to testify, the "marital privilege" with regard to marital communications is held by both spouses, so it cannot be unilaterally waived when one spouse elects to testify. This means they can testify to things they saw, etc., but they cannot testify about actual communications within the marriage. This protection of marital communication privilege survives the end of the marriage -- so even if you are divorced, you can choose to testify, but you still can't reveal marital communications. So, Nadia could testify against him, but couldn't reveal anything they said or communicated during their marriage. The new spouse can simply elect not to testify at all.