[S01.E09: Tomorrow]

I noticed when Jones was explaining the mission to Cole after she had captured him she said if you're successful then all this goes away, "and you and I start fresh". I don't recall hearing that last part before. I had the impression that the result would be that they never would have been born. Start fresh makes more sense logically than never existed, but I wonder if that's a change or if I'm just remembering stuff wrong.

[S14.E01: 18 Chefs Compete]

 

"All I want is a cigarette..."

Since when has that ever been a problem on Hell's Kitchen? Have they turned the venerable barracks into a no-smoking zone this season?

[S26.E01: Great Way To Start A Relationship (Tokyo, Japan)]

I expected to hate the 'blind date' aspect, and while I didn't love it, I found the incessant hashtags and selfies much more annoying. Man, does that get old fast.

[S25.E09: You're Taking My Tan Off]

I get that they can't change the tasks just because one of them favors a team that has been cast. But if they can't change the tasks, why don't they just NOT cast that team? Tell them 'we have a surfing task that we think would unfairly advantage you, so we're going to schedule you for NEXT season'? No fiddling with pre-set tasks and venues required.

[S10.E06: The Lost Love In The Foreign Land]

When Aristoo was introduced he was a devout Muslim and prayed several times a day, even on the job. That characterization seems to have been dispensed with.

[S01.E03: Things You Can't Outrun]

For some reason every time I see the guy playing Dr Wells he immediately reminds me of John Shea playing Lex Luthor.

[The Mysteries Of Laura - General Discussion]

Funny, but for me none of the subsequent episodes has been as enjoyable as the pilot. The reason is the title: The 'Mysteries' of Laura. Ep 1 had a good old-fashioned mystery, with multiple flashbacks, clues, and the aha! moment when the star says 'I know who did it'. Not a totally fair play mystery, as the viewer doesn't see all the clues Laura does, but at least it's constructed in the traditional fashion. Since the pilot, the show has been more of a procedural, finding and eliminating suspects without much in the way of clever misdirection. I suppose it's a 'mystery' in the sense that the killer's I.D. isn't known, but that's a low bar for a traditionalist like me. The show is more like Castle than like Ellery Queen or the BBC's Death in Paradise. This last episode was a bit more clever, and the show is still enjoyable. But it's not must-see tee vee, for me at any rate. (By the way, the mystery plot of the pilot bears a striking similarity to one of the episodes in that BBC series...though it wasn't original to them either. I was still fooled by both of them!)

[S01.E06: Week Three in Utopia - A]

They went from one Yoga customer to a crowd showing up to tour the camp? And at $20/head just when they were running short on money? i wonder how many favors the producers called in.