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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Started at 9am. Switched it off at 4pm. I was watching while I worked on the computer.

Seven episodes.
Season 20

"Black out"
Defense Attorney Nikki Staines finds herself as a victim of rape following a police charity event; a hesitant Benson turns to her own for a suspect.

"Dearly Beloved"
The squad investigates a case with conflicting reports when a lady crashes a wedding to accuse her therapist of sexual assault. (T.J.Thyne was in this. He played Jack Hodgins on Bones, which I watched before Law & Order SVU)

"The Good Girl"
Benson tries to unearth the secret of a pregnant teenager when she is unwilling to identity the baby's father.
This was a little twisted.

"Exchange"
After a cab driver assaults a teenaged exchange student, Benson steps in to help the young girl.

"Diss"
A pop star is assaulted in her home, which leads the squad of detectives to investigate the public feud between her rapper husband and a rival recording artist.

"Assumptions"
The squad searches for two suspects after a Muslim lady is attacked inside of a synagogue; Benson is shocked that Rob Miller is out on bail. (Bob Miller is a call back to "Black out")

"End Game"
Although she is unable to prove it, Lt. Benson suspects Rob Miller is behind the death of a teenager, who is found dead in the Hudson River.

All descriptions are from TitanTV, famous in my mind for one sentence descriptions. (Things in parenthesis are my comments.)

Bob Miller is a very wealthy and powerful man accused in "Black out" of running under aged sex parties. Yes, it sounds familiar, but it strictly a coincidence. Richard Kind plays his lawyer. I've seen Richard Kind play evil people before, but with a face like that, you have to love him.

It has been a long time since I've had an SVU watch day while working on the computer. Enjoyable, but not very forthcoming with laughs.

Professor T

Finished season 2 (2016) yesterday.
Annelies Donckers leaves the force, and leaves the show.

Started season 3 (2018) last night and stayed up to 1am watching up through episode 5.
In season 3, Professor Jasper Teerlinck goes to prison for the shooting of a detective in the final episode of season 2.

Two days ago...

Professor T

Finished season 3

I enjoyed this story and its characters very much. Jasper Teerlinck is a brilliant and depending on your perspective, flawed man. The show is funny one minute, and sad in a non trivial manner the next. Perpetrators are


Cast of characters, left to right
Commissioner Christina Flamant - Possibly the only woman he has ever loved. He tells Annelies the they were in a relationship for three years.
Chief Inspector Paul Rabet - lost is his daughter in an accident and is coping with the loss through the series. He and his wife cares for the granddaughter while the son-in-law is "where ever."
Inspector Daan De Winter - an extraordinarily likable guy, always taking notes, and harbors feelings for person next to him. He is always touching Jasper's stuff.
Inspector Annelies Donckers - Intelligent and driven
Professor Jasper Teerlinck - expertly played by Kown De Bouw.
Ingrid Sneyers (Mrs. Sneyers) - "Secretary of the faculty." It is stated in the first episode. She is the glue who without the world would disintegrate. It is true. She is the only true match for Jasper. Although she is referred to as Mrs. Sneyers, I cannot recall any mention of Mr. Sneyers.
Walter De Paepe - The Dean of the university. Jasper's best friend, father figure (???), and boss. He has known Jasper since he was a child, and was very close to the family. He, Mrs. Sneyers, and Jasper make a dynamic triangle of characters.

Not pictured, but important.
Adelinde Van Marcke - Jasper's caring and loving mother, who Jasper often attempts to avoid. Her husband died when Jasper was 8.
Herman Donckers - Annelies father, who it is established in episode 1 has Alzheimer's. Over the course of the first two series, we see him slowly diminish away until end of life. Truly sad.
Helena Gijselbrecht - Psychiatrist assigned to Jasper in series 2. She is sometimes the person of interest in Jasper's hallucinations and dreams. Sample of one such dream: Jasper is sitting in his home. Dr. Gijelbrecht is dressed in a nightgown. "What's going on? What's going to happen?" One might think. Jasper tells her to make him a sandwich. She leaves to the kitchen to make him a sandwich. Okay, now I get it. She nourishes him.
Inspector Saskia Vogels - Replaces Annelies in series 3. Very much the opposite of Annelies in many ways. It is tricky to replace a character in a series. It's like replacing an ingridient. It takes a while to get use to the new taste.
Inspector John Van Humbeeck - Replaces Daan in series 2.
Kafka - Adelinde's dog, who is left with Mrs. Sneyers when she comes to visit Jasper at the university.

Johan Vermarcke - We meet Johan in the series 1, episode 5. He is a receptionist for a hotel. Jasper helps to send him to prison for life. When Jasper goes to prison in series 3, Johan is shown as a bystander, and observer. He introduces himself to Jasper, and they find they have a lot in common, chess, music, books, quoting books along with the author and the date. They both enjoy art. Johan is in charge of the library, which is sort of funny because when they first meet in series 1, Jasper introduces himself as a consultant for the police. He shows Johan his card, and Johan says "That's your library card."
Jasper responds, "Can I still ask you some questions?" Even in the first series, Johan knew as a person that grew up with an exceptional mind, he found a kindred spirit with Jasper, a friend.

There was so much I enjoyed about this program. I have started watching it again (yesterday)

Season 1 of:

Patience [2025–?]



English remake of Astrid et Raphaëlle [2019–?].

I enjoy both and think both are excellent! And Patience is a faithful English remake of Astrid..., the episodes in the former are clearly rewrites of episodes in the latter.

● A reason to favor Patience: it's in English! (vs. Astrid...'s good English subtitles.)_●
● A reason to favor Astrid...: so far, it has 40 episodes completed vs. Patience which has 6 episodes completed with future episodes contingent on public broadcasting getting funding...which Trump plans to cut!

The Billionaire Boys Club.

CNN documentary concerning conman Joe Hunt, and the sons of millionaires he strung along, leading to a string of murders and financial ruin. A real life story of 1980's excess.

Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
F1 Sprint Race
I watched the recorded sprint race and by the time I was done, the pre-qualifying show was starting.
F1 Qualifying for Sunday's race

Season 2025
Round 13

Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
Formula One Race

Season 2025
Round 13

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Dexter Resurrection

Season 1
Episode 4 - Call Me Red

Dexter, posing as another serial killer who was invited to an exclusive dinner party hosted by Peter Dinklage, who plays an extremely wealthy man who collects items belonging to serial killers. If you are familiar with the Dexterverse, some of the items will be familiar. If you are familiar with serial killers other items will be familiar as well. Other guests at the party are Krysten Ritter, Neil Patrick Harris, Eric Stonestreet, and David Dastmalchian.
Spoiler: One of these guest won't be back next week.

The Billionaire Boys Club.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Season 18, episode 18 - July 27, 2025 - Gang Databases

The Nautilus.

Finally, an actually good episode! The Nautilus crew find what they think is Atlantis, but which is possibly in actuality R'lyeh. Great sci-fi/horror episode!

The Boys
on Amazon Prime

Season 1 of 4
Episode 1 - The Name of the Game
Episode 2 - Cherry

After two episodes, this is my limited summation.
There is a nice girl in Des Moines, Iowa that can control energy. She can harness it, and create explosions, big and hand sized projectiles.
There is a nice guy that works in a small electronics store.
She is invited to join an exclusive team of Super Heroes. Here is a clue. They are $uper Heroe$
The guy is with his girlfriend. They are on the street talking. They start to cross the street. Ever wonder what happens if The Flash did not obey traffic laws, or was distracted?
She finds out that these $uper Heroe$ are marketed and managed by a big corrupt organization.
Meanwhile, he is asked to help the FBI, but then finds out it is not the FBI.
So from my point of view, on one side you have a bunch of corrupt people, and on the other side you have some corrupt people. I don't know it they merit the descriptive term of "bunch" yet.
Each side has one person that seems to want to do the right thing.
Granted, I've only seen two episodes. Things can, and will, change.

A ex-coworker and occasional text buddy told me about the show.

Two more things. Two Star Trek actor are in this, Simon Pegg (Scotty) and Karl Urban (Bones). Simon plays the nice guy's dad, and I had to ask myself Is that Simon Pegg? Karl on the other hand, I thought That's Bones from Star Trek. I got past that.
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Just finished
episode 3 - Get Some

Amazon's content advisory (I thought this was important to post)
Content advisory
Nudity, violence, substance use, alcohol use, smoking, foul language, sexual content, Flashing lights and strobing patterns might affect photosensitive viewers

It left out gore, such as body innards, and brain matter on the floor. It does not bother me. No one has been shot in the head, which does bother me.

Personal observation. The nice super hero woman, Annie/Starlight, is given a new suit by corporate. She does not like it because it sexualizes her. A few scenes later, a different female hero makes her entrance into frame. The camera is positioned so her entrance is a waist down shot of her that she. She struts does some stairs until her head is in frame. The show promotes one message, while promoting the opposite. Corporate, Producers, Directors, there is some confusion. That's just my personal observation.

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Tina & Bobby (2016)

A three-part television drama about the relationship between Bobby Moore and his wife Tina (who is played by former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan). Moore was the captain of the England football team which won the World Cup in 1966, after which he became some sort of national icon. Not a bad production - I thought I'd seen it before, but none of it seemed familiar, so who knows?

I only saw Bobby Moore play once, and that was in 1974 when he was well past his best: he actually scored an own goal in the game I watched. I also met Tina Moore in around 1983 when she attended a parents' evening at the school where I was teaching at the time.

The IMDB reviews of this are pretty scathing, and concentrate a fair bit on the 'wooden' portrayal of Moore by one Lorne MacFadyen (who does seem to be a bit of a nonentity as an actor, quite honestly), but there's a fair bit of evidence that Moore was in fact a pretty boring person in real life (some quotes by his former club manager Ron Greenwood bear this out). That probably applies to a good percentage of British footballers of that era, who were often poorly educated and somewhat one-dimensional characters.

Southpark.

Replayed the season opener Trump is threatening to sue over!

The Boys

Season 1, episode 7 - The Self-Preservation Society

Okay. Traumatic head trauma in the men's bathroom. I may be putting this series away.

I want to see that.

It's great!