Gordie and Will seem to have modern day ideas on homosexuality, which doesn’t seem to jive with the setting. Maybe people were more tolerant than I think but my relatives who were adults in the 1950’s were not open minded at all! They’ve sort of come around as the world has become more tolerant but their views were very indicative of the time they grew up in.
I thought the sergent was just run-off-the-mill homophobic like it was common (50s “normal commonsense”) at the time.
I think Will and Geordie focus on the fact they like Leonard, know he’s a good guy, and treat his “tendencies” as a personality trait that doesn’t make them like him less., “he is who he is, and he’s a good guy”… So, tolerant by 50s standards but not quite “modern” either. They’re our main characters so they have to be acceptable to us 
But my opinion is very debatable.
I wonder what Tamara’s up to.
I was confused by the ending and the preview for next week. If he has pleaded “guilty” as he wrote on the form and was being held overnight to appear before the magistrate the next day (for sentencing I assume since there’s to be no trial due to the guilty plea or is it just bail?), how isn’t he immediately defrocked by by the archdeacon? He was still wearing his clerical garb in next week’s episode.
Anybody start watching season 2 of Baptiste on PBS last night? Wow, seems like a lot has happened between the end of S1 and the beginning of S2. I may have to re-watch the final episode of the first season to see if there is anything I should have remembered.
The guy that the former ambassador has caged in the trunk of her car(!), need to figure out if he is a new character of a carry-over from S1.
I watch very little network tv. And rarely when it’s being broadcast. But have to raise my 
that I will be watching The Bachelorette which starts tonight- darn those daughters
Of mine who got me a little hooked on this show and all it’s drama!
Sorry,I don’t watch Baptiste 
@hazegrey: perhaps they expect him to plead not guilty then sweep it under the rug? Or perhaps there was some hypocritical “understnding” that if you said “It was en experiment I deeply regret but I’m not like that”, you get a slap on the wrist and then just up&move?
After all, drunk priests and even pedophile priests were just moved round if they admitted to mistake and asked for forgiveness… I’d assume they’d do the same for curates who commit “gross indecency”.
I just don’t see Leonard admitting to “an experiment he deeply regrets” (or something of the kind.) I can see him go full speed to “I am a sinner”.
Upon you-all’s recommendation I’m going to try The Big Leap.
@abasket: pretty sure you’ll find Bachelorette fans!
In a first for Bachelor Nation, the Australian version of The Bachelorette starts tomorrow with 16 suitors - 8 male and 8 female.
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wow, they’re not afraid of complications 
I miss Chris Harrison. Not a fan of Tayshia & Kaitlyn and not sure about Jesse Palmer.
Yeah, because there is always a shortage of drama on these shows. 
I was not a fan of Tayshia & Kaitlyn, either.Jesse’s turn on the Bachelor and his football days were before my time, so I have no opinion on him. I was personally hoping Wells Adams would be the next host.
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I do NOT miss Chris Harrison.
I’m a Tashia/Zach fan and follow them both so like Tashia. No attachment to Katelyn. I am one who doesn’t see that role as a necessary one for the most part except to pop in and out here and there.
I REALLY liked Michelle her season - I think she is also GORGEOUS. Like exceptional. I hope I still like her! I’m
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I guess I’m having to let go of my pet peeve that “premed” is not shorthand for 20 year old med shool student if I want to keep watching LaBrea (uncertain at this point): the surgeon dad, who should know better, tells his daughter the freshman premed drop out that she has “medical training”, aaaagh 
I guess they could still pretend she dropped out of 1st year premed pre-reqs to join the nursing 1st year program hence her “medical skills” 
@abasket: are there non gorgeous people on that show Don’t worry I know what you mean (I don’t watch but there are promos)
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I’m personally having a harder time believing an attractive military pilot would risk his life and be stranded in prehistoric times to be with his best friend’s ex with whom he had an affair.
The Bachelor/ette is a guilty pleasure of mine. I record it and watch at lunchtime. I call it “melting my brain” TV.
I have a major soft spot for new bachelorette, Michelle. There was something so genuine about her that caught me off guard when she was vying for whoever was the bachelor when she was first on (Matt?).
I also do NOT miss, Chris Harrison. Love (LOVE!) that guy Zach that won Tashia’s heart (I’ve rarely said that I even “like” a contestant on these shows, let alone “love” - he is a rare and special kind of fellow, and I hope he never proves me wrong!). I don’t mind Tashia & Caitlin as hosts, but when I saw (above) that someone had hoped it would be Wells, I wanted to jump up and say “me too!” (except I hadn’t thought of it) I think he’s precious.
My D thinks I am “insane” (her word) for watching this franchise, but I have had to remind her that there was a time in my life I watched All My Children and loved it to the point of cheering and jeering characters. I will wholly agree, it is a bit “insane” because the concept(s) of the franchise, and AMC, is not even remotely anything I would expect myself to like. But hey, my bff just finished binging 186 episodes of Murder She Wrote - a show I couldn’t even get through the first hour of…it’s TV baby, to each their own!
Yup. She was the runner-up on Matt’s season.
I would start a thread on Bachelorette but I don’t know if enough people here watch or would contribute…
I’ll just say that I think the show is def rigged for drama, staged a fair bit, etc. BUT the truth lies in life after the show. Heck some of the couples relationship doesn’t even make it to the point of the show actually airing!
Tashia and Zack are still together and seem very much to not be suffocating each other with their relationship - both have their own causes and schedule and purposes but they also seem to support each other in many. Tashia recently accompanied Zach to London where he ran the London marathon raising $ for his charity and she is running the NYC marathon to support one of hers.
I’ll be the first to raise my hand that I like a variety of what I watch and read - “light” suits me fine some of the time - enough “heavy” in life…
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The Bachelorette at least has a better track record than the Bachelor; Sean Lowe was the only one to marry the final rose recipient (although 2 later married runners-up). The missed opportunity for drama was in Colton’s season; imagine if he came out on the show. .
I’m not holding my breath that any of the 3 (!!) engagements from Bachelor in Paradise survives the year.
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I just ran across the new series “Ghosts” on CBS and watched the first episode. The short story is that a married couple inherit an old mansion that is haunted but only the woman can see the ghosts. The ghosts are from different eras. It could be interesting and funny depending on what the writers do with it.
I ran across it because I have been watching “United States of Al” which I started watching because it is by Chuck Lorre Productions and I’ve liked some of their other shows such as “Big Bang Theory”. While a bit of a precarious subject I thought the series started out with some humor but has edged into a depressing drama; I probably won’t be watching it much longer.
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I agree there’s a big difference between season 1, when the show was still finding its sea legs wrt humor (various tones and types of jokes), and the beginning of season 2.
I read about the beginning of season 2- half the writing staff are Afghan or Afghan-American and thus got the okay from Chuck Lorre to describe what the Fall of Kabul was like for them (episode 1-2 were written in May then adapted in August- their first meeting was planned for Aug 16…), the frantic attempts at rescuing family members, etc. Some of the writers still have siblings stuck in Kabul. And the marines have been on the forefront of translators,cooks, aides… evacuation, some of them even coordinating to organize rescue missions on their own because most owe them their life and you dont leave people behind. (These efforts are still ongoing. Even though the Kabul airlift was the biggest in history, there are still people being evacuated). So the show reflects this reality. It’s difficult to make a comedy out of that but they’ll get back to it.
I really liked Ghosts! So far I saw episodes 1-3.
IS CSI Vegas worth anything?
As someone who saw every episode of every CSI franchise - no