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Ranking New Shows I Watched in January-June 2024

Shogun- This was an epic war story.

2. Beef- A great look at trauma caused by money, class and race.

3. A Gentleman In Moscow- A great book adaptation.

4. Elsbeth-A quirky female Columbo.

5. Mr. & Mrs. Smith- A very ambitious, globe trotting relationship show.

6. Nolly- A nice true story miniseries.

7. The Brothers Sun- A very fun action series.

8. Ex Pats- A lot of people hated this because they assumed it was a mystery series. I never got that vibe. It was a look at class and dysfunction.

9. Primo- This was a very sweet family show.

10. Wild Cards- A fun if inconsistent buddy cop show.

11. Turn Up Charlie

12. Echo

13. Maryland

14. The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

15. Grimsburg

16. Death and Other Details

17. Carol and the End of the World

18. My Life With The Walter Boys

19. The Girls On The Bus

20. The Regime

21. Fool Me Once

22. Ted

23. The Woman In The Wall

24. The Second Best Hospital In The Galaxy

25. Hazbin Hotel

26. Monsieur Spade

27. Extended Family

28. Parish

29. Tracker

30. Sight Unseen

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My Best Shows of 2023

Poker Face

Somebody Somewhere

The Afterparty

Abbott Elementary

Paul T. Goldman

The Continental

Dark Winds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

The Bear

Reservation Dogs

Perry Mason

The Last Of Us

Party Down

Never Have I Ever

The Horrors of Dolores Roach

Harley Quinn

National Treasure: Edge of History

Doctor Who

The Mandalorian

Yellowjackets

Digman!

Single Drunk Female

Bob's Burgers

Survival of the Thickest

The Great North

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My Favorite Movies of 2023

The Marvels

Barbie

John Wick IV

Scream VI

Violent Night

Quiz Lady

Red, White and Royal Blue

Dungeons and Dragons

Elemental

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

Haunted Mansion

Antman & The Wasp: Quantumania

She Said

Anyone But You

Saltburn

Puppy Love

Super Mario Bros.

Shotgun Wedding

Ghosted

Murder Mystery 2

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Best Shows of Fall 2023

The Lazarus Project

The Continental

Twisted Metal

Everybody Else Burns

The Fall of the House of Usher

Paul T. Goldman

Survival of the Thickest

The Horror of Dolores Roach

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Murder At The End Of The World

Lessons In Chemistry

Blackberry

Gen V

Dreaming Whilst Black

Star Wars Ahsoka

Harlan Corbin's Shelter

The Other Black Girl

The Spencer Sisters

Who Is Erin Carter?

Sullivan's Crossing

The Curse

The Buccaneers

The Swarm

Colin From Accounts

Black Cake

Children Ruin Everything

Unprisoned

Found

DI Ray

Strange Planet

Still Up

The Rising

The Gold

The Irrational

Ridley

Son of a Critch

Praise Petey

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Ranking The Season Long Death In Paradise Police Characters

Catherine Bordey- Catherine is the heart of the island. Though not an actual cop, she is the mother of one and friend to cops throughout the island. She is kind and helps on cases.

Richard Poole- Richard was an interesting one. He was brilliant but troubled. He could be difficult and outright insulting. He had a miserable past, a miserable present but had the possibility of happiness with Camille. Then he was murdered before he could be happily ever after. He was the interesting driving force for a show.

JP Hooper- JP had the most complete arc of anyone on the show. He was a young police officer who was eager to be the best he could be. The years saw him become a husband and a father. He also learned to grow. He bonded with Dwayne, Ruby and Marlon. He learned to accept and defend people regardless of their faults. He wanted to empower them to be better. He left for a training academy to do just that.

Dwayne Meyers- Dwayne is a womanizer who likes to party. He is also a decent and loyal guy despite occasionally trying to avoid work.

Camille Bordey- Camille was and is a good detective. She also is haughty and quick to anger. She left for adventure but still had empathy for others.

Selwyn Patterson- The Police Commissioner seems to exist to be vaguely menacing to all the police in his charge. He often provides comic relief and helps out on cases.

Humphrey Goodman- Humphrey was a breathe of fresh air. He had to follow the unique Richard Poole. His main attributes seem to be being absentminded and accident prone. He was open to trying new things, brilliant and had a love for riddles. He wanted to embrace life and got a happily ever after.

Jack Mooney- Jack had big dad energy. His main deal was that he actually connected with the island and people rather well. On top of that, he was a brilliant cop.

Darlene Curtis- Darlene had an interesting journey to the police force. She was interested in Jack, then Dwayne, then became a cop. I like her no-nonsense vibe.

Florence Cassell- Florence is one of the longest running characters on the show and one of the ones we arguably know the least about. The romance that affected her for multiple seasons happened almost entirely off-screen. Her main role was helping her commanding officers working on their dreams with no mention of her own. She spent seasons worth of episodes helping Humphrey find love or Neville get out of his shell. So, she's a good cop and a helper.

Marlon Pryce- I wasn't loving Marlon when he was introduced but he's fun. He's reformed but still a bit of a work in progress.

Ruby Patterson- Ruby is only so low on the list because she broke the law so many times in her short tenure as a cop. Still, she was friendly and fun and different than the officers that preceded her.

Neville Parker- Neville is nice. He's a nice nerd who is allergic to things and that's fine.

Naomi Thomas- Naomi seems to be a confident police officer learning to speak up for herself. She is competent and flirts with Marlon.

Fidel Best- Fidel was a guy who was married with kids. He was a stable and solid cop. That's all you need.

Madeleine Dumas- It's not her fault that she's a one season wonder. She was not developed beyond being a cop with an ex.

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Ranking New Spring Shows

1. Poker Face

2. The Last of Us

3. Digman

4. Class of 07'

5. Mrs. Davis

6. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

7. National Treasure: Edge of History

8. Velma

9. Arcane

10. Shrinking

11. Lucky Hank

12. Rain Dogs

13. Wreck

14. Gotham Knights

15. Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur

16. Not Dead Yet

17. The Ark

18. School Spirits

19. Ridley

20. Night Court

21. Will Trent

22. Accused

23. Koala Man

24. Animal Control

25. The Company You Keep

26. Barons

27. Dear Edward

28. The Watchful Eye

29. Mayfair Witches

30. True Lies

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Perfect

Shauna Shipman // Feeling Kinda Naughty - Crazy Ex Girlfriend

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Best Shows of 2022

Abbott Elementary

Players

Peacemaker

Better Call Saul

Only Murders In The Building

Hacks

Girls5eva

Minx

The Afterparty

Yellowjackets

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Russian Doll

Wellington Paranormal

Stranger Things

Somebody Somewhere

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Ranking Shows from 2022 Summer and Fall

The Resort

A Friend of the Family

Wednesday

The Patient

Fleishman Is In Trouble

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law

Reboot

Everything's Trash

A League Of Their Own

Ms. Marvel

The Sandman

The Bear

The Old Man

Loot

So Help Me Todd

Paper Girls

Magpie Murders

The Midnight Club

The Lake

Irma Vep

Interview With The Vampire

The Summer I Turned Pretty

Alaska Daily

The Terminal List

Family Law

God's Favorite Idiot

The Gordita Chronicles

Maggie

Blockbuster

Partner Track

Rap Shit

Sprung

The Dropout

American Gigolo

Monarch

Bump

Resident Evil

Quantum Leap

Lopez vs. Lopez

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

The Winchesters

Boo, Bitch

This Fool

Bad Sisters

Reasonable Doubt

Little Demon

Reginald The Vampire

Professionals

Uncoupled

Sky Med

Fire Country

Leonardo

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Ranking New Shows of Spring 2022

1. Peacemaker- This was a fun take on a character I wasn't sure I wanted to see again. It was dark and funny and filled with action.

2. Minx- This was a sex positive comedy about the start of a Playgirl style magazine.

3. Abbott Elementary- This is a funny and empathetic look at what it's like to be a teacher.

4. The Afterparty- This was a fun take on a murder mystery.

5. Moon Knight- This was a throwback to old school action movies with compelling characters.

6. Single Drunk Female- This was a comedy of struggling to stay sober.

7. Obiwan Kenobi- I am cautiously optimistic about the chance for this show to set things right.

8. MacGruber- This show came exactly when I needed it.  Just a dumb comedy about an SNL character.

9. Starstruck- This is such a fun romantic comedy.

10. Slow Horses- This was a good spy show.

11. Somebody Somewhere

12. Severance

13. American Auto

14. Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

15. Julia

16. Life & Beth

17. Under The Banner of Heaven

18. The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

19. Human Resources

20. Killing It

21. The Gilded Age

22. Naomi

23. I Love That For You

24. Astrid & Lilly Save The World

25. Harlem

26. With Love

27. Shining Vale

28. Anatomy of a Scandal

29. Landscapers

30. The Man Who Fell To Earth

31. The First Lady

32. Mythic Quest

33. The Book of Boba Fett

34. Squid Game

35. Murderville

36. Midnight Mass

37. The Baby

38. Pivoting

39. Pam & Tommy

40. The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window

41. Pistol

42. Ozark

43. Tokyo Vice

44. Super Pumped

45. The Thing About Pam

46. Welcome to Flatch

47. Letterkenny

48. Wecrashed

49. 61st Street

50. Inventing Anna

51. Promised Land

52. Good Sam

53. Grand Crew

54. Bel-Air

55. Our Flag Means Death

56. Shoresy

57. Ten Percent

58. Joe vs. Carole

59. The Cleaning Lady

60. Around The World In 80 Days

61. How I Met Your Father

62. And Just Like That

63. The Endgame

64. Pretty Smart

65. How We Roll

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TV Moments as of 3/8/22

“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers' Dynasty” 1x01

This was a very stylish pilot.  I liked it.

“The Gilded Age” 1x07

Is it just me or is Turner a creep?

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My Top TV Shows of All Time

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Daria Psych Golden Girls All My Children Pushing Daisies Veronica Mars Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cheers One Day At A Time Honorable Mentions: Happy Endings Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Playing House Firefly The Good Place

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My Top 10 Favorite Movies

Princess Bride Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner Airplane Support Your Local Sheriff Sister Act First Wives Club Young Frankenstein Forrest Gump Murder By Death The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tommy Boy

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Sophie Nelisse doing a live interview now

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That finale

I'm so sad about Jackie's death.  What makes it so sad is they both wanted to apologize and did love each other but were too proud and stubborn to say it first and Jackie died because of it.  It also makes sense why Shauna is so repressed and passive aggressive now.  The one time in her life she confronted someone, the person she loved most in the world immediately died. Also, Shauna was so protective of her, like watching her poison ivy, making her eat, making sure the girls didn’t turn on her, always looking for her when they were separated or fighting. To go from that to what happened must make it all even worse.

I wonder if Jackie is in some supernatural afterlife?  In which case, she can keep hanging with the girls as they pop up.

Well, it seems like Tai has joined the cult but consciously or unconsciously? Because she was bringing a lot of sweetness past and present.  Also, I have been shipping Tai/Van this whole season but I was so worried about Simone when she was crawling around and found the altar.  R.I.P. Biscuit.  

I cannot tell if Misty is really in Lottie’s cult or if she’s just down with group activities. Did Jessica not reach out to anyone before Misty killed her?  I wonder if she was actually going to honor the deal.  

Nat getting kidnapped seemed to save her life.  I like that she was willing to honor her deal with Misty pre-suicide.  She’s still a bit of that honorable girl she was in the woods.

Poor Coach having to react to the almost orgy and human sacrifice in the middle of a whole other situation.

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So, I saw a theory that in the finale, Shauna/Jackie have it out about Jeff and Jackie storms off and freezes to death.

And that’s why Shauna married Jeff. So, Jackie didn’t die for an affair. She died so Shauna would be with the person she was spending the rest of her life with .

And Jackie being frozen gives them the idea to eat the others slowly over time.

And that’s why all the actors are talking about the finale being heartbreaking.

Anyway, I hope not because I would not be okay after???