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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-29 (Wednesday)
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On 1/30/2025 8:35 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 1/30/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> 
>> What did you watch?
> 
> In my new position at my (main) job, I am doing a lot more little stuff 
> (e.g. sending Emails) then I used to, and yesterday just doing that 
> stuff ended up taking most of the whole day. So all I got through 
> yesterday was a couple of soaps:
> 

Reading and sending emails takes a *lot* of time. A lot more than people 
can realize.

> soaps: DOOL - Tue's ep. Mostly silly ep. The gals (all 6 of them!) throw 
> Jada a bachelorette party, and there were even fewer dudes for 
> FauxRafe's bachelor party. FauxRafe acts like an idiot (completely out 
> of character for RealRafe!) even getting into a fight with Patch! 
> Paulina drags Chanel to Jada's bachelorette party, and Chanel drags the 
> proceedings down by trashing on Johnny, and men in general. FauxRafe 
> sleeps with the stripper (hooker?) at the end! A drunk Belle is going to 
> sexually ravish EJ, after just admitting to the bachelorette party that 
> EJ was her "worst hookup"!!
>     GH - Wed's ep. Valentin nearly kills Jack Brennan, but Carly shows 
> up at the last second to conk out Valentin and revive Brennan; Valentin 
> escapes - then Carly and Jack Brennan "do it"! (the dude was almost just 
> strangled to death! how can he be up for sex?!!). Portia informs police 
> commish Anna that Sam and Dex were murdered. Dante bickers with 
> NuNuLulu, and then Anna comes up to them to inform them that Sam was 
> murdered. Olivia and Lois drag Tracy to the nail salon where they run 
> across Martin Gray, and Martin tears into Tracy for generally being an 
> awful person. Jason confronts Sasha about Michael being the father of 
> her baby, and after first denying it, she swears Michael to secrecy as 
> she doesn't want either Willow or the Quartermaines discovering her 
> baby's paternity. Chase tells Brook Lynn that he's sterile; then Brook 
> Lynn cries on Lois' shoulder about the news. There was nonsense with the 
> unlikeable Emma, and Gio - they are really hinting hard now that Gio is 
> Brook Lynn's (and Dante's) put-up-for-adoption son from years ago.
> 
> And that was it. Otherwise I did work, or listened to music.
> 
> What did you watch?
> 
> 


I binged my Babylon 5 blu-rays.

Babylon 5 - "Mind War" - Season 1, episode 6 - I am working off of a 
couple different "best of" lists.  This episode wasn't on them, but it's 
the first episode to introduce "Bester" (Walter Koenig) so I added it 
myself.  I have a feeling I'm going to be adding a lot of episodes as I 
go.  The problem with working off of "best of" lists are all the 
episodes I remember, that aren't on the list.


"And the Sky Full of Stars" - Season 1, episode 8 - Sinclair is 
kidnapped and placed in a virtual interrogation room to find out why he 
has a hole in his mind.  Looks like the Minbari mind wiped him.  But 
why?  And why do they want him dead if he remembers?


"Signs and Portents" - Season 1, episode 13.  Mr. Morden just showed up 
at the station.  Things are about to get interesting!  Mr. Morden asks 
each ambassador what they want.  Londo says he wants the glory of his 
planet restored.  He should be careful what he asks for, because he just 
might get it.


A Voice in the Wilderness - Season 1, episodes 18 and 19.   Two part 
episode where everyone learns the uninhabited planet the station orbits 
is actually inhabited.  Where was Zathras?


Babylon Squared - Sense shattering episode where we learn Babylon 4 was 
stolen through time to fight in a great war.  Hey, there's Zathras!


"Chrysalis" - Season 1, episode 22.  The season 1 finale - A lot happens 
in this one from Mr. Morden doing a favor for Londo, to Garibaldi 
getting shot in the back, to Delen entering a cocoon, to the President 
of Earth being assassinated.


"Points of Departure" - Season 2, episode 1.  Sinclair leaves the show 
and is replaced by a Scarecrow.

So far the show is holding up great.  I had *no* intention of binging 
this many episodes.  In my mind season 1 was just monster of the week 
episodes, so I was surprised by how quickly they got into the Shadow 
backstory.  And once they got going I was totally drawn in.  There were 
a couple of monster of the week episodes I skipped that I'm now 
regretting skipping. I'll probably wrap back around to them once I 
finish the main watch of the series.