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Do we know if the engineer Brendan is based on a real person? I've been taking a deep dive into the Theranos scandal and I cannot get enough of it. Looking forward to the next episode! This show is great.

Quick thoughts: Watched the movie on Disney+ and really, really enjoyed it. I have watched most of the MCU movies and all of the Disney+ streaming shows, and I'm embarrassed to say I never heard of Red Guardian or Yelena. But I really liked those characters in Black Widow and look forward to seeing more of them in other features. Black Widow/Natasha was always one of my favorite MCU characters. I'm still bothered by the fact that she's dead, LOL. I know there were other issues at play that prevented a Black Widow movie from coming out years ago but it's a real shame a movie about Black Widow didn't come prior to Infinity War. Seems like a lost opportunity that this movie didn't quite make up for.

I watched Luke Cage and have mixed feelings. I loved the first half of season one, and that was mainly due to Mahershala Ali and what he did with the role he played (the name escapes me). Once his character left the show, the second half of season one was disappointing. Alfre Woodard's Mariah was an emotional mess and I couldn't figure out if she was to be pitied or feared (and I hated her pseudo-love interest). And the villain they introduced to replace Mahershala Ali was too cartoonish for the otherwise grounded Luke Cage. Mahershala Ali made that show for me. Bring on Blade! Then came season 2. I never finished season 2. Something was very off with season 2 and I just gave up on the show. I tried to watch Dare Devil and just couldn't get into it. I never even bothered with Iron Fist. I had always intended to watch Jessica Jones but never got around to it. I suppose it's pointless now.

I've seen both Hulk movies (Eric Bana and Edward Norton) and both left me cold. IMO you aren't missing anything. I consider myself a huge MCU fan and I can't get into the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Not sure what my issue is

I get that those inside the hex are unable to escape their television show counterparts unless they are "zapped" by Vision (Norm and Darcy). Yet when Monica was inside the hex (the first time) she was able to recall Pietro getting killed by Ultron? Does this happen to have anything to do with Monica in particular (her cells being generated, thus setting up a future storyline). I just don't see all of the Westview residents being prone to superpowers when they presumably leave the hex.

I love this show (truly, trying to get my brother to watch it) but I did not love this episode. I'm frustrated. Maybe if I read the books I would have a different feeling about this series. My jumbled thoughts: I had to eyeroll Mrs. Coulter, yet again besting a foe. These witches seem ineffective. All this buildup of Will finding his father and we get a 5-minute reunion that's cut short. Mrs. Coulter kidnapping Lyra in a suitcase. Lee Scoresby's death was the only event that affected me. The return of Asriel left me indifferent. I will of course watch Season 3 but I figure it'll be another year before the show returns.

That actually makes a lot more sense! She's now able to finally let go. I hadn't thought of it that way.

Wonder Woman 3 being fast-tracked: ‘Wonder Woman 3’ Is Happening; Patty Jenkins & Gal Gadot Returning – Deadline ETA: Apparently I forgot how to post a link.

I didn't like this movie. Many people have commented on things I agree with. I will add that for me, I disliked that once again I had to see Diana and Steve part ways. It was repetitive and unnecessary since a similar scene (yet under different circumstances) occurred in the first movie. I also had a visceral reaction to Diana saying (in 1984) that the world "is already a beautiful place." I was only 9 in 1984 but looking back things weren't that beautiful in the US or the world. I wish that line could have been re-worded altogether so that Diana could make her point.

I don't have much commentary to add that differs from what others have said. I'm enjoying reading these comments. I thought the finale was incredible and the ending was perfect. Grogu had to leave with a Jedi, and what better Jedi to leave with than Luke? Although as I was watching the scene when the Jedi entered, I thought for a moment it was Ezra. But I knew it was Luke the minute I saw the black glove. I don't believe this is the end of Grogu on this series. I love that little guy and in Season 1 he was the hook for me getting into this show. But I'm looking forward to getting deeper into the mythos of Mandalore and hope we see more Djin's interactions with Bo-Katan, as well as the armorer and other members of The Watch. I half-expect Grogu to return a little older, a bit taller and able to talk. Grade-school aged or teenager Grogu?? They kept Moff Gideon alive for a reason. Thrawn perhaps? Lastly, the MUSIC/SCORE gave me all the feels. This series gave me a feeling that the prequels and the sequels didn't do for me.

I kept waiting for Meg to acknowledge her child with Angus, and then realized they conveniently left that out. This Meg exhausted me. At times I pitied her, other times I found her annoying and I blamed her for her own misfortune. I'm not sure how accurate this portrayal of Meg was to the real Queen Margaret, but from what I read she had poor taste in men.

I read an interview the producers gave last year about the riots in England targeting foreigners and how they were "looking forward" to bringing that story to life. I was actually dreading this episode, but heavily relieved Oveido and Lina survived!

I'm hoping Starz doesn't do a retread of The Other Boleyn Girl. There were so many *extreme* historical inaccuracies in that movie. I read that Starz is coming out with a TV series on the early/teenage years of Elizabeth I that appears to have nothing to do with any of the Phillipa Gregory books. Thru that series we may get to see Catherine Parr. I don't know if this series means the end of the Phillipa Gregory adaptations. I hope not. They are trashy, inaccurate but addictive. I would like to see the adaptation on Lady Jane Grey and the teenage and later years of Mary I.

Thomas More blends in with another dark-haired courtier for me. I'm only reminded that its Thomas More during his scenes with Maggie. I only remember that Wolsey wears the hat/cap covering his ears. I never know if Wolsey was really eeeeevil or not. I liked the Sam Neill version of Wolsey from The Tudors and I *think* we were supposed to dislike him. I often think the guy with the eye patch is Charles Brandon (based on how friendly he is with Henry), and then I remind myself that is Stafford. I then I remember The Tudors and that Stafford was very different.

I very recently, by chance, came upon a documentary on YouTube about Queen Margaret so the developments in her story that aired on Sunday were not surprising. I felt so bad for her but also felt she was being incredibly stupid. But maybe the Spanish Princess version of Margaret was being stupid, and the real Queen Margaret was just . . . misguided??? I still can't believe that's the young child actress from the Narnia movies! I loathed Katherine blaming Lina for repeating rumors about Henry (despite Katherine's insistence that she repeat them to her). There were so many layers to that scene and it made my blood boil! And what's with the pseudo-attraction/romanticism that's being applied to Maggie Pole and Thomas More??? Are the Phillipa Gregory books the Spanish Princess is based on the Constant Princess, The Kingmaker's Curse and 3 Sisters, 3 Queens?