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Letterman's people always come through....A GREAT clip of Duane Eddy from 1985 doing his classic "Rebel Rouser".

I had to look up the Doctor Trowbridge reference. Never saw the film Spies Like Us but loved the theme song. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at Alden quoting "Catch me If You Can". One of my favorite movies. This was a fun episode.

I saw the synopsis and figured I would bow out of watching. I did catch the first ten minutes. Turned it off and watched a Sunday church service. Turned back in the last five minutes to see how it turned out. Founcd that I enjoyed the show that way. Sad as I used to enjoy this show and love the cast but I swear some network honchos have their "notes" all over this show and how to "improve" it. Sigh....and they cancelled So Help Me Todd.....and weirdly Tracker seems to be the "helping little guys" out show now...

Oh this was good. It was cheesy and over the top but it had action and suspense. A lot of the shows I watch lately, seem to lack that. Even when they do, they expect the audience to take it serioously, (Equalizer). My mom used to watch this together on the phone. I can't help but think she would have loved every moment of it. Now, my issue is the actor that played the ship doc seemed familliar but I can't place him. I did an eye roll when I heard about the Bachelor crossover but I think this show is upping the campy fun this season. I'll be there for it.

I liked the dynamic between Knight and her dad. I do think he loves her and wants what's best and to make her happy. He doesn't seem the type to what to control her life (outside of the plan). I agree with others, it was a good episode and it helped it had minimal Torres. (Plus, they mentioned Ducky, that made me smile)....

What I loved about the Challenger one is ALL that footage of the astronauts talking and in training. It made them feel more like real people instead of mythological figures in a grand tragedy.

I am weird as I have a theory that Flower WAS sucked off but just brought back by the chant in a mere unfortunate place? I am not into the mystical magicof seances but I just figured either the summoner has bad GPS or Flower did. Overall, it was a great episode and a LOT of fun! Worth a rewatch...

I thought this was the best episode yet. I'm starting to see Justin as Colter and not Kevin Pearson. Although, I am sorta disapointed there was no shirtless Colter scene. I felt like there was a mention in his contract(or network note) to get that shirt off by any means.....

This show is running on fumes now. I can tell the cast is trying but something tells me that Brian and Sean are still mourning David. Still, I watch as it's habit and it keeps the memory of watching it with my Mom a live a bit longer. Gary Cole is really why I watch. With Good Fight done, I need him on my TV screen a bit more. Besides, I am hoping that someone somewhere will get the brilliant idea to add his old show "Midnight Caller" to a streaming platform. As for this episode, I swear they did the GF organized plot one before.....Oh yeah, any chance to let Torres twist in the wind makes me happy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dan-wilcox-dead-mash-writer-producer-1235836433/ Dan Wilcox, writer for MASH passed away. Any recent MASH documentary, you saw him being interviewed. Loved his writing for MASH. He got his start on Sesame Street. He was 82. It's weird. I watch MASH so often that the names on those credits become almost friends. Thanks for the laughter Dan.

I was out last night and came home right in the middle of the monologue. All I heard him say was he was "gay for his Mom" as a kid and then asked the audience when they stopped being their Mom's best friend. In my head, I knew masturbation would be the punchline. Sure enough, it was. It just seemed like such a lazy joke and predictable. I shut off the channel and watched Jeopardy on Pluto. SNL has got to realize there ARE other things to watch at that time. If they can't make it interesting, they'll keep losing viewers. The only thing I seem to watch now are the WU jokes and I usually skip the bits with cast members.

I watched the first episode and was mildly interested but five minutes into the second hour, I now LOATHE this reboot. The writers have totally SHIT on the entire concept of this show. There's no way to get the charm and joy from the original into this slogfest. It's too dark and joyless and amps up uneccesary drama and love triangles. I kept watching this for two years HOPING it would get better but at this point, I hope this show gets cancelled by the end of the episode. The writers of this dreck should never work in television again. They have KILLED the memory of a great show. I am GLAD Scott Bakula saw this for the crap that it is.

My Mom passed away in Sept. 2022. I have been trying to honor her by writing a story based on her life. She got me hooked on NCIS back around Season 5 or so. She would have loved this episode. The discussion at the end of "all we are is the stories we leave behind" made me bawl. I'll still watch NCIS but it won't be the same show I got sucked into all those years ago. Ducky was a big part of that. It would have been nice if they brought Gibbs back but am hoping Harmon will give David his righteous due on the NCIS:Origins series this fall. Another thing that worked well was the somber version of the theme song as the main title credits. Perfection. Overall, one of the best episodes of the series. It also helped that they played Ducky's advice of "When you're going through hell, just keep going". That's from my all time favorite episode of the series. Farewell Dr. Mallard. Thanks for everything David McCallum.

I have watched this show from the beginning and normally I hand wave a lot of the silliness but I was seriously snarking on it last night. How do you say someone is a good person and right after they try to burn your team alive? I was half expecting the security guy to be on Michelle's side and then have D save the day. Also, Vi and D got literally nothing to do but be the worries relatives. They had the hostage plot did they even try to tell Robyn about that?

I adore Michael Gross. I loved him on FT. My favorite episode with him was his temptation to sleep with Judith Light. I mean who can resist a man who coordinated his socks with the rest of his wardrobe? There was one line that he said that runs through my head but have no idea what episode it came from. "Hey, that's rad...or bad....or mad...or (big sigh) whatever means groovy these days". Someone mentioned the Philidelphia Story episode. I watch that every 4th of July. What I find interesting and almost quaint about it is Alex begging his dad to testify before Congress. Even though,as a Republican, voting for more funding for PBS would have been against his beliefs, he supported his dad. He also loved the process of citizen responsiblity. You couldn't really see that happening in modern sitcoms. Family Ties may be remembered as the MJF show but it was so much more than that. A time capsule of time and place and attitudes that aren't quite as alive anymore.

There's also a 24/7 Murder She Wrote channel on Pluto now...

I know this was awhile go but I love that the contestants thought Prince was from Duluth, MN. I yelled at the TV "No! ...but thank you!" I wish we were that cool musically. We've given the world some great voice over artists. Lorenzo Music and Don La Fontaine but musically, we've given the world Bob Dylan, Trampled by Turtles and Cloud Cult plus LOTS of regional polka bands.

It was an okay episode. The problem with this revival is that none of the cases or scenes or arguments are that memorable. I spent all afternoon watching Season 3 of original Law and Order and found myself lost in great acting and great discussions of the essence of law and what is good and evil. I don't get that here. I will say that I wasn't entirely focused on last night's case because I KNEW the english guy from somewhere. It was Ravi Kapoor who played Bug on Crossing Jordan and I wondered why he aged so fast since last I saw him.

I don't like watching this show before bed but I happened on the last five minutes and it gave me nightmares. I was kind of on my way out of watching this show. It just doesn't have enough people to really like for me and it seems way too dark. Hell, even in later years there was moments of levity in the Criminal Minds team but with the Sir secret, it casts such a pall over the entire drama. Someone once said that this show could be great if it explored the missing that no one cares about and we got backstories on each of the characters. The Sir in the basement capitalizes on the notion that serial killers/kidnappers/evildoers are people worth understanding and being weirdly fascinating and so much smarter than the rest of us. That's a Hollywood trope that didn't need to be in this series. Thankfully, you all have spelled out the plot enough so I don't have to rewatch. Now, I don't have to care to come back.

I am a Packers fan but Rodgers has far outlived his usefulness as a player and a commentator. The worst part of his quote is the "crack a bottle open" part. Maybe I'm odd but celebrating the legacy of the abuse of children is not something to brag about. So, Rodgers and all the others that think this is a parlor game, sit down and shut up on crap you know nothing about. I live in MN and all week the media has been theorizing all the different ways that the Vikings could get into the playoffs. I laugh at that as they never really played like they WANTED the playoffs. Tomorrow, they'll try Mullens. On the last game, they still are playing pick a QB, any QB. That's not a team I can get behind. Even when they had Cousins, consistency was not his strongest suit. Meanwhile, the Packers are doing it right. Stay with one QB and get him used to playing and trust that the team will eventually gel around him. The Vikes are borrowing a page from an old Who song "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss". Well, this Minnesotan "won't get fooled again".

The other great part of that episode is Schiff's last line "Tough to find out, you married your stalker".

As for Juliana Margulies, I liked her for a bit in the beginning of "Good Wife" but she always gave off a vibe that "my greatness is not worthy of you peasants" in almost every scene. I never thought she was that great an actress either but that's just me. Also, word of advice adding "the" to a sentence and listing a people group right after it, shows more of your attitude towards people in that community than any slur ever could. Any writer knows that adding "the" to a descriptor is a way of putting distance between the two subjects. So, yeah, JM crawl into a corner and watch your career die, please?

Legacy, the Frances Sternhagen episode of Law and Order, is one of the best of the series. Frances is a huge reason why. Her character could be seen as a bitter old lady but she managed to convey grief, distrust and coldness all in the span of an hour. The one scene she does get with Jerry Orbach is a sheer delight in chemistry. If you've never seen it, please try to find it. It's in Season 8 of the Law and Order Mothership. I will say her death on The Closer really broke my heart but up til that moment it was a delight to see her on that series. RIP my dear. My heart weeps for the loss....

The "comedy" of Frasier appearing to have dementia just didn't sit right with me but then they had a moment like that in the original when Frasier asked Martin to check out a care facility so he could meet a woman. That was played a bit less broad than this. The only parts I liked were Eve calling out Freddy. He really never seems happy about anything in any of these episodes. Also, I can understand Niles coddling David but Daphne wouldn't as far as I can tell. ..but yes, the plumber was indeed the best part of the show. In some warped way, I would loved a scene where Frasier and Roland hit it off on some level. That would take his character is a different direction. I'm still not in love with this show but it is a timekiller....

A few of these games have held my interest. So, that's something. However, I know I am late to the party on this but my heart broke a little when NO ONE guessed Letterman for "Will it Float?" as a recurring bit. I LOVED that bit and still hum the over the top theme song they had. Hell, I'd watch a Supercut of Will It Float if they made one....but I digress...