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County was good for him, Kem wasn't. Their protracted, stalled relationship never made any sense to me. If she hadn't gotten pregnant and decided to have the baby, I don't think they'd have ever even seen each other again once his volunteer time was up - it was very much a "while we're here together [working to combat the HIV crisis, but we don't know how to properly use protection ourselves]" thing that had an expiration date. Nothing wrong with that. But she does opt to have the baby, so they try juggling the logistics, and then they deal with the trauma of a late-term still birth, so the relationship's shelf life is extended, but to still be in this bizarre limbo years later is just dumb. They're not in love, they want different things out of life, they're just connected by past tragedy. MOVE ON.

From that article: Oh, for fuck's sake! There are enough damn people in that house already, and they just started dating. I wondered about that when I saw her there without anyone wearing masks, but figured they were including her as part of a quarantine bubble, not that she was actually living there. This is dumb. But at least they'll address the fact she's used to having her own space and now she lives with half of Lanford. But if she's yet another adult chipping in on the living expenses, they ought to collectively have enough to keep the bank off Dan's back, yet the mortgage storyline is still in play. Oh well, I'll soon know.

Absolutely. He didn't account for the fact Shanann spent the majority of her waking hours on that phone - whether texting someone or posting her life to the world. He called it her "lifeline" when it - and her purse - were in the house (because he'd been too stupid to take them with her like she would have had she left the house on her own), but he hadn't realized that meant her radio silence would alarm someone in such a short time. My parents annoy the ever-loving shit out of me by checking in if they haven't heard from me in several days (I once called my parents back with a "What?!" to learn from my dad that my mom was on her way over to my house), but I grant that, unless I failed to respond to a time-sensitive work email/call, I'd otherwise be long dead and half eaten by my cat (or properly disposed of by my killer) by the time anyone else got worried enough to check, as it's not at all unusual for me to go a good bit of time without initiating or even answering conversation. But Shanann going even an hour was strange. I wonder if he forgot she had that appointment? Because not showing up for that was what really confirmed to her friend that something was very wrong and probably what got the police interested rather than just saying, "Um, maybe she just isn't answering calls/texts right now."

Oh, look - another reason for me to loathe those ridiculous Christmas movies.

That was a nice look at how they're handling filming during the pandemic. It sounds like they're running a tight ship, but habits are hard to break; I hope it continues to be safe. I like how honest they are about the anxiety induced by going back to work, even Sara who is the actor most familiar (since she's also an EP) with the intricacies of the COVID protocols being implemented. Poor Lecy; hopefully being back among her work family helps a little with the loneliness.

It was great to see the people and pets of Pine Ridge get this help; the poverty level, health condition, and unemployment and school drop-out rate on the reservation is staggering -- the people are hideously under-served, and there's just nothing for the pets. Sixty five miles from nearest vet, which no one can afford anyway. But in one day, 150 animals served. Fantastic. That girl regarding education as her way off the res, yet wanting to bring veterinary services back to it, was touching. The odds are not remotely in her favor, so I liked Dr. Jeff encouraging her. I hope PPP does go back through that organization I'm forgetting the name of, and she gets a chance to volunteer. Leela's bone was sure a mess; I missed a little bit of that segment, so don't know if they knew how she hurt herself. Aku doing that abdominal pain stretch made me sad, as my cat has recurring intestinal problems specialists cannot quite diagnose the source of (yet; we're only a few months into this process and there was another problem to deal with first, so hopefully we can still get her figured out and back to 100%), so her treatment is not always effective - sometimes she's uncomfortable and assumes that position. Seeing him running around the yard with his toys made me happy; every night my cat does her usual intensive play routine, it brings me such joy. Cooper dragging Shelley down the hall so that she asked, "Are you sure we need to do this?" about his hip surgery was cute. It's interesting that it sounds like they don't even do hip replacements at PPP, even if the owner could afford it; I know the FHO surgery is considered an acceptable alternative for cats and small dogs, but my understanding is replacement is the preferred surgery for larger dogs. Who knows - there's so much backstory to each of these cases we don't get into. The important thing is he'll be able to do all the basic things without pain. From the way he was running through the snow, it seemed to have worked quite well. Koda the walk-in patient being brought to Denver where she's now a pampered pooch rather than begging for scraps at the general store is a lovely story. One I'm not surprised by - she's quite the adoptable dog.

I'm a cat lady, so my favorites are felines. But cats in film are not presented very well, so I have a pretty short list: Jake from The Cat From Outer Space is probably my favorite, but I also like DC (That Darn Cat) and Sassy from Homeward Bound (to this day, if a cat gets wet, I imitate her complaining "My fur! My fur!"), and the title character in Keanu.

Boy, binge-watching really brings home how every episode follows the same formula, and the perps on this series are almost as bad as those on Murder, She Wrote for confessing in the face of a theory and two pieces of circumstantial evidence. And the personal storylines suck. It's really saved by the music and the flashbacks (the older the better). There is rarely an episode that doesn't have at least one actor who later went on to appear in an episode of Major Crimes (I've seen every episode of that show numerous times, so that's what I associate the actors with, even where I know I've seen them in other things, too). And then in "The Plan", I could not for the life of me come up with where I recognized the killer from. When I looked it up the next morning, it was Crashdown from Battlestar Galactica. It's kind of a fun little game, spotting people I know from other shows.

Exactly. I was summoned recently (civil trials are still continued until next year, but criminal trials resumed last month) and thought, "I don't normally mind wasting a day, but I don't want to during a pandemic; can't I just call and say 'I'm a civil rights lawyer; the prosecutor will dismiss me immediately'?" I never wound up having to go in. I served on a couple of juries before I became a lawyer, and it was interesting. I'd like to do it again, but it'll never happen.

Yep, this show snagged a lot of high-profile actors for guest appearances, which resulted in a lot of Emmy nominations in those categories: Sally Field, Mary McDonnell, Swoosie Kurtz, Veronica Cartwright, Ewan McGregor, Vondie Curtis Hall, James Cromwell, Don Cheadle, Stanley Tucci, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, James Woods, Alan Alda, Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine, Bob Newhart ... I don't remember who else won, but do remember that Field did.

I watched this show in spite of itself - I dislike 99% of cop shows, I found the plots pretty thin, and the acting was fine but not noteworthy - and that's because of the relationships, primarily Jane and Maura's. So I don't really remember cases, either.

It's disturbing seeing so many people from different households hanging out indoors without masks or proper distancing, yet it's also great to see these characters again. Such will be the dichotomy of the 20-21 season across television.

Jibe: informal•North American be in accord; agree. "the verdict does not jibe with the medical evidence" Jive:

The movie forum is here, in the Pop Culture section of the home page. The thread for The Trial of the Chicago 7 is here.

Yeah, but that wasn't a DD, that was a clue open to anyone, and even after he gave most of the answer, none of the other two rang in with the correct phrase. That's what surprised me.

I just read the archive since we're still a game behind. Elvis Costello was a TS with Elvis spotted?! No one getting the Star Trek line really surprised me (I've never seen an episode of any iteration, but I know the line), too, as did the You Can't Go Home Again TS. The steam TS surprised me a bit; I don't know what the visuals were, but heated water was all I needed. No one guessing Lockheed Martin was a bit surprising, too. I'm hit and miss with pop culture and have been a lot more miss lately, so I was happy to run the actors category (for most, I only knew one role, so I'm glad there were two). I ran three other categories, so it was a good first round. In DJ, I was hopeless in the English monarchs category, but did well otherwise. I had no idea on FJ, though.

I am definitely not a supertaster, then. I don't like grapefruit juice and hate coffee, but I like onions and cilantro and wouldn't want to contemplate a world without alcohol and spinach.

The mind-boggling thing is they wouldn't do that if the ratings didn't justify it, which means there are a substantial number of people out there who will not only watch that dreck, but will watch it for months. Have you ever tried to watch one of those things, like when you're really sick or really bored or just too lazy to sit up so you can dig the remote out from between the cushions? I don't know how people make it through a whole movie, let alone come back for more.

We got last night's game tonight - which works for me, as I haven't seen the show all week. I cannot believe oversight was a TS; when the champ incorrectly guessed overlook, I figured that would cause the light bulb to go on over at least one of their heads. Or that North and South Dakota was a TS; two states + Sioux = the Dakotas. I can't believe they put up a picture of Kenny Rogers. To catch up, I read the archive for tonight's game. Wood was a bit surprising as a TS, given "paper-like" and "fibers" in the clue. No one knowing the ICC, Pretty Boy Floyd, or The Glass Menagerie surprised me a little, too, but no big stunners. In the Billboard 2020 category, I pretty much just sat here and stared at my monitor laughing. I guessed a couple based on other things in the clue, but I didn't actually know any of those songs. I did pretty well otherwise, even getting FJ as a lucky guess - "type" being in the clue made Type A spring to mind. I had no idea if it was right, but also had no idea who Cannonball Mike was, so went with it.

Didn't she have to lay off a PA? And the one with the least amount of tenure was Jeanie, so Kerry had to pick her, but Kerry was just the pawn in Anspaugh's ploy to get rid of Jeanie because she had HIV -- Kerry's hands were tied.

Well, Dottie didn't even want to go herself; she wasn't going to invite the whole family along or even say yes if the daughter suggested it. Dottie only played for one year, despite being one of the league's best players, because she was always afraid to drift too far from the safe, familiar, traditional path (something Penny Marshall noted in her commentary). She never truly acknowledged what it all meant (like her daughter said), so she has mixed emotions about revisiting it. But Kit presumably played for quite some time; unlike Dottie, who says she was never really part of it, for Kit the league was a tremendously important part of her life (it was her ticket out of a life she didn't want) and something about which she only has positive feelings. She'd be jazzed to come, and leap at the chance to share it with her family.

I've never seen 90 Day Fiancé, but that commercial bothers me, too, because they apparently drive off leaving the dog loose out front - no fence, no long line, nothing.

Killing off Mo created a void that the show never managed to fill, but wow did Nancy Curlee turn Jill Farren Phelps’s terrible idea (even JFP wound up agreeing it was one of the biggest mistakes in soap history) into fantastic television. I just re-watched it - from Maureen finding out (via Lillian's note to Ed) through Ed tucking Michelle in after the funeral - and I was so damn angry with Ed all over again. He’s going around yelling at everyone to tell him where she is* - when she has made it plain as day she wants to be left the hell alone for a minute to process the fact he cheated on her with one of her friends - because he wants to tell her he loves her. Shut up, Ed! And then when he gets to the cabin and ignores her orders to leave, he has the gall to say, “Please don’t leave me.” Seriously, dude? You get to beg for forgiveness and ask if you can work things out when SHE is ready to talk to YOU. She just found out! Get out of her face. He's so fucking selfish. *As an aside, how dumb is he not to have thought of the cabin? Let's see, your wife wants to be alone, you own vacation property within driving distance, where could she be? Their final confrontation is incredibly well written and acted – drama with absolutely no melodrama or histrionics. Mo's confrontation with Lillian was the same way. It’s just so raw and real that it's brutal and truly heartbreaking to watch. There were so many moments from those episodes I remembered clearly, all this time later (good gods, it has been over 25 years!): “You have broken my heart” as her final words, Vanessa’s anguished cry when Eve delivered the news at the hospital, the “Goodbye, My Friend” closing credits, Roger’s devastation when he heard the news, and the conversation between Holly and Michelle in Michelle's bedroom after the funeral (kicking off what became one of my all-time favorite storylines/relationships). And there’s so much more greatness I’d forgotten, like Maureen telling Lillian she reduced them to a ridiculous suburban joke. And Vanessa telling Lillian to get her ass in that house and put on the performance of her life, because no way in hell was anyone going to take Lillian’s absence or awkwardness as a clue to what had happened and think of Maureen as a hoodwinked wife. Plus great conversations between Ed and Ross, and Ed and Vanessa. Michelle trying to be a Mini Maureen and have all the food laid out. Ed assuring Bridget she can return whenever and for however long she wants; Maureen’s death doesn’t mean she’s no longer family. I love how fierce Ellen Parker’s performance is, like she’s showing JFP, “See, if you'd ever given me anything meaty to play, you wouldn't think I'm expendable."

Well, crap; I really wanted to do a full re-watch! (I've only watched twelve episodes so far; I'm not going to get through the whole series in a couple of weeks.) I thought I'd seen the early episodes several times each (I used to watch this a lot when ION ran marathons), but I didn't recognize "Hitchhiker" at all. Watching "A Time to Hate" for the umpteenth time made it official: I am incapable of watching the scene between the mother and the boyfriend in her hospital room or the closing scene without tearing up. Also official: The couple in "Love Conquers Al" are two of the most batshit crazy people ever. Good grief!

Since HBOMax is a streaming service, not a cable channel, there wouldn't be a specific time - you watch it whenever you want starting 10/15.