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From: shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-05 (Sunday)
Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 06:51:41 -0400
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On Tue, 7 May 2024 00:15:50 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 May 2024 11:34:46 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 6 May 2024 08:09:57 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On Cinco de Mayo, I watched:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>> 
>>>>> TRACKER  “Beyond the Campus Walls“
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Big stupid abounds.  Sister texts tracker where and when for their dinner
>>>>> and gets a confirmation reply from him and yet because he’s busy sitting in
>>>>> his trailer waiting to hear about a clue he manages to completely forget
>>>>> about it.
>>>> 
>>>> Just shows how he ignores everything not involving his work.
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I would feel better about it if he had not texted her back a confirmation.
>>> 
>> 
>> Agreed. 
>> 
>>>>> The big bad who telegraphed himself in the very first scene at the college
>>>>> doesn’t want to kill the missing kid, but the little bad does so the big
>>>>> bad murders the little bad in cold blood to keep from having to kill
>>>>> anybody and then drags the kid away because I have no fucking idea what his
>>>>> plan was.
>>>> 
>>>> At that point I don't think he was thinking clearly. Not sure he ever
>>>> was.
>>> 
>>> Fair point.  He’s got a pretty good argument that he saved the kidnap
>>> victim and tracker shot him for no good reason.
>>> 
>>> You have to wonder how they prosecute any of these cases when trackers gone
>>> by nightfall.
>> 
>> True. Given that often the only actual evidence of the criminal acts
>> would be the testimony  by the Tracker.
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Siblings talk about their mother, but go back-and-forth between past and
>>>>> present tense Like they aren’t sure if she’s alive or not, but apparently
>>>>> they are both sure the other brother is alive so we’ll get more family
>>>>> drama, which is the worst part of the show.
>>>> 
>>>> Agreed. I'm not clear on if the mother is alive or not after that
>>>> convo. Perhaps the writers aren't sure so they intentionally left it
>>>> murky.
>>> 
>>> Didn’t we see the mother in the first episode? Wasn’t she the woman he
>>> visited that had the father‘s grave in her yard?
>> 
>> Yes, that's right. I had forgotten about seeing Wendy Crewson in one
>> of the episodes. So she must be alive but Tracker never sees her
>> because he never revisits with anyone.
>
>IMDB says she was in the pilot and the second episode where tracker had to
>rescue the guy being held by the cult. But I suspect she must’ve literally
>phoned in the second appearance. And that seems to be the end of it.
>
>
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> The black computer expert guy gets one unbelievably stupid scene where
>>>>> tracker gets the little bad’s cute wife to give up their password so they
>>>>> can send a text message to the big bad that says “I have the evidence meet
>>>>> me” but instead of just letting her send it they have the computer expert
>>>>> guy remotely forge her account and send it for her. Why?  And then they
>>>>> forget completely about her character at the end, even though she should be
>>>>> doing a long stretch in prison.
>>>> 
>>>> That felt like the computer guy needed to hit a certain number of
>>>> lines or screen time so they gave him that filler scene.
>>> 
>>> Yeah, I’m picturing the meeting where the one suit said to the other “we
>>> have to pay this guy anyway“
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> There’s another incredibly stupid scene where tracker asks the missing kid
>>>>> how he’s doing even though it’s the same evening and tells him he’s about
>>>>> to get good news and the kid gets an update from his mother about them
>>>>> putting the big bad away forever, even though this is like an hour later,
>>>>> and apparently the kid who is the witness and the only witness to the
>>>>> murder Hasn’t even been talking to the police. His mother has instead. What
>>>>> the hell?
>>>> 
>>>> Time works differently in the world of the TRACKER. So the mom can
>>>> know what is happening with the bad guy while still talking to the
>>>> Tracker and her son about what happened that day. She lives in the
>>>> future and the current day at the same time.
>>> 
>>> That would explain it.
>> 
>> 
>> It's the only way I could explain what was happening in that scene.
>> You have to wonder what the writer was thinking. Or are we in another
>> situation where we have multiple writers working on the same episode
>> AND not bothering to read over the other's work.
>
>That’s why they were striking for writers rooms.
>
>IMDb lists a written by guy and a staff writer as well in addition to the
>creator and the developer.
>
>Most of the episodes have one or two written by and one or two staff
>writers. But the writing credits get shorter with each episode!  They
>dumped the story editor after episode three.  I suspect the staff writer is
>there just to keep track of the ongoing storyline and the written by does
>the case of the week. Almost none of the written by people have done more
>than one episode.
>
>I would like to point out that one of the writers is a real cutie pie
>
>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2043307/mediaviewer/rm104070913?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
>

Agreed, but notice she only has one writing credit. I repeat, 1!!!
writing credit.

>>>> 
>>>> The greater Natalie Morales is still on GRAY'S ANATOMY and seems
>>>> likely to be there going into next season. As she's the main surgeon
>>>> on the show who works on kids in addition to Camilla Luddington's
>>>> character. Dub Dub is still awaiting Fred's call.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> No, dub dub ghosted me.
>> 
>> She's still waiting for you to find her and apologize for being male.
>> 
>
>Since she’s now switched teams and come out as gay I don’t know if she
>wants that apology more or less than before.
>
>And, yes, I blame myself.

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