zibnchy

I've never been pregnant but I did have a big-ass tumor that was really messing with my hormones in the months before I was (finally) diagnosed. I've been a vegetarian for many years. One day I was cat-sitting for a friend. She had bought a half rotisserie chicken from the deli to tempt her aged cat to eat. I carved off a slice for the cat, stared at the chicken for a while, and then dove in and wolfed that whole thing down. I mean I ripped it apart with my hands and stuffed it into my mouth. I literally could not resist. So yeah, I get what Catherine was up against. Marjorie was wrong. I get that they don't really have anything for Amy to do but it is a shame what they're doing to her character.

I've been wondering this for a while -- doesn't it seem like those two clients of Kim's are big enough and lucrative enough that she could hire a bunch of hungry young lawyers to help? Or even paralegals? Or Jimmy? Can Jimmy work as a paralegal while his license is suspended? Why is she doing all the work herself. I like Kim. I don't want her to leave. Also find that I love Nacho.

Max needs an emmy for his work this season. And Freddie. This was a fantastic show and it never got the attention it deserved. I'm surprised but I'm completely satisfied with the ending. Huge sigh of relief that Dylan survived and he and Emma seem to be working things out. Yes, I know they're fictional :-)

I will probably be in the minority but I thought it was spectacularly unfunny. Not a single laugh from me. I love this show but something felt wrong tonight. Too much Dan. I hate Dan. Less Dan. Everybody seemed really angry and unhappy. Selena was just mean and not in a funny way. The AIDS stuff was just stupid and Selena is not stupid. Oh and the ex-husband/grifter. I thought we were done with him. He's got no redeeming qualities and he isn't funny. Ben being all racist as hell at Uber was really awkward and mean. Ben is a great character - that scene just felt wrong for him. And Amy -- I LOVE Amy but tonight she reminded me of a kid who just learned some bad swear words and uses them all the time, even nonsensically. Don't get me wrong - I curse like a sailor, but not at work. It's stupid and ineffective. And there's not a hint of chemistry between the actors playing Buddy and Amy. Maybe I'll try watching again tomorrow. Maybe I'll change my mind.

I've been binging this on Amazon so season 1 is fresh in my mind. Here's my 2 cents. Hate Dennis Quaid. I don't know if he can act because I can't get past the perpetual smirk on his face. I don't hate his character but would prefer anyone else play it. I also hate Dr. Khatri. I'm just so sick of the "evil scientist who keeps people alive to experiment on" trope. It's boring. Also we knew from the minute she appeared that she's evil because we've all seen TV before. So this picks up about 7 weeks after season 1. It was completely unbelievable that Vince survived the blast and now, after 7 weeks, he's got a full head of hair and just a few scars. Unbelievable bullshit like that is just unnecessary. Vince should have died - he's not an interesting enough character. But if Vince had died we couldn't have Natalie fall in love with him for no apparent reason. Maybe a bear will eat them both. Elena has been unconscious for almost 2 months yet her eyebrows are perfectly groomed. Dr. K must have had some free time. I miss Henry and Morton. Ingrid is a terrible cop but she's also so very young. Put some gloves on, for crying out loud. I could have lived without the brother character. Why does every show have to have a sassy teenaged brat? Do they think the teen demographic is remotely interested in Fortitude? Continue to love Hildy but I don't know why.

So this idea just popped into my head. What if Phillip's father isn't dead? I'm not good with TV show details - what do we actually know about his death?

When Elizabeth showed up at the end I honestly thought she was there to kill Tuan. Then when he said he was going upstairs I thought maybe he grabbed his go bag and headed for the hills.

First I thought I was going to hate plot-contrivance Mischa, but he's adorable and I want him to meet his daddy. Why couldn't they meet in a safehouse somewhere? What is the handler guy (blanking on name) going to do with him? That scares me. Mischa can't go back. Seems he'd be killed or, at least, locked up and worked to death.) Seems odd they brought back Margo Martendale for the one scene. This is apropos of nothing but the actor hired to portray Oleg's father does not resemble him in the least bit. Hmmm, maybe he's not Oleg's papa. Not that that would be a storyline. Anyway, I love Oleg and I want him to survive and be happy. Matthew Rhys was really good tonight. He needs some recognition for this role. Has he been nominated? I think Keri got nominated last year.

Thanks. I think you're right. The whole bit went right over my head. I think I was still cringing about the way the guy was killed. It looked (and sounded) like Phillip just sorta snapped him in half. I think I flashed back to the body (forgot her name) in the suitcase. Crack!

It sort of felt to me like the camera lingered on her just a bit and I thought it was odd when Phillip came over to check on her. Has he done that so deliberately before? Maybe we'll see her again. Maybe not. I thought we'd see Kimmie again and she's probably of age by now. Does Stan seem more smug this season? It seems like he constantly has that smirk on his face. I'm ready for Stan to die. But I want him to find out about Phillip and Elizabeth right before Elizabeth dispatches him. More Martha!

That seals it? Remember that time she needed a position to open up at that factory so she dropped a car on a guy? Or that nice old lady she made OD herself to death? Elizabeth has been pretty much sociopathic since day 1. Dont get me wrong, I love her, but she is the most terrifying character on TV right now (as far as shows I watch).

I actually squeed AND clapped AND yelled "MARTHA!". Scared the cat and possibly confused my neighbors.

Some people were, as we can see in comments, genuinely confused by this as to which side he was on. I was not. It was already too clearly established before that, IMO. I'm one of the confused. I think it will all make sense later. I have faith in the creators of this show and the fact that there are so many of us who are confused leads me to think the scene was confusing on purpose. I assume it will all make sense later. I have tried to cut Elizabeth some slack in regards to her parenting skills, or lack thereof, but she really is a terrible mother. Paige is a child and she has been made privy to a secret so huge that she, literally, has her parent's lives in her hands. The fact that she hasn't cracked up completely is a miracle. If I was P&E I'd be way, way less worried about Matthew and way more worried about the first time Paige gets drunk with her friends and the conversation turns to whose family is the Worst. "You think your mom is bad, mine is a Russian spy and let me tell you about this one time she killed a guy in front of me. That was soooo embarrassing!" Why did P&E have Henry? Wasn't one child enough to reinforce the fiction of happy, little American family. Couldn't the Center have gotten them a Tuan of their very own if they needed another kid? I was expecting the "secret trick" Elizabeth told Paige about to be something a little more exciting than "rub your fingers together and think about us" although the thought of Paige rubbing her fingers together and thinking about her parents after sex is quite hilarious. But, still, that's it?! I need to see proof that Martha is still alive.

I want to read more about your family. I'm hating the idea. I know he'll have a point, I have faith in the show. But, eh. Tell me something about Martha. That's what I want.

I know why this show is the best. I'm sitting here a couple hours later brooding about the fact that Hans is dead. Hans is, at best, a tertiary character but I care that he's dead. And I care that Elizabeth has the sads for having to kill him. And how she told him to look at the flowers before she corked him. Ice Cold Elizabeth is terrifying. I love the character so much. At first I thought they were digging William up to steal his body to ship back to the homeland for a hero celebration or something. Then I remembered what killed William. But I have to say, if my job was to cut a piece off a dead guy who died of lassa fever I'd want a goddamn biohazard suit. And something other than a baggie to put the slice in.

Wouldn't that raised pebble flooring be kind of uncomfortable to walk on? I wonder if it was just that ugly ass gold tile in the bath that really f'ed up the design. It was just so ugly I couldn't see anything else. Maybe another shade of blue?

But in the original timeline (how things were when the show started) wasn't the stepson dead? Didn't the deacon kill him? I thought maybe he just (just??) had an unhealthy obsession with Rainy's mom and maybe killed her? Oh, shows should not be this confusing. Also when Rainy was hugging her mom we see that she has a ring on her finger. Rainy notices the ring and is happy. We get the message - even women who are tough homicide detectives really just need a man to put a ring on it to be completely happy.

Is it wrong that I actually liked Ben a little bit *after* he has Aaron excised? Also I hate the way the show has ruined the character of Theo. He was really likable in the first couple of episodes and downright cute with his BF. Now I don't know what he is or what purpose he serves to the story and his storyline is, frankly, gross. And laughable. In any kind of realistic story, one of those other giant fighters would have killed him in the ring in about a minute. They can kill him off now.

That was possibly the least emotionally compelling "we finally got him" story line ever. First, I just have to say, the lead actress is really just terrible in this. I've never seen her before so I don't know if she's always terrible. She only has one facial expression - that of someone angry and constipated at the same time. The storyline is convoluted and difficult to figure out because the characters really don't look any different in 1996 and 2016. Why do I watch? Because I thought the story was compelling enough, I love the idea of the two timelines talking to each other, and I like the dad character. I'm just trying to stick it out to the end. One question. The mom is now alive in 2016. So Nightengale didn't kill her. But at the end we see there's a new threat, the step-son. I assume the step son didn't kill her because she's still alive in 2016. Are we supposed to think he will hurt her in the present timeline?

Yeah, I just remembered that part. He seemed nice during the burial. I may have jumped to conclusions about him. No surprise since we only meet him for a minute.

Shannon named her daughter Adonai. She named her daughter God. Shannon was not ok and probably hadn't been for a long time. I suppose the TBI made everything worse but she struck me as severely depressed and probably chronically depressed. (I do know depression.) Mom seemed nice but the uncle seemed like an asshat. He sort of laughed when he said she could have an exorcism, like it was all a big joke. I hope she gets the help she needs. This is about a lot more than hoarding.

I don't think it is Daryl who is going to cheat. Also I can't imagine any scenario where anyone would cheat on White Josh with anyone, much less Nathaniel. I can imagine cheating on Nate with WJ. Anyway I think Daryl and WJ are OK. Wait! They're fictional?

That would actually be an intriguing turn of events. The step-daughter character also looks exactly the same as she did 20 years ago. I think the truth is they just really f'd up the casting for this show or they blew their budget on something and can't afford any make-up artists.

Ep. 10 was dull. McLaren is the dullest character and his flashbacks are dull. So here's a question - Traveler McLaren doesn't retain any of Original McLaren's memories. None of the travelers receive their original's memories. So how do the travelers so convincingly portray the person after taking over. Do they study them from the future? If so, why was Philip's little heroin addiction a surprise? And Marcy's seizures or whatever her deal is. You know what I'd like to see? Supposedly Trevor is an old soul or something. I want more information about that, maybe a little backstory (I know they aren't supposed to talk about the before time). I'd also like to see Trevor ace his GED and leave high school and that toxic family and girlfriend behind.

The random woman dancer in the power ballad reminded me most of the dancer(s) in the 1987 Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". The rickrolling song.