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They should have spent more time on the society and their magic. The world building seemed pointless if they were going to spend so much time on the love triangle at the internet company. The only mention of backstory for Aren was his comment that he had a white mother and grew up around white people, but nothing further was developed on that angle. Then there was a final scene showing that Lizzie also is in a magic society. Her "So Swag" jewelry was actually for the Society of Supportive Wives and Girlfriends, another movie trope of shallow characters who exist to service someone else. The movie has potential but doesn't fulfill it. At least show us Aren's new idea for a yarn sculpture.

I thought Jay was a jerk to assume they'd spend all the money on the restaurant. They could have compromised by asking Isaac only for $10K, but letting him keep the rest of the money that Trevor's investment made. That way Isaac can still spend some on a wedding and keep some savings for any future needs.

I loved him in this movie. He's funny and outrageous with all his drug problems and his money problems from his divorce. Yet he has serious moments too like when their mother said something homophobic, but later he was invited to that wedding. You could see it really touched him. I agree that Monk should have confessed the truth to his girlfriend when she asked him where his money came from. Instead he said it was none of her business, so he was still withholding his true self from her.

In the speculation thread, I predicted that Jeffrey would find out about Ben, but I thought he would grow up to write the DARPA code. Instead it was Hannah who did it, and Jeffrey grew up to hate Ben. But I was right that Gideon Ridge was an alias. I just didn't realize he was Jeffrey until I saw the boy noticing "how do you know all this" about Ben during the fire episode. The finale was a good wrapup, and I loved seeing Beth and Janis back. So Hannah's swap code didn't actually do a swap after all. But she said "you can go home" and "home is not a place, but a person" so he's gone home in the sense that he's back with Addison.

Wow I didn't know he really did play a Klingon once. I'll have to rewatch the movie.

I've only just started season 2. Trying to get through everything on PBS Passport.

When was the last time he was Maltz? I don't remember.

Seeing that Hannah and Jeffrey will come back, I'm thinking that Jeffrey will find out about Ben and then grow up to become an engineer/scientist working on Quantum Leap. He'll be the guy who writes that code that Tom brought to Ian maybe. Or maybe Ben's letter allows Hannah to save Josh's life and allow them to have another kid together and that kid affects Quantum Leap. I'm trying to figure out if the villain Gideon Ridge could be using an alias and that he's really related to Hannah somehow.

Wyatt's Morpheus costume was good.

I just got caught up. I wonder why Annabeth got stuck in that Asphodel forest. She had some kind of regret rooting her there? Is that going to be revealed in the finale? At least the magic pearl got her out. I wonder what she's going to think about the stuff Percy's going to tell her about Kronos. Or maybe Grover will tell her, since it seems that Percy's going to battle Ares.

ok thanks. Now I'm wondering if the severed head will come back to life eventually and somehow reunite with her body, or if the Gods have to do the reuniting themselves.

Yeah, but what is Flobert's job now? Or is he just still hanging out at court to be Dan's friend? I like the way that Wyatt dresses. His sweaters remind me of Mac on the old show. I had to catch the end of the show on Peacock. I was surprised that Olivia suddenly decided she liked the other lawyer, the "frog" in her words. Then he said he liked her too but couldn't break up his partnership. I mean why would a romance mean that their law firm would breakup? But by his logic they couldn't be together either, and they said goodbye. I do like how wacky and zany the comedy is now with pickles and stair races. Getting rid of love triangles is so refreshing.

Ok thanks for answering my question about the weird public autopsy. Did the book mention the fire at all, or is that something that Scorsese just made up to be visually dramatic?

What was happening during the scene with the fire on Hale's ranch? Something about how he took out a fire insurance policy and he was maybe committing fraud? But the camera kept lingering on the fire as if it was important. As if another murder was taking place. Also, during the trial, that guy Kelsie testified to how he killed Anna, but then we later saw the murder take place in flashback. That's redundant, and I don't know why the doctors cut open the head in public. I know they said they were searching for the bullet, but why didn't they take the body inside to some coroner's office? Why do that outside in front of that whole crowd of people? It just felt like Scorsese was being too graphic and showing things that didn't need to be shown.

So this episode featured Medusa, and Percy cut off her head. But in Greek myth, Perseus cut off Medusa's head already. Does that mean she came back to life somehow? Is that explained anywhere?

Oh I see. Did the husband come back to meet Celie too?

Yeah I didn't understand that stuff about Bedrosian at all. So Thomas and Juliet just join the gang in the bar and don't mention being blackmailed? A happy-ish ending I guess with some loose ends.

Just to confirm, the Flobert character is replacing Neil from last season. https://tvline.com/casting-news/night-court-neil-leaving-season-2-kapil-talwalkar-nbc-1235104102/ I think they're writing him out so we don't have the love triangle anymore. They do need to do more comedy and less drama.

I liked it. I don't remember enough of the first film to really compare. I hated that mayor's wife who got Sophia put in prison and then forced to be her maid. I wanted that woman to suffer a comeuppance. There was romance and love, though. Shug and Celie not only kissed, they had a couple of songs and even slept together at the house while Mister (Albert) was passed out at the juke joint. I'm not sure how I feel about his redemption, but the movie made reference to how Albert had been bullied by his father, forced to stay at the farm instead of be with Shug, and that in turn he took out his rage on Celie. That's not really an excuse, and I wonder how much he must have abused his first wife. But I guess it explains why Shug liked Albert initially and even viewed him with pity. I'm glad she kept her promise to come back and rescue Celie eventually. Albert did do a grand gesture at least, in helping bring Nettie and family home from Africa. What ever happened to the missionaries that adopted those kids, though?

Yeah it was great to see Sallah and his grandkids.

I was looking for this thread. Glad to find it! I saw the movie twice. I think it's excellent in that the human story about Koichi and his found family was so central and emotional. It wasn't just filler between the monster attacks. The movie builds so that Koichi's trauma increases and he feels personally victimized by Godzilla. Therefore he's fanatically dedicated to killing it, and you really root for him to succeed. Other characters like Doc, Kid, and the Captain also get to shine too. I have seen a few Hollywood Godzilla movies before, but this one from Toho was really outstanding and impressive.

I saw it on Peacock. I did like the movie overall, but was sad that most of the boys left with the helicopter Dad. Is it really realistic that all the other parents would give permission for their sons to go on vacation with a stranger?

The goldfish story was ok, if silly for a 13 year old. But the rambling backstory about Trey and his "redheaded stepchild" comment was stupid. Plus I hate the group addressing the camera.

Barbie has an American Sign Language version on Max. Apparently people like it. There was even a special premiere for the ASL version. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-with-asl-behind-scenes-premiere-1235768081/ https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/fans-go-wild-for-the-asl-interpreter-signing-barbie-movie-on-max/ This is a sample of what it looks like during I'm Just Ken:

The finale was weird. Rachel Reeves showed up out of nowhere and implied there was some new law that would allow her to reclaim Jennie and the kids as her slaves, then Jennie just threw her out. And we never saw the KKK come attack the house with Jennie defending the home. Meanwhile Bass hatched a plot to take down Esau in Texas. He had some ranch in Texas with a dinosaur fossil, but he keeps talking in creepy riddles to the point where I was wondering what if he meant the "beef" he was selling was the black men. But apparently he was keeping those men as slaves again. So Bass, Billy, and Sherrill have a shootout and free those slaves. And still Esau talks in riddles about "you and I have known each other for centuries" then Bass kills him. I know they were trying to build up Esau as a supervillain, but at a certain point his dialogue gets confusing and distracting. Why couldn't they have spoken more plainly? Like maybe Esau goes back to the wolf thing, or accuses Bass of really being here for revenge for Curtis, rather than justice for those slaves on the ranch? That could have been a clearer and more satisfying confrontation than Esau's weirdo philosophizing. Dial back the creepy nonsequitors and the show would have been better.