Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

After an arduous workout, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

I watched all four episodes of the 2025 Murdoch Mysteries.

Dr. Ogden finally returns and is just as annoying as ever.

Crabtree is mentioned as being off writing his book, but is not seen.

The city picks up a new morality officer who will expose everyone’s
secrets!

The great war is imminent.

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On 2/4/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

After an arduous workout, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

Monday's are going to be my longest workdays (by far) this semester. So yesterday, all I got through was DOOL and a Lifetime flick I had missed:

DOOL - I'm caught up on this one... FauxRafe stops the wedding and says
he can't marry Jada. When Jada (and others) demand an explanation,
FauxRafe claims that EJ actually hired him to investigate Jada (as if
that story makes a lick of sense!) and that "Rafe's" contact in the
police department found that Jada was cutting legal/ethical corners and
was "dirty". Ridiculously, Mayor Paulina buys into this, esp. after
Shawn shows up with the "evidence", and they haul Jada off for
questioning. After getting chewed out by NuGabi and Javi, FauxRafe flees
the scene! Stephanie is irate about what happened, but Patch (smartly!)
is the only one who smells a rat: EJ!... Meanwhile, Belle (dummy!!) and
EJ "do it" again!!

The Sunday before last, I just plum missed a Lifetime flick - didn't
record it; forgot it was even on! So that meant:

Match, Meet, Murder (OnDemand) - This flick I had to pull off OnDemand
(which meant it had the usual commercial load, and 2-hour runtime)
because I forgot to record it.
This flick was just OK, if that.
Lingerie(! 'cos, of course!) fashion designer (Stephanie Sy) uses a
dating app and is matched with a "millionaire" (Jacob Blair, who usually
plays baddies in Lifetime flicks). Her friend quickly shows her that the
dude was previously on a reality show (something like "Who Wants to
Marry a Millionaire"!) - the friend then reports that the winning
woman/fiancee "disappeared" (we see her get murdered in the film's
opening), and this doesn't set off any alarm bells about the
"millionaire" dude!!??!!
We also meet the reality show's producer/host (Lisa Marie
DiGiacinto), a smarmy piece of work.
The film pretty quickly reveals that the dude is at least some kind
of con man. Which pretty much means he also has to be a murderer.
This flick pretty much goes exactly where you expect it to.
The only thing I really kind of liked here was the film's
implication that the real villain of the piece was the reality show!
producer! (Reality show's producer = worse than murderer! Ha!)
But as Lifetime flicks go, this one definitely belongs in the bottom
half.


What did you watch?

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On 2/4/2025 7:25 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/4/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

After an arduous workout, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

Monday's are going to be my longest workdays (by far) this semester. So yesterday, all I got through was DOOL and a Lifetime flick I had missed:

DOOL - I'm caught up on this one... FauxRafe stops the wedding and says
he can't marry Jada. When Jada (and others) demand an explanation,
FauxRafe claims that EJ actually hired him to investigate Jada (as if
that story makes a lick of sense!) and that "Rafe's" contact in the
police department found that Jada was cutting legal/ethical corners and
was "dirty". Ridiculously, Mayor Paulina buys into this, esp. after
Shawn shows up with the "evidence", and they haul Jada off for
questioning. After getting chewed out by NuGabi and Javi, FauxRafe flees
the scene! Stephanie is irate about what happened, but Patch (smartly!)
is the only one who smells a rat: EJ!... Meanwhile, Belle (dummy!!) and
EJ "do it" again!!

The Sunday before last, I just plum missed a Lifetime flick - didn't
record it; forgot it was even on! So that meant:

Match, Meet, Murder (OnDemand) - This flick I had to pull off OnDemand
(which meant it had the usual commercial load, and 2-hour runtime)
because I forgot to record it.
   This flick was just OK, if that.
   Lingerie(! 'cos, of course!) fashion designer (Stephanie Sy) uses a dating app and is matched with a "millionaire" (Jacob Blair, who usually plays baddies in Lifetime flicks). Her friend quickly shows her that the
dude was previously on a reality show (something like "Who Wants to
Marry a Millionaire"!) - the friend then reports that the winning woman/ fiancee "disappeared" (we see her get murdered in the film's opening),
and this doesn't set off any alarm bells about the "millionaire" dude!!??!!
   We also meet the reality show's producer/host (Lisa Marie
DiGiacinto), a smarmy piece of work.
   The film pretty quickly reveals that the dude is at least some kind
of con man.

He was a fake millionaire on the millionaire show?

Which pretty much means he also has to be a murderer.

   This flick pretty much goes exactly where you expect it to.
   The only thing I really kind of liked here was the film's
implication that the real villain of the piece was the reality show! producer! (Reality show's producer = worse than murderer! Ha!)
   But as Lifetime flicks go, this one definitely belongs in the bottom half.

What did you watch?

I watched:

Babylon 5 (blu-ray) - "The Hour of the Wolf" Season 4 premier. Picking
up where season 3 ended, Sheridan went to Z'ha'dum and got himself
killed. So why is he still in the opening credits?

"Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?" G'Kar goes looking for the missing
Mr. Garibaldi and finds a world of hurt instead. Meanwhile back on
Z'ha"dum Sheridan is asked a very important question, "Did you know you
have a Vorlon inside of you?"

"The Summoning" - G'Kar continues to be mercilessly tortured by the
psychotic Centauri emperor, while Londo and Vir plot the emperor's assassination. In other news, the reports of Sheriden's death were
greatly exaggerated. Technically, he did die. But he's better now.
And he has a new alien friend that a recently found Garibaldi doesn't
trust. I don't know why Garibaldi doesn't trust the mysterious new
alien. It's not as if he's Jack the Ripper or anything. I should also
mention the Vorlons have decided to start blowing up planets. So now
not only does B5 have to stop the Shadows, they also have to stop the
Vorlons too.

"Falling Toward Apotheosis" - The Vorlons continue to blow up planets
touched by the Shadows while Garibaldi's paranoia continues to grow.
Meanwhile the Centauri emperor is making plans to ascend to godhood by
letting the Vorlons destroy Centauri Prime. Did I mention yet, he's
insane? Londo better hurry up with that assassination plan! Especially
since the emperor doesn't like the way G'Kar is looking at him. Poor
G'Kar. :-(

"The Long Night" - Londo's move against the emperor succeeds leading to
Narn being freed. In the ultimate slap in the face once Narn is free of
the Narns suggests G'Kar was living a cushy life on B5 and hadn't
suffered the way they had. Hey, Bryan Cranston is a ranger!

"Into the Fire" - "What are you going to do? Blow up the entire
island?" "Actually, yes." Leading to Vir getting to wave goodbye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ribk3MTR3PA But the most important line
in this episode has to be, "Now get the hell out of our galaxy!"

And that's a good spot to stop. But I must have missed an episode.
What happened to the episode where Londo and G'Kar were trapped in an
elevator? I wanted to see that one. :-/ Or not so much the episode, I
just remember the scene and was expecting to see it again at some point.

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On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 08:01:45 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

After an arduous workout, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

I watched all four episodes of the 2025 Murdoch Mysteries.

Dr. Ogden finally returns and is just as annoying as ever.

Crabtree is mentioned as being off writing his book, but is not seen.

The city picks up a new morality officer who will expose everyone’s >secrets!

The great war is imminent.

I watched the first episode of the second season of SCHOOL SPIRITS
where in Maddie is having to deal with the issue of someone
controlling her body while she is still a ghost and the school teacher/counselor is up to his own little game.

In addition I watched the first couple of episodes of THE RECRUIT
where in our hero has to deal with Max's daughter trying to kill him
and then converting her into an asset. Also his fellow CIA agent
trying to kill him so he doesn't spill the secrets he has on her. Oh
and keeping secret from the head of South Korean intelligence just why
he keeps coming back to South Korea from all over the world. All just
to save the agency from a national embarrassment and the loss of many
agents and assets from across the world if he can't get a kidnapped
woman back in just a few days. No problem.

What did you watch?

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On 2/4/25 8:17 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 2/4/2025 7:25 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/4/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

After an arduous workout, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

Monday's are going to be my longest workdays (by far) this semester.
So yesterday, all I got through was DOOL and a Lifetime flick I had
missed:

The Sunday before last, I just plum missed a Lifetime flick - didn't
record it; forgot it was even on! So that meant:

Match, Meet, Murder (OnDemand) - This flick I had to pull off OnDemand
(which meant it had the usual commercial load, and 2-hour runtime)
because I forgot to record it.
    This flick was just OK, if that.
    Lingerie(! 'cos, of course!) fashion designer (Stephanie Sy) uses
a dating app and is matched with a "millionaire" (Jacob Blair, who
usually plays baddies in Lifetime flicks). Her friend quickly shows
her that the dude was previously on a reality show (something like
"Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire"!) - the friend then reports that
the winning woman/ fiancee "disappeared" (we see her get murdered in
the film's opening), and this doesn't set off any alarm bells about
the "millionaire" dude!!??!!
    We also meet the reality show's producer/host (Lisa Marie
DiGiacinto), a smarmy piece of work.
    The film pretty quickly reveals that the dude is at least some
kind of con man.

He was a fake millionaire on the millionaire show?

SPOILERS:
Yes. And the producer covered that (and his crimes!) up after she found
out, lest the scandal tank her reality TV show and her industry
credibility!!

Which pretty much means he also has to be a murderer.
    This flick pretty much goes exactly where you expect it to.
    The only thing I really kind of liked here was the film's
implication that the real villain of the piece was the reality show!
producer! (Reality show's producer = worse than murderer! Ha!)
    But as Lifetime flicks go, this one definitely belongs in the
bottom half.

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On 2/4/2025 11:08 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/4/25 8:17 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 2/4/2025 7:25 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/4/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

After an arduous workout, I watched:

Nothing.

What did you watch?

Monday's are going to be my longest workdays (by far) this semester.
So yesterday, all I got through was DOOL and a Lifetime flick I had
missed:

The Sunday before last, I just plum missed a Lifetime flick - didn't
record it; forgot it was even on! So that meant:

Match, Meet, Murder (OnDemand) - This flick I had to pull off
OnDemand (which meant it had the usual commercial load, and 2-hour
runtime) because I forgot to record it.
    This flick was just OK, if that.
    Lingerie(! 'cos, of course!) fashion designer (Stephanie Sy) uses >>> a dating app and is matched with a "millionaire" (Jacob Blair, who
usually plays baddies in Lifetime flicks). Her friend quickly shows
her that the dude was previously on a reality show (something like
"Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire"!) - the friend then reports that
the winning woman/ fiancee "disappeared" (we see her get murdered in
the film's opening), and this doesn't set off any alarm bells about
the "millionaire" dude!!??!!
    We also meet the reality show's producer/host (Lisa Marie
DiGiacinto), a smarmy piece of work.
    The film pretty quickly reveals that the dude is at least some
kind of con man.

He was a fake millionaire on the millionaire show?

SPOILERS:
Yes. And the producer covered that (and his crimes!) up after she found
out, lest the scandal tank her reality TV show and her industry
credibility!!

I wasn't even thinking in terms of scandal or coverup. Some of these millionaire matchmaker shows have fake millionaires as part of the
gimmick, and the women have to guess which one of the men has money.
Then there was one where the show flat out lied to the women about the
guy being a millionaire. But I guess this puts a new twist on things if
even the show didn't know.

Which pretty much means he also has to be a murderer.
    This flick pretty much goes exactly where you expect it to.
    The only thing I really kind of liked here was the film's
implication that the real villain of the piece was the reality show!
producer! (Reality show's producer = worse than murderer! Ha!)
    But as Lifetime flicks go, this one definitely belongs in the
bottom half.

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