Even further back in time, Alicia Witt played the tiny sister of Kyle McLaughlin, Alia Atreides, in Dune, the one who called out the bad guy at the end of the movie. She was very scary then ... She did a nice turn as a predatory single woman in Two Weeks Notice, too.
I particularly liked the quirk in Reese's smile when Zoe suggested that they stay another night to "play poker." He was always so sad. It's nice to see the character lightening up a bit, developing a life, friendships, reasons to keep living. This show just keeps getting better, and it started out higher than most in the first place.
Some CBS shows are not eve available on the CBS web site. This is one of them. They said it is something about contracts. I think it is stupid; it cuts the viewership. But no one asked my opinion.
Danny would not have an affair. He adores his wife, and his father would clock him. Verbally. So would his sister, his grandpa, and his wife. The idea reminds me of something I read that Paul Newman said about his wife, back in the late '60's. Newman said, "Why go out for hamburger, when you have steak at home?" Danny's marriage strikes me as that kind of relationship.
As I have zero interest in either the Catholic Church or the voodoo religion, I appreciated the peripatetic way this episode ricocheted around amongst the various stories. Otherwise, I would have been bored. The only one which really caught my interest was Jamie's.
I agree it was horrible to see the gorgeous Ken Howard looking like that! I suppose old friends would say the same of me, if they saw me. My mother had Alzheimer's, and forgot everyone she knew after she was a teenager. It is an obscene condition. If it is indeed the policy of NYC hospitals not to look into where these folks belong, it is a disgrace. They turn into prey.
I did not like the partner of the episode at all. She was actually rather presumptuous and rude to Danny. That would NOT be a good start, if she was supposed to stick around. I read about the revolving group of partners to come, too. Good. Don't bring this one back.
Danny would not have an affair. He adores his wife, and his father would clock him. Verbally. So would his sister, his grandpa, and his wife. The idea reminds me of something I read that Paul Newman said about his wife, back in the late '60's. Newman said, "Why go out for hamburger, when you have steak at home?" Danny's marriage strikes me as that kind of relationship.
As I have zero interest in either the Catholic Church or the voodoo religion, I appreciated the peripatetic way this episode ricocheted around amongst the various stories. Otherwise, I would have been bored. The only one which really caught my interest was Jamie's.
Finch wasn't being stingy. The dog ate them off before Reese picked that one up. That's why he said that he wouldn't patronize that doughnut place again if he were Finch. Because dog saliva is not tasty.
Looking even further back, there was a successful string of spin-offs from The Beverly Hillbillies, including Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. Maybe more, but those two, for sure. Mr. Drucker was the principal actor rotating between the three, with his store.
Happy Days spawned Mork and Mindy, and an unsuccessful spin-off with Nancy Walker. Maybe more. Those spring to mind.
I did not like NCIS LA the first two years, but with Deeks it has grown on me. I always kept watching for the wonderful Hetty. I'd be willing to give another spin-off a chance, but like everyone else, I say the casting must be superb. The Criminal Minds spin-off reeked, and I like Janeanne Garafalo.
I do not have satellite or cable television. I know Craig Bierko, but I've never heard of the other actor you mention. I expect I am not the only viewer who cannot identify the villain by the cost/fame of the guest actor playing him or her. There are now more actors I do not recognize than those I do, even with their previous experience ... And as you say, it is CBS, a network long noted for its older, more settled viewers. They laughed at it for that when I myself was a kid ... So, I see no reason why the show must be as complex as a British version which I have also never seen, or as complex as Monk. This one is what it is. I'm still evaluating ...
I have not watched this show since the middle of last year, or earlier. I believe I said that they not only jumped the shark, they jumped a school of every known species of shark. And once jumped, sharks can't be unjumped. I did see the first episode this year, because nothing else was on, and I happened to be home. But I do read the reviews, and the comments, religiously.
I am glad Daisy is gone. I wish she had taken Sweets with her. I have always liked Fisher, but I also prefer Wendell, now that Mr. Nigel-Murray is dead. Of them all, I preferred Zack. I love Caroline, and Hodgins, and Angela. Booth and Brennan both have become too annoying to watch. I will not even watch the clips on your "upcoming" pages any more. The southern squintern is still played as a clown.
So, no. You aren't the only one unimpressed with this show. They should have ended it after season five.
This episode just made me laugh, all the way through. What a pleasure for a science fiction geek, a person who still remembers where she was when she saw the first episode of Star Trek on TV and knew the world just changed, a person brought up in an enclave of Canadians, a devotee of all things Joss Whedon ... This was wonderful.
The thing I liked absolutely the best was near the end, when Kate was explaining something about her past (I wasn't really listening to her, but that is what I think she was saying) to Castle. The look on his face while he listened to her and looked at her was brilliant. It said that there was nowhere in the world he would rather be right then, than there, listening to the woman he loved expose her private life to him. Spectacular!
Yes, I kind of DID think that Maxine had figured out that Reese is "the man in the suit".
The funniest moment of the show for me was when Finch hid in the closet, looked around himself, and found he was standing in an armory. The wide-eyed look of horror was hysterical. He usesd his soldier of fortune, but is surprised at the tools of his trade? Hysterical! So is his pampering of the dog.
Not enough Jake. Not enough Berta. I may have missed it, but I thought that Alan thought that Rose might have killed Charlie. But he does not seem to have mentioned it in the recent episodes .... I think she is crazy enough to have done it.
The look on Mayim/Amy's face when she delivered that line was what cracked me up. It was perfect.
The only reason Sheldon and Leonard continue to live together is as a setup for the show. Both of them make enough money to live alone, even in Pasadena. Remember when Sheldon loaned Penny money? He had all those uncashed paychecks in his desk, and he has cash squirreled away all over the apartment. No one in his or her right mind would live with Sheldon. He is a nightmare. For a while, he appeared to be growing, but he seems to have come to a screeching halt again. Tiresome.
I hope Lance catches a cold and goes away permanently. But given his sad attachment to Booth and Brennan, I expect they will have to remove him from their house with dynamite.
Cyndi Lauper, on the other hand, I could not be happier! I have been wishing that she would reappear on this show. I loved her character.
Humans eating placentas is not all that unusual. My best friend kept the placenta from the (home) birth of her second child, and ate it later. They are chock full of excellent nutrients, which is one reason why female animals often eat them after giving birth. She was trying to heal her daughter. It is an unusual use, but not unheard of. There is actually a market for placentas.
I also do not agree that Espo, Ryan, and Lanie did not believe in his guilt. I think that they did. And I think that Kate lied when she said that she did not doubt him. She did. Still, it was a pretty good episode. Not as good as I thought at first viewing, though.
And Kate does have a bullet scar from her shooting. It is right in between her breasts.
I just watched this again, twice, and I noticed that the final scene setup was ridiculous. There is no way that 3XK could anticipate that Castle and Beckett would get to that bridge just as it was being raised for a boat, that they would be first in line at the bridge, and that he would manage to be right behind them. Also, while bullet-proof regular clothing has been created, it is stupid to assume that Beckett and Castle would not shoot him in the head. I would. (I realize that it is against Standards and Practices rules to actively shoot someone in the face on TV. It is only allowed if you come upon the dead body later. But, still ...) This no doubt made it very dramatic, but it is still outside the normal bounds of suspension of disbelief for this show. I LOVE this show, but this scenario is ridiculous.
I also do not agree that Espo, Ryan, and Lanie did not believe in his guilt. I think that they did. And I think that Kate lied when she said that she did not doubt him. She did. Still, it was a pretty good episode. Not as good as I thought at first viewing, though.
And Kate does have a bullet scar from her shooting. It is right in between her breasts.
He has always been able to shoot like that. In one episode, he and Kate were at the shooting range, and they had a bet on whether she could teach him to shoot well enough to win, and he screwed up a shot or two and then nailed the target fast with the remaining shots. Her face was priceless.
There is also the episode where they captured the man who eventually killed Roy Montgomery. He shot the gun out of his hand, or something like that, and his comment linked it back to Firefly ... "I was aiming for his head." But his previous shooting at that range made it clear he is a dead shot. Of COURSE he is! Considering everything else he has learned for his writing, that would have been one of the very first things he mastered.
It was made clear early in the series that Gibbs wants to use hand tools to do his wood-working, not power tools. He would never accept, nor ever use, all of the power tools Eutro listed. He was protecting someone or other at his house one time, and that person was helping him work on his boat, and started sanding or scraping the wrong way, against the grain of the wood. Gibbs stopped them, and gave them a small lecture on hand work. He will always do it by hand.
I got home too late to see the whole episode, and haven't caught it today on the internet yet, so I can't comment on that. But the hand tools are very much a part of the character of Gibbs. He puts in the work at everything he does; he does not take the easy way out.
I agree with Margaret. That child is a living doll. And he is not over-exposed, as he's not a regularly-working actor, and when he's there, his mom is with him. Excellent!
I loved Rossi's remark to Reid about the high pitch of his IQ.
I remember this actress from a Castle she did, playing the ex-wife of an amnesiac. She was eerily nuts here. I guess I have gotten callous over the decades. Nothing they have done on this show has ever bothered me as much as the scene in Dirty Harry where he tortured Andrew Robinson's character, and Robinson squealed like a pig. But this was crazy nasty. She didn't do it to get off; she was nuts. Nuts unnerves me more. (It was ten years before I could watch Andrew Robinson again, and seeing him still gives me pause.)
My favorite singer is and always has been Dean Martin; I have thirty or forty of his albums on vinyl. I have two of Sinatra's because I liked the songs, not the singer. Actually, I always thought the Rat Pack was kind of slimy. Playing with and for the Mafia may make for great entertainment, but those people are and always were vermin, not heroes. I've never seen any of he movies or shows which glorify the Mafia.
The songs, though, are great. There are so many wonderful Dean Martin songs that I cannot pick just one.
Morgan regards Hodges as her best friend; she said so last week. She has always had an eye on Greg. Now, she is beginning a move on him, too.
Oh, yes, I have a great deal more to say, but there is a cat on my lap, and it is murder trying to type around him.
For one thing, it is logical for Reid to look into genetics regarding his migraines, as his mother has mental health issues, and he fears schizophrenia himself.
For another thing, Reid has shown in the past that he would like to keep his private life private.
Reid would not necessarily have lied about her being a geneticist. She certainly had an immediate handle on a great deal of information about that field, when questioned.
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Person of Interest Review: Welcome to Suburbia
I particularly liked the quirk in Reese's smile when Zoe suggested that they stay another night to "play poker." He was always so sad. It's nice to see the character lightening up a bit, developing a life, friendships, reasons to keep living. This show just keeps getting better, and it started out higher than most in the first place.
Some CBS shows are not eve available on the CBS web site. This is one of them. They said it is something about contracts. I think it is stupid; it cuts the viewership. But no one asked my opinion.
Blue Bloods Review: Evil Comes Home
Danny would not have an affair. He adores his wife, and his father would clock him. Verbally. So would his sister, his grandpa, and his wife. The idea reminds me of something I read that Paul Newman said about his wife, back in the late '60's. Newman said, "Why go out for hamburger, when you have steak at home?" Danny's marriage strikes me as that kind of relationship.
As I have zero interest in either the Catholic Church or the voodoo religion, I appreciated the peripatetic way this episode ricocheted around amongst the various stories. Otherwise, I would have been bored. The only one which really caught my interest was Jamie's.
Blue Bloods Review: Evil Comes Home
I did not like the partner of the episode at all. She was actually rather presumptuous and rude to Danny. That would NOT be a good start, if she was supposed to stick around. I read about the revolving group of partners to come, too. Good. Don't bring this one back.
Danny would not have an affair. He adores his wife, and his father would clock him. Verbally. So would his sister, his grandpa, and his wife. The idea reminds me of something I read that Paul Newman said about his wife, back in the late '60's. Newman said, "Why go out for hamburger, when you have steak at home?" Danny's marriage strikes me as that kind of relationship.
As I have zero interest in either the Catholic Church or the voodoo religion, I appreciated the peripatetic way this episode ricocheted around amongst the various stories. Otherwise, I would have been bored. The only one which really caught my interest was Jamie's.
Person of Interest Review: Welcome to Suburbia
NCIS: Los Angeles Spinoff: Coming to CBS!
Happy Days spawned Mork and Mindy, and an unsuccessful spin-off with Nancy Walker. Maybe more. Those spring to mind.
I did not like NCIS LA the first two years, but with Deeks it has grown on me. I always kept watching for the wonderful Hetty. I'd be willing to give another spin-off a chance, but like everyone else, I say the casting must be superb. The Criminal Minds spin-off reeked, and I like Janeanne Garafalo.
Bones Review: A Swing and A Miss
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Elementary Round Table: "Lesser Evils"
Bones Review: A Swing and A Miss
I am glad Daisy is gone. I wish she had taken Sweets with her. I have always liked Fisher, but I also prefer Wendell, now that Mr. Nigel-Murray is dead. Of them all, I preferred Zack. I love Caroline, and Hodgins, and Angela. Booth and Brennan both have become too annoying to watch. I will not even watch the clips on your "upcoming" pages any more. The southern squintern is still played as a clown.
So, no. You aren't the only one unimpressed with this show. They should have ended it after season five.
Castle Review: May Fortune Guide Your Journey
The thing I liked absolutely the best was near the end, when Kate was explaining something about her past (I wasn't really listening to her, but that is what I think she was saying) to Castle. The look on his face while he listened to her and looked at her was brilliant. It said that there was nowhere in the world he would rather be right then, than there, listening to the woman he loved expose her private life to him. Spectacular!
Person of Interest Review: Date Night
Person of Interest Review: Date Night
The funniest moment of the show for me was when Finch hid in the closet, looked around himself, and found he was standing in an armory. The wide-eyed look of horror was hysterical. He usesd his soldier of fortune, but is surprised at the tools of his trade? Hysterical! So is his pampering of the dog.
Two and a Half Men Review: Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
The Big Bang Theory Review: Like a Black Hole
The only reason Sheldon and Leonard continue to live together is as a setup for the show. Both of them make enough money to live alone, even in Pasadena. Remember when Sheldon loaned Penny money? He had all those uncashed paychecks in his desk, and he has cash squirreled away all over the apartment. No one in his or her right mind would live with Sheldon. He is a nightmare. For a while, he appeared to be growing, but he seems to have come to a screeching halt again. Tiresome.
Bones Spoilers: Pelant's Return, Honoring 9/11 & More
Cyndi Lauper, on the other hand, I could not be happier! I have been wishing that she would reappear on this show. I loved her character.
Criminal Minds Review: One Twisted Momma
Castle Round Table: "Probable Cause"
I also do not agree that Espo, Ryan, and Lanie did not believe in his guilt. I think that they did. And I think that Kate lied when she said that she did not doubt him. She did. Still, it was a pretty good episode. Not as good as I thought at first viewing, though.
And Kate does have a bullet scar from her shooting. It is right in between her breasts.
Castle Round Table: "Probable Cause"
I also do not agree that Espo, Ryan, and Lanie did not believe in his guilt. I think that they did. And I think that Kate lied when she said that she did not doubt him. She did. Still, it was a pretty good episode. Not as good as I thought at first viewing, though.
And Kate does have a bullet scar from her shooting. It is right in between her breasts.
Castle Round Table: "Probable Cause"
There is also the episode where they captured the man who eventually killed Roy Montgomery. He shot the gun out of his hand, or something like that, and his comment linked it back to Firefly ... "I was aiming for his head." But his previous shooting at that range made it clear he is a dead shot. Of COURSE he is! Considering everything else he has learned for his writing, that would have been one of the very first things he mastered.
NCIS Review: Medal of Honor and a Ferrari
I got home too late to see the whole episode, and haven't caught it today on the internet yet, so I can't comment on that. But the hand tools are very much a part of the character of Gibbs. He puts in the work at everything he does; he does not take the easy way out.
Criminal Minds Review: One Twisted Momma
I loved Rossi's remark to Reid about the high pitch of his IQ.
I remember this actress from a Castle she did, playing the ex-wife of an amnesiac. She was eerily nuts here. I guess I have gotten callous over the decades. Nothing they have done on this show has ever bothered me as much as the scene in Dirty Harry where he tortured Andrew Robinson's character, and Robinson squealed like a pig. But this was crazy nasty. She didn't do it to get off; she was nuts. Nuts unnerves me more. (It was ten years before I could watch Andrew Robinson again, and seeing him still gives me pause.)
Darby Stanchfield to Reprise Role on Castle
Of course, that will not happen....
CSI Review: Striking a Chord
The songs, though, are great. There are so many wonderful Dean Martin songs that I cannot pick just one.
Morgan regards Hodges as her best friend; she said so last week. She has always had an eye on Greg. Now, she is beginning a move on him, too.
Criminal Minds Review: The Leg Whisperer
For one thing, it is logical for Reid to look into genetics regarding his migraines, as his mother has mental health issues, and he fears schizophrenia himself.
For another thing, Reid has shown in the past that he would like to keep his private life private.
But, I think he likes her.
Criminal Minds Review: The Leg Whisperer
NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Freaks, Geeks and Deeks
It was telling that Kenzie was thinking of Deaks whilst in her morning shower, though.