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I think the strangest part of this series is that at no time does anyone ever call a character on the bullshit that is the Romanoff line surviving to the present day. You see a few smirks here and there - mostly in the Russia episode - but that's really it. I assumed that at some point that would work its way into a story.

I keep seeing Catastrophe mentioned. I watched S1 when it was initially released and I thought it was fine, but the two leads were so abrasive toward each other - to the point of toxic - by the finale that it felt like a relief to see the season end. That post-wedding scene where he calls her a "fucking bitch" as she storms out was as uncomfortable as anything I can remember watching the past few years.

A couple of them loosely tie into each other, but more in an Easter Egg way. Ep 5 is, IMO, the worst of the series. I thought it was bad just because it was bad, and then I read Sepinwall's review, which ripped it on several levels. Ep 6 was not bad so much as it was pointless. It takes place in Mexico, focuses on a non-Romanoff character, and has almost no plot to speak of. If you wanted to skip right from 4 to 7 I don't think you'd miss much. Ep 7 is probably the strongest of the series, even if it felt bloated by 10-15 minutes. Ep 8 is just weird. Not bad - more "WTF?".

The Romanoffs was a beating to get through, for me. The middle few eps - especially the one with Diane Lane and Ron Livingston - were some of the worst tv I watched all year. Had I not felt pot-committed I would have bailed. It rebounded at the end, but overall I felt like the season was a disappointment.

That's not a plot hole and you didn't nerdsplain it. Try the "Trivial things that make you surly" thread.

Nope. Thanks for sharing. I never got around to reading the TDT recap.

That's less sad, I suppose. But I have a hard time believing a motivated Temple team wouldn't win that game going away 10 out of 10 times.

That is just sad. Temple was up 12-0 at halftime and basically pulled their starters, I read. Horn usually has a good team, too.

You're right, they haven't. But in their last four years in 5A they went to two state finals and two regional finals, and quite a few of the teams they beat were all right there on that 6A/5A line as well so it's not like their success came solely because of weak competition. Also worth noting that Temple's last playoff run when 5A was still the top classification, Cedar Hill had to rally from down two scores in the 4th Q to oust them. Not saying Temple would knock off Longview, just saying that they tend to come to play when it matters.

I saw that last night on FOX SW. I cannot imagine that Stewart would entertain essentially throwing the game for better playoff seeding. And you figure if you want to make a run you'd have to play them eventually anyway. Temple isn't new to knocking out undefeated teams... Manvel, George Ranch, Foster, Ridgepoint, etc.

He completed a few nice passes and big gains against a soft Temple zone, but most of the damage came on the ground. Their workhorse RB put up 220 or so, and he was gashing them on 1st and 2nd downs. I was impressed with Midway's coach. He seems to get that HS football isn't football anymore. It's a video game. He went for it on 4th down 4-5 times, I think, maybe even 6, including on 4th and 1 from his own 10. The only time Temple stopped them on 4th they were called for a facemask and the drive continued anyway. I like Temple's coach but he seems to consistently lose close games like this because he plays too conventional, IMO (see: state title game vs. HP where they run the same power dive play four times from the one and come up empty). Overall I though both teams played pretty even. Temple just played sloppy, which has been an issue for them throughout this latest period of football success. They turned it over three times, including a pick-six and a fumble on the first play after forcing a Midway punt in the 4th Q, tied at 28-28. They gave up an onside kick following Midway's go-ahead FG - a toe-punch that hit a guy at midfield and everyone stood there looking at it while Midway recovered with about four minutes left. Plus Temple turned it over on downs twice inside the 10. The first time they got too cute with a dive play from the squatty nose tackle that went nowhere, and the second time they just came up a few inches short on the goal line. Midway's obviously doing something right; they've won 36 straight district games and they keep finding a way to edge Temple every year. I'm not sure if either of these teams has a long playoff run in them in 6A this year, but that was a fun game to watch.

I just liked it because my friend's parents live on it and her dad worked there part time, so we always played for free.

RIP, Chaparral Golf Club.

Wolfman's got nards!

I like to think so, and planning to attend, but I don't want to take a win for granted when Midway has won the past four.

Temple (8-0) v. Midway (6-1) on Friday for the district 12-6A title.

@luke duke Is this gumbo week? If there's anything that would motivate me to finally use one of those scooters it's your annual gumbo.

Yes, that is now a construction staging area. We also tailgated in that lot from 2000-2016 and were moved down to 18th and Trinity last season.

I really cannot stand Darlene's daughter. She is annoying on Shameless and even worse on this show. Also feels like she's on the verge of being the first actress to tackle a teen pregnancy story arc on two different shows. First that I can think of anyway.

DJ Qualls. He doesn't get any better. His entire role is one long cringe moment.

Lamb, by Christopher Moore.

I sat next to him in Oxford back in 2012 and then again in Waco the next year at the Floyd Casey ice bowl game. I thought he was a really good guy both times, so props to him for doing what he loves. Not sure how he keeps that up though. I had a 86-game home streak from 97-12, if I counted correctly, and it was only an obsessive sense of obligation that got me to a few of those.

Was our second time to Le Diplomate and it delivered again. Met some friends on Sunday night in Georgetown and they suggested Chez Billy, but we didn't want to eat the same meal twice so we ended up at Filomena, which we all enjoyed.

Was our second time to Le Diplomate and it delivered again. Met some friends on Sunday night in Georgetown and they suggested Chez Billy, but we didn't want to eat the same meal twice so we ended up at Filomena, which we all enjoyed.

The wife and I ate at Le Diplomate when we were there back in March and she hasn't stopped talking about it since. We're going back on Friday night before the Maryland game on Saturday.