S01.E01: Burnt Food

[aemom]

On 27/09/2017 at 3:14 PM, slasherboy said:

But what do they mean?  I heard him say those things, but did he really smell ice cream when it rained and did he really smell burnt food when his brother died?  Thanks for responding.

Autistic people often have a very heightened sense of smell.  There are times when my son will say something smells like something and it will take me a minute before I smell it. Most recently, it happened last week.

In this case, when Shaun was outside when it rained the day the bunny died, to him it actually smelled like ice cream. And the day his brother died, it smelled like burnt food to him. Other people might not have noticed the smells.

Edited January 5, 2018 by AEMom
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[slasherboy]

13 hours ago, AEMom said:

Autistic people often have a very heightened sense of smell.  There are times when my son will say something smells like something and it will take me a minute before I smell it. Most recently, it happened last week.

In this case, when Shaun was outside when it rained the day the bunny died, to him it actually smelled like ice cream. And the day his brother died, it smelled like burnt food to him. Other people might not have noticed the smells.

Thank you for your very informational response.  I didn't know that.  I have a very heightened sense of smell, but not to that degree.  I'm not autistic.

[jhlipton]

This actually sounds more like synesthesia. I wonder if it's more common in autistic people as well.

[slasherboy]

On 1/5/2018 at 1:02 PM, slasherboy said:

Thank you for your very informational response.  I didn't know that.  I have a very heightened sense of smell, but not to that degree.  I'm not autistic.

I'm quoting myself because it should read "informative" and not "informational".  I don't think that's even a word, is it?  I kinda like it.

[vavera4ka]

Got lost on YouTube yesterday as it often happens and saw this.

[kieyra]

We're doing a quarantine re-watch of House, and I was kinda "surely this showrunner has done something else by now". I had heard of this show but didn't know it was him.

But ... I'm a few episodes in (I know this is the pilot thread and I won't spoil) ... and this is one of those shows that is almost a total casting fail for me; the opposite of House where everyone was watchable. Apart from Freddie Highmore, everyone's just about lulling me to sleep. Even Richard Schiff ... I feel like he's reading me a bedtime story. Just their voices in general, it reminds me of Elementary, a show I did actually like, but everyone always spoke so calmly and softly. 

Maybe it's an audio mix issue? Either way I just keep checking out mentally. 

Quarantine brain probably doesn't help. 

[bros402]

On 5/6/2020 at 3:06 PM, kieyra said:

We're doing a quarantine re-watch of House, and I was kinda "surely this showrunner has done something else by now". I had heard of this show but didn't know it was him.

But ... I'm a few episodes in (I know this is the pilot thread and I won't spoil) ... and this is one of those shows that is almost a total casting fail for me; the opposite of House where everyone was watchable. Apart from Freddie Highmore, everyone's just about lulling me to sleep. Even Richard Schiff ... I feel like he's reading me a bedtime story. Just their voices in general, it reminds me of Elementary, a show I did actually like, but everyone always spoke so calmly and softly. 

Maybe it's an audio mix issue? Either way I just keep checking out mentally. 

Quarantine brain probably doesn't help. 

The other actors grow on you after a bit.