UncleChuck

Can someone refresh my memory about Navid? I know he is a character from an earlier episode, but who is he exactly?

So the authorities in Mississippi locate a burned body in their woods, and, instead of beginning a complete investigation of their own, they allow the (possible) next of kin to take the body back to Louisiana to have his own private autopsy to identify the corpse????? What if that burned body turned out to be NOT Cade? Does LaSalle just box it up and send it back to Mississippi with a note saying, "Oops--my bad!"?

I don't believe that Carrie Ann really gives a rat's a** about the lifts, but she has been ordered by TPTB to enforce that rule. TPTB feel that without a deduction for an illegal lift, the pros would be flinging the celebs all over the place for every style of dance, and they don't want that. However, allowing all three judges to deduct a point would result in a three point deduction for letting a foot come off the floor, and that is too much. So they have designated CA as the "lift police" so that only one point is involved. Most of the old pros have figured out that it can be worthwhile for a celebrity who is not "in danger" to do a purposeful lift if it elevates the dance to a real crowd-pleaser. If the lift means that the voting audience likes the dance and votes for it, the one point loss will mean nothing.

So can somebody 'splain this? Super bad dude is tied up in the jungle--his enemies arrive with a big gang and are ready to load him into a vehicle when 5-0 and HPD arrive and amazingly (not for 5-0) every one of the gang members is quickly killed with not a scratch to the rescuers. When he realizes that all of his captors are dead, super bad dude runs off into the jungle. Should be easy to round him up, right? Just send a couple of cops on his trail before he gets away. He can't have more than a hundred yards head start. WRONG!!! Somehow SBD not only gets away, but gets so far ahead of 5-0 that he manages to locate his brother and cheating wife, kill them both, and collect the brother's bag of money, then disappear again. When 5-0 finally arrives we learn that the brother and wife were killed about 20 minutes ago. How did SBD get that huge head start?

I don't agree with this analysis. There is a reason that TPTB puts the decision in the hands of the jury. Jury management is important! If winning the most competitions makes a hamster the most "deserving" to win the $500,000 then just abolish the jury and keep score by counting HOH and Veto wins. TPTB could even establish an elaborate scoring system and keep a running tally. 5 points for a win, 3 points for second and 1 point for third. Performing poorly (as in throwing) a comp results in negative points. (-5 for dead last, -3 for second to last and -1 for third last. That would prevent them from losing on purpose. Of course, this kind of scoring to determine the Winner would create an entirely different kind of Big Brother than we are accustomed to, so in the alternative, we just keep the (often bitter) jury and see what happens.

I had fun with this summer fluff show, and I even got past all the right-driving cars and the HUGE metropolis that existed on little ole Reef Island, but that dang Police Chief just bugged me. The prop department must have been high when they dreamed up her uniform. Four stars on one shoulder--three stars on the other shoulder--combined with Sergeant stripes on her sleeve. WTH????? Is her rank Sergeant-chief, or General Sergeant, or Chief Sergeant? And is the show's budget so low that no one could afford to replace the missing star? C'mon, I have watched 70s porn flicks with better attention to detail...

Jackson is such a piece of work!!! When Holly called him a pompous jackass (or whatever...since most of it was garbled or bleeped) he should have just ignored it. Without his over-the-top reactions, maybe about 20 people might have seen it play out on the live feeds, and 6 or 7 might have even taken notice or posted a comment. But by carrying on as if her disrespect of him was the worst thing EVER! he guaranteed that TPTB would take the footage and edit their fight to fill about a third of tonight's broadcast. Mister "I will not be disrespected by a woman on national tv!!!!!" just made sure that his misogyny would forever be a part of Big Brother legend.

So Joan's secret signal to contact Sherlock (in hiding) was to smash his headstone? So how would he know that if he was solving mysteries in Tuscany, Tibet, Rome and wherever? Perhaps he set up some sort of fancy CCTV operation to watch the grave (but in a public cemetery?). Oh well, it doesn't make sense, but it worked and somehow he saw the signal so... But I must say--how strong is Joan Watson that she can break a huge chunk off of a granite headstone with one swing of a shovel? A SHOVEL??

In Broad Daylight, by Harry Maclean, written in 1988 is pretty detailed. A lot of interviews with McElroy's family as well as the townspeople. The book was made into a tv movie with the same name starring Brian Dennehey.

Speak for yourself, young whippersnapper!

Is it true that Guiness has certified Cleopatra as "World Record Holder for Frequent Flyer Miles by a Dead Queen"? That ole corpse really gets around...

Nicole is not a bombshell, as a few of the more glamorous hamsters might be described, but she is an attractive young woman, who appears to be smart and personable. The Jacks of this world might consider her a part of the furniture, but there are lots of men who would be thrilled to hook up with her, with or without Fiji. I believe her social game will be exponentially greater once she returns home. Her wallflower days are probably over.

I kept waiting for someone to drop the line "We'll always have Paris".

On Sunday, June 16, CBS is broadcasting the Tony Awards all evening. Edited because I cannot read a tv schedule (or a calendar, apparently).

Apparently the manager (who was killed) was in the habit of opening everything in every client's storage room as he looked for stuff he could use to blackmail the client. The coins were legal, and left alone as that locker produced no blackmail evidence.

I read today that IRL--in Overland Park, KS (Near Kansas City) a band of criminals was arrested for counterfeiting. Apparently they had the bright idea of altering $1 bills into $100 bills, then using the fakes to buy merchandise from chain stores and returning the items for cash at another location (gee--that scheme sounds familiar). Unfortunately for the criminals, IRL they got caught!!!!

I can't tell the bad guys apart either... And how did they find that old woman who was the child in the photo?... And why would she be in danger? She might know the name of the castle, but nothing else...

Joe just announced that Season Nine will be the last for Homicide Hunter. He said that he is running out of cases, and the ones that will remain untold after season 9 are too boring or too gruesome for tv. He wants to go out on top, and not try to milk the show until we are bored with him. Not to worry though. Joe says that while DiscoveryID will end production of Homicide Hunter, the channel is NOT finished with him, and he will be used in a different show. There may be a silver lining to this news. Sounds like we get to keep Lt. Kenda and lose Carl Marino!

Congratulations!!!!! You would last 4 minutes longer than I would.

Christa Miller is the wife of WC Executive Producer Bill Lawrence. He was also involved in producing Scrubs, Clone High, and Cougar Town. Christa Miller appeared in all of those shows also.

As XO of that carrier, Rabb would not be a part of the aviator group. His duties require his talents and presence elsewhere on the ship. However, I do accept that Rabb would take an opportunity from time to time to get some flying hours under his belt. Even though he's not flying missions, those old pilots love to keep their status current, just as a matter of pride--plus he loves to fly.

While picking at these nits about rank terminology, I noticed that the military ID card for Sergeant First Class Baird was marked as "SFC" (Correct), the dead woman's ID card was inconsistent. She was listed as a "SSgt" for Staff Sergeant, but Army (and National Guard) uses the abbreviation of SSG. All Army ranks use a similar system. From PV1 to PV2, PFC, CPL, SPC, SGT, SSG, SFC, MSG, 1SG, SGM, etc. Air Force would use SSgt, but SSG would be Army.

I like Lauren, but it would be funny if she decided to play it but has forgotten where she hid it...

We never met them individually, but it was revealed that they were all current judges, who had all began their careers as law clerks to the Mike Farrell Judge.

Casting Kelly G. for a return might be problematic as she worked for CBS for a time after her season. She was a casting associate and helped to cast several Survivors. For CBS to re-cast a former member of their casting department might be a conflict of interest or something.