Fantastic episode, Queen Latifah did her damn thang. This has turned out to not be a copy of the movie character , but a copy of the purpose and spirit of that character. Still can be cheesy as hell from time to time, but its a good watch.
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I like all the comments here. They’ve got me wondering too if the writers will be able to keep this intriguing character fresh and fun, as she began in The Good Wife. What a treat to see someone who looks like a total ditz perform better than anybody else in the room! Even those she catches have to ruefully salute her mastery. It remains to be seen if the showrunners can keep all this new and different; this great character deserves it. This show, and Poker Face, are just tops in my book, and both have started well. Let’s just hope they don’t go the way of Touch, which had a super first season about that fantastic child who made connections no one else could see. Kind of fell off after that.
Then there was that series called Boomtown, which was groundbreaking in its time for showing the crimes from all sorts of perspectives (at least that first season.) And who can forget True Detective, jaw-droppingly good that first year, but unable to carry the greatness forward beyond that (no shade on Vince Vaughn.) Those are just a few. Fingers crossed.
The actress Rona De Ricci committed suicide July 2020 after she published her memoir in which she talked of suicide in her outstanding autobiography. Her IG account thehumanrevolution2020 last post was a suicide note. Her married name was Rona de Ricci Carafa, and her husband can be seen as the cause of the suicide for what he put her through. She can also be found in The Rage And Glory, and The Penitent.
What a terrible story. That poor woman! I feel so sorry for anyone who falls into such great despair that they see no way to continue.
~All of us are dealt something - but not all of us are able TO deal. 😢
The season-long story arc format here puts me in mind of another show I really loved back in the distant day - “Wise Guy.” I liked this format then, and now. When done well, you really get to dig down into the bad guys and strange motives. On this show especially, things are happening on many fronts that manage to tie in together well, even when in unexpected ways. Right now, I’m enjoying gorgeous favorite Stephen Lang, who never fails, even when playing someone who’s in the wrong, to make me want to root for some aspect of his character. I liked him as the young gun in “Crime Story,” the arch-dicque in “Terra Nova” and “Avatar,”and I still like him today. His scenes with Stabler are great here.
Absolutely insane conclusion, with some fun callbacks to many horror movies of the past sprinkled in. Hats off to showrunners, writers, puppeteers, and cast.
Great episode! I didn’t know Justin Kelly (Jesse) was so multi-talented. I’m going to have to look him up and learn more about him.
What a treat, to go back in time and see this one, with so many faces from the past. An added plus - that beyond-gorgeous Michael McDonald theme song. Nothing like it…!
Some of the dialogue was, shall we say, unlikely…in the circumstance given. (That was my nice way of saying stilted and strange lol.) The story surprised me a couple of times with unexpected developments. I watched all the way to the end; none of the actors were known to me. The title of the movie provided for a pleasant cover of the old romantic, wistful song, which we heard at intervals.
🤣 Just named my new crock pot ‘Skynet’, on account of it’s the first one I have had with digital settings. Was that or ‘Terminator’, and just liked ‘Skynet’ better. Works pretty good though. Agree with you on all the rest. BOHICA inbound…
Yeah we’s in it deep, if the media has it right LOL. Keep a close eye on that crockpot, my dude; it’s prolly up to thus and sundry nefarious things! Making the house smell all tasty and lulling you into a false sense of security…!
After my cup of sweet lemony tea, I remembered THE absolute worst one of all - Weyland-Yutani. We ded, y’all, we so ded! We so ded my Ebonics came out!
Very fun show LOL But the future is NOT lookin’ good, y’all! We have Cyberdyne, SkyNet, Vought Industries, ConSec, LutherCorp, Banodyne - and now Vault-Tec on the horizon. And those are just some off the top of my head before I’ve had my tea! 😱
We all better bend over and kiss…well, y’all know the rest…
I imagine the existence of modern StarLink tech will add further fun to the ‘Wtf was that?!?” mania…
I’m liking this a lot so far. It’s great that a person with no experience of the games can get into this and be blown away, so I know the fans who HAVE played must be in hog heaven:-) I felt this way about Halo when it started, also. Just great storytelling with attention to detail, great visuals, and music that enhances all that’s going on in the tale. Plus, badass “Boyd Crowder.” Need I say more?
Look! It’s Fitz! Started watching this at the beginning of it’s new run, then stopped a few episodes in before Sam Waterston left. Decided to watch again, and was pleasantly surprised to see Tony Goldwyn taking his place. I can’t help but see President Fitzgerald Grant when I look at him. For those of you who don’t know, that was his character in the TV show “Scandal,” which was an addiction for me at the time. Think I’ll keep watching, maybe go back and binge the two seasons I missed.
Yeah! I loved his character, Fitz. He said intense, romantic, compelling things that I can still remember….
corn stalk rum wow ! made my mouth water ‘’!
Yeah, wasn’t that an interesting idea?? They come up with some really novel flavors.
I’d had this on my watchlist for awhile and finally got to see it. Turned out to be fun. Some plot holes in the tale, but lots of action, some engaging actors, and a great character played by Russell Crowe.
they had to wrap up their ten years of twisting their original story to the extreme with a “happy ending”.
i think,they have “overdone” this show for at least 5 years…
I know. It was so important to them to keep us coming back for ever and ever, year after year after year…after year….
A series about humanity’s big comeback would be cool, with a few familiar faces. Clean up efforts would be fascinating. To me, anyway.
Yeah, but Gimple will never give us THAT show. He never has. We’d just get more of the selfish dreadfuls. :-/
What tickled me most about the finale was the “news reports” at the end about how everyone was going to share, help their fellow man, work together, etc. etc. etc. All throughout TWD history, every single group of survivors has been calculating, or crazy, or greedy, or evil, or creepy - in short, no one was wrapped too tight. Maybe the new undead reality was just too much for folks to deal with mentally, but every dang group we ever met along the way was unbearable.
But now, in Scrooge-like fashion, people are snapping out of it. By God, it’s a showrunner’s miracle!
Okay I’ll stop:-) It wasn’t horrible.
I watched this last night, and I must say for an Asylum offering, it wasn’t terrible. An “Asylum 25th Anniversary” title is shown at the start so I assumed…well, you know what I assumed. Instead, this turned out to be a very simply told, brisk story of vengeance, with the martial arts adding to the fun along the way. I didn’t know anyone in the movie other than Lamas and Madsen, but that can be fun too, as you get to see new faces early on in the acting business. Overall a neat little time-waster with a cast to root for.
‘Skullduggery’! Good word right there! Well said by you! And truth was indeed spoken…
Hey, dude! 😀 The word fits, right? Even in outer space, you got worms and snakes - and not all of them are Sangheili…
A win in my book. Lots of story still to tell, so like others here, I hope they continue. Great sets, effects, costumes, and skullduggery - unbeatable combination:-)
I bravely watch Lifetime Movies so you don’t have to. I’ll accept my award now.
:-)
This is a fun, if a bit talky, thriller from the way back. I didn’t really know others in the movie, but Quaid chews the scenery in a great role as the probing, folksy “I’m one o’ y’all”-type cops to creepy effect. Kept my attention to the end.
What a confusing, convoluted mystery this was. This is a show I usually really enjoy, but I had to replay a few sections several times to get things straight in my head this episode. The beautiful dog interacts with the cast in a different way, also. Not bad, just different. Several “Rex” dogs share the role, I imagine.
And yet, I watch him, because it’s still the only place anyone is getting people of different political and intellectual views together in the same hour interacting with each other on the same topics. I think going from 3 to 2 panel guests has made a difference. When there were 3 he wasn’t dominating the conversation, the guests were. I’m also noticing that the opening interviews are getting more fluffy. The percentage of interviewing celebs he admires rather than politicians and thinkers has gone way up.
Interesting observations; thanks. I may give things there a try once again.
Maybe he got the message that longtime fans were jumping ship, and made some subtle changes. Maybe he’s seen some of the many posts people have been making these last few years LOL.
He says he hasn’t changed. He’s changed. He’s nastier. I mean, he was always a jerk, but he was also at least hypothetically open minded. Now he’s got his pet issues and he’s about hammering on those with every set of guests.
So true. He’s petty about it, too. Gets cross if a guest is more loudly cheered for a salient remark or joke than he himself is.
For me, it’s Cornel West. I never miss an opportunity to see Maher acquiesce to his mental superiority.
West soooo reminds me of an off-the-chain professor I had in college a thousand years ago. He’d go absolutely apeshit making a point - pounding on the board, yelling excitedly while scribbling cryptic chicken-scratch, even getting up on top of his desk. Ah, memories…
I’m not able to tolerate Maher anymore, but I watched this episode for my man Max Brooks. He’s always a can’t-miss for me; so smart and funny. Nothing fazes him. That is so appealing.
What a fun episode this week! The visuals were imaginatively done, and the story had something of the feel of a quick Agatha Christie mystery, with a knockout of a solve. This series sometimes likes to blend its semi-fictional world with actual historical characters making appearances; I may google some names to see if this was the case this time. A good watch.
Thanks wildfrontier. I did mention Schrodinger’s cat early on. I think the combo of space and experiment is at the center. Just a bit miffed at all the melodrama and lack of development. Besides, a bit of self-deprecation never hurt anybody! ;-)
{Just a bit miffed at all the melodrama and lack of development.}
That’s exactly it, Researcher.
This is the second entry in a fun franchise that, though it’s Lifetime, doesn’t always get bogged down in predictability. Things surprised me more than once, and I watch this goofy kind of shyte regularly LOL. The story here can stand alone BUT it works better if the first instalment has been viewed. The lead actresses have a field day with the clothes and the hair and the melodramatic scene-chewing, but it’s great for Lifetime fans, and, considering the ending, could conceivably continue for another movie or so, like Lifetime did with Eric Roberts’ “Dr. Beck” stalker series a few years ago (those were great fun, too.)
absolutely. Not sure why these were closed as Spoilers. They are not spoilers at all.
Agree. Confused me too. (btw do you remember that Lights’ brother in that show was Pablo “Master Chief” Schreiber? yep)
I won’t say anything, don’t want to spoil it for you, but despite that, it was worth the watch. I went into it actually hoping for the same thing though…
Thanks! I just finished it, and found it a very entertaining watch. I liked the characters and their teamwork. Adkins wasn’t the main character, but as you said, Grillo is no slouch and he’s got charm and skills enough to make it fun.
Came here thinking it was a different Lights Out. If you get the chance, watch the US TV show Lights Out from about 5+ years ago. It’s about boxing as well.
I loved that show; “Lights” Leary and his fights were amazing. Show should have run longer than it did, but the finale was a stunner.
Was actually pretty good, watched it on account of Adkins being in it, but he only had a small part in the last bit. Grillo did most of the heavy lifting, but did a pretty good job.
Damn, I was hoping for Adkins to be the main man! I’m still gonna watch but I ain’t happy LOL.
Soren cracks me up.
Hahaha yeah, and Woodbine is like that in practically every role. He’s eternally cool & laid back :)
Read up on “The Many Worlds” hypothesis of quantum physics. this series seems to present that. I’m sure that phrase will be said. Perhaps the pills have something to do with it. I’ve counted 4 different universes for the mom and daughter: Real Mom+ Alternative daughter, Real Mom+real daughter, real daughter+Alternate Mom, and theory predicts alternate mom + alternate daughter.
I’ve been wondering about multiverse theory as well; and yes, the pills are curious. I’ve only seen ep. 1, and it’s clear these people have some real secrets about the mission and who knows what all else. I was also intrigued when Paul’s daughter back on earth, I think her name was Wendy, mentioned having an awful nightmare (before any of the disaster to her father had happened.) Psychically attuned…or some memory of an alternate reality? I dunno yet.
Here’s a long, loooong version of this film on the site for our enjoyment. It’s a film that is part sci-fi, part horror, part social commentary, and part wannabe-humor (in the strangest places). I see the characters are named for famous directors and others in the genre, and there are obvious influences from films like Robocop, Virus, Terminator, and more science-gone-real-wrong films. Brad Dourif brings the super-crazy, as usual. Anyone remember The Night King from GoT? That actor (Richard Brake) has a role here.
Be prepared to suspend disbelief if you plan to sit through the entire movie (did I mention how loooooooong this is??) and be impressed by the nineties’ CGI and what I assumes is some puppetry in some scenes.
Interesting story arc played out well; this fall should be exciting.
Aaaaaaah! Everybody’s leaving everywhere all at once!!
Yeah lots of changes in the FBI franchise; shakeups and surprises…
I’m really liking how they are developing the characters more. I wish all the eps. dropped at once, though, to binge.
A Flambeau episode usually ends each season, but this time they mixed things up a little and brought Flambeau in earlier, to instead finish the season with the happy news of the Sullivan/Devine engagement. Nicely done.
And that is how to cast Stabler’s brother like a boss!!
Hahaha yep! “Uncle Daddy” in the flesh. I love that guy! (Dean Norris)
I don’t like this Richard storyline. I hope it gets scrapped quick. He a real one.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who hates this storyline. It’s so…WWE. They’re doing the ‘face/heel thing with him, and I like Richard too much for that. (I like Jerry, too; but Mike, not as much.) Maybe this is all they could think of to do with Richard until his brother Craig recovers enough to come back to the show and partner up…?