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<\/a>Karen Salkin and Freddie Highmore, the star of The Good Doctor. Photo by Lisa Politz.<\/p><\/div>\n
With most of the world being stuck in the house these days, I\u2019d venture a guess that TV watching is at an all-time high!<\/p>\n
I\u2019m semi<\/em> one of those viewers; I\u2019m not all in<\/em> because I seem to have a dearth of concentration these days. The second I start watching a series episode or movie, my mind wanders off to concern for everyone in the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n But despite all that, I have<\/em> kept-up with my regular group of series, and I\u2019ve even gotten to fit in some old movies, which was one of my passions in life when I had a bit of time on my hands, before I began this e-zine and my YouTube channel.<\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez’s bare, natural nails on the Global Citizen concert. (And her lip-synching of People was much worse! This is one of the few images where she wasn’t entirely covering her mouth.)<\/p><\/div>\n So, below are just some<\/em> of my thoughts on recent TV developments. (And yes\u2014I do<\/em> watch series on network TV<\/em> only, despite not only having a satellite network now<\/em>, but being one of the few who had an original satellite dish back in the day, before anyone else did! And it\u2019s still up in my backyard\u2014it\u2019s too gigantic to remove!) I hope enough time has passed since these recent episodes that I\u2019m not issuing any spoilers.<\/p>\n Here goes:<\/p>\n ~ If the Global Citizen<\/em> <\/strong>concert taught us one thing, it\u2019s that no female celebs can do their own nails!!! How is that even possible?! So, in case they, or you<\/em>, missed it, here\u2019s the link to my tutorial on how to do Isolation Manicures in your home: www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y_y6A4bxFfA<\/a>.<\/p>\n ~ The thing that has upset me the most, out of all the shows that I watch, was Dr. Melendez\u2019s horrible death on The Good Doctor<\/em><\/strong>. How could they have done that? I don\u2019t get it. Just as his romance was heating up with his resident, Claire, they had this shocking development! Even after the credits rolled, I was still sitting there, expecting them to take it back. And it wasn\u2019t just the very unnecessary kill-off\u2014it was the rotten way in which they did it. They let him lie there alone for most of the time, knowing he was about to die. And God forbid they should have let those two characters kiss after declaring their love for one another. The whole thing stinks!<\/p>\n Shaun and Lea’s season finale kiss. It was so much more uncomfortable in movement than it is here in a still.<\/p><\/div>\n And while we\u2019re on the subject of kissing on this show, (or lack thereof,) how cringe-worthy was that kiss between Shaun and Lea at the end of the season finale? It was so uncomfortable! Even with Lea loving Shaun as a person and her best friend, there\u2019s no way she\u2019s now attracted to him, no matter how wonderful a person he is. (And how incredible an actor Freddie Highmore is! What is wrong with awards outfits to not at least nominate him for one??? He\u2019s spectacular! I watched his freaking-out-at-Lea scene towards the end of this season so many times, hoping that at least one tiny drop of his acting technique will work its way into my psyche. The guy is a master!<\/p>\n Tate Donovan, with his unkempt eyebrows, and showing the tops of his creepy teeth caps.<\/p><\/div>\n ~ Going back to gratuitous deaths, MacGyver<\/strong><\/em> had one this season, as well, although we hadn\u2019t seen the character in awhile, anyway. It\u2019s like they brought Mac\u2019s dad back just to have someone to kill-off. But I wasn\u2019t too<\/em> sad about it: I\u2019m just thrilled that I won\u2019t have to look at Tate Donovan\u2019s gross teeth caps and dreadful eyebrows anymore! (At least he didn’t smile<\/em> a lot on this show.) How does an actor, especially one who was the boyfriend of not just Jennifer Aniston but also Sandra Bullock, not know any better?! Does he not have any mirrors in his house???<\/p>\n ~ Conversely, Manifest<\/strong><\/em> did not allow<\/em> a character to die, although it looked like he had done just that. They saved Zeke, about whom I do not give a darn. But I had a feeling they would wimp-out and bring him back to life at the last minute. If I had the power to trade his life for that of the aforementioned Dr. Melendez on The Good Doctor<\/em>, I would in a heartbeat! (Do you believe I actually care<\/em> about this stuff? I would even if I wasn\u2019t in isolation!)<\/p>\n Masked Singer judge Nicole Scherzinger. She’s had so much facial surgery that her visage looks plastic now. But she cannot disguise her wrinkly hands. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n ~ The Masked Singer<\/em><\/strong> is really annoying me this season. They brought on so many nobodies! It\u2019s a shonda. When half of them have been revealed, Mr. X has queried aloud, \u201cWho???\u201d I know who most of them are, sort-of, but would never have guessed them because…they\u2019re not celebrities<\/em>! They\u2019re minor reality people whose voices no one but idiots would recognize. And footballer Rob Gronkowski, who cannot sing a note, lasting longer than music biz icons Dionne Warwick and Chaka Kahn was offensive. We all knew it was Gronk under his costume, and definitely Dionne, so what is wrong with those in-studio voters?! It\u2019s embarrassing for people like those uber-talented ladies, and Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight on previous seasons, to be eliminated so early. Performers of that caliber should stop going on this show!<\/p>\n Pregnant Leighton Meester, which I, Karen Salkin, was the first one to call!<\/p><\/div>\n And the audience is just creepy. It\u2019s clear that they\u2019re being told what to do, from doing chants for each contestant, (complete with annoying physical moves,) to acting amazed at every little thing. The only honest<\/em> thing any of them has ever done is genuinely laugh at the hilarious judge, Ken Jeong.<\/p>\n On that note, (get it? \u201cnote?\u201d singer?,) let me say that Ken is the main reason to watch this show. His fellow judge, Robin Thicke, is also good, and I love how he gets such a kick out of Ken. Host Nick Cannon is perfect for the gig. But the two female judges, Nicole Scherzinger and Jenny McCarthy, are the worst!!! Mr. X and I can’t bare listening to them, especially that loud-mouth Jenny, whoever she is!<\/p>\n ~ On some happier, more uplifting news, I<\/em> totally called Single Parents<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 Leighton Meester\u2019s pregnancy! Three months ago!!! I could see it in her face on the show, and the baggy way they\u2019ve been dressing that skinny little girl recently confirmed it for me. So, unless, just like the rest of us, she’s been engaging in constant nervous isolation eating, the secret is out. I’m so happy for her and her adorable hubby,\u00a0Adam Brody, (who\u2019s done a lot of other commendable work, but, to me<\/em>, will always be Seth Cohen from my favorite show ever<\/em>, The O.C.<\/em>!)<\/p>\n ~ As I mentioned, I\u2019ve been watching a bunch of old movies on TCM. I have no idea why I chose this one, but 1956\u2019s Hot Blood<\/em><\/strong> just might be the worst movie ever made. But Mr. X and I got plenty of unintended laughs out of it. And at least it led to me doing research on Gypsies in Los Angeles, (because that was the topic of the film,) which was really enlightening. So something good came out of it. I never knew much about that group, except for something my father said every summer. Whenever our family of five packed-up the car to go on vacation, and we had so many auxiliary bags, (not just our suitcases; things like coolers, snacks, totes full of pool shoes, etc.,) my father would survey it in disdain and declare, \u201cWe\u2019re traveling like gypsies!\u201d It even made me laugh again just typing this.<\/p>\n Just one of the very dumb scenes in Hot Blood. That’s supposedly Cornel Wilde leaping into the scene from the right. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n ~ I did<\/em> see, and really enjoy, one sort-of recent film, 2017\u2019s The Upside<\/em><\/strong>, and it gave me a new respect for Kevin Hart. Who knew he was such a good actor? Comedian, we knew, but he\u2019s really excellent in this heartwarming sort-of true story.<\/p>\n ~ Okay, let\u2019s finish-up this article with my very many thoughts on God Friended Me<\/em><\/strong> ending! What<\/em>??? Just a few days before the series finale aired, I found-out that would be the end of the line for this mild-mannered series. I was pretty surprised because I had not heard of its cancellation. I had no idea, and I\u2019ve been watching it since Day One!<\/p>\n Just look at the too-short pants on both the guy and the seated girl, closest to us, in the God Friended Me series finale. Ugh. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n Before I get into the nitty-gritty of the finale, I have to say that the only good thing about not seeing this show anymore is that I will not have to look at the absolute worst wardrobe that has ever been on TV in the entire history of the medium! As I tweeted back in October, \u201cGod may have friended them, but he\u2019s certainly not choosing their wardrobe!\u201d After all this time, I still have no idea what the wardrobe person was going for, unless it was to show that every single character who was on there is a nerd! If they think they were just showing they were regular people, they missed that mark, big-time. With all the people I know in the world, not even the freaks and geeks dress that badly! [Note: When I looked-up who did the wardrobe, so I could assign blame to the correct person, there were thirty-five<\/em> people who worked in that department over the two seasons. So I can\u2019t just name them to shame them, as I had planned. Sorry.]<\/p>\n Here’s another example of the dreadful outfits on the God Friended Me actors, which the big image at the top of this page show, as well. Photo by Karen Salkin, as is that picture.<\/p><\/div>\n As I watched this week\u2019s series finale, I thought it seemed a bit strange for a series-ending episode. It sooo didn\u2019t look like the storyline was headed that way. I kept checking the clock, to see if they would have enough time to steer the narrative in another direction. And then, all of a sudden, when Cara, the love interest of Miles, the series lead, was telling him that she didn\u2019t still love him, I was in shock; that\u2019s<\/em> how they were going to end it??? But then, all of a sudden, there was a voice-over of Miles, saying they got back together and showing a montage of it happening, even though those visual snippets were all from previous episodes. They did the same for the secondary couple\u2019s story, even though we had not seen that<\/em> girl for what seemed like most of the season! The whole episode just seemed odd.<\/p>\n And then, after promising the viewers that we would find-out who was behind the \u201cGod account,\u201d (which was the show\u2019s raison d’\u00eatre,) we just see Miles on a mountain in the Himalayas, with a little kid monk calling to him and saying \u201cShe\u2019s ready for you.\u201d And that\u2019s it!!! After two years of a mysterious entity pulling the strings, all we get is…another mystery! Soooo unsatisfying.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>