Time
now for another Tuesday TV Touchbase
What
the heck are my wife Andrea and I watching on TV?
The Good Place
OK,
we’re back on track now. Just as we’re nearing the end.
I’m
sorry but the new experiment just wasn’t working for me. Why? I don’t know.
Maybe it’s because Trent was just to damn unredeemable a character? He doesn’t
see the need to be a better person because he has no concept of himself as
someone other than a perfectly good person. You know, I watch TV to get away
from reality and there’s a damn Donald Trump expy in the middle of The Good
Place. Really?!?!
But
the last two episodes have brought the focus back to the original crew where it
belongs.
And
last week’s episode? Chidi’s message to himself: There is no “answer”. But Eleanor is the
answer.
Oh,
if I wasn’t emotionally dead inside, I
might cry.
Perfect Harmony
Andrea
still likes this show. I am learning to tolerate it more. Last week’s
Thanksgiving themed episode had some good laughs. I especially responded to “the
plastic bag of plastic bags”. I don’t know if that’s a southern thing but I
know a lot of homes in the south that have a plastic bag filled with plastic
bags. My mom kept a plastic bag filled
with more plastic bags.
And
Arthur comes to the realization that his day with this gang of Kentucky kooks
was better than his day alone.
There
might be hope for this show after all.
Young Sheldon
We
know from Big Bang Theory that Sheldon went to college at age 11. So far in
Young Sheldon, our young genius is still 10. Last week’s episode involves
efforts by a local university to get Sheldon into college by bribing his father
George with a high paying college coaching job. But the high school principal
doesn’t want to lose Sheldon Cooper. Yes, the prepubescent Mr. Cooper can be a
pain in the ass to his teachers but apparently his test scores alone are
elevating school standards enough to receive a higher level of federal funding.
So the teachers are ordered to be nice to Sheldon, the principal gives Sheldon
the key to the faculty restroom and George keeps getting bribes in the form of
a new desk chair and a golden whistle.
Jim
Parsons as adult Sheldon narrates that at age 10, Sheldon stayed in high school
and would not go to college until age 11. So that’s still a thing that’s coming.
Andrea
likes George. I hate to break it to her than if the show does hold to the backstory
established in BBT, Sheldon’s dad will die in a few years. Which is a shame because
I really like George Cooper too.
The Crown
Andrea
and I watched the two first two episodes of the 3rd season of The Crown. We started this damn thing because Andrea
will follow former Doctor Who star Matt Smith almost anywhere. But now Matt is
gone but we’re committed to this thing. The whole main cast has been swapped with
new actors coming in as our principal characters age.
Olivia
Colman slips into the role of Queen Elizabeth very readily. The continuity from
Claire Foy is virtually seamless with Colman as a more mature version of the
same character. Or as the Queen so cheekily refers to her older self as “an old
bat” while reviewing updated postage stamps of her updated visage.
Helena
Bonham Carter takes over as Princess Margaret and builds on the work of Vanessa
Kirby from the first two seasons. As before, Margaret chafes at the structures
of royal life while longing for more of a role in that life. An unexpected diplomatic
coup takes place when Margaret charms a reluctant President Johnson in approving
a financial aid package for the United Kingdom. Margaret’s defiance of the
rules of royalty works this time as she’s dealing with a world leader who is
not one for pomp or circumstance. The highlight of episode two is the Prime Minister’s
embarrassed recounting to the queen of a drunken battle of naughty limericks between
the Princess and the President.
Such
as this one told by Princess Margaret.
There
as a young woman in Dallas
Who
used a dynamite stick as a phallas.
They
found her vagina
In
North Carolina
And
her asshole in Buckingham Palace
Yes,
the Queen looks upon this very awkwardly.
But
as Princess Margaret, caught up in the full blush of her diplomatic success, opines
her sister the Queen for an expanded role in royal affairs, Prince Phillips reminds
his wife that Margaret got lucky once.
Speaking
of Prince Phillip, this the one actor transition that does not work for me. Tobias
Menzies is so different in tone, voice and appearance from Matt Smith, there is
virtually no continuity in the character of Prince Phillip from the first two seasons
to the 3rd. Unlike the other actor transitions, it’s hard for me to
see Menzies as an older version of Matt Smith.
And that's that for this post.
Whoops! Forgot about Stumptown. I'll cover that in next week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.
And that's that for this post.
Whoops! Forgot about Stumptown. I'll cover that in next week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.
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