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In article <UBI20240525@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

>I watched:
>
>THE UNXPLAINED:
>"Mysterious Earth".
>
>THE UNXPLAINED:
>"Venus: Earth's Evil Twin".
>
>What did you watch?

Night Court - "The Best Dan" - 03/26/2024 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Tuesday) 
: Roz finds herself in court after her wedding venue falls through, 
prompting Abby to offer up the courthouse for the big day. Dan strikes 
up a connection with a wedding guest who has ties to his past, only to 
realize that his reputation precedes him. Abby and Jake set rules to 
keep their relationship casual. Gurgs suspects foul play and enlists 
Olivia, Wyatt and Flobert to investigate.

The guy playing Jake looks kinda familiar to me. 

I liked the courtroom wedding, too, that was lovely :). Dan and Roz are 
a lot of fun together indeed. Dan's memories about his history with 
Christine were touching, too. 

Abby and Jake are cute. I feel Jake has a bit of a resemblance to her 
fiance from the first season in some ways, but they do have a fun 
chemistry and play off each other well. I'm glad they're planning to 
get a litlte more serious. 

Wyatt's ranting about his divorce was funny. And sad. But mostly funny 
:p. 

And ooh, yes, that ending indeed! Would be interested to see where 
they'd go with that in a season three. 

9-1-1 - "Ashes, Ashes" - The 118 are presented with the Medal of Valor 
for their work on the cruise ship rescue. Hen and Karen encounter an 
unforeseen hurdle in their foster care journey. Eddie's emotional 
affair develops further.

So the thing is, that was a pretty good hour of television. But it just 
didn't feel like 9-1-1.

First of all, too relentlessly depressing. What really attracted me to 
this show in the first place over all the host of other 
firefighter/medical shows on television was the lighter tone, the great 
comedy punctuated by the profound and dramatic moments, which were made 
all the better by the juxtaposition. It wasn't a soap opera about the 
character's lives with their jobs as just a backdrop.

Second, absolutely no 9-1-1 calls this episode (unless you count the 
stupid slo-mo perfunctory fire set to, once again, a poor musical 
choice that had no impact, which I don't). Where are the 9-1-1 calls?

The acting was great as always.

The Eddie story wasn't actually as bad as I feared two episodes ago 
when this stupid plot started. And yes, I still think it's a stupid 
plot. It's completely rewriting history to try to make Shannon the love 
of Eddie's life as if they had some kind of epic saga going on. But 
really, this was about the best I could hope for — it turning into a 
way for Eddie to say goodbye — once we had Buck meet her and knew for 
sure she did, indeed, look exactly like Shannon and wasn't just some 
kind of delusion Eddie was having. But I feel like 9-1-1 of old 
wouldn't have gone for the cheap drama of having Marisol and especially 
Christopher walk in on them. Ugh. Not looking forward to where this now 
has to go next. That moment would have been right at home on a daytime 
soap.

Apparently in the rewriting department we also seem to be conveniently 
forgetting that Bobby has special blood needed to save thousands of 
children, which is why he really decided he wasn't allowed to commit 
suicide after saving 148 people. So he accepted he was going to have to 
live and made himself a life and chose to live it, instead of just 
exist. I know mental health isn't linear, but just like with Eddie's 
plot, this feels like we're moving backwards with the character. Bobby 
better not damn well retire — or die of a heart attack (though I don't 
think he will). Honestly, the only person I'd really be worried about 
them killing off is Tommy, since Buck seems to actually be happy, and 
the show doesn't seem to want any of the characters to carve out even a 
moment of happiness. Though one more dead "love-of-my-life" and I think 
I might scream.

Hated Hen's plot. Hated it. The evil, delusional, omnipotent politician 
story is completely off the rails for this show and seems like cheap 
drama, again. It was proven that Hen was not responsible for her son's 
death after the car crash and the mother would know it. And if she's 
not a deranged psycho, this plot just doesn't happen. Too soap opera by 
far and once again it seems entirely off-brand for 9-1-1. The last time 
Hen and Karen lost an adoption (another plot retread, hmmm) it was 
because the mother got herself together and wanted the child back. 
Heartbreaking, but also completely realistic. Not this far-fetched 
revenge nonsense.

I liked that Buck confronted Eddie, but even that conversation seemed a 
little off, just like Athena and Bobby.

I think Amir is going to end up being a misdirect as we contemplate who 
set the fire (though it was so thorough that it sure looked like 
someone certainly did). I wonder if it's going to tie back to Harry and 
his seeming acting out from the beginning of the season (not that he 
set the fire, but that he's gotten into some trouble that caused 
someone else to).

I'm disappointed in this season so far, and I think the reason is that 
ABC seems to have turned this show into just another primetime drama. 
But there's a reason I don't watch most of those. I think the writers 
and all of the other powers that be need to watch some back episodes 
and get back in touch with what made this show unique and special so 
they can start over next season.

I can't say there are many episodes this season that I would enjoy 
rewatching. Many more episodes like this, which was too deep a dive 
into the drama pool without enough comedy and action to balance it out 
and I don't know how long I'll stick around. They've got some of the 
best characters on television with one of the most talented casts. I 
hope they can right the ship.