TV Anonymous

I just wanted put it out there that it was amazing that D'Arcy able to secure a Canadian helicopter in Colorado to drop the leaflets. Of course, the meta explanation is that the production took place in British Columbia and TPTB neglected to cover the Canadian registry.

Not only that, a former U.S. servicemember who specialized in alternative therapy relevant to Jason's issue just happened to be in Colombia, just a driving distance from their safe house?

Been there, done that. She was called the Ghost Whisperer.

I think this show is the best current 30-minute comedy on TV. I would love to be proven wrong, though. So I guess the new mythology is that ghosts cannot phase through iron or steel? But why did they not try through the wall? The pocket watch if it was in mint condition must have been worth hundreds of thousand if it had been $5000 during the Gilded Age. Yes, I assume that the Woodstones were from the same era as the Russells. One thing I notice is the concept of heaven - above, hell - below. Did the religions of Thorfinn and Sasappis believe in the same concept too? That concept is very much Abrahamaic.

"We was in it." And this was coming from a school principal? SMH

It is no joke. I know plenty of people IRL that think that being an organ donor must be made mandatory.

Seriously, Logan? A modern-day adult did not know how to play chess?

"I'm so fucking sick of that rumor." "It's... not a rumor." "Fuck you, Barry!" ROFLMFAO!!

I come from a so-called developing country and therefore I have my personal pain if I watch food being wasted, fictional or IRL. Therefore, I do not really enjoy the scene where Mrs. Russell told Church to donate that extravagant spread to charity, and Church retorted with which charity should get lobster salad. Well, at least the food went to charity unlike Logan Roy that ordered the catering staff to literally throw lobsters into garbage bins.

One thing I would like to add. I do not quite understand the disdain that Mrs. Van Rhijn had towards Mr. Raikes. Yes, he did not come from money but he was a UPenn-graduate lawyer FFS. Now that he took practice in New York, his future was brilliant. Besides, it was not like Miss Brook owned or achieved anything on her own.

I learned quite a bit in this episode. So Brooklyn was where the Black high society lived? I think it is a good idea to authentically portray the life of affluent Black society in history. No, Bridgerton does not count. What was so wrong with hot soup for lunch and trifle for dessert? Bannister schooling Church on table setup was funny, though. Frontal nudity? I've a feeling we're not in Downton Abbey anymore! And unless deep down he wanted something to eventually happen, Mr. Russell was an idiot for not terminating Turner the next morning.

As far as fictional non-capital (towards the punished) punishment goes, this is as cruel as it goes. I even argue that this is crueler than Cersei Lannister forces Ellaria Sand to watch Tyene dies and her corpse rots away, without being able to touch her.

How wealthy was George Russell? He managed to financially outmaneuvered a bunch of aldermen, each of them was already rich, using his own money? If he was that wealthy, what the old money did does not really make sense, as money recognizes money. After all, they were all, without exception, capitalists. None of them became what they were because of aristocracy.

When will Jennifer Beals come to play? She already lost her role at The Book of Boba Fett.

Is that a remembrance poppy statue near the pitstop or just regular poppy? Switzerland did not participate in WWI so I wonder if the symbolism of remembrance poppy means anything there.

What the actual fuck was that? Why did the Governor consult Wheatley? I meant what was the on-screen argument that got Wheatly into the Governor's good grace? The FBI at the house were so cartoonishly stupid they might as well played by Wile E. Coyote. Shows within Law & Order franchise do get out of the realm of reality from time to time, but none is as egregious as this one. This is CSI: Miami-level bad.

A bit out of topic, here Waddingham sang that song in a real stage with Michael Bublé.

No wonder she looks like Mamie and Grace Gummer. Why is her name not Gummer?

This is one weird-ass episode that does not align with all others in the series. Right until before end scene, I was expecting that this was Beard in an acid trip and he would wake up somewhere. Only at the end scene where he arrived in the locker room with bruises on his face and finally with the sparkling trousers that I realized that everything was real. WTF indeed.

Did everyone in the episode really call Lieutenant General Anderson as Lieutenant Anderson?

I know that this show plays fast and loose with reality, but IRL could Liz will away her daughter like that? Scottie Hargrave, Tom's mother, is still alive, is she not? Sorry, I did not watch Redemption. Would Scottie not be Agnes' next of kin?

Finally got the chance to watch the pilot. While I like the underlying plot, and having Élodie Yung as main character helps, I have to question a number of nonsense in the episode. Arman liked Thony at the beginning literally as a cleaning lady. The capability as physician only came up later. Why? A gangster like him did not have 'specialized' cleaning crew on call? Apparently he did not, considering Theo's body was found. Arman asked Thony to go to his house to do a literal house cleaning, while she was in her cocktail dress. Again, why? There was nothing incriminating in the party in his house. Why did Thony stay in the United States after the donor backed out? If the purpose of her coming was because of the donor, would it be better to wait in the Philippines for another donor to appear anywhere in the world?

One interesting point for me is that in the whole series Mickey is portrayed as a cold-blooded killer who was released from a prison sentence for a brutal murder. Who knew that Mickey did not actually commit the crime? The whole arc about Mickey as a murderer is actually false. Ray framed him to protect his first client and to start his career as a fixer, a career that got him at least a house in Calabassas, an apartment in downtown Los Angeles, two Mercedes-Benz cars, a boxing gym, a bar, and a great wealth to be able to send someone to live overseas.

From the get go, the fact that a civilian police can go into a naval base and aboard a naval vessel and conduct independent investigation unassisted confuses me. Does the Royal Navy not have Masters-at-Arms or Military Police? And then the police tries to dip their toes in matters of defense and policies, both are way outside of their scope. The Scotland Yard is the nickname of the Metropolitan Police Service, the police force of London. It is name so after the name of the location of its HQ, Scotland Yard. The police force in this show is Scottish Police Service, a fictionalized version of Police Service of Scotland.

A failed training exercise that resulted in casualty and near misses for the participants? And the Lead of such exercise got a praise and offered a new position? WTF? Imagine if this happened in the U.S. Navy. Inquiry would be launched. Leading Officer would be relieved of command and maybe suspended. Procedures would be reviewed. The fact that they ventured in open space without supervision would be asked. And so on and so forth. Guess Starfleet did not really value life, regardless what the characters said every week?