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I think it was a mutual, not all that pleasant parting.

As the media moves onto "sexier" stories and those in the press who are still interested are busy playing tiny violins (Why didn't I see? I wrote an article on Bill Cosby in 1983 - why didn't I say something? This is so hard for me! Pay attention to me!), this is a good time to read this about some of the victims, and the lives they've had. Far from desperate famewhores, these women have long lost any interest in Hollywood, in many cases are struggling with serious illness, and came forward to be heard and to support other women. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-cosbys-legacy-recast-accusers-speak-in-detail-about-sexual-assault-allegations/2014/11/22/d7074938-718e-11e4-8808-afaa1e3a33ef_story.html

Thanks. dc I put a few more articles in the radio soap thread and in the First Hundred Years thread if you want to read any of them.

Todd McDurmont uploaded a few more clips. Nice to see more of Egypt.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/linda-henry-who-plays-shirley-carter-in-eastenders-facing-trial-accused-of-hurling-racial-abuse-outside-jamie-olivers-restaurant-9886799.html

That sounds really good - I love when Althea tears into people.

The raven has a better agent than Bran...

May 1994 Weekly Names thrown around for Valley of the Dolls Kathy Shawver (ex-Rebecca, Y&R), Carrie Mitchum (ex-Donna Logan, B&B ), Carla Borelli (Connie Gianinni, Falcon Crest, Reena Cook, Texas), Casper Van Dien (ex-Ty Moody, OLTL, Greg Wrangler (Steve Carlton, Y&R), Brent Jasmer (Sly, B&B ).

I know someone wanted to see this years ago. Josh Taylor as Quint.

Awful off-key singing.

Danai at the AMAs. Seth Gilliam: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/23/walking-dead-crossed-seth-gilliam-gabriel/ Norman Reedus http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-deads-norman-reedus-daryl-751551

I'm not sure I've seen a better example of the idiocy of some people on subjects like Ferguson. Sadly, she paid with her life. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ferguson-woman-kills-self-gun-accident Speaking of idiots. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rudy-giuliani-danger-to-black-child-is-another-black

I have mixed feelings about Bad Bob. I can see why Noah trusted him - he was trying to be gentle with Noah when they were taking him back, he knocked Sasha out but didn't take the time to kill her - although that might have just been him wanting to get the hell out of there, his face during that whole scene did make me think he had some sorrow over what he was doing. Yet we saw moments where he was more of a jerk, like his attempts to kill Daryl and his obvious displeasure when he didn't get the job done. I thought the actor, whoever he was, did a good job with some of the ambiguity. He also reminded me of Shane, for some reason. For all the parallels of Rick and Dawn, this guy actually reminded me more of Rick, especially when he said that he wasn't a cop anymore because all the real cops are dead.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this episode, and after watching it, I'm still not. My basic problem with it is a well-crafted episode can't hide basic idiot plotting. The good: - I'm not a huge fan of their multi-strand storytelling, not after the way Woodbury stopped huge portions of the show dead. So I was pleasantly surprised that the 4 strands worked here, didn't seem disjointed. - Overall I think splitting some of the group off to the failed DC mission has proven to be an increasingly wise decision. Maggie still seems aimless (although she was a lot better this week), but there's been some terrific character development for Tara, Rosita, to a lesser degree Eugene and Abraham, and I much prefer Glenn chilling with friends to angsting with the Rick group. It was nice to see him in extended scenes with two women and not have to worry the show was setting up any romance or cheating. Rosita getting to know them more, the slight tension between Tara and them over Eugene, Tara's light moments (I loved "GREATM" - it's one of those stupid, silly things some people do in real life that rarely makes it on TV), Maggie and Rosita trying to help Abraham get over himself. This is what many would call "filler" but it's one of the everyday type of sequences that help keep me a fan of the show. - I liked that some of the characters got to have believable reactions. Even if the show feels that Abraham is good at heart, I like that Rosita still flinches when he snaps, and that Maggie took no chances and held him at gunpoint. I liked that Gabriel (a very sheltered man) is repulsed by the group and can't see them as being any better than those they slaughtered. - I'm still really disappointed at how little they're using Michonne, but otherwise I thought the church scenes were very effective. My favorite part was the use of sound to help us see Gabriel's tattered mind - Judith's constant crying, the hacking away at the church, Gabriel's nails on the floor. I thought Seth Gilliam was great in the scene where Gabriel was, instinctively, going to kill the walker, until he saw the cross around her neck. The nail in his shoe reminds me of Aeon Flux (the Liquid Television shorts, not the later stuff) - probably one of my favorite and most frustrating resolutions to anything ever. - I could swear Rick was flirting with Michonne a little. Not that it means anything to the story, or that I ever think it will happen, but I'll take what I can get. - I liked Tyreese trying to help Sasha move on, even if that turned out to be a terrible idea. - Medical realism aside, the hospital scenes did manage to show Beth navigating a confusing place, with no one she truly trusts, to try to save Carol's life. Some of the fans of these women tear each other apart, tear the actresses apart, so onscreen, it was good to see just the opposite, to see that women can be there for each other, and that Beth and Carol don't exist via shipping wars. - The guy who played Bad Bob did exceptionally with what could have been very basic material. A part of me almost hopes he stays around, but this show has enough morally ambiguous brooding guys already. The bad: - I just don't buy that Daryl would agree to Tyreese's plan. It's bad writing. I don't know if the idea was that Daryl and Tyreese were supporting the idea of goodness and humanity, and Rick was going with basic brutality (and were we supposed to agree with him? Are we supposed to want the characters to be killing machines? I have no idea), but this was about common sense. Don't they remember The Governor's "trade"? Or how they refused to negotiate with Gareth at the church? The idea that these may be good people and let's give them a chance is something I don't quite believe most of the group would support at this point. - Sasha letting Bad Bob near the window with her. Again, bad writing. - I'm not all that interested in the power struggles of Dawn and her cops. I feel like I should care a lot more about Dawn than I actually do.

This video always amuses me, as for most of it, they essentially, unintentionally, tell a story of four bisexuals or people finding happiness in a poly relationship.

I liked Karen, for the tiny amount of airtime she got, but I do see what you mean. I guess I don't mind because I think it's always good to see people remembering and struggling. I do think sometimes the show overdoes this with Tyreese and makes it his whole characterization, so I understand your point.

In the show's time, Karen only died a few weeks ago. Lori has been dead in the show's time for 5-6 months, not that that makes losing her any easier for Carl, obviously. Carl did have an extended mental breakdown after she died.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bill-cosby-paid-women-ex-nbc-employee-article-1.2020464

nm that's an old clip

Thanks for finding that. I thought he was out of the business entirely so it's nice to be wrong.

Justin Torliksen?