Felicia Barker

Sikka Denyer. Could almost be 'Seeker Denyer'.

(Damnit Carla, I like you.)

A TV review headlined 'How to Get to Heaven from Belfast review - if you see nothing else this year, watch this'. Underneath is a star rating of 4/5.

'This is worthy of being the only thing you see this year'

'Four out of five'

The thing which really knotted my brain (not least living in Bristol) is that some of S10 *is* shot in Bristol. But those bits aren't meant to be Bristol!!

I assume Moho is developed by Judoon.

I've been saying since Muppets Tonight ended that they should just bring back the Muppet Show. Just watched the special. Delightful! They've gotta do more.

But his name is Mr. Christleton! And his face so joyous! Surely you can find a place in your heart for Mr. Christleton.

No, you might well be right, to be fair. I'm being skewed by audio dramas. Teasing out my extensively Big Finish-pilled brain, you could probably do the 'Aztecs' style plot straight in the next season on TV perfectly happily.

The same reason the Russo Brothers are doing Doomsday, basically.

It may be that he has good production talents in terms of being able to pull the strings and get productions together and an extensive rolodex of the right people. Perhaps cynically, on a gargantuan franchise like SW, that probably rates a high priority as long as their creative output is 'fine'.

To pivot to Doctor Who, for example - It's probably a useful thing to understand that there's already an extensive history of 'Companion wants to change recorded history and learns the hard way' and know that either you need a different angle or a deliberate subversion to make that worth telling.

I think there is a certain value in having a person who can answer that kind of deep nerd question *and also understands that this should not inform the surface text*. My best example of this would be Jonathan Nolan and Fallout.

Poor old Faz. 'Unless it's Stephen AND Rachel- Oh of course it's Stephen and Rachel. Idiot.'

When the two of them were at the family tree and they asked... Ross was it? I forget... To let them have some time to discuss something privately. I can't believe that didn't come back to bite them. They definitely got better as the game went on, because at the start I thought they had no chance!

And they really learned to let the various threats to their game undermine themselves (they did get a bit lucky in this respect, in that several players who came at them suddenly seemed to lose their minds in the final moment). Stephen getting to define exactly what 'his' game was is a perfect end.

You could scarcely write a better arc. I thought in the early game the pair of them were really sloppy in their play, and a bit naive. Voting for Fiona was a turning point for Stephen, and after that they got better and better at playing the game.

Also thought they integrated more of the daytime challenges with the social deduction to a better degree this year

(From what she said to him after, that *was* what she was thinking.) The producers did a great job I think choosing moments in the last two episodes to suggest Stephen was turning, so the final moment hit even better.

I really thought he was having a moral rubicon moment the second he realised the first round of votes didn't go how he expected. Looking at his face I thought he realised he'd won either way, and was about to take it all. I thought Rachel could see that's how it had gone and knew it too.

Might be my favourite finale

This is how I felt with Line of Duty. S2 (Keeley Hall) was 'I am begrudgingly watching this because Wrenna told me to but it's dire'. By the time Stephen Graham turned up in S4 or 5, I had to confess I was dialled in.

@jonnelledge.bsky.social Have you seen Long Story Short? It has a lot of the same DNA as Souvenir Programme S9, so I think you'd like it. Same creator as Bojack Horseman but much less bleak.

Wayyyyy

Had a long chat with Marcus over lunch at the UNIT recording. A lovely, kind and gentle man. Really sorry to hear this.

Whilst she would prefer to be a machiavellian genius, she is fine with her schemes going awry if they go awry *dramatically*

Excited to hear your thoughts on LARP, Alton Towers, and the Demon Headmaster

Train Dreams: God, I regret not going to the cinema for this. Every frame visually spectacular. Saw a comparison to Assassination of Jesse James, which is true. Also News of the World and First Cow, Barry Lyndon in use of lighting, and vibes of A Ghost Story. Short, simple, yet sweeping in scale.

A black and white photo of a baseball game, you can see that it is mid pitch with a pirate at bat

Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect

Oooh, is this an original edition with the ball bearing spinner? Whizzing the ball around was the best bit.

And yet, you know, I think I have more sympathy for him.

Thank you!