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On 5/3/2024 6:06 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 5/3/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> 
>> After a good workout, I watched:
>>
>> Have you seen BIRDEMIC??? (PART 1):
>> Birdemic Review - PART 2
>> https://youtu.be/m5cnlC_xmaQ?si=wwNUsk6FAGssKA5n
>> https://youtu.be/zyFOtVl68Qg?si=CeG7FcXeJq3Mp0F5
> 
> If they are talking about the original from 2010, I am aware it exists...
> 
>> What did you watch?
> 
> Another long workday, and I was so tired I went to bed early. So all I 
> got through was:
> 
> DOOL - Wed's ep. As predicted, Chanel is preggers, not radioactive - but 
> Kayla points out that Paulina irradiated an early first-trimester fetus 
> with her antics, so it's anyone's guess as to whether Chanel is 
> currently carrying a healthy fetus or a fish baby!... Who didn't see 
> this coming?! - Chad hires Eric to "freelance" for the paper, and 
> immediately assigns Eric and Nicole to work together. Leo gets a "Dear 
> John/Leo" letter from Dmitri, who has dumped Leo's ass for another! 
> (Thank Gawd! that means we will be spared a return engagement from 
> Dmitri!) Before that, Leo considers selling what he knows to EJ 
> (throwing Sloan under the bus, after she just pleaded with Leo to keep 
> his mouth shut!). EJ's assistant encourages him to bury the hatchet with 
> Paulina, but EJ is outraged when Paulina curtly blows him off (in her 
> defense, Paulina was in the hospital with Chanel at the time).
> 
> I saw the last half of "Wheel" - I easily got the final puzzle, but the 
> contestant choked (both in letter selection, and in solving it).
> 
> I then put L&O on as background - as Adam alluded to in the separate 
> thread, it involved the father of an adorable little deaf girl, that 
> Camryn Manheim's character took a shine to, being arrested for MUR-DER! 
> But I couldn't tell you what else was going on.
> 
> That was it.
> 
> What did you watch?
> 
> 

I watched:


Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) - "Whistlespeak" - I just don't know 
what to say about this one.  Filler I guess.  This is a season long arc 
to once again save the Federation.  Destiny seems to do that every 
season.  Anyway with life as they know it at stake their mission takes 
them to a pre-warp civilization, that conveniently all look human, so 
they can beam down.  Then they seamlessly blend in, then they figure 
forget it, break the prime direction anyway.  Honestly, I wouldn't mind 
it if they just pulled a Kirk and straight up said screw the Prime 
Direction from the start.  That probably would have made a much better 
episode anyway.  I also have to mention David Cronenberg's character. 
His character is a mystery wrapped in an enigma.  Dude wears *glasses* 
and a tie.  Keep in mind this is about 1,300 years in the future.  Even 
in Kirk's time glasses were odd.  But this episode he pulls out a yellow 
legal pad then makes a point to say it's not replicated, it's an 
original from the 21st century because he likes the feel of real paper. 
Wait, how in the world did that pad survive 1,300 yeas in *mint* 
condition?!?  If his character doesn't turn out to be a time traveler, I 
want my money back!


Chucky - "Final Destination" - Season 3 (and maybe series?) finale. 
They went out with a bang with this one!  Where to even begin?  At the 
beginning...The episode opens with Jennifer Tilly (Tiffany) about to be 
executed when she manages a prison break.  A *lot* of bodies dropped 
during that escape!  Then moving on to the White House, I don't want to 
get into spoilers, but let's say Chucky escape leaving a trail of bodies 
behind him.  This episode played out with just everything going Chucky's 
way.  If this is the end of the show, then it wrapped up with a win for 
Chucky.  If it comes back next season, they've dug a huge whole for the 
heroes to get out of.  But I did notice Andy hasn't been around for a 
while.  I'm pretty sure he's still alive, although I don't recall what 
happened to him.  So he should still be out there to save the day if the 
show comes back for season 4.


Law & Order - "Castle in the Sky" - A homeless man and his daughter are 
squatting in a penthouse and when the real owner shows up one night he 
winds up dead.  Fortunately for the man his daughter can alibi his self 
defense claim.  Doesn't the defense have to reveal that defense ahead of 
time?  Doesn't matter, this is Law & Order.  Unfortunately for the man 
the writers are on the DA's side so they concoct a convoluted way for 
the guy to be convicted anyway.  I was half rooting for the guy to not 
be convicted.


Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - "Prima Nocta" - Team SVU spring into 
action when a string of women are raped on the night before their 
weddings.  And I guess Amanda Rollins is back on the show.  I'm not at 
all sure why she was temporarily written out in the first place.  I'm 
guessing something to do with the actress.


Welcome to Wrexham - "Welcome to the EFL" - Season 3 premier.  Now that 
the team is in a better league they have to go up against much better 
teams.  And it shows.