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Yes, what a sweet story. My dad never traveled growing up, as they were dirt poor, and my mom just did some basic road trip traveling with her parents. I was lucky to grow up quite differently. We had a motorhome, and my dad had a ton of frequent flyer miles from business travel, so I was taken many places.

The outdoor shower storyline was the silliest to me. Great, they wanted one and got one; it will be useful. But the storyline for why they wanted it was quite a reach. Am I supposed to believe that in the old place she'd been driving home from the beach in her wetsuit, traipsing through the house damp and sandy, and finally rinsing off in the shower? (Instead of taking off her wetsuit at the beach like everyone else, using the outdoor showers there to rinse off, and then taking a proper shower at home?)

My parents use those pods, and when I've done laundry while cat-sitting at their house, I've accidentally broken them open a couple of times (by dropping them). I would think they're too large for a child to swallow whole, but once a kid bit down they'd have a gush of liquid in their mouth. So it would be easy to get enough in one swallow to do harm. A dissolving packet of laundry detergent can be made to look like anything. It's not too much to ask that a manufacturer not make it look like something a child could reasonably perceive as candy.

P is for Playing House. The "Girls" would enjoy seeing a younger version of their situation, where friends form a live-in family, and Maggie and Emma would get some good advice. The six could also have a lot of fun together.

I wish she'd stayed off camera; it was kind of a fun quirk to hear of her but never see her. But, then, what I really wish is she'd stuck with the perfectly logical "I don't date clients" rule and remained his life coach rather than becoming his girlfriend.

The redesign wasn't my style, but it was one of the few times when I thought an older home did look better with an open floor plan than with the original separate rooms. The HHs were nice people, and I loved that their contractor was a woman. It was an enjoyable episode, even though I didn't care for many of the design choices. (I generally find painting brick criminal - even though I hate brick - but since this was new brick it wasn't offensive to me.) I laughed about the appliance storyline, too. It's like they were trying to make paying over asking sound better (which there was no need to do, as you are going to pay over asking in that neighborhood) by saying they negotiated the inclusion of the appliances, and the producers threw in a sweeping shot of all the appliances ... but all except the fridge, washer and dryer would have already been included. And then those are the three appliances they replaced. As for why they went with the stackables instead of just moving the free-standing units that came with the house into the garage, it may have been to save space as well, but they explained that it saved them money -- they already owned the stackables, so they sold the other ones for a little extra cash.

If they did, they got it past me. It doesn't look like anything in particular to me -- space creature, blow job or anything else. How does the LSU-McNeese State game that was canceled get recorded on the teams' records -- as a 0-0 tie?

Anyone who can come home to his son fucking a pie and simply offer, "We'll just tell your mother we ate it" is a special kind of parent.

God, as soon as Steele at It starts, I get angry thinking about the Cannes pact to come. Don't get me wrong, the episode itself is great. Laura has every right to be angry; yes, she would have initially refused had he come to her with his plan to steal the dagger, but she also would have changed her mind once he explained why he needed to do it to help a friend, that it would be given back, etc. She's done that for him every.single.time such a scenario has come up, so when she gets blindsided by the fact he's manipulated her yet again and asks, "Why didn't you trust me?" my heart kind of breaks for her. And, even though I know it won't happen, and don't want it to, I cheer for her later when, after finally dragging the truth out of him, she coldly declares that she'll help, but when this case is finished, so is their partnership. Because in that moment? Nothing less than an "I'm done with this" attitude is appropriate. As a side note, her anger is a lot of fun to watch in this episode: "They'll have to take a number" when Steele tells her the Palermo Brothers are trying to kill him, "Flattery will get you nowhere" when he complains that she's the most obstinate woman he's ever met, tackling him on the beach, etc. So, at the end, when she acknowledges she can't tell him to go jump in the Riviera because Remington Steele is by now not just a nationally-known detective but an international hero and thus can't just disappear and also freely admits they make a great investigative team, it makes sense for her to say there are too many problems when they try to combine romance with that partnership and she's thus decided not to see him outside of work anymore. Even she knows it won't last, but it's not a ridiculous thing to say in the moment. The way the writers simultaneously drag it out but ignore it (and forget it exists at points along the way) all the way up to Have I Got a Steele For You, which is thirteen episodes later, is maddening, though. And knowing that's to come makes me pre-emptively angry. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy those thirteen episodes (especially Stronger Than Steele, Steele Your Heart Away, Lofty Steele, and Cast in Steele). And it's realistic that not once in those thirteen episodes were they actually strictly business, because after all this time they can't be -- they can agree not to act on the attraction, but they can't stop being friends. But the writers aren't acknowledging and exploring that through those thirteen episodes, they're just having their cake and eating it too -- they're still doling out kisses and intimate moments but trying to justify the fact they're not going to lead anywhere. With Have I Got a Steele For You, they finally - via Laura - acknowledge the characters can't go back, so if they don't go forward, they're just stuck in limbo. And it's a nice journey from that to Steele Trying, when he finally manipulates in a way that's romantic rather than hurtful, and the only reason they don't have sex is because of circumstances. (I'm at Springtime for Steele in my re-watch, so I'm looking forward to this second half of the season.) And then, of course, the events of Steele of Approval put the kibosh on that, with his disappearing act setting them back for the fourth season. (Which is when it finally hits "Okay, even for TV this is no longer believable" levels of ridiculous that they've still not consummated the relationship, but that's for another thread.)

Well, I did watch all 13 episodes of Crisis for Gillian Anderson, even though only the pilot was good. But, otherwise, no. (And had that not only been slated for 13 episodes, I'm sure I'd have thrown in the towel rather than suffering through a full season.)

If someone starts shooting up the movie theatre I'm in, the last thing I want is some vigilante to start spraying his bullets around too.

Like I said, I enjoy those episodes I listed; they're just the weaker ones for me because the season is so strong. With this one, it's mostly the time spent on what's going on with the two gangsters that knocks it down a notch for me. The boxing match is also covered more than it needs to be. Max is a decent enough character for one of the few black people they ever managed to put on this show, and the glimpse into another one of Steele's identities is nice. And I like the switching back and forth between the two boxing battles at the end. I liked Steele better when he was annoyed by the baby's crying, and especially his look of total disinterest when Laura tries to show him the baby (when they're all in the locker room in the beginning), than when he was singing to him. (To the first two, I can relate.) I like how Laura lets him know she heard, though. Doris Roberts played the facial expression perfectly when Mildred arrives at Laura's to find Miss Holt in a bathrobe accompanied by Mr. Steele, two random men, and a baby.

I've had to Google or ask about an initialism a few times; I can generally figure them out from the context, but some have had me stumped (a prime example being tl;dr -- I could have sat here until I died and never come up "too long; didn't read"). Then there's the separate issue that I find the fact the very concept of a few paragraphs being too much to read sad, but I'll stick with abbreviating. I think it has gotten out of hand, with all the initialisms and portmanteaus; reading some posts feels like deciphering code. Even when I know what all the abbreviations mean, I find a post littered with them annoying to read.

Babies do nothing for me.

"Please don't shampoo in the jungle." But misappropriating culture requires no disclaimer.

I just realized this was never answered. Yes, that was that same man -- the one who'd sent him the watch with the note saying "Your father wanted you to have this" (thus he never got to talk to him and thus the "dead end" line to Laura when he comes back out of the house).

Random observation: Although this was not my first time watching multiple episodes in a row, this was my first time noticing this season contains a run of three or four episodes in a row in which the Rabbit is damaged. I can't imagine Laura's insurance premiums. (Of course, in reality, her insurer would have totaled it out after it got submerged in Small Town Steele.) An old observation: Major Descoine was a terrific recurring villain, and the show really dropped the ball in not going to that well again at some point; his daughter (Minor Descoine, as I like to call her) should have broken him out of prison in some way, and off we'd go. Another one: Maryedith Burrell as Frances Piper is just delightful. Also, I'm sure you all know this, but I laugh (and cringe in sympathy) every time I watch it that Stephanie really is shaking a water snake out of her hair in Dreams of Steele. I love the A.D.'s recollection of shooting that portion of the scene (where Laura is at the window, Steele finally sees her, and breaks the glass) -- Stephanie (consummate professional and game for anything) yelling, "Janet, roll the camera and get me out of here!" This is a great season. There are certainly those I don't enjoy as much as the rest (My Fair Steele, Blood is Thicker Than Steele, Steele Knuckles and Brass Jaws), but that's true of any season, and I do still enjoy them. And so many episodes I love: Red Holt Steele, the two Descoine episodes, Love Among the Steele, Steele Sweet on You, Dreams of Steele ... (Woman of Steele would be on this list had they cast someone other than Cassie as Anna).

I either never saw (anything from S8 and S9), don't remember (Drive), or don't like (3) most of the episodes on that list. For the rest, Young at Heart isn't bad, but I certainly wouldn't credit it with anything that would make it underrated (nevermind "criminally" underrated), since I think it's generally regarded as one of those "eh, it's fine but not something I'll re-watch much" episodes. Same with The Walk. Off the top of my head, I can't think of an episode widely decried or ignored that I consider much better than that reputation would suggest, but I'll ponder.

So they change through the course of it? That would make sense, and in watching it again I guess I can see some differences in the drawings - their faces look the same, but they do seem to get bigger. But then what are two kids young enough to be playing in a sandbox doing with cell phones?? Or I guess the video game segment is when they're older than the sandbox segment. But still younger than an age when they'd have phones. (Of course, these days, maybe parents hand them one as soon as the cord is cut.) At any rate, no matter what height, the drawings' faces do not look teenager-y to me ever. See, this just distracts me from what would otherwise be effective, with the one friend texting "Are you okay?" after the driver is already dead.

A teenage girl that just started having sex? Makes sense to me.

I'm terrible at guessing the ages of actual children, never mind animated ones, but those kids look like they're about eight years old to me. So first I was shaking my head at them having cell phones, then I was wondering how they were able to make plans without asking their parents. Then one got behind the wheel and I realized they were supposed to be teens, but they sure don't look it to me.

No, I didn't watch those. When I looked at his photo and credits, I recognized him from an episode of Cold Case (in which he had a fairly small role, but as the killer, so an important one), but that's it.

Okay, that's outside my realm of experience; I'm calling a local Italian restaurant, not a chain, when I order pizza delivery. They ask what I'd like, I tell them, they tell me approximately how long it will be. Done. If that's what calling Domino's is like, I can see why one would rather order electronically. I still think the commercials are annoying, though. Especially since at least one of the ordering options they're touting as being so fast only work if you order the same thing every time.

I'm not familiar with him. I looked him up on IMDb and he has a number of single shot appearances in his list of credits, but those characters may have had a lot more than one scene. If he generally has a higher profile, you may very well be onto something.

I assume you have to create an account/profile, so that what you want is on file, and then when you text your pizza emoji to them, that's what you get. So it only works if you order the same thing every time. Okay, I looked it up, and yeah. On the Domino's website, first you create a "Pizza Profile" with all your personal information. Then you create an "Easy Order" with what you want. After that, you can text the pizza emoji (or "Easy Order") to Dominos and they send what's in your easy order to the location in your profile. I have no idea how long this would take, but calling and saying, "I'd like a medium pepperoni pizza at 123 Main Street" must be faster.