The Night Manager<\/a>, season 2 B-<\/p>\n Miracle: The Boys of \u201980<\/a> A<\/p>\n Ponies<\/a> OK, this ain\u2019t quite The Americans<\/em>. In fact, by the end, it couldn\u2019t have been more different. It falls into a similar place, though. In this case two CIA agents are killed in Moscow in late 1976 and their wives convince the agency to allow them to return to Russia as agents in hopes of discovering what happened to their husbands. It is goofy, almost campy at times. Lots of odd choices in where the story went. Some real head-scratching moments in there. And the finale straight up flummoxed me. It was a fun ride, though, which is what really matters. I felt a little bad about thinking Emilia Clarke was so dazzling, assuming she was like 23, then I learned she was 39 and feel a lot more comfortable sharing that.<\/p>\n B+<\/p>\n Shrinking<\/a>, season 3 In progress.<\/p>\n Scrubs<\/a>, season 10 In progress to my brain, A+ to my heart<\/p>\n The Princess Bride<\/a> A<\/p>\n Tasting Switzerland’s Mountain Culture | Alpine Cheese, Snowboarding & Foraging | DIRT Switzerland<\/a> Movies, Shows, Etc. The Night Manager, season 2 Five years ago this show\u2019s first season confused me a bit, as I struggled with its presentation and pacing. I found season two to be silly and uneven. There was some plot stuff that was flat-out strange and perhaps unnecessary. And I was annoyed when nothing was resolved but rather it all sets up a hypothetical season three. B- Miracle: The Boys of \u201980 You\u2019re telling me there\u2019s a new documentary about one of the foundational moments in my relationship with sports, a mythical event that even 46 years later still does not make sense? Hell yes I\u2019m going to watch. A Ponies You\u2019re telling me there\u2019s a new show about spies during the Cold War that features fantastic fashion, lots of sex, and incredible needle drops? Hell yes I\u2019m going to watch. OK, this ain\u2019t quite The Americans. In fact, by the end, it couldn\u2019t have been more different. It falls into a similar place, though. In this case two CIA agents are killed in Moscow in late 1976 and their wives convince the agency to allow them to return to Russia as agents in hopes of discovering what happened to their husbands. It is goofy, almost campy at times. Lots of odd choices in where the story went. Some real head-scratching moments in there. And the finale straight up flummoxed me. It was a fun ride, though, which is what really matters. I felt a little bad about thinking Emilia Clarke was so dazzling, assuming she was like 23, then I learned she was 39 and feel a lot more comfortable sharing that. B+ Shrinking, season 3 Five episodes into the new season. The cuteness knob might be turned one notch too far, so far. They also need to quit dicking around getting Jimmy and Sofi together. That has to happen, right? In progress. Scrubs, season 10 Bill Lawrence ruling my world the last week of the month. Soooo glad this is back. Like the reviews I checked suggested, it does not reach the peaks of the show\u2019s first three years, but no one expected that. It felt warm and familiar and was funny and touching. And that was just in two episodes where the groundwork is just being laid for the rest of the season. In progress to my brain, A+ to my heart The Princess Bride After our full-family dinner Saturday, S wanted to watch a movie together. As there were no recommendations from the girls, she landed on this. I think everyone \u201cwatched\u201d while staring at their own screens and L even bailed after about 45 minutes. But I stuck with it and was reminded what a great flick this is. C was surprised and pleased to discover it is a Rob Reiner film. A Tasting Switzerland’s Mountain Culture | Alpine Cheese, Snowboarding & Foraging | DIRT Switzerland Cooking on the Edge of the World | Tasting the Wild Food of Newfoundland Maybe I\u2019ve said this before, but while taking a different angle, these pieces are the closest thing we have currently to what Anthony Bourdain did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-17111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-media","tag-movies","tag-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17112,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17111\/revisions\/17112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFive years ago this show\u2019s first season confused me a bit, as I struggled with its presentation and pacing. I found season two to be silly and uneven. There was some plot stuff that was flat-out strange and perhaps unnecessary. And I was annoyed when nothing was resolved but rather it all sets up a hypothetical season three. <\/p>\n
\nYou\u2019re telling me there\u2019s a new documentary about one of the foundational moments in my relationship with sports, a mythical event that even 46 years later still does not make sense? Hell yes I\u2019m going to watch.<\/p>\n
\nYou\u2019re telling me there\u2019s a new show about spies during the Cold War that features fantastic fashion, lots of sex, and incredible needle drops? Hell yes I\u2019m going to watch. <\/p>\n
\nFive episodes into the new season. The cuteness knob might be turned one notch too far, so far. They also need to quit dicking around getting Jimmy and Sofi together. That has to happen, right?<\/p>\n
\nBill Lawrence ruling my world the last week of the month. Soooo glad this is back. Like the reviews I checked suggested, it does not reach the peaks of the show\u2019s first three years, but no one expected that. It felt warm and familiar and was funny and touching. And that was just in two episodes where the groundwork is just being laid for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n
\nAfter our full-family dinner Saturday, S wanted to watch a movie together. As there were no recommendations from the girls, she landed on this. I think everyone \u201cwatched\u201d while staring at their own screens and L even bailed after about 45 minutes. But I stuck with it and was reminded what a great flick this is. C was surprised and pleased to discover it is a Rob Reiner film. <\/p>\n
\nCooking on the Edge of the World | Tasting the Wild Food of Newfoundland<\/a>
\nMaybe I\u2019ve said this before, but while taking a different angle, these pieces are the closest thing we have currently to what Anthony Bourdain did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"