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The stunt double, or the actor's stand-in? I don't know; I hardly ever watch that episode.

I remember Mary J. Blige being one of them, but that's all that is coming to me right now. I'd put Myrna Loy on the "unhateable" list, too. I mean, I love Katharine Hepburn just as much (they're my two favorite classic movie actors), but I can understand her rubbing someone the wrong way. Actively disliking Myrna Loy is unfathomable to me, though. I can't think of many others. Helen Mirren, maybe.

I think that comes into play, but, good lord, if I can do the math then so can she. As I said above, my first step with any Ina recipe is to cut it in half. And that's if I'm serving it to guests; if she says it serves six, it serves at least ten and usually twelve.

Bwah -- it's the "Gillyramp" hashtag* that makes it art. And that line about her feet reaching the pedals is one of the few snippets of dialogue Gillian remembers from the series, so - nicely played, DD. *I got that right, didn't I? The purpose of Twitter eludes me, but I think I know the lingo.

Sacré bleu! Now I'm craving a piece of mango mousse cake from Porto's.

Season two is when I started watching; The Host was my first episode, and I found it wonderfully bizarre. Since the show aired on Fridays then, and I was young and thus usually out, I didn't see it again until Duane Barry. For obvious reasons, after that I was hooked and started recording it weekly -- an obsession was born. I like the first season - and came to hate the mytharc - but I'm not sure how sustainable a series of MOTW episodes was, so I think Gillian's birth control issues saved the show in a way. Among the MOTW episodes, I love Irresistible, Die Hand Der Verletz, Fresh Bones, Dod Kalm and Our Town. And I have such an appreciation for Humbug, the first humorous episode. I'd seen the Jim Rose Circus as an opening act at a concert, so seeing them pop up on what was now my favorite show was a hoot. I'm glad it came together so well even though it was a departure for the series, because future humorous episodes wound up being among my favorites, too.

My stupid satellite receiver decided to have an issue about ten minutes into it, so that's all I got on my recording. I know I've seen it before, but I barely remember it. I hope TCM airs it again. I'm also recording this afternoon's special about 1939 as Hollywood's greatest year, because there sure were a lot of good films that year.

I make that tequila lime marinade a lot, because it's made up of ingredients I always have on hand. It makes for good seafood tacos, among many other things; quite versatile.

Our thread for rumors of a third movie. I'm blatantly stealing the title from Roxy at TWoP, but there couldn't be a better one. So now, like the movie threads at TWoP, we have someplace to collect years worth of Gillian reiterating she has always said if there is a movie of course she will do it, David dropping the occasional "it's in the works" quote, Chris admitting he hasn't even written a script, and studio execs reminding us you're only as good as the gross of your last project. But, hey, maybe at the end of all that something unexpected happens - like the WGA strike that led Fox to greenlight IWTB - and we finally get that colonization film ... even though we're going on two years since The Big Day came and went. I hate colonization stories - and William, Mr. Key to Everything - so I'd be fine leaving M&S as we last saw them. And I really don't want the franchise to go out on yet another disappointing film. However, I hold out this fantasy of a script co-written by Frank Spotnitz (with Vince Gilligan as a consultant to make sure the relationship is written properly) and directed by Rob Bowman that really knocks our socks off and takes them out on the high note they deserve. As long as there is no reboot in my lifetime, I'll be fine.

It's a British term not often heard in the U.S. but it means comfort food reminiscent of childhood. Which always makes me laugh when applied to this episode, because I'd have hated that menu as a child (I'd have to be pretty hungry to eat it as an adult). I'm pretty sure that's the episode where they actually made a storyline out of the "lighting design" that my cat could come close to pulling off. Between that, the menu and the presence of children, it's an episode I skip.

Although I absolutely loved this show up until the last season or so, I also love this MadTV parody of it (especially the ghost's admonition that Lilly fix her hair):

I can't say I ever noticed Laura doing the bulk of the driving (perhaps because the driving duties in my family were shared far more equally than in yours?), but I suppose the reason for that would be two-fold: a bit of a control thing, but mostly that having lived nearly all her life in Los Angeles she knows her way around better.

The Kirkland brand organic extra virgin olive oil at Costco is really good for the price, too. It has been praised in several articles, such as this one from CBS News:

Although I wasn't watching the show by this point, I kept up with the major developments, and I could never wrap my mind around Scully having any reaction other than this to mysteriously turning up pregnant despite being, you know, infertile. (I also couldn't understand her carrying through with said pregnancy, so it was a good thing I wasn't watching.)

I've only ever read about it as opposed to actually having seen it, but that has pretty much been my reaction (right after "WTF?"). They actually go with the one plausible resolution, that she's dead, and then muck it up with this starlight silliness.

I remember discussing that one at TWoP when it first came out, and I still say there's just no way that's a truly unintended message. Now, I don't mean that someone set out to write that implication into the line, but that there's no way no one involved realized the double entendre once it was written yet they decided to go ahead with it.

Yeah, I looked the product up the first time I saw the commercial because I had the same thought as Maverick, and OSM Mom is right about the one-way mirror. Now, of course, I worry that the mirror will confuse the birds.

I don't know if it was always scripted or something JLD came up with during rehearsals, but Elaine blowing on her glasses in the middle of her sentence makes the scene for me.

I probably watch one of the Thin Man movies at least once a month (well, less often for the last two). I have the boxed set, and when I'm not yet ready for sleep but not in the mood to read or watch the news as per usual, a Thin Man film is one of the first things I'll think of. I miss the marathon TCM used to do with some frequency (or at least it seemed) on New Year's Eve. And, yes, it is one of those films that even though I've seen it a million times and can watch any time I want on DVD, I must watch it when I come across it on TV.

I remember lying in bed sick years back, unable to muster up the energy to find the remote when some entertainment news program came on after whatever I'd been watching. They were on the red carpet of some charity event that had drawn celebrities - and "celebrities" - from many different genres. They wound up putting together a little montage of the wide variety of people who, during their interview, either spotted Dolly Parton or otherwise learned she was there. To a person, there was an "OMG, Dolly Parton is here? I love her!" reaction.

I go back and forth on that one; in theory, it annoys me, but with how willing so many of these HHs are to toss their alleged budget out the window when they get distracted by granite and stainless steel, I let it slide. Especially if it seems a scenario where there's a good chance the asking price can be negotiated down substantially.

Yes, I've incorporated so much of that - especially "[it] wasn't food, it wasn't shelter, and it sure wasn't sports" - into conversations about hunting that I probably owe Aaron Sorkin royalties. (Just try and collect, Benjamin.) That scene is all Joshua Malina's, of course, but Felicity Huffman and Robert Guillaume show why they're respected pros by genuinely listening and reacting to the monologue. "I know these are animals, and they don't play bridge and go the prom, but you can't tell me the little one didn't know who his mother was. That's gotta mean something." This is also the episode in which we see quite clearly that Isaac is the greatest boss in the world.

Oh, yes - about first-year Harvard medical students. I remember when it first began (what, 20+ years ago now?) and it was so interesting to check back in on them as middle-aged professionals in the last documentary (the one called Doctors' Diaries that was half recap of the previous ones and half update). I think there were five films made altogether, and I wonder if we'll get another one when they retire. It reminds me of the fantastic Up series of documentaries in the way it keeps checking back in with the same people as they go through stages of their lives.

I made Ina's parmesan-roasted broccoli again last night. I generally eat my broccoli simply steamed or roasted, but I like this dish every once in a while because I can still very much taste the broccoli; it's not loaded up with a bunch of crap to appeal to someone who doesn't like broccoli. The lemon gives it a light and refreshing taste, and the toasted pine nuts are a nice complement. I cook it for only 15-20 minutes as I like my cooked veggies to remain pretty firm, and although I just eyeball the amount of cheese I'm sure it's less than the recipe calls for. And sometimes I may use a different herb than basil depending on what I've already plucked from the garden.

It probably should bug me, but I find it oddly entertaining whenever sitcoms and soaps repurpose sets (which, given the space, time and money involved in constructing a new set, I'm surprised they don't do more often) -- I like analyzing the differences.