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Now that I've had a chance to read the archive, I can add hermaphrodite, agitation and propaganda, dissidents, and showroom to my list of surprising TS. (I figured someone would get utter, but it doesn't rise to the level of surprise that no one did.) With showroom, though, I suspect they didn't get that it was a dealership, and were reading Ed Mullinax Ford as a person, thus thinking of spaces in which an individual would store a personal collection of cars. The only TS that also stumped me were The Orville (I only knew a couple in that category) and echidna (in fairness, I couldn't see the picture, but I'm not sure it would have helped). But nemesis was so slow to come to me that if I'd been playing in real time I wouldn't have been able to spit it out, I'd never heard of unboxing videos, and, most embarrassingly, I could not come up with "Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep"! And wouldn't have been able to do it in reverse, either -- if they'd given the first line and asked for the next, I wouldn't have known it. Apparently, the first line is all I know of that nursery rhyme.

I loved Dan telling her, "Let [Beverly Rose] get her own guy." Given their close relationship and the pride he's always taken in upholding his responsibilities to his family, it's important for him to be the one telling her she doesn't have to saddle herself with a dud out of some perceived obligation to her child. I hope this frees things up for Becky's storylines to be focused on running the Lunchbox, staying sober, and being a mom for a while, with dating something that comes later.

They were giving him a hard time in the context of football rivalry - and initially pulling themselves back from even that, since they didn't know each other - until he started lecturing them at every opportunity, and he used that limited exposure to tell Becky her family was toxic, an obstacle to her sobriety, and something she and the baby deserve better than. Buh-bye, Wyatt.

Yep, and that tickled me for some reason. Good to finally have this show back. I live for football season, and if someone brought a Cowboys fan into my house during a Giants-Cowboys game (or, you know, ever) ... hoo boy. So this was right up my alley, with all the yelling at the TV and things like "When the Bears are collapsing at the end of the game, we pray for a swift and merciful end", "How come our runner always goes for the big pile of people instead of the open part?" and, especially, "You muff this kick and I swear I will kill everything that you love". D.J. saying "I would've liked that hat" when Dan gave it to Mark was funny. So was everything about Ben and showering, and Darlene saying her underwear aren't lace, they just have that many holes. And Jackie gesturing for Wyatt to run. And pretty much everything Dan said, especially, "The Crusades, that was you guys, right?" when Wyatt is on about Christians and non-violence. Line of the night! Good for Becky sending Wyatt - a judgmental, holier-than-thou, boring jerk - packing (no pun intended), and messing with his radio presets cracked me up. The scene in the garage with Dan and Becky talking about the break-up was sweet; their relationship remains a highlight of this series.

I didn't come home until the game was almost over and haven't yet checked the archive, but I doubt anything will surprise me a much as that Gone With the Wind guess in FJ. I was pretty blown away by none of them knowing what the CBO is, and then that happened.

FJ was close to an instaget, with so few to choose from and then think whether the position existed back in Washington's administration - and I agree, @Bliss, seeing those figures is a punch to the emotions. I was like Traci - rocking the Best Actress category, and then coming to a "Claire F-something" halt when they switched from older shows to The Crown. But I got all the other TS in the first round - yep, even Ash Wednesday. I was surprised, with "mid-week" in the clue, no one got that one. Groundhog was a tentative guess, just based on knowing the timing of bears coming out of hibernation is also used to predict spring weather, so I was excited to be right. I also got a good chuckle out of Traci's Easter Bunny answer. In DJ, the Victor Hugo and Folies Bergére TS surprised me a bit. The Alan Alda TS surprised me full stop. I got Univac and scripts, too, but the contestants still did better than me overall in that round; there were several I just didn't know, and several more I couldn't spit out. It was frustrating. I loved the Hidden Gems category, though. I want to go to that library in Rio de Janeiro!

There was a year-long gap between seasons last time; if 2020 follows the pattern of 2018 and 2019 (that's as far back as I checked), we'll get new episodes this summer.

I do too - I particularly love the fun (and funny!) ways in which they're competitive with each other, and that they are also incredibly supportive and proud of each other. They are all as quick with a "damn, that was a good catch/call/job" as they are with a joke.

I would do the same thing, and I don't have OCD. Nor do the overwhelming majority of people who reference it when talking about their or someone else's persnickety habits. They're using an anxiety disorder that causes great distress and disruption in the lives of those who have it as an offhand, joking reference to what is merely finicky behavior.

Holy cow, this is lopsided! I had a sense Green Bay was going to struggle, but I didn't anticipate this.

SHUT UP, ROMO! Gods, he's awful. And it's a shame, because he's quite knowledgeable. But he never shuts up, and it hasn't improved any since he first got into broadcasting. The worst is when he starts making up conversations the refs or players are having. He's just off in his own little world, role playing. This AFC game went pretty much how I figured it would play out; I know we weren't supposed to count the Titans out, but I just couldn't imagine them pulling off another surprise victory. I figured they were going to come out strong, but then find themselves dominated. I'm still conflicted on who I want to win the NFC championship. (And I didn't care who won the AFC.) Either way, I think it will be a good Super Bowl.

I mentioned last week how much I like the Provenza arc of episodes 4-6 in the first season, where, by the end of "Out of Bounds" - in which Amy puts her body on the line and Sharon puts her job on the line - he's fully come to terms with the changes at work; there will still be annoyance and disagreement, but he's done with the fundamental resentment - those two have earned their spots and bring something needed to the team. Just a very short time ago, Provenza talking to Sharon about the ways in which homicide investigations differ from IA investigations would have been done with haughtiness and contempt instead of the supportive way in which it's delivered here after Amy gets hurt and Sharon openly asks him, because he has experience she doesn't, what she missed. (He even calls her by her name instead of her rank as a means of connection rather than disrespect.) "Out of Bounds" is also a pivotal episode in Rusty's adjustment period. He's no longer under emergency care, so not getting dragged with her whenever Sharon has to leave the house -- what he's been whining for, but to which he reacts by behaving as if she's ditching him to go out for fun ... and then by making her breakfast when she gets back from working all night (and offers to make breakfast regularly). He suspects she wants him to meet his biological father and his family so that maybe they'll want to take him off her hands, but then believes her when she says she's not trying to get rid of him and would miss him if he wanted to go live with family. The push-pull nature of his attitude towards their relationship at this point is natural and well done. I love them at the end, with him saying if she doesn’t mind him hanging around, he’s happy where he is, and her agreeing, "Let's try and keep it that way." He's settling in with the squad at large, too; the Barlow murder/kidnapping case of the last episode gave him a bit of a wake-up call as to the tough job the squad he's so irritated with has, and in this one he - in the midst of worrying about his bio dad - is affected when he learns Amy was hurt, and later asks to go with Sharon to the hospital. Nothing is tied up in a bow, but it's also true that on all fronts nothing is as divisive from this point on as it has been. It all plays out organically before and after, and I appreciate that this turning point comes at episode six, rather than dragging it out for maximum drama that would have just wound up feeling repetitive for the large segment of the audience who watched season one of The Closer. It cracks me up when Sharon tells Andy and Provenza that Rusty wants to know about Daniel Dunn before deciding whether to meet him, but she can't run a background check without cause, and Andy promptly places that anonymous call from a concerned citizen to Provenza's phone: "Hi, I'm an everyday citizen looking to make an anonymous tip. There's a man by the name of Rusty's Dad who may be connected to a murder. Also, thank you for the fine job you do; you're an American hero, and I don't tell that to you nearly enough." Sharon's equal parts exasperated/affectionate "Thanks, but I need a legal reason" reaction is cute, and I also enjoy her assuring Buzz, no, they are not about to be hit up for more money and telling him to keep his eyes on the monitor. The case itself is just okay, but working it leads to some terrific interaction among the squad. I take absolute delight in Sharon's "But, if you're taking over this case, please let me know" sarcasm in response to Taylor's blustering over the way she's handling things, and the reactions from Provenza, Andy, and Buzz to her insisting on doing it her way when Taylor threatens her job if it doesn't work and when he later offers up more objections. Taylor had already put her behind the eight ball with his demand she delay notification, so she could have said, "Fine, do it your way" and let him fall on his face if all she cared about was the job. But she believed her way was the better one to accomplish their shared goal of preventing further violence, and that's what mattered to her, so she stuck with it - and found a way to do it within the rules - and the squad respected that. Also that she didn't share his quest for press conferences. Julio had become respectful to Sharon early on, because he's always been this weird combination of sexist and dutiful, but he's so low key and quiet (with commanding officers, not with suspects!) that it's notable for him to this time explicitly congratulate her on picking up on the receipt and using the father's motivation to turn their big ball of nothing into evidence that led to a confession and plea. It's also interesting to get a glimpse of Taylor as a father via this case. He goes to PTA meetings! I like his voicemail message on his son's cell phone when the son doesn't answer: "This is your father, call me back. I'm taking that phone from you as soon as I get home." And it's interesting that at his salary - not an assistant chief for long, but previously a commander for quite a few years and a captain before that - his youngest child is in public school, and one that (if it's supposed to be the real Marshall) covers a socio-economic mix of neighborhoods (as a result of gentrification). There are a few little things, too: - As a football fan, I'm tickled that this episode indicates what is later confirmed, that Sharon knows the game, since she understands that significance of the stats the coach rattles off. - As I noted last time around, I like Mike mentioning at the crime scene that his son Kevin is new behind the wheel. We saw in season seven of The Closer that Mike finally relented and let Kevin apply for his driver’s license, so - while not knowing that takes nothing away from the line, as he's just commenting on how the combination of teenage drivers and L.A.'s rain-induced hysteria could lead to road rage - it's a nice little layer of continuity for those who remember. - It's interesting that Sharon has a white sink, when her fridge is stainless steel and her stove/oven is a combo black/stainless finish. The condo is so pulled together cosmetically, and I love speculating on when after both kids were moved out for good she moved into it, so I enjoy trying to date this design choice to further settle on when she bought it. Yes, I am weird. - One nitpick: There aren't enough kids on the field at the football team's memorial meeting, and those who are there don't comport with the racial composition the coach described. It's a small but totally unnecessary failure in extras casting.

An alpaca and wine event sounds good to me. And I laughed at Dr. Blue's wife asking him, "Why are you calling me again?" and Dr. Ross's wife sending him to voicemail when they all tried to call their wives to tell them about it. It was nice seeing them as teachers to the extern. And Dr. Lavigne acknowledging that if you send a pet home with messy-looking sutures, they think you're a bad surgeon, regardless of the important stuff that went on inside, so suturing is a skill to have. Watching Bailey try to breathe, and Bailey's mom controlling her tears to go give a happy talk to her in the cage was moving. It was cute bringing the whole family to pick her up a few days later (and that Dr. Blue said hello to the dog before the husband). Bentley and his mom were adorable in the exam room, where he kept looking up at her as if to ask what was happening, and then she asked him if he wanted the surgery and declared he said yes. I didn't think about it until they all commented on it, but he is an uncommon color. Whatever color fur it's covered in, that face is pretty cute. I'm not in favor of exotic pets; often they shouldn't be in captivity, and then even where that isn't an issue most people don't know how to properly care for them (how to create the right habitat since it doesn't exist where they are, what to feed, etc.). There's no denying Shredder's dad loves him and, once there was a problem, was ready to do whatever it took to fix it, and will make the necessary changes. But, damn, folks, educate yourself! "Would you call the hair on your head fur?" "No." "Would you call the skin on Dr. Ross's head scales?" "Depends on whether he lotions it up." Ha!

The dog-fighting asshole ... even Blue Eyes, his "pride and joy", was in terrible shape; it seemed like maybe he hadn't been fought, but even if not, basic care/nutrition was so neglected that his legs are malformed and he has to have his bones surgically broken and reset. Way to distract the aggressive one with food and sedate him without him even realizing he was being poked. He's been carrying around a chain that weighs half his body weight - I'd bite people, too! I hope he becomes adoptable in time, but at least he has a home for life at VRC if he doesn't because he can be handled by a caretaker and is thus not miserable. It's incredible to me how friendly the others were so quickly, having never known kindness but recognizing and clinging to it immediately. I'm not sure I've ever seen two kids be so focused on "calm" as their number one desired personality trait in a dog. Sister was as drawn to kids as I am repelled by them, but once Cranberry came out as the embodiment of a mellow couch potato who is also into kids, I knew the deal was sealed. I'm glad she finally has a home, and it was hilarious when she was like, "Yeah, yard, great - please open the door to my new house so that I may be where I belong." And it's nice they used the opportunity to welcome Spencer back by taking him on his first home check (letting him see the happy ending all that warehouse work is geared toward), since it was in-state and he could go. I was distracted by a phone call for the first 5-10 minutes of the show, but from the bits I half-heard, I got the impression they were afraid the parole violation of having a gun was going to send him away for a long time, but his plea deal wound up being something where he could get out on parole after a shorter time if he qualified, and he did (as it should be). (I heard "third serious offense" but not "third strike" - again, though, I was only half listening - so I'm not sure what he was actually facing and looking to plead down from.)

Dean, Dean, the son-in-law machine? I don't know, I haven't seen the promo and the character/actor isn't yet listed on the episode's IMDb page. Apparently, the boyfriend is not only a Cheesehead, he's a "devout Christian". What is Becky even doing with this guy? He probably has some sort of Captain Save-a-Ho complex going on, wants to play happy family, and gets shown the door after one episode, but we'll see where they go with this - if he's a cartoon or a character. I look forward to the part where Dan tries to impress upon Mark that rooting for the Bears is a family tradition.

I'm so sorry to hear about the death of Kitty Gunderson. She had a long life, and, more importantly, a wonderful one - loving and being loved by people who did everything they could for her, including letting her go when it was time - but it's a devastating loss for you. And I know it's incredibly weird to be in a cat-less house after so long with at least one feline about. Riley will get extra cuddles and treats tonight in honor of Kitty's memory, and you will be in my thoughts.

It's a commercial for a "g-spot condom". I don't think subtlety is an option. I think the train is mildly funny, given the much-parodied history of train-in-tunnel imagery as sexual innuendo. But no condom commercial will ever best this one:

I haven't watched this show in quite some time, but the episode when Becky and Darlene take Roseanne out for Mother's Day but it's all just to butter her up was on while I was going around the dial. That moment at the beauty parlor when she realizes what's up is brutal enough in its realism, but then they get home. Roseanne starts out sarcastic, answering Dan with "Quality time is for saps" and heading for the bedroom, but then comes back out and tells him what happened, and then falls into his arms and asks, "Why did they have to do that today?" It's like Darlene reading her poem -- no matter how many times I've seen it, I cry every time. And then Dan is perfect, both the anger ("Shut up. And so I don't have to say it again in a minute, you shut up, too.") and getting it through their heads why Roseanne is so hurt, that spending the day with her was the greatest gift in the world to her, and that they didn't mean it left her crying her eyes out. And, of course, capping it off by fixing what Roseanne had been yelling at him about at the beginning of the episode, the fact she's always the one who has to hand out punishments, so the kids are all always mad at her, not him: he sentences them to a weekend at Bev's, complete with garden club members, a show tune singalong, and vacation slides.

I believe so, and I know the clue asked for "this mainland region", so I agree with not giving her a BMS prompt.

I used to drive my mom crazy doing that - standing in front of the full refrigerator and complaining, "There's nothing to eat." Every once in a while, I'm not in the mood for anything I have in the fridge, but it's rare. Now, not being in the mood to actually make something out of what I have, and wishing there were leftovers sitting there just waiting to be reheated - that's common. "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little" is one of the handful of times I agree with Edmund Burke. I'm quite peeved that my cramps were too strong for me to march this morning - and that I couldn't get back to sleep after my alarm went off, so I was up early on a Saturday for what is now no reason, let alone a good one, and have to get up tomorrow, too, as my dad is coming over at 10:30 to help me with a repair project.

I've never heard of troth before - only betrothed - so I was just as stumped as the contestants on that one. I didn't know the sitcom (the name of which I've already forgotten), either, but I got the rest of the TS. I know next to nothing about the British royal family, but I figured it was a man, so picked Philip just because; I had no actual knowledge of him being related to Russian royalty. I liked Alex's demonstration of a Dutch door, and join him in being a bit surprised that was a TS. South Africa also surprised me. The atheism clue belonged in the first round - of the Toddler Tournament - not DJ. The Broadway category would have been better suited to the first round, too.

They used a lame portmanteau - Jeopardy + portmanteau = Jeoportmanteau - as the category title, and you had to identify the two things being defined/described in the clue and answer in the form of a portmanteau (which is a made-up word created by combining two words). For example, "Sentient creature like Olaf or Frosty plus 'the #1 kosher wine brand in America'" means Snowman plus Manischewitz, so the answer is "Snowmanischewitz".

I know Fritz's passive-aggressive routine is not a good look, but I love at the end of his snit over her leaving a mess when he asks if her shoes are afraid of the dark or can she put them in the closet. Ha! I had forgotten just how tiny Joel was when Fritz first brought him home! He's adorable, and Fritz is adorable with him. I love Fritz telling Brenda fine, Joel is his cat, when she doesn't want him (of course he shouldn't have brought a new pet home without talking to her, but I let him get away with it). I also love his reaction when she calls Joel "her" and his "Your last cat didn't even have a name" response when she objects to Joel's name. I had also forgotten Provenza proposed to Lauren. I like when, after she breaks off the engagement, Andy tells him it's good -- no divorce this time, and he doesn't have to keep wearing all those clothes she made him buy. Andy's disgust through that entire relationship was entertaining, and I love when he puts a picture of himself in uniform in the frame on Provenza's desk that had held a picture of Provenza and Lauren. (I also get a kick out of everyone's reaction when Willie Ray sees the original picture and asks, "Is this your daughter?") Lastly, I realized something odd about myself: I was enjoying the hell out of the scene in "Dead Man's Hand" where Pope goes off on Brenda for not talking to Allie Moore's husband simply because Sharon Raydor had suggested it, and it occurred to me that my enjoyment was enhanced by the fact I really like J.K. Simmons's voice when he's yelling. I like it when he talks, too, of course (there's a reason he gets so much voice-over work) but there's just something about the pitch of it when he yells. Maybe because he's a singer, I don't know.

Several times. She's been over-indulged, out-of-touch rich all her life.

That's what I do. I pay that out of a money market account, and then I have a regular checking account for the occasional smaller check (the money market acct checks can't be for less than $250) - if I need to reimburse someone, if I need to pay by check because there's a fee for credit card payment, etc.