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I occasionally read the forums as well but I haven't watched in a while mostly because I found Dre unbearable. I found it unbelievable, even in tv sitcom land, that Bow would tolerate his nonsense. I always felt like Bow was appeasing and tolerating him in many ways and she was fine with it cause she just thought that she could manage around him. Again, I haven't watched in a while, so was having another child the breaking point? What I found compelling about this was that Bow and Dre are dealing with a real and possibly fundamental change in their relationship that won’t be fixed in a 22-minute episode. You rarely see that in sitcoms, but it's real. I might actually tune back in.

For the people who have been wondering about the longevity of this premise, I apologize for doubting you. Maybe they know something we don't know, but I'm not seeing where this goes. I don't know what they are going for which is not promising for my continued viewing. I don't want them to reconcile as a couple. Not reconciling is the realistic thing to do. Maybe a few moments when one of them thinking let's give it a try, but that can't go on for years. So then what? I really like the actors - Jenna and Oliver, not the kid actors, although the youngest kid getting pleading the fifth wrong amused me.

Wow. Still not getting any better, maybe it's getting worse? I cringed at the scene acting like he was going to remember his late wife but it was actually about baseball. Just awful. That was an easy line to throw in about her and they still couldn't acknowledge the wife (even without acknowledging the actress). Tells me a lot about them. I catch old King of Queens episodes and I just think how badly this show misses the mark. Even if they brought back the entire KOQ cast, I don't think they could recapture the magic. Given the nostalgia tv happening with Will and Grace, Roseanne, Murphy Brown, I bet they are kicking themselves about not rebooting the King of Queens.

Sigh. I was really hoping they would surprise us and Nick would propose anyway despite Jess doing the whole "we don't need to be married" since he's shown such "growth" in the about three years, but nope. It actually would have been a perfect time...we don't "need" to be married but I can't imagine not being married to you or some other stuff. But let's drag this nonsense out. Come on show! As per usual, I enjoyed everything about it, except Nick and Jess. CeCe/Schmidt worked, their daughter adorable and funny. Winston/Aly worked and they were funny. Even Russell worked although I didn't need to see him again in the show. I'm with @Snapdragon if there's no proposal next episode, it'll be SO annoying.

That's the episode. Monica was pointing out that they ran in completely different circles in high school even though they stayed friendly throughout it. Well, I'm assuming they stayed friendly enough. Those HS flashbacks scenes seemed to show that they still hung out together. I also think the Gellars were well-off. Maybe not as rich as the Greenes but doing very well. Mr. Gellar especially struck me as being careful with money, while Rachel's dad seemed to spend more freely. Long Island, like any part of a city, has areas that are more expensive than others. Not necessarily a sign of big money but it could be an indication of such.

After talking about how the actors mostly appear to be regular looking people, the next episode has Owain Yeoman who was in the Mentalist and Turn (playing Benedict Arnold) and I find him so very attractive. He was especially hot here. Woo! He's probably the man I've found the most attractive so far in the series, and that includes the episodes with Orlando Bloom (yawn, he was dull and not cute in the least) and Henry Cavill (who was totally unrecognizable to me. This was the man who made my knees buckle when I saw him in The Tudors, but not since).

One thing that really disturbs me ironically isn't the murders, it's the way they show people kiss on the show! Have none of them every kissed a person before. IT's some frantic, weird lip crushing, face smashing against each other thing. Just finished watching Series 8, Episode 1 "Things That Go Bump in the Night" and one of the flashback scenes is the murder victims wife frenetically making out with some old guy. Did I really need to see his bare butt? No, I did not, but thanks for that show! Seriously I hope they hired someone to work on those "romantic" scenes! I do appreciate that the actors look like “real” people, in that they aren’t all glammed up and they aren’t all the most gorgeous people in the world. They are regular looking people.

Agree

@Lemons The story is from 2014 - https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/nyregion/separate-entryways-for-new-york-condo-buyers-and-renters-create-an-affordable-housing-dilemma.html It does look like these "poor doors" have since been banned, at least, in NYC but I have little faith in building developers and their ability to find yet another level of unethical behavior. The article is still worth a read though.

Seriously? Wow! I've not read the books, I don't know that I'd be able to get through them with that. Some of the things that he said were insanely sexist, ageist, homophobic or any combination of these.

Sadly, that is really something that is true is some buildings. I don't know if it happens outside of NYC which is where I first heard of it occurring. I wonder if the bad publicity was enough to get them change policies. I was shocked, but sadly, not surprised when I saw the story in the New York Times (I would try to link but the Times is only allowing 5 free articles a month now so if anyone is inclined to read Times articles, I don't want to blow their limit with an old link.) What's even worse is that this is happening and will continue to happen in more expensive metro areas. Developers get such lucrative incentives and tax credits to offer "low income" units in high-value areas, however, there's no rule to say that you have to treat residents equally after they live there.

Exactly! What home? What estate? If he had sold it, Blanche was definitely trespassing. Didn;t Big Daddy (gag) show up with some new young wife? What happened to her? Where did she go? Love this show but wow it seemed like they just ignored any form of continuity. It seems that it is just left to the fans of the show to be aggravated over the inconsistencies. Argh!

Series 7 Episode 2 - "Bad Tidings" - I got through the one where we are introduced to DS Scott. Focused on Cully and her friends from I guess high school and her desire to reconnect with them even though she hasn't seen nor talked to any of them since literally the day they graduated. I thought that was bizarre but I understand the sentiment. It seems that Cully doesn't have a lot going on in her life. Her acting has trickled to nothing, she's working (volunteering?) at some mobile library. I can see her being interested in going back to the beginning with her friends. What I can't understand is how big the county (is that the right term) of Midsomer even is? How did she lose touch with these friends? She still goes to her parents' house and seemed to live there up until recently. No one of the friends had moved, so how was it that she was just finding them now? These villages seem shockingly small - I'm a city girl through and through! I can appreciate the quiet of the country but only for a weekend! How would they not have bumped into each other in "town" or in the "village"? Besides, I'd be terrified of being murdered at this point and they are shockingly lacking in even a whiff of color of any kind (aka diversity). I read that eventually became an issue but we are still in Series 7. DS Troy got on my nerves a lot cause he was so judgemental but he did seem to improve over time. We shall see how DS Scott fares, I have no real impression of him yet. I was surprised that I figured out the "mystery" and who the murderer was as early as I did. That's never happened before!

Hey @Ina123 I think we are on the about the same watching schedule cause I just watched that one! I'll be happy to discuss these with you because NO ONE I KNOW WATCHES THIS SHOW! lol. I need some Midsomer to distract me from the world, despite the fact that there are a gazillion murders! I was tempted to google the population of Midsomer to figure out if there are even any people left after all the killing!

Blah. Daphne's mother was just terrible and she was in far too many episodes. Her mother was intrusive, offensive and obnoxious. I wish Daphne had told her annoying mother to shove it. Niles had the patience of a saint to put up with that woman. Any episode with Daphne's family, I consider a bad episode.

The recent posts have shown that we all miss the KOQ more than we enjoy this show. Hey, at least we still have the reruns to enjoy! I have tried and tried and then tried again with this show, it just hasn't found whatever it needs to be a good. They can not recreate the KOQ using this show as the basis, it won't work and it hasn't worked. I don't know if part of the problem for me is that I can't see Kevin James/Leah Remini as anything other than Doug and Carrie Hefferan. Whatever it is, something is missing, at least for me. I think the writers need to just stop trying to re-capture KOQ and truly embrace whatever this show is supposed to be when it grows up. I have realized that as much as I love/loved KOQ this ain't it and I need to bow out. I might check in occasionally to see if anything interesting happens, but I'm out my friends.

UGH! That episode was one of the WORST! That episode truly was a what the...are they thinking. Terrible episode. I'm still surprised at how badly these writers managed Charlotte as a love interest. I want to think that the Charlotte arc wasn't as strong because of the number of episodes, but Claire was only in a few episodes yet I believed in their relationship far more than Charlotte and Fraiser. They had no chemistry and while they are both excellent actors, they couldn't sell it. That was the most disappointing part of the last season. I also intensely dislike the Greek wedding one. I won't ever watch it. What a waste of the great Patti LuPone.

All these shows have the exact same look and feel and therefore they have gotten boring and repetitive. I saw the commercials for this and I rolled my eyes. I can't even list the common themes used here that run from show to show (super quick talking, sexual innuendo, the competitive rivalry, the win at all costs attitude for some). I don't think I can watch this one. Not compelling.

I mostly find Sheldon's treatment of his so-called friends to be appalling. He rarely does something thoughtful for any of them unless there's a benefit to him. Does he care for or even respect any of these people? With that said, I really can't understand why these people are friends with him at all. If Sheldon is such a chore to be around, well stop being around him! Sheesh. In the real world, Sheldon, at best, would have a few acquaintances. His behavior towards Amy has marginally improved but he's still an awful person. If Sheldon was interested in joining that club he would have looked into it himself, instead of insisting, as usual, that his whipping boy Leonard investigate.

I laughed so hard when Bonnie referred to Miranda as the elf on the shelf, it just cracked me up. I was so sad the Jill fell off the wagon. I can empathize with the idea that if you can eat half a cookie, why not just one drink...sadly that's not how their brains work as addicts.I'm not an alcoholic, but there are times when I say ok I'm only having 2 drinks at this event and end up having 4. Not quite along the same lines but I kinda get it. Who hasn't had the whole darn ice cream container? I don't necessarily have an issue with Christy doing the law school thing for another year, what I do have an issue with is her getting consideration from sitting there all day and getting the admissions director a restaurant reservation. That's not how any of this works, and it's frustrating to suggest that all they need to do is just meet you and they would change their minds about admitting you. This is LAW school. I have several lawyer friends (god help me!) and I have a friend who didn't get into the very prestigious law school everyone in the family had gone to for several generations (maybe it rhymes with Hale Law School).No amount of pleading and calling pledging a new library and possible, alleged donations changed that for her. She went somewhere else for law school. I'm just saying that scene irked me, but the show has been playing fast and loose with Christy and law school since it became a storyline. Miranda's whole process was nonsense from the get-go, but I think the pay-off for me was the role reversal between Bonnie and Wendy. Even if everything is back to normal next week, I will still enjoy "she's being so mean to me"!

Yeah, not sure what the put your hands in each other's pockets for this shot is supposed to be about and how did they agree to this?

I'm trying to finish out the series on Netflix. I hope BritBox doesn't pull it before then! I was so sad to have lost some of my other Brit shows to BritBox. I guess I'll have to watch it faster just in case! They used to show it on my local PBS channel but sadly that ended a few years ago.

Lucky! I'll have to see if we are getting them too but I doubt that we will for a while.

I haven't watched in a while but Daniel Kaluuya is one of my new favorites. His story about Oprah was delightful. He said "Oprah is premium", I believe it, plus she smells amazing. Believe that too. He was so good in Black Panther and he's been good in everything I've seen him in. Plus he's easy on the eye so that helps.

This line has stuck with me like no other line from a movie in a long time. I remember there was an audible response from the audience when he said it. It was a powerful statement. I'm still saying "Wakanda Forever" and giving my Wakanda salute. I went last night and went again today. It didn't need to be the best movie ever made in the history of movie making. None the less it was a fantastic movie and it was more than a movie to me and so many other people. I was almost in damn tears when I saw how MUCH it impacted the little boys and girls in the audience. The girls got to see women who were fierce as hell, smart, strong, and equal to the men. The boys got to see leaders who displayed strength and vulnerability. I was there for all of it. All of it. I'd love to see movies of just the women, they were that interesting. I'll be back for Black Panther 2, and I hate sequels!