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I immediately thought of the same article (or maybe it's just a similar one on a chef working in an exclusive high-rise restaurant that's usually empty) from the NYT a few months back. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/nyregion/condo-tower-restaurants.html

Hollywood Reporter review is a pan. Anyone know what the twist is? ‘Suits LA’ Review: Stephen Amell Flounders in NBC’s Tonally Confused, Narratively Jumbled Legal Drama‘ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/suits-la-review-stephen-amell-nbc-1236142299/ "When I say the pilot is bad, I don’t just mean on the usual grounds, like bland dialogue or underwritten characters. I mean it’s misguided in respects that make you wonder how any of this came to be. Its single most laughable choice is a high-key bonkers, low-key offensive twist that I am forbidden to reveal here. But there’s plenty of stuff I can talk about that doesn’t work, either."

They've been establishing Elsbeth having a thing for firemen (or them for her?) all season (if not longer). The one in episode 2 The one in the Christmas episode. From TVLine's interview with Carrie Preston last week: TVLINE | Even though there was tons of physical comedy for you in this episode, which was delightful, no moment made me laugh more than when Angus revealed that he’s a fireman. [Laughs] I know. TVLINE | What was your reaction when you first saw that in the script? It was the most perfect way to end the episode, because here we are, thinking that this guy is so different from any of these other guys that keep coming onto her, and it turns out, that’s really how he makes his living, on top of being a musician. [Laughs] So, yeah, I just thought it was perfect, and in a way, it was surprise, but no surprise for Elsbeth. TVLINE | Is she going to give firemen a second chance now? Because it seemed like she was really writing them all off. I think she’s just used to guys like that coming after her for maybe superficial reasons, and then this was definitely not superficial. This was a real connection with somebody who flew all the way across the world to meet her in-person. So I don’t think she’s going to suddenly take firemen seriously now any more than she did before.

Wow. I really only watched this for lack of anything else, even though I really haven't enjoyed it in a while and my comments last season were pretty negative...but that was actually really funny? And made me laugh out loud multiple times? What is happening? But yeah, that was hilarious. It feels a bit broader than before, but it actually worked and everything was clicking. The opening fake out, the hospital scene, whole cafeteria sequence, the final courtroom sequence. I really and without reservation enjoyed that. I don't quite know how I feel about that. But yeah, Flobert makes no sense. Kind of just have to roll with it.

I just checked a few transcripts of the first episode and don't see that?

I actually wondered if that wasn't a lie she told Lilia just to get her to come (just like she was lying about the road in the first place). She was intending to kill Lilia/Jen/Alice all along, so it doesn't make sense that she would tell Lilia not to blast her and she would be fine if she needed Lilia to blast her for the plan to work? Or was she really counting on Lilia to lose it when provoked (which she seemed to be attempting when she demanded to know if there were any real witches there, before Teen burst in to interrupt)?

I watched TBBT from start to finish but none of Young Sheldon. Was Meemaw always such a bitch to Mary on YS or was that just for this episode? For what it's worth, the audience reactions do seem to be real. According to a Deadline interview they toned down some of it.

I really wish the show were better, but it's just so mediocre. It's just a downer. I don't hate it, but also don't know why I'm still watching. The opening with Roz was so clunky and abrupt, like they had to cut off the opening scene in the office for time (but could have just had Frasier cover it in exposition at the start of the next scene before she arrived).

When Roz takes Eve and Olivia out for a girls' night, Frasier, Alan and Freddy are upset that they have to watch Eve's baby instead of meeting women. However, their evening changes when they realize that a baby just might be the perfect icebreaker.

Rusty is a d*ck, but I don't believe anyone would want to believe their children are equally likely to be guilty of murder as their spouse. Spouse is a much more automatic, and reassuring, assumption than child. For an egotist, thinking your spouse killed someone because of you is ego-feeding. Thinking your child could have done it simply exposes one's failures as a parent and a human being.

One reason the BBC and RTD announced she would be back is that the Daily Mail and others were claiming earlier this year that she'd been fired and replaced with the new companion (some were saying after only a few episodes), so the DM may need to be taken with several grains of salt. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12985585/Doctor-Millie-Gibson-dropped-one-series-replacement-revealed.html https://deadline.com/2024/01/doctor-who-millie-gibson-dropped-varada-sethu-joins-1235799043/

The answer has been reported and confirmed by RTD and the BBC.

Three Seasons of Bridgerton Culminate in One Ecstatic Line Reading

Hasn't it been widely covered that none of the clothes on the show are really period accurate?

Also, as ever, Mr. Finch, I'll miss you most of all.