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LOL -- I see they're leaning into the CW.

Started Season 4; up to episode 4, when Lois & Clark FINALLY have a moment's peace and get to have the honeymoon everyone had been waiting for since at least Season 2! They were just really adorable. Did the writers/producers ever explain that weird angel(?) wedding?? Sweet, but weird. And I can't believe they invented a villain specifically to ruin their wedding! Cool to see Delta Burke, though. And the episode after was another stall, but at least we got to see HG Wells again, and L&C in some period costumes. --- Also decided to re-watch the pilot; Wow, I didn't realize that "Cool costume -- Thanks my mom made it" (not verbatim) actually originated from this show! Nice. I'll probably try to re-watch Season 1 after I finish Season 4.

'Grant Gustin Marks Arrival of Flash’s April 25, 2024 Crisis Date' The CW that the show started on is no more, but I still feel with better management (the show itself, the studio, the network) The Flash could have made this date.

More info here as well: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/hallmark-three-wise-men-and-a-baby-sequel-tyler-hynes-andrew-walker-paul-campbell-1235981467/

Related; UCLA's report from March (Hollywood Reporter article): 'Movies With Proportionate Racial Representation Notched Highest Median ROI in 2023' excerpts: Direct link to the Hollywood Diversity Report 2024, with more data and graphs: https://socialsciences.ucla.edu/hollywood-diversity-report-2024/

It's been proven before, but one more time: there's money to be made in diversifying films: 'Hollywood Forfeits Up to $30B Every Year Because of Racial Inequity' excerpts: Direct link to the report: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/from-margins-to-mainstream-asians-and-pacific-islanders-in-hollywood

Yeah, it doesn't really make sense for everyone in the restaurant to follow along; but I think that was a 'breaking the fourth wall' and/or audience participation moment for the movie audience.

A season 5 renewal hasn't been formally announced; but Deadline thinks it's very likely: https://deadline.com/2024/04/cbs-canceled-renewed-equalizer-ncis-hawaii-elsbeth-csi-vegas-so-help-me-todd-1235887600/

Despite Colter not being in law enforcement, and doing things mostly for the money, they still really want this to be a Cop Show, apparently. Guess this was the 'halloween' episode. Not my thing, but it was cool to have Colter unfazed by all the 'spookiness'. It was also amusing to recognize some set locations from various Vancouver-based CW shows! Just me, or was that kidnapper's basement huge?

Fashion highlights: Robyn's patterned bomber jacket; and Mel's whole outfit. I've said before that I don't really buy Mel and Harry as a couple, but they were cute this episode. And I wasn't thinking that they might be foreshadowing something with Mel, but I can see that, now that you mention it. :( I suppose the B-plot with Dee probably would have ended badly in any case, but I don't like how it kinda put Vi in a bad light. Years of procedurals made me suspicious of The Wife from the start, but her also being a secret Chinese spy was just too much; and I was not impressed by her supposed heroic sacrifice at the end. (And yeah, only one dose of the antidote was silly.) Literally no one cares about Robyn's ex. They have go to be kidding me - teasing a triangle when Robyn and Dante have yet to even go on the most casual of first date! (4 seasons in!!) I do not want to accept that this relationship will just be a perpetual tease! I swear, if I don't get some payoff....

Joe-El says "There's another like you[Clark]" -- a popular guess is Supergirl/Kara; but I don't think that's a character that they would introduce in a young Superman show. He probably referring to the Kryptonian(?) villain(?) introduced at the end of the first season.

There's nothing like a surprise visit from relatives who will definitely gossip to all your cousins about your slovenly ways to motivate one (me) to finally clear out a few more clutter piles! So yay! more progress on the messy room front.

Noooo! I need to know more! They released this without a premiere date?

Cool. Not what I was nitpicking about, though. Does the dad not know how to write a check?

So Camden, but Maine; okay you got me, show. So this one we had CSI/Equalizer Colter, because we're back to murders after that one-episode break. It's just disappointing that this is stuck in the CBS formula, I was hoping for more. I've got pretty much the same complaints that everyone else already mentioned; but I'll add -- did the father of the bride actually stuff an envelope with cash to pay Colter?? I mean -- if they had more of this, maybe I could overlook some issues with the show... 😉

Wow, what was up with everyone breaking tonight?? I mean sometimes it's great, but it happened A LOT.

I feel like this is the type of movie that doesn't need a big twist. They're both famous bad guys; either of them using/abusing/turning against the the other wouldn't be surprising, however they do it. Harley being an inmate to start seems to be a narrative shortcut.

Host: Ryan Gosling Musical guest: Chris Stapleton Airdate: April 13, 2024

Gosling promo: I assume he's going to sing at some point in the show?

Finished Season 3; and I'd say there were more highs than lows, but the lows were really low! The entire amnesia plot was terrible. What was up with that doctor that was trying to steal Lois from Clark?? Also it was clones, amnesia, and then New Krypton back to back. Maybe it would have been more tolerable if they'd skipped the amnesia plot. So actually, maybe I'd put it in the top five of ship stalls. ----- On to Season 4; I know I watched it in the 90s, but this season I remember the least. ----- As a related aside: I recommend My Adventures with Superman for anyone craving some Lois and Clark relationship adorableness. It's a new take on the Superman story, focused on the relationships between the young Clark, Lois, and Jimmy.

I think I'm done here, guys. I'm not mad, just tired. I'll probably keep up with comments here, and recaps (if I can find any), but watching is not a priority. And again, I wish they'd caption all the Spanish dialog.

[So, *spoilers* for The Promised Land in this post] I liked it overall; it was funny -- that cat door gag cracked me up every time! Some fun callbacks. However, they introduced some things that they didn't follow up on (as per usual, I guess). In particular, Lister's duty to continue the human race and his newfound hoarding tendencies. [And now my rant:] I truly am baffled why Doug Naylor (yep, gotta call this guy out by name) just refused to write an proper story for Cat. Ever. Cat literally only here for jokes and looking pretty. The others at least once or twice got a plot that showed some character growth (even if it was for one episode), or we learned something new about them, or it changed the way the characters related to each other (for an episode). I don't know how Danny John-Jules has put up with it; but I suppose this is a fun, easy paycheck for him. I mean -- Rimmer had a big part in the plot when we met a ship of holograms; and so did Kryten with the ship of mechanoids; but now we revisit cat history and meet new cat characters, and Cat has nothing to do or say about that?? Seriously - We meet an entire tribe of felis sapiens, and perpetually horny Cat who has been stuck with these losers for decades, doesn't get to express anything about finally meeting some cat women at least? Or meeting his brother? (I shouldn't even acknowledge that reveal, seeing as how it changed nothing.) I'd really love to know why they deliberately ignored writing for Cat.

It was overcast where I was (Finger Lakes region of NY), but still in the path of totality. So no sun visible, but it was still pretty cool to experience going from day to night and back to day within a few minutes! I was at a location with a good unobstructed view of the sky in all directions, and I think the clouds actually helped us better see the shadow/darkness moving from one horizon to the other. I know many people traveled upstate for totality; but I heard NYC got better views even if it was 'only' partial. Oh well, I did get to see the sun in crescent in 2017.

Well, in my area it turned out cloudy, so the eclipse was kinda a bust. But I did do one of my cookie ideas. Next time, I'd do a couple things differently, though. But this was an experiment anyway. The sun is lemon sugar cookie dough, and the moon is chocolate-orange-ginger.

Deadline has details of the court proceedings, etc., (and a summary of how it got to here) if anyone is interested: https://deadline.com/2024/04/jonathan-majors-sentencing-domestic-violence-1235878222/