Before we get started on this week's Tuesday TV Touchbase, a moment if I may to comment on the passing of Anthony Stewart Head. He died last week from complications due to pneumonia.
This one hurts.
I met Head where he played the quiety studeous but also secretly mercurial Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
But Doctor Who fans know him best as the slimy evil Mr. Finch from the episode "School Reunion".
And he was in Ted Lasso which I haven't seen but I did see that bit where Ted kicks his ass in darts. As much as I loved him as Giles in Buffy, damn, Anthony Head was really good at villians.
To see Anthony Head in action, check out this week's Your Friday Video Link.
Rest in peace, Mr. Head. You will be missed.
The season ends with our titular couple enjoying some professional success.
After being fired from one TV job for daring to suggest God might be female (it is Texas and it is the 1990's), Mandy gets a gig at a rival TV station. (Medford TX is as big or as small as the plot requires. In this case, it seems to be big enough to support more than one TV station.)
Georgie's tire store is doing better than expected, well enough for him to buy a Jet Ski. That he doesn't use. Georgie stores the Jet Ski at his mom Mary's house which is followed by a montage of seasons passing while the Jet Ski goes untouched.
Georgie's rivalry with tire store competitor Fred Fagenbacher takes a disconcerting turn when Fred starts attending Mary's Bible Study group at her house. Fred says he sincerely wants to change and Mary believes in helping him find God. I don't trust Fred and I think he's pulling a long con. So does Georgie and he threatens to ban Mary from seeing her grandchild CeeCee if she continues to associate with Fred. Mary kicks Geogie out of her house. So that's not good.
Meanwhile, Mandy's musician brother is finally out of the house, living out of a van with his girlriend and her band on tour. The season ends with a phone call from Connor to his mom: Conner has been arrested.
Andrea likes Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage well enough and I put up with it mostly for the supporting players. Whenever Annie Potts can spare a moment from her new show (Best Medicine which kind of interests me but not enough) to reprise Mee Maw Connie Tucker, I'm all for it. And I wish we could spin more time with Dougie Baldwin as the neuro divergent and sublimely funny Connor.
But two seasons in and I'm still having trouble with Montana Jordan as Georgie. He's still mugging for the camera for every joke. He was better at Georgie when he was on Young Sheldon.
Ghosts
The season ends on some good notes. Sam has sold her screenplay for "Polar Opposites" and has a deal to write the sequels. Which gives her the money to buy back half of Woodstone Manor that she and Jay lost due to Trevor's financial shenanigans.
Yes, Trevor is a ghost but somehow got a job online where he made really good money but didn't pay the taxes on it and somehow Jay got stuck with that bill.
Speaking of Jay, he had to rush off to London with Kyle (who like Sam can see ghosts) with Pete (the one ghost who can leave Woodstone) to find evidence that cholera ghost Nancy was once a princess, information needed to save Woodstone as a historic site.
The trip is a success but it takes too long. When Peter is seperate from Woodstone for an extended period time, parts of him start to vanish. Before Jay and Kyle can get back to Woodstone, Pete completely vanishes.
And THAT is where the season ends.
After a season of Ghosts where everything that could go wrong for Sam and Jay went wrong, it's nice to see some things finally go their way.
But at the expense of Pete, the nicest ghost at Woodstone? NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Ghosts will be back for a 6th season but as a mid-season show. But before then will return for Halloween and Christmas themed specials.
Wheel of Fortune
So Andrea and I were watching Wheel Friday night when Ryan and Vanna were doing their end of show banter and just blurted out that it had been a great season and they'll see us for next season.
Somehow the season end of Wheel of Fortune snuck up on me even though this is usually when the season ends.
Pop Culture Jeopardy
The season end for PCJ did not catch us unaware as Friday marked the season tournament final. We assumed the team One Baddie After Another had a lock on this but AMC B-Listers (who I insisted on calling AMC Blisters) had a few tricks up their sleeves and a couple of really ballsy daily double wagers.
There are some clues that host Colin Jost will read off and I'll tell Andrea "I didn't understand one word in that sentence and that includes IN, ON and THE!" There are some really obscure movies, TV shows and songs I have no idea about.
If it's pop culture from the '90's or before, I'm solid.
That is that for this week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.
For the first time in weeks, there is NO Tuesday TV Touchbase Too.
For weeks, I've been looking at TV that has ended either for the season or forever. Let's turn to new stuff that has begun.
Spider Noir
Stranger Things: Tales of '85
That's next week.
Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.
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