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True, that doesn’t exactly fit with the past ‘wild child’ persona. Maybe she was careful with birth control until then but slipped up? I’m a little surprised they didn’t try to bring back Veronica at some point, but I guess she’s still firmly converted from wild child to religion. I looked up that Halloween episode, and Montana Jordan was 15 at a time, but Isabel May was almost 18. One wonders what was going through the young actor’s head during the kissing scene on the park bench. “Hey Director, I don’t think the angle was quite right, can we do another take?” 😆 Added: here they are at the time:

I as well. I met him three times, and he was as intelligent and witty in person as he was in his writing. I remember watching the news that evening, and Tom Brokaw did a short bit on him and his death. Then he concluded with “Mr. Asimov was 72”. I yelled at him “Dr. Asimov, dummy!” (Although really it’s the producer’s fault, he just reads the lines)

I thought they were exaggerating for dramatic affect, but it turns out Craig T Nelson is 6’4, and the ‘92 Miatas were short on passenger legroom. Is this the first time we’ve seen a wedding picture?

I need to explain this? Same reason their self-driving cars have windshields and windows. See my first post above—claustrophobia.

As is the one in the episode, and the design is still wrong. You can’t put people in a windowless tube for four hours.

Shocked/not shocked. Ingrid is much too self-absorbed to actually die.

Surprised Nathan never figured out that shallow Ingrid would never actually die to be with him. That clip Nora was watching on the hyperloop, was that the Waterboy? (I’m not up on my Adam Sandler movies) Nice work production designers, on the hyperloop. But the real one is supposed to have screens (‘windows’) showing the outside whizzing by, to avoid claustrophobia. Guess they didn’t want to spend more on CGI. Also… slowest high-speed police vehicles ever. Not to mention Why bother showing us that whole setup, with no payoff?

Probably because either one tends to make you lose at D&D. But what about his room schedule? What will all those couples that need to study there do now? 😆

David Gerrold reminiscence (from *gulp* 48 years ago) in Small Talk.

Omg I might have been at that same 1974 Star Trek con. Was it the one in New York? I still remember during the masquerade (where David Gerrold was one of the judges) there was a Klingon doing the Tribbles bar line about “Wait, there’s one Earther who’s not soft, and that’s Kirk”, only he said “and that’s Gerrold”. “He may be a swaggering, overbearing, tin-plated dictator with delusions of being a writer…but he’s not soft.” At that point, David (who I suspect was tipped off in advance) got up from the judges’ table, and went up the stairs to the stage yelling ”Lemme at him!”, with a couple of guys holding him back. Good times.

I understand though that it’s only leased for a year to the “top sales person” or whatever, so his line about “going to trade it in” really didn’t make any sense. Unless it was just his usual BS, or the show’s writers didn’t know that. And yes, his Texas accent is atrocious. A friend of mine from there said that Georgie has the best one—which makes sense since the actor is from there. But Jason’s is the worst of all.

Yep, that’s why I mention Sheldon’s emotional immaturity. It might be something as little as George having two shirt buttons unbuttoned, or even just the shock of seeing them kissing. Sheldon does tend to extrapolate from one bird in a tree to a 1963 Hitchcock movie. Exactly

I thought all they said on BBT was that Sheldon started his three-knock habit because of walking in on his father and his mistress. Did older Sheldon say they were having sex? Oops, excuse me, “coitus”😆

You know, given Sheldon’s actual age and emotional immaturity, it could be that he went to see Billy (or went looking for his dad) for some reason, knocked on the door, and found George and Brenda kissing in the kitchen. Not necessarily actual sex. Older Sheldon could then think of her as “my dad‘s mistress”.

Hey, has the holiday special with James McAvoy been available in the US yet? I’ve been waiting for months!

Agreed! How long would it take to pipe a big smile? He already had the icing, probably less than a minute.

A Showstopper is always supposed to be a visually stunning centerpiece for the table.

But definitely not from a showstopper POV. Appearance is nearly equal to taste for the showstopper, and Chigs’ was more impressive to both judges. I’m convinced Paul and Prue factored in Giuseppe’s performance the whole season. Which seems to be different from the judging for prior finals.

My daughter and I (both bakers) wondered about that. It was basically swimming in oil, but I thought Oh well she said she learned about it on Bread Week.

Oh, and who else thought that Crystelle had a twin sister, based on what we saw on her iPad?

Every week, the slate is wiped clean, and the contestants are judged for their three bakes, irrespective of how they performed on previous weeks. Serious question: Is that rule modified for the final, or does it still apply?

Showstopper, negatives only: C: Can’t taste elderflower or pepper G: “Simple” design, choux too soft BUT C got ”surreal, mad, impressive” look. G got “simple but effective”. But definitely not ‘magical’, which was in the instructions. Based on all of the above… C should have edged out G.

I wondered about that too. Overall, it must have been incredibly close. Signature: Chigs: a bit rubbery, great flavor, BUT visually impressive Giuseppe: moisture seeped in, delicious flavor, “attractive and fairly level” (yeah, but melted) The judges often use “I could see this in a Paris bakery” C Yes, G No. Technical: C: too high, a bit too chewy G: Massively overbaked, dry as a bone. (i.e., inedible, which is what ultimately ruined Crystelle’s chances) Same criterion: C probably not, G No way so at the midpoint… How could Giuseppe be “slightly ahead of Chigs”?

I thought 22 minutes was the standard for a half hour sitcom episode, but this show is often 18 or 19 minutes including the “previously on”. Money talks, of course.

On my second viewing of the bar scene opener, I was quite impressed with both actors’ timing, and facial expressions. Very well-executed.