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Dang - it was disconcerting coming here and reading all this "heads on pikes" stuff when I had no idea what anyone was talking about. Yep, my DVR cut-off too soon along with some others here. I'm DVRing it again now, but it's really too late. I had a feeling that last scene I saw with Alpha shushing her daughter wasn't the end of the episode. I even ran it back to make sure. Those reveals were just too much to be missed and I'm just a bit angry. I didn't care much for Henry or Tara and wouldn't have missed Enid if she had just simply disappeared from the show. But I'm twisted and I would have liked to have been at least a little shocked at that scene. It would have been the most "dayum!" scene in a very long time. Actually, I have been extremely close to giving up on TWD. I always think that. Then a new ep comes on and I always watch it. I hate being owned. grrrr

This was a sad, but very good episode. I was crying like a fool for Mike.

Yeah. there were a lot of Trump jokes. According to Diane English and Candice Bergen, if I'm remembering this correctly, the whole purpose of bringing the show back was to go after the Trump administration in a...uh, hopefully.. comedic way. The jokes weren't always very funny, but I don't think that was their total point. They really, really dislike what is going on in our country and they wanted to say something about it. They got 13 episodes to do that. If they get renewed, I'm sure they will do something more eclectic. I enjoyed all the episodes. When the original started all those years ago, I thought the first few episodes were extremely clumsy and forced. Thought Candice Bergen was terrible, but, dang if the show didn't grow on you. It got much better as time went on. Now, they all feel like part of my fictional characters family. I would definitely continue to watch if given the chance.

Tammy is killing me! I love her. "Mom" was and is my favorite sitcom and Tammy ( yes, I watched Third Rock from the Sun when it originally aired :-) ) has made it even funnier. I watched last weeks episode at least four times. I'm going to watch this one later tonight for a much needed mood lifter.

So many scenes I would like to comment on, but I'm just tired. This scene, when they both see Paige has left the train, hit me the hardest because they were separated when they saw her and Philip has to move up the train and sit by Elizabeth. They are both shattered and they can't show it. They can't hold each other and share their pain in any way. I don't know. I wasn't a big Paige fan, although she did get much better this last season. Philip and Elizabeth caused a lot of pain, but their children made sure they didn't get away with everything.

Yeah, and I bet he's faking his attack. I'll believe him if he dies. Were we supposed to think Dr. Charles wants to let him die? Did someone say this was the season ender? Oh well. I have always loved Oliver Platt and he has been the only reason I watch CM. The writing has been absolutely horrendous lately. The storyline with Dr. Reece's father could be good. It's interesting watching someone with an anti-social personality disorder ( didn't look it up..I think I'm close ) and how Dr. Charles picked up on it fairly quickly and has to walk this fine line with Dr. Reece. BUT, when they had him just look up into her father's window and that damn monkey is right there...geeez. Looks like the show does OK in the ratings, so when it comes back, I'll keep watching for Oliver.

I don't binge shows that I don't like, uh, so I guess I liked this one. The only character I thought would bug me was Don. Of course he won me over. Most of the time I check out directors, producers, writers and so on, and I did notice that there was a big female influence on this version of Lost in Space. Well, at least on the one episode I checked out. And I agree with those who have mentioned that things got really good with Maureen and NOT Dr. Smith. Parker Posey was so good with her character that she literally frightened me at times. Too much psychopathy going on in that woman's head. She was not playing for laughs. I also loved the scenes with Will and the robot. I'm old and mushy and I actually cried when the robot walked off the cliff. I hope they do get renewed. It was a few hours of innocent "what the hell is going to happen next??" fun.

I'm so happy! And it was good to the last drop. :)

Damn! I was thinking the same exact thing about 10 seconds before I read this. Wouldn't that be great if the "writers" decide to get the Negan stuff over with as soon as possible and then give us some episodes like SMAD said above. I suppose they have shot the end of this season, so, maybe at least start the next season with some peace and harmony? We need a reset on all of this non-stop emotional anquish. I know it's a violent show, but our viewing minds need some relief. I want to watch someone plant veggies. Maybe Carol could bake some more cookies. Hey, maybe I'll go to a Walking Dead fantasy land myself. Yeah...

For some strange reason, I cried from the first shot of Carl until the last actual shot of Carl. Still have no idea why they killed off this great kid and are keeping some of the most boring, empty characters..but hey, I don't know anything about comic (graphic?) writers. I also believe that Carl's fantasy was just a fantasy - no future anything. And to show how much he wanted peace for everyone, and to prove it was all totally not real, they had to throw in a Negan cameo. So, looking at it that way, it didn't bother me to see Negan in that light. The show held my interest tonight. First time in a long time that I haven't ff'd. Carol, I love you. If they get all creative with your character...I will finally be set free.

Ahh, that does sound more like it. Heh, when they showed the box of bears, I thought for a second that we were going to have killer teddy bear robots. Heaven forbid. I know I'm just guessing, but I think the bears were about humans still trying to do non-survival human things. I do have to admit to not having seen most of the Black Mirrors. I might not have their MO down just yet.

Yeah, I think that was pretty much what we were watching. I'm surprised that I actually didn't dislike the episode. At first, I thought that the black and white wouldn't work for me, but then I realized that it did work to impress the bleakness of the situation. Not original, but it did get me in that everything's gone to hell mood. I also liked watching that killer dog. When they ran into that mass murdering mutt in the warehouse, the woman did say that it had to have been hiding or powered down or something, or it would have attacked them immediately. So they braved the warehouse thinking there were none of them around. We were obviously led to believe they were looking for medicine or something extremely important. Nope. This was supposed to show a dangerous, actually almost suicidal mission, done for a basic human need that they still had left to acquire a teddy bear for a dying child - if I got that right. As far as her slitting her own throat, I can see it. At the time we didn't really know if there were many, many more of these "things" around. At least that's how I took it. But she knew and she didn't want to go out that way. I have to admit to not understanding at first why she felt for something in her throat. I thought the killer dog might have shot poison bullets or something. That didn't make sense because that's all they would ever have to shoot. Yeah, I guess it was that she knew she couldn't dig out all the tracers. I do think the teddy bears were meant to show that even if there were just a hand full of people left, they were still thinking of that simple human comfort.

Very good news indeed! Thanks 17wheatthins!

Do people realize just how subversively funny the "I've said too much! I've said too much!" line can be taken? HA! I don't know if comes from some other show or if it's something Amy picked up from someone else. If she came up with it for the character of Patty Hogg, god..Amy is a comic genius. I absolutely love this show and I so hope it gets renewed. It's hard for me to understand why there would be people who don't get the humor, but maybe they just aren't into Amy Sedaris. This show has become a very welcomed funny refuge for me at this time and even the episodes that miss a little bit still have enough "Amy" to keep me laughing. In the episode where Jane Krakowski (sp) did the Craft section with Amy, well..it just about killed me. Only because Amy ends up smiling at Jane's goodbye and calls her a "not so nice" name just outta nowhere. It caught me so off guard I laughed until I dangerously choked. Ehhh. It was scary. But...very, very funny. I'm not optimistic, though. I think I'm going to lose Amy like I lost Martin on Downward Dog. I still tear up from that one.

Oh, so much THIS. I didn't even mention Carl in my post way up thread because I was still too raw. I thought about it quite a bit late, late last night and it was the stupidity of how Carl got bitten that actually kept me awake. When you start to see and feel what's going on in the writer's room instead of getting lost in the story like you are "there", you know it's time to either accept glaring crap done for no reason or decide to finally. stop. watching.

I am not a masochist. I am not a masochist. I am not..ah hell, I know you feel my pain. All I want to do is throw a wild guess out there about why everyone keeps saying Eugene had this plan. Negan had ask Eugene if he could still make him bullets like he said he could way back sometime. I don't remember the season. I think part of Eugene's plan was letting Negan know, that of course he could make bullets if had the same place and supplies. That's when, I think, Negan decided to use a ton of their ammunition to kill as many walkers as possible and use Eugene's music hook-up to clear the rest. Remember right after he told Negan he could make more ammunition, Eugene went to his room and was going crazy from all the weapons going on and on very loudly. I don't know if that makes sense, but it's how I took it at the time. No joking aside, I will have to stop watching soon - because, you know, you have other things in your life (ha!) that might not be going all that well, and you wonder why you torture self with a show that is appearing to put the screws to the fans just for the hell of it. There is only so much psychological torture a fan can take from a show. There are no breathers, no little breaks, no even minor escapes from the constant biggest bully in world Negan (and his evil minions). It's too f'n much.

I've almost wanted Carol to do another "I'm takin' off and I don't ever want to be found. For reals this time!" I never ever want her to be killed, but if she wasn't on the show at all I could stop watching so easily. I'm barely hanging in there now. I have ff'd through a good chunk of the last few episodes. Other than the rare sighting of Carol, there is simply no reason to watch what they are showing me.

BWAAAAHAAHAA! Yes! Every god-awful nightmare you could think of (and a few you couldn't) wrapped up in an oddly cohesive story. It's the only TV show that I can remember, and I've already been around too long, that literally made me scary nervous every time it came on. I wish I had the words, man, I wish I had the words.

Hey! "Zoo" writers..why don't you jump on over to "Fear the Walking Dead" and give 'em some help.

Ahh, when Agent Cooper and Diane pulled into the motel, after going through something that turned day to night, they were in an old model car. AC and Diane had been a bit worried about what would happen when they passed through or by that big electrical tower. I'm guessing something did happen. The only problem is that a ton of stuff happened and I don't why I'm focusing on just that. Guess my brain can't handle anymore right now. There had been mentions of things in the past and in the future. Maybe when they went into the motel, after having been changed once again on the road, they, to me, were obviously a different AC and Diane. I think that Diane knew something because she was hiding AC face with her hands when they were having sex. Maybe she was realizing that they had not ended up the loving couple they would have and could have been if they hadn't had to pass through another "change". I don't know what it's called. Diane also saw herself standing outside the front of the motel. She had become aware. Again, I'm seriously just guessing, maybe Diane knew she was now Linda and Agent Cooper was Richard. She couldn't take it, so she left. She left not as Diane, but as Linda. Agent Cooper awakes, doesn't realize he is someone new, and gets into a much later model car than they drove into the motel. It was even parked in a different place, I think. From Gordon's exposition we find out about a "Judy". AC (Richard) drives down the road and eyes a Judy restaurant. He does some crazy stuff, but gets the address of the other waitress who I guess he assumes will be Laura Palmer...ahh, just from how he got the info...Judy's??? Oh boy am I going out on a ledge here. But, all of this leads to this possibly being Laura Palmer, and Agent Cooper is going to finally get her home. She might not remember right away, but Ole Coop is convinced she will remember. The one thing that Agent Dale Cooper doesn't know, doesn't remember at this time or simply doesn't care, is that "time" can be a mind-blowing experience. He's doing everything perfectly, right up to his last thought..."What year is it?" This also awakens Laura and the whole terrifying nightmare comes back to her. I think this is a very Twilight Zone kind of ending. Scary as hell to me. I could be totally wrong about every bit of it and I wouldn't mind. Just staring at the screen after they show Laura whispering in Agent Cooper's ear and him looking scared as hell and realizing that this poor, kind, and just man who wanted to solve a evil murder of a young woman, is most likely going to end up bouncing around in time and good and evil realities for who knows how long. That's the mystery of Twin Peaks. Until David Lynch decides if he want's give us more. I'm in! Also, I was very happy they made sure we saw the new manufactured Doug E. get back to his family. Good stuff with Lucy killing evil Coop! Freddie had a purpose. Yes! So much other stuff, but I think I've typed a bit too much. Time to read what all of you say. I know I'll need help. Loved this whole 18 episode series. Thanks Showtime and David Lynch.

I was so upset that I didn't notice this anticipation thread. Just found out DD's been canceled. The show grabbed my heart for some reason (Martin! with all the adorable "likes" and everything) and I'm truly sad as hell that it's only got two eps left to air on Tuesday night. I posted over on the last episode that aired thread before I saw this one. many tears

Damn. I know I've had to deal with some lousy health problems lately and I am in a weakened state....NOOOO!... Downward Dog is canceled and I am literally crying. The last two episodes will air Tuesday night. They are going to really try and find a new home for DD, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. It's hard to believe how deeply I fell for that "trash dog". I'll never forget Martin (Ned). Still can't believe I'm crying.

Ahh! Heritage is the word I was looking for. Bad brain!

If anyone has already pointed out that Hawk dropped an Indian Head nickel out of his pocket that lead him to the toilet stall door, I apologize. It wasn't another dime with Hawk's pic on it. Maybe that's a connection or part of the connection to Hawk's ethnicity. He found a letter but we didn't get to see it, right? I thought I would hate this "return" of Twin Peaks. To be honest, I don't remember hardly any characters from the original and I know I need to do some research. I don't even know who Audrey is-or Diane. Kyle Maclachlan is killing it for me. I never knew he was this great of an actor. Still looking forward to seeing Agent Cooper, but dang, he is doing an amazing Dougie Jones. It's also kind of nice that I don't expect anything in any given hour. When I do get something, like his boss ( Hello Don Murray!) finding some deep meaning out of Dougie's obviously more than doodles on the case files, I feel like I've been given a little pay-off for hanging in there.

Sorry to say that I have only liked one episode so far. The one where Gloria went to California. Wasn't that the one that told the sci-fi story written by her step-father? Too lazy to look. That little creature always saying "I can help." About the only thing that would save this season for me, a little bit, is if Gloria turned out to be a space alien-because she can help! Not being serious.