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It has nothing to do with breeding, just any given family's stance towards germs (which can definitely be influenced by culture, yes).

That's one of my favorites, too. I always enjoy seeing Lois Smith on my screen, and she was great as always as the foster mom. And that final scene with Bonnie and Tammy. Wow. When Tammy realized Bonnie had learned what happened, I knew the episode was about to close with a powerful line, but I was not prepared for what came next. Kudos to the writers for coming up with the exact right thing for Tammy to say, and Kristen Johnston's delivery - tone of voice and facial expression - is absolutely perfect.

That's not unusual within a family, but you have to teach the kids that it's fine at home, but you can't go do that at someone else's house. Were they like that everywhere?

Peloton means the main group of cyclists competing in a race (something I never knew until these damn commercials made me look it up, and then knowing that fact recently led me to correctly answer a Jeopardy! clue I'd have previously missed). So that's why an instructor is addressing their client group as "Peloton" in each of these annoying commercials. It's the same as encouraging folks, class, everyone, etc. in speaking to any exercise class (where no one has paid enough to be called out by name), just an address specific to a biking class.

Amen. A neglected house will, over time, cause problems (deferred maintenance will always bite someone in the ass in the end), but the materials and, especially, craftsmanship of old homes are not found today, so if a house hasn't been ignored, its age is not a deterrent. And, sure, some of those materials should be upgraded to take advantage of technological advances, but to act like an older home is inherently more suspect in terms of future problems than a new build is ridiculous, because the deliberate cutting of corners wasn't widespread back then like it is now; the starting point is a better one because of a completely different attitude toward building. My house was built in 1938, and I've replaced the plumbing and electrical with better materials that came along in the intervening years in order to keep it going the rest of my life, but it was livable without that. And, my goodness, the structural work. This was back when a 2x4 was actually two by four inches, and, more importantly, the attention to detail and employing best practices rather than the minimum necessary to meet code was the norm. I'd much rather take the best practices of the time and upgrade as necessary than start with a home designed to skate by from the moment it was built, because the former has greater longevity.

LOL at a six-year-old wanting to clean kennels - take advantage of that while it lasts, Toney! It was interesting getting to see the pre-adoption procedures they go through to help the dog transition from kennel to home and have good information to give the adopters. Princess knowing how to try herself off after a dip in the pool was cute, and I wonder if Pleagle/Efe will join in after a while. Peeve having no concept of the idea she's in a cast is so cute. Anyone who looks at that dog without grinning ear to ear is not anyone I want to know; other than not liking other dogs, she is just the epitome of dog. I love Lizzy's love for the seniors. Watching the CA episodes these past few days, I was sad they didn't have a New Orleans version of Rita, but I guess they kind of do in Lizzy. She and Moe can't take as many, given their other dogs, as Rita, and Rita's home was much calmer, but if they're able to provide a home in the final months for a senior from time to time, that's wonderful. With Lizzy transitioning to working more from home, I think they'll be able to do it more often. Because there certainly aren't too many adopters out there like Roan's. That was lovely, too. Spencer has been a favorite of mine from his first day, and I was so glad when he came back. I hope good things for him, and love his attitude; I'm sure it helps so much to have his girlfriend knowing "You're a good guy, you just made bad decisions". I love how happy he is to be a dad. It's great to see these guys want so badly to teach their kids to be the kind of people they've become, without having to take the terrible detour they did to get there.

I never watched Grey's Anatomy, either, but when I saw Patrick Dempsey in Scream 3, I thought, "Damn, that dork from Can't Buy Me Love grew up to be hot." Just one of the many reasons I think it's utterly stupid Reese Witherspoon married her ex instead of him in Sweet Home Alabama.

I recently re-watched the first three seasons (the CA years) via my mom's Discovery+ subscription, and watching them in such a compressed time frame really drove home how much Tia got hit with within a span of just a few years. And it's not like life was smooth sailing for her before that. The dogs meant she had no choice but to keep making it work, but it's still admirable. The kids started maturing at just the right time. I miss how much the show focused on the parolees in the early days, and didn't shy away from their hard edges. All shows evolve over time, but I wonder if audience feedback was of the "This is Animal Planet; we're here for the dogs" variety. I love Tia, surrounded by loved ones with felony convictions, appalled that "I don't get tickets!" when Animal Control cites her. I mean, my mind would be boggled, too, given the stupid bureaucratic changes providing cover for that ridiculous witch hunt after all those years - imagine being cited for your dogs' kennels being too big - but it just strikes my funny bone.

I was just scrolling through a recipe online (scrolling because it was posted by one of those people who feels compelled to include their life's story) when I saw the author say her kids "are plant based". Um, no. Your kids are carbon based, and you feed them a plant-based diet.

Because pre- and post-production take a long time; a director can't be prepping one episode, filming another, and editing yet another all at the same time and meet the air deadline (or, you know, sleep). I guess I'm a bit surprised if that's something people wonder about these days. It's why when a show's actor gets to direct an episode, you may notice their character isn't as heavily featured as normal in that one, the one before it, and/or the one after it. They generally schedule those to occur heading into or coming out of a break in the shooting schedule to minimize the issue, but that's a lot of work for one person. If I see an episode is directed by the actor playing my favorite character, I'm happy for them but groan for me, because I know there's a chance they'll basically be putting in a cameo next week.

I don't even understand how that helped some of these guys. Even young and drunk, I would have been so much less likely to hook up with someone if it was in a home filled with people - hell, as the seasons went on, half the time there was someone else right there in the room - and cameras. I can understand not caring, but I don't get finding the guys more appealing because of it. At least the roommates didn't make fun of the women; they were much more about rolling their eyes at David's ridiculous playa persona. I loved in the unseen footage special when all the roommates were singing "Come On, Be My Baby Tonight" complete with imitating the facial expressions David makes when he sings. I also liked how Melissa had no patience for last-minute attempts at suddenly forging relationships that hadn't existed. Peter's surfing trip coinciding with Kelly's final two weeks in the house meant Kelly suddenly wanted to spend time with Melissa, and Melissa was just like, "Why would I want to? We're cordial, we're good, but that's just all we are." And when she noped out halfway through the house meeting Jamie called to confront David about why he's a dismissive jerk to the rest of them, and Jamie came to her afterward to say David said some things later that he wishes she'd heard, Melissa asked, "Was one of those things 'I'm sorry'?" Of course not. David did finally let his guard down a bit in that meeting, and I'm glad those who did hear it got something from it, but I don't blame her for not caring to listen after all that time.

Yes, like all developed countries other than the U.S., although it's the least comprehensive in western Europe.

I guess it didn't work; in looking for info on what happened between Melissa and Julie, I came across a bunch of things about other New Orleans cast members, including a 2004 police report - David was arrested for solicitation (he paid $10 for oral sex). This is around the same time Julie got served with a restraining order obtained by her former live-in boyfriend. Yeah, I found a few things referencing shady shenanigans by Julie's mom as her agent.

I don't mind them - other than resenting that, with more time to tell the crime story and thus more time to throw in some personal information about the squad members, the same majority percentage of personal storyline time went to Rusty, Rusty, Rusty - but didn't like the entire final season being a series of three multi-episode arcs. I liked the first two individually (other than, ya know, Sharon dying at the end of the second one), but those things work better as exceptions to the rule rather than back-to-back. (Of course, that was TNT's requirement, not Duff's choice.)

Jackie's reaction, as Roseanne's sister and as someone who's long been slightly crazy, made perfect sense to me, even without adding in whatever ancient feud she and Louise supposedly had. If she hadn't come around and gotten over herself, that would have been a problem, but for that to be her initial reaction to seeing the guy who'd been with her sister since he was 16 years old with anyone new was only natural. In fact, I find it odd there not only wasn't any real resistance from any of the kids, but the kids never even talked amongst themselves how they were happy for Dan but it was odd to see Louise sleeping in Roseanne's bed, cooking in Roseanne's kitchen, etc. I'm sure they did in "real" life, but the writers wanting to keep mention of Roseanne to a minimum meant we didn't see it, and that would have been a nice scene among the siblings - and a chance to include D.J. Oh, well - at least they were true to how conflicted Dan would be about entering a new relationship. (Per Bruce Helford, John Goodman didn't want them to do it at all, so they pulled back and wrote Dan's feelings and the resulting Dan/Louise trajectory in a much more realistic way, and with that necessary time he got on board.) I can look past glossing over the kids' process of accepting it, but I would not have been able to overlook Dan jumping right in. (Yes, many widowers do. Dan would absolutely be among the minority who don't.)

I didn't predict that for her having watched it originally, but now re-watching it knowing that about her, I wasn't surprised; there are hints of a manipulative nature, and of falling back on the "but I'm just so young and innocent" excuse. The finale ended with a clip of her being interviewed by Larry King about whether BYU was going to let her back, so maybe she got too big for her britches when her storyline got media attention. She didn't break it up, he did; they met, were attracted to each other, spent time together, and then he either called or went to visit his girlfriend (they were long distance) and told her about Kelly and said he wanted them to be able to see other people, and she agreed. At least, that's how it was presented on the show. Does anyone know what episode Melissa's chair-slamming "time the fuck out" fit was in? Because I never came across it in my re-watch, but I dozed off a few times along the way.

A picture of the Empire State Building, really? I only missed four in the first round. I did even better in DJ, when it's usually the reverse; I didn't know Hubble and I could not get Wilmington out of my brain in time, but got everything else. My fantastic game came to a screeching halt with FJ, though; I had no idea. Royalty is not in my wheelhouse, and it's been quite a long time since I read Macbeth.

It's being conducted in Canada this year.

They didn't know how long they'd keep her around, so the character does change some later - but mostly that, unlike in her first two episodes, she has family she spends time with - but it plays to me like the writers don't even realize just how poorly she's behaving. She's written as breaking down in the end, when Provenza says, "Whatever happened here, I know that you did the best you could," and she starts crying and asks, "Did I?" (Here's a hint, Patrice: NO.) So she has a realization after the fact, but I never feel like the scope of what happened is acknowledged. A 19-year-old kid with a bright future ahead of him was murdered for doing absolutely nothing wrong (and his family is going to learn his killer won't go to prison for it), an 18-year-old kid was arrested for a murder he didn't commit, another 19-year-old kid is going to spend some of the best years of her life in an institution, and ALL of this could have been avoided if Patrice had recognized the problems in her own family instead of telling other parents they had a troubled kid on their hands.

No, the deal is to serve her time* in a mental institution. She will stay there until her sentence is up, but could qualify for conditional release earlier depending on circumstances (just like from prison). *We don't know how long they ultimately agree to; the lawyers are still in her room hashing it out but we're in the waiting room with Provenza and Patrice. Ugh, I get angry again just thinking about this episode. Patrice knows from the beginning Keisha may have done it, but she hands Wesley over as a scapegoat, and then just shrugs, "You thought it was a murder," when Provenza confronts her about it.

I was kind of underwhelmed by this episode, but Mary McDonnell reminded everyone why she's so well respected as an actor ("next level good", as Erin Brockovich said a couple of episodes ago) with how her entire being changed when Helen found out her liver is failing.

Not me, because I already worked from home, but people who were usually gone all day five days a week and then were suddenly home all the time, sure.

I liked the realistically slow trajectory (Dan Conner would absolutely be among the minority of widowers who didn't jump right into another relationship) and enjoyed their relationship whether it stayed a friendship or evolved into romance. And it's fine now that it's settled into the latter, but it's not interesting like it was before. But, while I readily acknowledge the objections of those who think Dan and his larger collection of baggage than a luggage store is not right for her and would probably in real life encourage Louise to get out, I find that I don't want the relationship disturbed just because I don't want another storyline about it. It's just sort of there, and I don't care one way or the other, I just don't want it to be too much of a focus.

Of course Jill is pregnant; could this have been more telegraphed? But it kind of works; as annoyed as I am by the various stereotypes on display, in a vacuum this is something she has long wanted but has no intention of roping him into, and he surprises her by being ready and thrilled. Maybe it's just that I've had an extra couple of drinks since I'm off tomorrow, but good for her. I thought Bonnie's speech was lovely, that she'd planned to say something different - and less respectful - but Marjorie being with Jill instead of taking the stage made her speak from the heart. And I loved Marjorie's son's appearance, when she asked if he was okay. And Marjorie rolling with the original speech in the limo. I hope they don't try too hard with the finale; this was a good episode, but cramming in "happy endings" often leave me wishing the penultimate episode was the finale. What is this award event that it's black tie? I missed the details, coming in a couple of minutes later, but they're all dressed for something much swankier than what Marjorie would likely be honored for.

Same here, but I'm always wary of misleading editing, so I will not rest easy until I see someone else walk back into the TC kitchen.