TV Anonymous

I do not like the ending too. So I thought the show was about organized crime and law enforcement in London, well, the usual recipe. But now it becomes a story of cabal and global conspiracy? As for violence, usually violence and nudity go hand-in-hand. But this one is pure unmitigated violence without any effort to hide it from authorities.

The last scene where the meeting happened and Emily said she was happy Aunt Irene had been dead, the view outside the window was clearly bright. And since this was winter in Toronto, it could not have been later than 16:00. As Moira said, "The hour is over," then the meeting could not have started later than 15:00, still within a library opening hours.

Am I the only one feeling a bit weird that the survivors meetings happened in a library? Not in a separate room within a library building but in the actual room where books were and visitors presumably came to read?

I suppose that the issue with the Ross brothers was time sensitive. John and Billy might be doing something else illegal, or killing each other as it turned to be the case. Time was of the essence so Mare just took off on her own, presumably with backups following her. In case of Ryan, he was certainly not going anywhere and police presence was to dissuade Lori of doing anything stupid.

If he had no access to firearms, Ryan would have to be physical with Erin. He would have to stab, cut, bludgeon, or strike her. He would not have been able to make the threats from the comfort of 5 m buffer from Erin. Would a boy like him be willing to get close and personal to get his message across? Maybe he would, but I would also posit that the likelihood is lower.

While I do not mean my post to be a criticism of U.S. politics, but I think this show has subtlety highlighted one of the hottest issues for the last decades: firearms control. Many of the main problems in this show could have been avoided if the United States do not let regular population to have access to firearms that easily. Ryan would not be able to steal that pistol and killed Erin. Patrick would not be able to shoot Dylan. Wayne Potts would not kill Zabel. John would not 'almost kill' Billy.

When I thought that the show was on the bottom of its stupidity, it managed to find shovel and dig deeper. Were FBI agents really that incompetent that they let an unconfirmed car (police or otherwise) pulled up beside them without any challenge? The FBI is the nation's prime law enforcement agency, is it not? They should be able to mobilize all federal and local law enforcement in the area and completely saturate that ward. The idea that an evil criminal like Townsend is capable to stand against the FBI in a show of brute force is laughable.

I am actually afraid that this show will follow the model of Crime Story - RIP Dennis Farina / Det. Fontana - in that the whole show is a big cat-and-mouse game between particular law enforcement and particular crime organization. I do think that Det. Cappelletti (why does she use real name while UC?) will not last long in L&O universe considering that Charlotte Sullivan is only billed as a Guest Star. That baffles me as well. How does a lawsuit from her wife's nephew for an incident that has nothing to do with her have any bearing in her employment with the NYPD? Or did the Chief of Detectives and the Deputy Chief of SVU openly admit that the NYPD was so corrupt, they would hinder the career of an Officer who was only tangentially related to someone who brought a lawsuit of wrongdoing against the Force?

If there is season 3 but Bacon is not in it, I will not watch. No Rohr / Bacon, no series. I am truly amazed with Cathy. She dropped someone in front of her building. Unless she herself hid the body, there was no investigation? When she left, there was no police presence around her building, in which case her sudden departure would make it suspicious. And for someone who was broke, she could just take off to Florida?

This episode may have been the worst episode in the last several seasons. Definitely the worst within the last year. What is the purpose of this episode, anyway? It was all a dream so it has no relevance whatsoever with the story arc. Every bit of information we see in the dream can be just waived as 'it was just a dream', and therefore does not matter in the story.

All the talk about Brainy and Nia did what was typically done on the Legends of Tomorrow: With that, I think it is not unreasonable if there is crossover between the shows and Brainy and Nia ended up got recruited by the Legends after Supergirl is over. Why not. Casts of Legends are very much fluid anyway. Brainy is already a time traveler too.

I have different question regarding Loudon County. Do NYPD officers have jurisdiction in Loudon County, Virginia to actually shutdown the data center?

Would that society with intensive space activities and technological advancement that come along with it go through the similar period of social justice movement? For example, the first black astronaut IRL to go to space went in 1983. In the show, Poole landed on the moon sometime in 1974.

The main power plant of the shuttle Pathfinder is a nuclear reactor. If it is not a 'nuclear powered shuttle', then what it is? I would not be too fast as to call it 'will never happen'. NASA Mars Design Reference Architecture calls for nuclear thermal engine as the propulsion for Mars-bound spacecraft.

Ed did not know that when he shot Sea Dragon, though. This is one of the things that I put as 'the show happens in alternate reality'. Maybe the military rules and protocols there differ than IRL. Case in point, Ed wore his civilian astronaut pin on his Navy uniform. IRL, Naval Officers who have gone to space would wear an astronaut device on their Naval Aviator or NFO wings instead. It is called Nuclear Thermal Rocket. It is still in design and research and not yet in production. Basically, the nuclear reactor is a closed loop with no radioactive materials exhaust.

I am so tempted to make a long post about all the nitpicks that this finale episode has, but of course they can be handwaved by the fact that this all happen in an alternate universe where the John Lennon is still alive. Therefore, I will just have one nitpick. Why were there only three caskets in the burial at Arlington? I understand Gordo, Tracy, and Vance. But there was also an astronaut at Ops/Comm who got spaced out by decompression when the Soviets first breached. While it looks noble in the narrative of the episode, I do not understand Ed's motivation in shooting the Sea Dragon. As far as he knew, the Soviets attacked Jamestown and they had all malicious intent to destroy the Sea Dragon. Again, for all he knew, the Sea Dragon was essential for the survival of Jamestown and his fellow astronauts there.

Please do not forget Timeless, to be a bit on the serious side.

So the whole episode is basically an exposition of Daniel's mental health issues?

Then Prof. Chau actually created the secret storage space in his temporary office?

The Sheriff's Deputy hit Cassie on the head with a big stone and she immediately lost consciousness. There should be an after effect,. There is no way she can just wake up and shake it off. At the minimum it is a severe concussion.

The title of the episode is Patience, something that I think I am running out of. If Prof. Chau is an expert in Sinology, why is he in the Faculty of Southeast Asian Studies? Is it not terribly convenience that the one expert in the world who knows about the 8 magic weapons is a professor at Berkeley? Just a stone's throw away from San Francisco? Zhilian is wanted by the FBI for abducting U.S. citizen. Alright. What about the Ministry of Public Safety of China? They have no say as this is a suspected murderer on the loose? Unless somebody has significant resources - and by significant it means having their name listed on Forbes - who has that kind of mansion in Singapore? Who setup their manufacturing facility right next to their flagship store? Why did Brett call the henchman? Calling the police would be more effective as Nicky clearly trespassed. Then, as a regular TV criminal, why must he explain all of his criminal deeds?

Ellen could have declined the permanent appointment and she is free to resign anytime.

In practice, in real life, NERVA is never put in use. In the original design of NERVA, which we presume is what being portrayed in the show, the reactor is fully contained with no discharge of radioactive materials.

It is not B-747. It is the C-5 Galaxy, the largest aircraft ever in the U.S. arsenal - civilian or military. That kind of launch is never done, except for X-15s, because NERVA, or any other nuclear thermal rockets has never been proved successful. Outside of nuclear thermal rockets, there is no other propulsion known to yield enough velocity. No, not because of the quantity of fuel, but because nuclear thermal rockets - which the NERVA is - yields much higher exhaust velocity than solid- or liquid-propellant rockets. As for radioactivity, the nuclear reactor in NERVA is closed loop, it does not propel any fuel out. The reactor is to provide heat, which in turn is used to heat propellant, possibly hydrogen. The hydrogen itself is inert in this case.

So we were teased with John wanting to commit suicide only to be interrupted by walkers walked off the river. And then this little shit shot him? And let me guess, Dakota will be a regular in Morgan's group just like Charlie did after killing Nick. John-June romance is the greatest love story in the whole franchise followed closely by Maggie-Glenn.