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I love to talk about sports, tv, and movies and hopefully some other people do, too, so here's a thread for it. Coupon deals are welcome, too.
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11-19-2025 at 10:53 AM.
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Here's how I would've done The Beast. I saw the first two episodes and I'm making everything else up. Aggie had great success with her first book but can't follow it up. She lives in seclusion in a small town in NY. She's very depressed and the advance checks have stopped coming in. A mob guy learns of her situation and moves next door to Aggie because he wants her to write his life story. The most important thing to him is his reputation and Aggie can set the record straight and tell everybody that he's not really such a bad guy (because he's going to trick Aggie into believing it). Aggie doesn't want to do it but she needs the money. She tells him about herself at lunch and the mob guy kills the guy who killed her son in a DUI. Aggie confronts the mob guy. The mob guy denies that he had anything to do with it but Aggie has her doubts. Time moves on and Aggie puts her doubts to rest and they become better friends. Aggie finally agrees to write the book and the mob guy tells her a bunch of lies. Aggie does some research and realizes that the mob guy is lying. Unfortunately, the mob guys that Aggie is going to expose find out about it and are out to kill Aggie and her neighbor. There's a big confrontation at Aggie's house and her neighbor unexpectedly saves Aggie's life but dies in the process. Fast forward 6 months. Aggie has finished the book with all of the lies and it's a #1 bestseller. She has her life back and she was able to give her neighbor redemption.
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11-19-2025 at 11:13 AM.
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Here's an English question. In this sentence

Unfortunately, the mob guys that Aggie is going to expose find out...

AI is telling me that mob guys is the subject and I should use are instead of is. Isn't Aggie the subject of the prepositional phrase and is is correct? It's been a long time since I've been in school lol.
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11-19-2025 at 12:06 PM.
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Quote from FabulousPickle2826 :
Here's an English question. In this sentence

Unfortunately, the mob guys that Aggie is going to expose find out...

AI is telling me that mob guys is the subject and I should use are instead of is. Isn't Aggie the subject of the prepositional phrase and is is correct? It's been a long time since I've been in school lol.
"Is" is correct. Cannot say Aggie are.
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11-19-2025 at 12:42 PM.
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"Is" is correct. Cannot say Aggie are.
Thank you. Chalk up another one for AI lol.
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11-19-2025 at 01:08 PM.
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Quote from FabulousPickle2826 :
Thank you. Chalk up another one for AI lol.
Welcome. To show you how bad AI can be, I did a search on my phone the other day for "What is the date of the first Saturday in December 2025?" AI answered me that "The first Saturday in December 2025 is Wednesday, December 3." 😂😂😂
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11-19-2025 at 04:45 PM.
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Welcome. To show you how bad AI can be, I did a search on my phone the other day for "What is the date of the first Saturday in December 2025?" AI answered me that "The first Saturday in December 2025 is Wednesday, December 3." 😂😂😂
CVS is going to use AI to run Aetna. I can just see it now. Sir, your surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec 3. Report to the hospital at 8 am on Saturday, Dec 6 for your pre-op prep.
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11-19-2025 at 08:46 PM.
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CVS is going to use AI to run Aetna. I can just see it now. Sir, your surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec 3. Report to the hospital at 8 am on Saturday, Dec 6 for your pre-op prep.
Yikes. That is scary.
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I watched Justified a while back - agreed he's really good in it. I liked the show.
I must've been really tired when I watched Justified yesterday. It's terrific but I don't understand why every cop show has to have an a-hole for a boss.
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Yikes. That is scary.
I can see all sorts of bad things happening. What are you going to do when something goes wrong, sue the computer?
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11-20-2025 at 08:38 AM.
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Season 2 of Landman is out but I'm going to wait for all of the episodes to drop and then binge watch it. Season 1 of Landman was very good except for his wife, daughter, and taking the seniors to the strip club. It was like I was watching 2 shows - one was about oil and the other was about hot blondes to get ratings. I also enjoyed The Mayor of Kingston and Tulsa King (with Sylvester Stallone) but Yellowstone, 1923, and 1883 were disasters. There was no hope for Yellowstone but 1923 and 1883 could've been good. Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren were boring in 1923 and I couldn't get past the narrator in 1883.

There's a new season of Doc. I saw the first season but I'm not sure that I'm in for the second one. It's hard to get past a doctor with amnesia being able to see patients. I tried to watch Saving Hope but only lasted a couple of episodes. The doctor being outside of his body wasn't working for me. Also, I doubt that his fiancée would've been allowed to see patients considering what was going on.

While I'm at it, why is Justified considered a western by some people? Because Timothy Olyphant wears a cowboy hat? Gunsmoke and Bonanza are westerns. Justified is contemporary police show set in Kentucky.
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11-20-2025 at 09:03 PM.
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Quote from FabulousPickle2826 :
Season 2 of Landman is out but I'm going to wait for all of the episodes to drop and then binge watch it. Season 1 of Landman was very good except for his wife, daughter, and taking the seniors to the strip club. It was like I was watching 2 shows - one was about oil and the other was about hot blondes to get ratings. I also enjoyed The Mayor of Kingston and Tulsa King (with Sylvester Stallone) but Yellowstone, 1923, and 1883 were disasters. There was no hope for Yellowstone but 1923 and 1883 could've been good. Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren were boring in 1923 and I couldn't get past the narrator in 1883.

There's a new season of Doc. I saw the first season but I'm not sure that I'm in for the second one. It's hard to get past a doctor with amnesia being able to see patients. I tried to watch Saving Hope but only lasted a couple of episodes. The doctor being outside of his body wasn't working for me. Also, I doubt that his fiancée would've been allowed to see patients considering what was going on.

While I'm at it, why is Justified considered a western by some people? Because Timothy Olyphant wears a cowboy hat? Gunsmoke and Bonanza are westerns. Justified is contemporary police show set in Kentucky.
I also liked Mayor of Kingstown and am waiting for all episodes of season four to drop to watch it - if I remember correctly the last episode airs sometime near the very end of December. Agree with you that Tulsa King was good and the whole Yellowstone-type shows I did not like: it seemed so many people were saying how great Yellowstone was and I just could not get into it at all. I think I lasted 1 1/2 episodes.

Did you watch any of Lincoln Lawyer? I enjoyed that show and am waiting for season four to come out.

I've been watching the second season of Doc each week. It still keeps my interest but lost my husband's sometime during the first season.

And you mentioned Helen Mirren. Have you watched Mobland with her and Pierce Brosnan? I would recommend that show. So far one season but I did read a second season was in the works.
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11-20-2025 at 09:54 PM.
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I also liked Mayor of Kingstown and am waiting for all episodes of season four to drop to watch it - if I remember correctly the last episode airs sometime near the very end of December. Agree with you that Tulsa King was good and the whole Yellowstone-type shows I did not like: it seemed so many people were saying how great Yellowstone was and I just could not get into it at all. I think I lasted 1 1/2 episodes.

Did you watch any of Lincoln Lawyer? I enjoyed that show and am waiting for season four to come out.

I've been watching the second season of Doc each week. It still keeps my interest but lost my husband's sometime during the first season.

And you mentioned Helen Mirren. Have you watched Mobland with her and Pierce Brosnan? I would recommend that show. So far one season but I did read a second season was in the works.
Lincoln Lawyer is fantastic and Michael Connelly is one of my favorite authors.

Mobland got great reviews but for some reason I couldn't get into it. It wasn't because of Helen Mirren lol. I forget what my issue was but I only lasted about 10 minutes.

Hulu has the first 20 seasons of Law and Order. I forgot how good the early seasons were. Briscoe is one of my favorite characters of all-time and Adam Schiff (the DA) has such a dry sense of humor. There's one scene where Schiff is talking with McCoy. The defendant just got the death penalty and the conversation went something like this

Schiff: Well, we went from a murder to an execution. Great job, Jack. Take the rest of the week off.
Jack: But it's Friday.
Schiff: Ok, I'll see you on Monday.


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11-21-2025 at 06:09 PM.
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I watched the first press conference and face off with Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua. Jake Paul looked like he needs to spend more time in the gym while Anthony Joshua looked massive and ready to go. Joshua is so much bigger than Paul. It was like Lebron facing off against Danny DeVito. Jake Paul predicted a 4th round ko of Joshua. He's nuts. Joshua by 1st round ko and they'll have to carry Jake Paul off in a stretcher.

Benavidez vs Yarde is happening tomorrow. I'm excited about Norman vs Haney in the co-main event. I've got Norman (Haney is the champ). I don't know anything about Yarde so I can't predict the main event.

Arman headbutted Hooker in the face-offs for UFC Qatar. A totally classless move but I still have Arman winning. I've got Belal over Garry in the co-main but I may have this one wrong. It depends on if Belal still has it. If he fights Garry like he fought JDM in his last fight, then Garry will knock him out.
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11-22-2025 at 02:20 PM.
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The UFC Qatar card just ended. I was right on Arman but wrong on Belal. Belal couldn't get anything going and lost every round. Garry looked good but he needed a ko to get a title shot. Morales should fight Islam next. Garry eye poked Belal twice. The first one was right when the fight started. I thought that the UFC was going to crack down on eye pokes. They might as well make them legal if there isn't a consequence but it wouldn't have mattered in this fight since Belal would've lost even if they gave him 2 points. Arman's fight went as expected. I would like to see Arman fight Topuria for the title but Arman shouldn't have headbutted Dan Hooker on Friday so I think he blew his chance.
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I got the boxing all wrong. Maybe I should stick to making comments about tv shows...
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