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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-22 (Sunday)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:57:34 -0800
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On 12/23/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

> What did you watch?

Yesterday, I finally finished grading for the year (but I haven't 
submitted final grades yet, so I'm not totally done...), which meant 
leaving football on, mostly. I also watched more "Cross", and a couple 
of "X-Mas" movie off UP:

A Bluegrass Christmas (UPtv (off the Spectrum app, so I could actually 
watch it at 1080, and not 480!!) - I only watched this 2024 TV flick 
because it stars Canuck actress-singer Amanda Jordan, and she is 
absolutely lovely - if you like finely-featured blondes who look almost 
exactly like what a blonde anime girl would look like if she was 
actually real and not animated!
    She's an OK singer as well, though this film obviously was 
country-music flavored and I don't care for that style.
    Anyway, Jordan is trying to save her horse sanctuary (if they said 
where this was supposed to be, I never heard - it was clearly filmed in 
snowy Canada!) by throwing a benefit concert, and she's helped out in 
this by a dude (David Pinard) who has come to town... as a developer(? I 
missed that part too). Meanwhile, Jordan's crotchety old granddad (Shaun 
Johnston) hasn't performed with his Bluegrass band since his wife died 
20(?) years before, so you know where this part is going.
    Anyway, this was mostly a trifle, but Jordan is lovely to look at, 
so, why not?

soaps: Y&R - Thur's ep. Nothing of substance happened - it was mostly 
Claire, Kyle, Jack and Diane stuff.

football - The morning game was Rams-Jets which I only paid a little 
attention to - it took the Rams way too long to pull ahead of the Jets.
    The afternoon game was Vikings-Seahawks, with the Seahawks failing 
to pull it out. With loses by the Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals, the 
Rams are now in control of the NFC West.  :/
    The evening game, which I only partially watched, was the 
Cowboys-Buccaneers, which the Buccaneers incompetently failed to put 
away, allowing the Cowboys to win.

Cross (Prime) - Ep's #1.3 & 1.4. These were better as they focused 
almost entirely on the case(s) - the crazed serial killer fanboy dude, 
and whoever is "stalking" Cross (I think I know who it is!!).
    Cross and his partner make progress in these two episodes, figuring 
out there is a serial killer, tracking down his lair, getting the 
killer's "scrapbook", and then flushing out the killer's ex-cop 
accomplice. In the end, Cross's old partner(?), who now works for the 
FBI (Alona Tal), feeds Cross the identity of the killer. Now Cross is 
set up to face him...
    Meanwhile, Cross's stalker continues toying with him, and somewhat 
terrorizes his family. This ends with Cross "getting lucky"! (with some 
naked nudity!) - but I don't give his current girlfriend long-odds on 
surviving this season!

North by North Pole: A Dial S Mystery (UPtv) - This was a triffle. I 
watched it because it stars Abby Ross. She plays a... well, that's never 
clear, but she's organizing the town's Christmas festival. She is 
partnered with an architect (Joe Scarpellino) who's there to... 
redevelop something in the town?... Anyway, someone is sabotaging the 
Christmas festival!! Can these two potential lovebirds solve the case, 
with the help of "real Santa" (Dax Belanger)?!... There's also a subplot 
with Abby Ross's (widowed?) mom potentially finding romance, but, meh...


What did you watch?