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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including grown-ish, Fire Country, Evil and Survivor!
1 | Did you have to laugh at how Fire Country really played up the emotional resonance of this “graduation” scene, as Bode bid farewell to… Three Rock inmates we’d barely seen before, let alone knew?
2 | Sweet as it was to have Blue Bloods’ #Jamko renew their vows at Sunday dinner, did it also remind you that the Season 9 finale conspicuously showed us barely any of their church wedding? Also, was Erin and Danny nudging Jamie to give Eddie “wood” for their fifth anniversary atypically blue humor for the show?
3 | Was SNL host Jake Gyllenhaal going for Hunky Peter Griffin with this monologue outfit? And if so, do you think he took any tips from this?
4 | How did CSI: Vegas’ Catherine effortlessly make a phone call from the underground DNA lab to 911, when a whole plot point the week before was that Max’s call to Catherine wouldn’t go through?
5 | Is The Chi‘s Alicia/Shaad hook-up the so-wrong-it’s-right pairing you never knew you always wanted?
6 | Can TV’s No. 1 new show Tracker not afford to shoot outside at an actual park? ▼ And TVLine reader Scott asks: If Colter was given just 15 minutes to meet up with the crooked sheriff, how was he able to arrange for not just a plain-clothes agent posing as the rescued girl, but the set-up of multiple floodlights and FBI vehicles blocking the roads?
7 | Do you suspect So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley felt awfully silly calling Monday’s finale outcome “the closest result we’ve ever had,” when this season’s winner was picked only by the three judges, and not America?
8 | Given the exuberant way The Voice’s Nathan Chester reacted to his elimination, would you have sworn he’d heard that he’d come in first place, not fourth? Also, Season 23 winner Gina Miles’ first single is… the same Chris Isaak number that she performed way back in her season’s Playoffs?
9 | As season-ending shootout locations go, FBI: International’s Olympic ski jump site in Holmenkollbakken is the one to beat, yeah?
10 | That Cleaning Lady season finale was a perfectly satisfying series ender, no? But since the show is returning for Season 4: Who would you cast as the never-before-seen cartel confidant Derek?
11 | Are we to believe that Will Trent — in imagining a future where he and Angie settle down, have kids and grow old together — would have let himself imagine the day he loses Betty and gives her a funeral?
12 | As much as hair and makeup tried, it’s just impossible to age up The Good Doctor’s Freddie Highmore, huh?
13 | Watching Abbott Elementary’s Ava cozy up to Janine’s cousin, did you wonder what happened to Ava’s boyfriend? And how did Tyler James Williams make “I fixed your light” so darn sexy?
14 | Was Chicago Med’s season finale surprisingly ho-hum? Not even any developments between Maggie and her love interest Loren?
15 | Are you relieved that Chicago Fire‘s Damon didn’t turn out to be another bad guy wanting to take down Firehouse 51?
16 | Were any other Survivor viewers hoping Maria would pull out an idol at Tribal Council (and that the edit was just tricking us)? And is it just us, or was Ben thinking Liz (of all people) was the biggest threat out there just… absolutely crazy? And back in the South Pacific season, Jeff specifically said Albert couldn’t help Sophie pick up puzzle pieces during a challenge. Have the rules changed since then? Why was Liz allowed to run back and grab Kenzie’s plank?
17 | Considering the grown-ish series finale marked the end of the ish-verse after 10 years, were you hoping for more Johnson family cameos? Like, even a single one? Shouldn’t Dre and Bow at least have been there for Junior’s graduation?
18 | Why, for the past two seasons, has The Conners centered its finale on Darlene’s son Mark, a character they barely utilize the rest of the season? And can we all agree that the hacking “lair” — both the set and the plot itself — feel like they’re out of a completely different show? ▼
19 | Does Kam’s wheeling and dealing in this week’s Challenge All Stars solidify her as one of the franchise’s most strategic players of all time? Plus, is the show missing out by not including any of this Flora/Tina drama that’s been playing out online?
20 | Are you disappointed/concerned that Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F trailer doesn’t lead with humor, and seems to think this franchise was about its action sequences?
21 | Do we think anyone involved with titling the Dexter prequel is aware that Max’s Pretty Little Liars follow-up already went with Original Sin as a suffix?
22 | Has The Bold and the Beautiful never heard of delivery? Even if he thought that Sheila wouldn’t be there, why on earth would rich Dr. Finn go in person to pick up dinner from the restaurant that employs the Biological Mother™ he is forbidden to see? Also, is there no other pizza place in all of L.A.?
23 | As worried as you are for 9-1-1‘s Bobby, what about his and Athena’s beautiful house?!
24 | Does Grey’s Anatomy‘s Mika/Helm breakup win the co-chief resident a consolation prize for having had the romance for which we waited the longest that got played the absolute least? Exactly how many times is the show going to hit the “Meredith is bad at relationships” beat? And was Winston and Monica’s hookup a classic case of plot- rather than character-driven story?
25 | How much easier would it be to accept ABC’s cancellation of Station 19 if the writing for this final season wasn’t so… freaking… good? Also, has any showrunner ever had a greater grasp of how to play a capital-M Moment than the tag team of Peter Paige and Zoanne Clack? ▼
26 | On Evil, was Kristen’s daughters’ silence in the premiere the perfect nod to viewers who have complained about the girls’ overlapping chatter for the past three seasons?
27 | Who wants to break the news to this new FAST channel….? ▼
Hit the comments with your answers and any TV Qs of your own!
18: it does kind of remind me of the final two seasons of the Drew Carey Show when he was working at NeverEndingStore
3. And I think that same shirt was worn moments later by a cast member in a skit.
11. That Betty grave scene was the bit that touched us the most in Will’s vision of the future. Long live Betty! Plus pup Pedro if possible.
Will’s dream future was nice but I don’t think it would have happened even if he hadn’t turned in Angie. The look on her face when he mentioned kids and her quick change of subject made me think it definitely wasn’t on her bucket list.
I’m pretty sure it was Angie’s fantasy of what was about to happen, not Will’s. She was the one who didn’t know what he was about to do. He knew he was going to arrest her.
The chattering was annoying at times, but it felt like the most realistic thing about in a show demons and haunted elevators. It was fun trying to figure out what they were jabbering about.
I love Kristen’s family! My mother had older four sisters. When I was little I remembered them sitting around a kitchen table and they ALL talked over one another.
I know it’s completely irrelevant but every time I see those girls together I always wonder why Kristin-a former mountain climbing guide-wanted to have 4 kids right after another even going so far as IVF to keep having them.
16. Cause the producers dislike Maria as much as the rest of America does.
#7: Cat Deeley has looked somewhat embarrassed this entire misbegotten season. And correction: 3 judges didn’t pick the winner (or the finalists), 5 behind-the-scenes producers did.
25. TOTALLY, that moment in the haze on top of the truck was all the feels. I think if they’d had more episodes, they would have had more space to explore Jack’s life (it’s a bummer to see him shoved to the backburner so much). I’ve been infinitely more interested in Station 19 this season then Grey’s. Even Travis and Vic’s fight, where she reminded him he was making the situation about him again (and his subsequent realization that he WAS stuck), was done in a way that felt like THEM but also was growth.
17. Considering Anthony Anderson was an executive producer on the show, it was weird that he couldn’t be there for the series finale. Not only Dre and Rainbow missed their son’s graduation, but the also missed their daughter’s impromptu wedding. Still, I was pleasantly surprised to see Nomi, Ana and Vivek back one last time.
My big beef with Survivor is WHY do you need 3 people in the finale. To me it’s stupid. I wonder how Ben felt that he didn’t get any votes at all ? Great show but c’mon already. Go back to 2 finalists!!
Because that’s the way Probst wants it. But I agree, go back to 2.
And go back to live reunion shows. It’s painful to watch people who just lost suddenly have to celebrate someone else’s win.
I thought that too, but in a season like this, when somebody like Ben won the final immunity, it would have set up a boring finale between Ben and Charlie or Ben and Kenzie.
I had similar thoughts about Freddie in the Leonardo series. They tried to make him seem older with a beard but his baby face was still dominant. But someday we’ll all be very grateful for that.
That beard in Leonardo was ridiculous! 🤣
16 – Nah, Maria needed to go.
great list of questions.. but my only comment is that Fire country scripts are so bad as it is!!! hope they improve and that the spinoff has good writing
4) I wondered the same thing. I assumed that when Catherine opened the door the wifi or phone signal got stronger and she was able to use her cell phone.
16) Maria had to go. All three finalists thought Liz had friends on the jury because four of them were from Liz’s original tribe. Liz apparently exaggerated her friendship with them just like she exaggerated her wealth (she has now admitted that she isn’t a millionaire).
Black-ish never was an accurate portrayal of Black American life, as much as they tried to paint it as a slightly-upper-middle-class family. Burberry… $4000 sweaters as product placements worn by the cast members during the first segment of every episode for the last couple of seasons (with a “@AsSeenOnBlackish Instragram account to purchase). Then talk down to America — both Black, White and everyone inbetween — saying they deserve better than to be racially profiled in their Pacific Palisades neighbourhood while driving at night in their second Mercedes… that they are JUST as relatable to hardships as Atlanta or Philly Blacks. That’s why they show chugged along with middling ratings & absolutely bombed in local market syndication (kicked to BET for rerun zombie blocks). Grown-ish was just Saved By The Bell: The College Years. A Zack Morris “Preppy”, vapid look at pampered young adults going through the motions of hardship like they were Carrie Bradshaw. Pfft! Please. Both shows won’t even be a blimp on the RADAR of classic TV series 10, 20 or 40 years from now. The casts of both shows can take their BET/FreeForm residuals and stuff them. But I really wish them well. :-)
10 – I heard Jared Padalecki is looking for a job.
No… just no! 🤣
13) Gregory telling Janine “I fixed your light” was so damn sexy because Janine takes care of everybody and this was Gregory showing that he’s someone who wants to take care of her. Showed her that he listens to her as well. Grand gestures are fine for some, but little things done frequently are the definition of romantic in my book.
As a Midwesterner, someone who’d clear the snow off my car (and possibly start it to warm it up) in winter would be the same sort of thing. IYKYK.
He just wanted her to know that he knows how to screw things into a socket.
Yes. As William Blake put it, “He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer.” If you care for someone, you don’t just make swoony declarations, you wash the damn dishes.
6. We’ve given up on making Tracker work out logically. It’s the new La Brea
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Yes, a million, yes
16. I was actually afraid Maria was going to pull out an idol. I absolutely did not want her to. As far as the plank, South Pacific was a long time ago and obviously things have changed over that time. I’m guessing that with the ‘New Era’, that ‘rule’ (if it was one) was either changed or just no longer exists.
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11. I think Will is exactly the kind of person who would imagine the death of his dog.
It was Angie’s fantasy, not Will’s.
No. 27 What?????
I stared at it for a good 3 minutes
The only thing I can come up with is that whoever wrote #27 thinks Don Adams doesn’t belong because “Get Smart” wasn’t a sitcom?
(But he does belong…he was on a sitcom after “Get Smart” called “Check it Out.”)
Yeah I don’t get it either. Is one of them from the 90s? 70s?
I think that most of those shows are from the 70s, except for the one with Ted Knight. three’s company is famously from the 70s and Get Smart is from the 60s. Why pick those shows to show youre a 80s channel?
No, Don Adams is pictured because he was in an 80s sitcom called “Check it Out.”
“Three’s Company” was on from 1977-1984, “The Ropers” from 1979-1980, and “Too Close for Comfort” from 1980-1983.
My takeaway from this season of Survivor is having a crush on Hunter. He’s such a cutie and I think it’s noble that he’s a teacher. I follow him on social media & it’s rare for me to follow reality show people on there even though I watch a lot of it.
Nobody really knows what the actual rules of Survivor are, and we never really have. It’s always been a bit of a secret, as with most reality shows. We never see the nitty gritty of the rules. The only version I ever did see, leaked a few years ago, basically said that the rules are; what ever “Production,” says they are, and are subject to change.
Well there is old era and new era, the difference being when Jeff took over as EP. In the old era, working with another player on an individual challenge was frowned upon. But the new era is all about making drama. So Maria basically got screwed over because it made for better TV.
25 – Totally agree. STATION 19 has been REALLY good this final season. Really wished they had a couple more.
26 – People really complained about the girls’ overlapping chatter? I think it’s AMAZING the way those kids do that – it makes it seem like they’re truly siblings! After the first few episodes, I had to Google them because I was sure they were real-life sisters. To me, it’s one of the many things that makes Evil a step above other shows.
#6 I’m so glad someone has written about the nonsensical nature of the writing on this show. I noticed things on a couple of shows that had me going, “Huh?”, but then stopped watching the show entirely after the episode where Colter is hiding out in the bad guy’s van. The van stops, bad guy gets out, walks to the back and opens the (noisy) door. Colter’s not there! NO! He rolls out from under the van! How the hell did he get there? The door was noisy, so no way that wouldn’t have been noticed. (Besides the fact that there wasn’t enough time for that to have happened.) Was there a big hole in the bottom of the van? A trap door? Really dumb writing. And how does no one on set question stuff like that? Like, “How’s this supposed to happen?” Just got to the point where I couldn’t watch it anymore.
11. I haven’t seen the episode yet, but this sounds like brilliant writing, not a lapse.
Whoever wrote this article didn’t understand the Will Trent fantasy sequence. It was Angie’s imagining if what was about to happen and how her life would go, not Will’s. Will knew exactly what was about to happen, because he was the one who was about to do it.