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I think my biggest peeve among food mispronunciations is mar-skah-pōn for "mascarpone" - because I repeatedly hear professional cooks/chefs say it on cooking shows! Second place is probably adding a second R to "sherbet" (as if it was "sherbert").

A little while back, I saw a commercial for some show (which must be that one), recognized one of the actors, and after thinking a few moments, said, "Oh, that's the girl from the Esai Morales episode of Major Crimes." I think she looks young enough (for TV) in her regular scenes, and in that picture she looks to me like a young woman badly attempting to look older and sexier. So I don't have a problem with the casting, but I do agree the "She looks so young" line is odd. Maybe just in comparison to Eric Riley? Did Manny have her pose for that picture and take it himself? If so, it's kind of creepy imagining him directing her what to wear and how to pose. Graham Patrick Martin looking younger than his age, and in fact younger than Rusty's age, leads to some pretty funny lines as the series goes on. Especially in season four, when he's running around proclaiming himself a journalist, and people keep raising an eyebrow and asking how old he is. And in season five, when he says he doesn't look his age, and maybe he should grow a goatee (I think; some sort of facial hair) -- Andy asks him how long that would take, and Rusty says probably two years if he started now.

I don't know if real-life Shelby was a true "brittle diabetic" (where glucose levels are hard to control and prone to frequent and drastic swings), but I know her disease was harder to manage than that of the average diabetic. It's why when movie Shelby tells M'Lynn that diabetics have babies all the time, M'Lynn tells her she's special and there are limits. It's true that every doctor she had told her not to get pregnant (and, in real life, having the baby ruined more than her kidneys; her metabolic and circulatory systems were a mess, and she spent a lot of time in hospital. She was on dialysis after the transplant, went in for minor surgery to put in some shunts to make dialysis easier, and her body couldn't handle any more - she never woke up.) But I don't know if her pre-pregnancy health was precarious enough she'd have had a hard time qualifying for adoption. (As has been said, it doesn't matter, because they had the money to arrange a private adoption. I think her "I want a baby of my own" sentiment was a lot more true than "If I could adopt one, I would," and real-life Jackson was a jerk, so probably pushing for a biological child. There's no reference - in the play, the film, or in interviews I've read of Harling - to them applying and being rejected.) And, yes, real-life M'Lynn fought hard against her having a baby, and was upset with her for doing it.

I perhaps should have gone into medicine rather than the law, because I like peeling, popping, or piercing things, no matter what comes out. I loved the pus fountain. Regardless, by far, the horse who had to be euthanized. Poor horse, and poor owners. I only saw about half the show - another fucking breeder, but at least only one puppy - so I missed a lot. But Jan and Diane went to the Galapagos Islands? Cool! I remember seeing that referenced in an article, talking about their travel breaks - they'd be going there, then later a trip home to the Netherlands. If that order is correct, it's interesting we saw it in reverse so far apart on the show. (The trip home has already been shown at least once in reruns, and it always amuses me for how much more advanced the procedures he observes are compared to how he does things.)

Most vets don't know much about nutrition (at least feline nutrition, but I suspect it's the same for canine) - thus all the Hill's and Royal Canin for sale in many clinics. Not that a random customer service rep for a pet food & supply company would be better, but - may not be any worse.

Andy yelling, “Hey, guys, we’ve got a body!” at the beginning of “Jailbait” always cracks me up, because that’s a crowded area and it’s generally not a good idea to call attention to an unsecured crime scene like that. That case exposes interesting family dynamics, with the mother in denial about Eric Riley and the father so far on the other end he kills his own son rather than alerting the authorities Eric violated his parole and is on the brink of re-offending! (And then the sister is in the middle, calling Eric what he is and pissed at the ways his crimes affect her life, but horrified by the notion their dad killed him.) The case also showcases how much the squad has come to think like Sharon, with them anticipating defense objections and behaving accordingly. My favorite part of the episode, though, is the introduction of Dr. Joe. I used to watch NYPD Blue for several seasons because other people in my house had it on, but I never liked it – except for “Gay John,” Bill Brochtrup’s character. Him, I loved. So I was excited to see him turn up as Dr. Joe, and went on to indeed love that character too (and get a kick out of Sharon thinking Rusty was going to ask for a gay therapist, finding out he wanted a chess player, and winding up picking one who’s both). Tied into his introduction is the way Sharon gets Rusty more comfortable with the very notion of a therapist, even just in terms of an evaluation, by talking about how those who are “emotionally injured,” not just those who are mentally ill, can be helped by a doctor; it's a brilliant first step. In fact, one of the best of her many great moves with him. A very close second-favorite aspect is tipsy Dr. Morales; he’s a hoot, with his “nah, I’ll just repeat the tests tomorrow” hand-waving of Sharon’s concern. I also love Julio’s “Oh, yeah, because all us L.A. Latinos know each other, right, Flynn?” response to Andy asking if he knows Manny Diaz - it's perfectly delivered - but why does Andy ask if he knows him; I know it turns out Julio does, but being married to his sister’s best friend from high school doesn’t seem like something that would be indicated by anything on the personnel page Andy was looking at. I guess, since Julio still lives in his old neighborhood, Diaz and the sister’s best friend could have settled there, too, and Andy recognizes the home address as being near Julio’s. It took me a couple of viewings to notice Buzz and Mike running into each other while trying to get Sharon’s attention about the license plate captures, and ever since I can’t see anything else in that scene and it makes me laugh. As does Provenza gesturing for Andrea to get off his desk (I believe Sharon is the only one who ever got away with it), putting those wind-up chattering teeth in her vacated spot, and getting A Look from Sharon. “All In” is a good Andy episode; it’s great to learn he’s going to therapy to aid his ongoing relationship rebuilding with his family. We can look back on his cleanses and crazy exercises and realize that would have coincided with the time they’d started planning Nicole’s wedding, and see there’s an overall internal push to finally grow up in general beginning then. It seems finding out his “little girl” was about to have a family of her own made him keenly aware of the passage of time and made him get serious about his life outside of his job; getting sober wasn't enough of a change. It’s playing out at a nice pace. Andy hoping to be invited to spend Christmas, rather than just come by after dinner, is particularly poignant remembering the “Living Proof” two-part episode of The Closer, where he’d finally been asked to be part of the family’s Christmas again, and then had to cancel because of work. So he's been in a bit of stasis. And his growth continues to provide Provenza with an opportunity to be supportive – in the midst of being annoyed and sarcastic. I love him answering, “No, he’s depressing” when Sharon asks “What’s wrong with Andy, is he depressed?” (I also love Andy answering, “I don’t know, force of habit?” when Provenza asks him why he lied to his ex-wife.) I adore their friendship. Rusty full-body flopping onto the couch and, with his face buried in the pillow, complaining about the psych evaluation is absolutely hilarious in its typical teenage tantrum. Which is why I love Sharon’s attitude throughout the whole thing – she reassures him about the confidentiality, but she also keeps her eyes on her computer almost the whole time and scoffs at him for his dramatics. She even rolls her eyes, and Sharon does the best eye rolls. I have to give Rusty points for answering whether he’s thought about what he wants to be when he grows up with, “A witness, obviously, because this trial is going to last the rest of my life.” The wheels of justice turn quickly on TV, and I like that the Stroh case keeps to a realistic timeline and shows what that is like for a material witness. But the rest of the scene is all Sharon for the win. It used to bug me that there are only six dwarf names, but I’ve decided that Provenza declaring Doc to be Grumpy Doc after dealing with him fulfills the seventh slot. (Of course, there’s the whole “not Techy, Scammy” thing which would also bring us to seven, or eight altogether, but I like Provenza’s route better; either way, I withdraw my peeve.) I didn’t notice until tonight that as they enter Limpy’s home, Provenza realizes he doesn’t have his glasses – the ones he’s newly aware he needs to wear when he may need to shoot – on and quickly fumbles for them. Great touch that I’m embarrassed to have let slip by me for so long. This one only took me a couple of viewings: I absolutely love Mike’s facial expressions when Techy explains his various apps; he’s positively giddy about the mutual fund one. Last random note: I don’t know how much Greg LaVoi (wardrobe supervisor) planned this, but he’s very deliberate, so it may have indeed become a thing; at any rate, it’s amusing to me that Sharon is wearing the same blazer – completely different outfit each time, but same blazer – when she offers to go to Nicole’s wedding with Andy, when in this episode he asks her to go to The Nutcracker with him and she agrees even knowing there is something else going on he doesn’t want to disclose, and when he asks her out for their first date in season four.

Poor Silver winding back up at VRC as a senior; I'm so glad she gets to retire to Florida. She's adorable, and so cute with Diesel; she'll keep him good company without overwhelming him. And I agree with Lizzy that it's nice to see a kid get as excited for an old dog as most kids would be with a puppy. Silver is in a great home, and I hope the owner who could no longer keep her knows that. (I can't imagine rehoming my cat under any circumstances, but over the years I've come to learn that not everyone who gives up a pet is a jerk, and she/he did return her to VRC rather than dumping her in a Los Angeles shelter [which is usually fatal for pits]. If she/he truly was out of good options and did the best of the remaining bad ones, I hope Silver's happy ending brings comfort.) Jammall has such palpable compassion for dogs; I really like him and am so glad he's back at VRC. M2's story about nervous Kanani missing on the first kiss and kissing her ear instead was funny. His relationship with Luke is very sweet. I think having a non-biological mom himself made him particularly open to the notion of being Dad, not stepdad. They seem to be a nice family. That were really nice moments between the twins at the wedding; I love Moe supporting him during his vows. I wonder if Kanani was just really nervous, but it seems like he has trouble reading. The ways Luke was included were really cute. I could have done with more dogs and less wedding footage (thank you, again, Mariah and Marcel, for just going off and getting married), but with the work they do I don't begrudge them getting things comped in exchange for appearing on the show. It looks like they had a very nice evening.

Maybe he was having flashbacks to all the old episodes where designers took the TVs out of bedrooms, and was thrilled to see it still there (not to mention the furniture much improved). I liked the green in the can, but not once it was on the walls; it also had too much of a yellow base to work with the silver. There were only four colors in the whole room, including accessories, which could work, because there were maybe five in Frank's and rooms have been done with even fewer, but it was so lackluster. And all those candle sconces looked gimmicky, especially in combination with the canopy. Like an attempt at set dressing for a play set in Antoinette's time.

I've always liked Frank as a person, but not at all as a designer, so I was curious to see how his style had changed over the years. That big painting was awful, but I didn't see it in the finished room. And no stenciling! It was much better than his old work. Are they supposed to toss those petals or whatever on the bed each day after they make it? I love that he stayed late to help with homework, probably so the pregnant woman could sleep. And he was hilarious worrying that the pillows would look like a pile of dead Ice Capades skaters. I can't with the "man tools" thing from the woman on Doug's team, and her husband needs to know that something from Overstock.com is, by definition, not unique. But they were funny and good sports. I didn't love the way the room came together, though - for all the talk about diva and opulence, I found it kind of boring.

F is for the scented fuzzy dice the Conners got Jackie when she got her commercial driver license to drive the big rigs

As I understand it, in the event of a tie for second place at the end of the game, the contestant who was leading at the end of DJ is awarded that second-place slot. If, in a case like this, the two were also tied at the after DJ/heading into FJ point, second place is awarded to the one leading as of the end of the first round. Going back to that point in the game, Jonathan was ahead by $200, so I think that's it.

Before this movie had its own thread, I complained about that very thing in one of the miscellaneous movie threads. Because I love the film for its relationships among the women, but - even though she's based on a real person whose family doesn't feel this way about her, so why should I - I kind of hate Shelby. She was nice, sure, but she was, as I always say, a selfish twit! She knew, via more than one doctor, that her body could likely not withstand pregnancy and it should thus be avoided - as it may very well kill her - but she goes ahead and purposely gets knocked up, out of some "I want a baby of my own" bullshit AND in an attempt to save her marriage to a total ass. And, gee, who saw this coming, but it nearly kills her, and her mom has to donate a kidney to try and save her, but she dies anyway. After spending so much time in hospital her son barely knows her, so not only does the rest of her family lose her, the kid gets to not only grow up without her, but with the inevitable guilt of his existence having set her death in motion. She really didn't even get to actually be a mom, even for a short time. It was all a known risk and thus a completely avoidable waste of life, devastating not just to her but to those left behind. While I love the film as a whole, I want to throttle Shelby during the scene where she reveals she's pregnant - I love M'Lynn's reaction, but, holy hell, she should never have been put in that place to begin with -and also yell at the screen when Ouiser is the only other one of the group who grasps reality. The rest react to the pregnancy news - knowing the doctors said Shelby shouldn't, not that she couldn't - with some ridiculous notion that because Shelby is such a sweet soul, reality will just take a backseat and everything will work out fine. Her "I'd rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special" line is horrifyingly sad to me - which was not the intent - that she thought a life filled with loving family, supportive friends, and a job she loved was "nothing special" if it didn't also include a baby.

I'm glad Pomona is someplace she's long had an eye on; I think it would be a great fit for her. (I have no affiliation with it, for the record.) I think Jeannette would have a hard time with any of her kids going to college in CA instead of FL, but especially for Jazz to move across the country? She might implode. But it would be good for her, too.

She's highly quotable! Just alter some specifics if need be, and have at it in your own life. "You are too twisted for color TV." "You are a pig from hell." "He is a boil on the butt of humanity." "The only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than God." "I'm not as sweet as I used to be." "You are evil, and you must be destroyed." "I'm not crazy, M'Lynn, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years." "Don't try to get on my good side, Truvy, I no longer have one." "I am pleasant, dammit! I saw Drum Eatenton this morning at the Piggly Wiggly and I smiled at the son of a bitch before I could help myself." (The way she says "smiled" makes it art.) "Yeah, well, the older you get, the uglier you get." "Get your roots done." "I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free. And I don't see movies 'cause they're trash, and they've got nothing but naked people in them. And I don't read books, 'cause if they're any good they're gonna make them into a miniseries." (I don't even agree with this one, but I love it.) "What a gentleman - I bet he takes the dishes out of the sink before he pees in it." And, even though I do not have a southern accent, I am prone to saying an exact imitation of "I'm intrigued" when someone says something odd. I was also giddy to once deal with a cranky guest at a Christmas party by asking, "Do you have a reindeer up your butt?"

That was me being nice because the poor guy died. That's as good as it's going to get.

C is for child-throwing, the Olympic event in which Dan and Roseanne were going to compete

It's a good thing I don't have any windows open, or my neighbors would be wondering why I was yelling, "the liver!" I also scoffed aloud, "The Tennessee Valley Authority?" when the contestant answered TVA instead of WPA in the DD, so I'm apparently extra cranky this evening. But I can't believe that with two wrong answers, liver still wound up being a TS. I only saw the DJ round and FJ, but from that it was a good game, even though it ended with a TS.

Yes, Serena Benson is long dead, and Olivia's biological father (who is also dead) was eventually identified. It turned out he was a serial rapist. So I don't think any offensive "I lied and called a one-night stand rape" twist will be forthcoming. (Serena's death came while I was watching, but the paternity revelation after I had quit, so I looked up the details to confirm my hazy recollections of TWoP discussion. I also vaguely recall that perhaps Olivia went through a phase - or maybe just an ugly moment in the midst of one of her "my mom was a drunk asshole" rants - of suspecting her mother of lying, but I didn't dig far enough into the SVU Wiki to see if that happened.)

According to some articles, the police report lists the location of the incident as his apartment. It's not clear to me if he was filming a video at the time, like his mom said, because there was also a comment from his management team that the gun was going to be used in an "upcoming" music video. If he was filming in his apartment, add that to the fact he had only recently been signed by a management company and had not been signed by a record label, it would seem to be a very low-budget thing, and those on "set" would be his friends, not anyone whose job it was to know props and procedures. (Now, how a group of functioning adults, whatever their profession, can think it's hunky dory to have a loaded gun around, I don't know, but this did happen in Texas, so ...) Or he may have been puttering around his apartment with a loaded gun in his pants as a part of his daily life. Again, Texas. Either way, it's an accident that never should have happened, and it's sad for a young life to end in such a senseless way.

And a piece of the backend. I'm glad, too, because she was one of the main reasons I enjoyed the spinoff.

That reindeer farmer is my favorite client; he clearly cares about them as animals, not just as his business product. We have twice so far seen him sleep out in the barn to monitor and comfort a seriously-ill reindeer. And, yep, Charles actually found someone to marry him, a woman he's been friends with his whole life. She's incredibly perky and bears a disturbing resemblance to his mom, but they seem well-suited to each other and happy. There's no hope of me having Dr. Pol's energy when I reach his age, because I don't have it now. I take so many breaks now when I do manual labor on my house or yard, and he's out there pulling calves. It's impressive for sure.

I think they were also baffled by the disconnect by how normal she was in person and the insanity of her Twitter feed. I understand it in those who'd known her for so long, since she changed a lot in the previous several years and their perception is so colored by their long history, but it bugs me that ABC execs danced around her so lightly. Like her friend said, they had to know what they were getting into. Yet they didn't demand a clause in her contract in order to greenlight the revival, and didn't even - once she showed she wasn't going to stop - step in and say, "Knock it off -- one more and you're out." This is no one's fault but Roseanne's, I just wish the network hadn't waited until that one tweet to take real action instead of all that ineffective "nudging" that imposed no consequences for the tweets before it. And, also, I love WaPo, but it sends me around the fucking bend when publications do not, in recapping Roseanne's various responses/excuses, follow their recounting of her I didn't know she was black; I wouldn't knowingly use ape imagery about a black person bullshit with a quote of Roseanne doing the same damn thing to Susan Rice five years prior ("Susan Rice is a man with big swinging ape balls"). It's infuriating to hear Roseanne, her son, and John Goodman categorize criticism of making Roseanne Conner a Trump supporter because of the specific examples of how it's inconsistent with nine years of characterization as attacking Roseanne Barr for her Trump cheering. The network president's comment to reporters that season eleven would move away from politics - news to both Barr and Helford - and the possibility the writers met without her to discuss that season ramping up her paranoia to "they took my show" levels provides an interesting context for the daughter's immediate reaction of assuming self-sabotage (a theory I saw many viewers posit at the time, too).

I remember that -- one of the few times Lizzy got really angry at an owner. I was livid, too; that asshole 1) was too busy playing with his damn Xbox to pay attention to his dog, 2) responded to the fact the dog started peeing all over the house not by taking him to the vet to see, yep, infection, but by tossing him over a neighbor's fence, and then 3) when confronted about his actions, just shrugged his shoulders like this was a completely normal action to take.

No need to worry; it's already being discussed there.

Here's the Washington Post article that MSN link is summarizing.