Music Videos of the Day: Happy 14th Day of Women’s History Month and Pi(e) Day!
I don’t really like Madonna, but she’s a hell of a performer and this is the best song for today’s holiday/
Interstellar News: This weekend did not go at all as planned. Saturday errands suddenly happened and took longer than expected, plus an unplanned lunch date. Sunday (today) was spent at a 1st birthday party (socially distanced and outside in the wonderful weather) and then helping a friend move and get groceries for the week. We had planned to celebrate Pi(e) day making semi-homemade pizza, but instead we’re celebrating my late mother’s birthday a day early and pushing pizza back until tomorrow. We ate Popeye’s in her memory and cupcakes from River’s birthday for dessert (River’s middle name is the same as my mom’s first).
Louisiana Fast…
Tomorrow I will celebrate the Ides of March (and my mom’s actual birthday) by getting stabbed thanks to Team Johnson and Johnson. As always wash your hands, wear your mask, sign up to get vaccinated if/when you can, tell those you love how you feel, be excellent to each other, live long and prosper, party on dudes, and may the Force be with us all.
Music Video of the Day: Happy 13th Day of Women’s History Month!
I saw her in concert in 2018 or 2019 and she was still amazing.
Interstellar News: I had a wonderful lunch date with the husband person (hamburgers in the car) and then we got a bunch of free or nearly free stuff from the grocery store and then I watched the first half of a Deep Space Nine documentary.
Favorite Quote:
Casey: So what’s the problem?
Dana: Well, Casey, it’s pretty complicated. This is a sophisticated instrument.
Casey: Uh huh.
Dana: It’s not any one thing, and it would be difficult to explain to anyone who didn’t have at least an intermediate background in photography, but, by and large, it’s that I put the film in backwards. (Casey chuckles) What?
Casey: Nothing, I just think you’re funny.
This is directly after she tells Gordon ” I was a lot funnier than you ever gave me credit for being.”.
“Get in your places. Here we go!”
Season 1 ends with this absolutely beautiful episode. There are two moments that always make me cry and two bits that always stick with me.
“In your lifetime, you’ll never embarrass me.”: Moment one that makes me cry is when Charlie and Casey have their talk and Casey “dads up” big time. It’s such a wonderful parent and child moment and I love it so much. It’s the first time we see Charlie in person, though he’s mentioned often. Dan also does a great job in calling Charlie out on his fib, but also trying to figure out why it happened.
“But I can’t play. And I lied ’cause I didn’t want to embarrass you. I’m sorry.”
“Are you thinking of getting my show on the air any time soon?” Moment two that makes me cry is when Isaac makes his triumphant return to the office just as Dana is losing it over absolutely nothing going right that day. He says the right thing at the right time in only the way he can, and he does the same with Dan and Casey as they politely rib him a bit. It’s an absolutely beautifully done scene and tugs the heartstrings every damn time.
“Out six weeks on the DL with a stroke? I’ve seen gored matadors get up off the floor faster than you.”
“Your haberdashery parable cleared it all up for me.” The other two moments that stick with me are Natalie and Jeremy and Gordon and Dana. Jeremy is stuck on the “ninth inning rally” and he’s going on and on about it and Natalie just smiles and nods. She’s finally realized it’s better to just let him roll with it and it’s wonderful to see where they are in their relationship. It’s been a hell of a ride since the pilot until now for both of them. Gordon and Dana’s bit sticks out because Dana knows what’s coming but she doesn’t and then they have to walk allllllll the way through the newsroom, all the while Dana is fielding questions, only to finally wind up in Isaac’s office so they can break up. Dana hides it well until the camera doesn’t work for the second time that day because it’s much easier to lose it over something inconsequential than it is to give in at the moment it happens. These two bits help round out the episode, but the above feel-good moments are what makes it one of my favorite episodes of Sports Night.
Interstellar News: It was 80 degrees today! It’s my Godmother’s 70th birthday! We got the wrong DoorDash order, but then it got refunded so we got 12 free chocolate glazed Krispy Kreme donuts! Two of my very dear friends got their second shot today! SO MUCH EXCITEMENT! Also, I’m YouTube famous… check me out!
Favorite Quote:
Natalie: But you know about sharing.
Jeremy: Yes.
Natalie: And you know about punishment.
Jeremy: Yeah.
Natalie: Good.
Jeremy doesn’t know what’s going on half the time, but he knows enough.
“Gordon, I’ve been strange my entire life.”: Casey and Dan are without their pants! Jeremy doesn’t want to donate blood and Casey doesn’t have a plan so Dan tells Natalie who tells Dana about Gordon and Sally. This episode really brings to a head the big arc of this season that started all the way back in “Intellectual Property” where we meet Gordon. Everyone is pulling for Casey, which says a lot about both Casey and Gordon, but Dana doesn’t have all of the information. Casey is both worried about his image in Dana’s eyes and also hurting her in several different ways. Dana surprises everyone, including maybe herself, but staying with Gordon despite his dalliance. On her values scale she seems to be more interested in getting married and settling down, but she’s not seeing how much she’s compromising. Gordon already doesn’t like her job, and I doubt it’s going to give him the warm fuzzies to not have his wife by his side because she’s running a sports show. It’s an understandable decision, however, because I’m on the outside and can see the situation from the high ground (both an in-episode joke AND a Star Wars reference, teehee). When you’re in love and want something and someone so bad, it’s sometimes possible that you make the worst decisions, or at least ones that don’t really help you in the long run.
Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes.
I love that no one cares that Jeremy doesn’t want to give blood, for me it’s totally the needles. I also love that Dan and Casey are without pants at least twice and need to walk through the entire office and do part of the show without their pants on. I love how Natalie immediately goes to tell Dana and Dan waits to tell Casey, but I also love that Dan later has second thoughts that he can’t take back. I forgot how very much I love Natalie and how this episode made me upset with Dana because I knew she deserved better. Not necessarily Casey, but at least someone who appreciated her more and understood how important her job was to her. I’ll cover the season finale tomorrow, likely, unless I get more Trek watched.
Music Videos of the Day: Happy 11th Day of Women’s History Month and 311 day!
I am so absolutely in love with this song.
Happy 311 day! Also, listen to “Amber” while you’re at it.
Interstellar News: I was on my first Virtual Dragon Con Panel tonight thanks to Gary and Joe at the American Sci-Fi Classics Track. Check them out on your favorite social media platform!
Favorite Quote:
Jeremy: Here’s something: “Raj Rajhan edged a humble snorter to the slips where Suarav Ganguly dived to his right to pick up a low snatch.”
The humble snorter went straight to the slips and the snatch was obviously lower than it ordinarily is.
Casey: Yes.
Jeremy: I’m getting to the bottom of this.
No one knows anything about cricket.
“It’s not that hard to understand. There’s a bowler, see, and there’s a batsman.”
“What market analyst wouldn’t love an antique abacus from Dang Luck?“: It’s a week after the bomb threat, Dana’s forgetting things, Natalie still won’t let Jeremy break up with her, and Dan is hoping Rebecca will choose him. Plus there’s something amazing happening in a Cricket match, but no one understands the sport enough to actually know what’s going on. This episode has such high highs and low lows, and it’s wonderful. Casey won’t let the bomb threat go and he’s still mad at Dana, they have this fantastic argument and then later make up and it shows the depth of their friendship. Jeremy finally lets Natalie back in, even though she never left, and it’s wonderful because they’re absolutely adorable together. Dan is the real heartbreak here as Rebecca decides to give it another go with her husband. It’s the right decision for her but it devastates Dan, though I admire his perseverance and his ability to stay sober until the show is over. Casey also gets a blow when Dana drops the bomb (sorry, couldn’t help myself) that Gordon’s going to ask her to marry him. This sets up so many things that are going to happen in the next few episodes, and it’s an important episode. I absolutely love drunk Dan, Jeremy desperately trying to understand cricket, and how you know exactly what Rebecca’s going to say the minute she shows up on set. Oh well, let’s just blame it all on Jerry Falwell.
Music Video of the Day: Happy 10th Day of Women’s History Month!
I absolutely love this song, the lyrics, and this music video. Pink smashes this one out of the park.
Interstellar News: Today was absolutely gorgeous out and I got some great news, so I think it was a pretty awesome day.
TL;DR: Janeway takes Celes, Harren, and Telfer on a proper away mission as they’ve slipped through the cracks all these years. Things go to hell but they work together as a (dysfunctional) team and eventually are rescued by Voyager.
“The good shepherd went after some lost sheep, and ran into a wolf.”
Favorite Quote:
Harren: What do you know about my expertise?
Janeway: As much as I need to.
Harren: Well then, you might be interested to know that I’m about to disprove Schlezholt’s theory of multiple big bangs.
Janeway: Really? Wang’s second postulate has more lives than a cat, doesn’t it? Once you think you’ve eliminated it, BAM, it pops up again. I’ll give you a hand if you’d like, when the away mission is over.
Janeway always has an answer for everyone. Don’t mess with the Captain!
“The cosmos is sixteen billion years old. It can wait another few minutes.”
“If it wanted to get to know me better, it should have just asked me out for a drink.”: I am super torn about this episode. In some way it reminds me of “Lower Decks” where you get to see what some of the non-main crew is up to. Celes tries super hard but has self esteem issues, Harren has the brains of a Vulcan and is totally a Ravenclaw, and Telfer is a nervous hypochondriac. We get to find out a little about each of them through the lens of Janeway and NO ONE DIES! I was totally shocked and pleased at this development. The opening sequence didn’t really do anything for me, Seven’s analysis is merely just a way to get Janeway to the plot, and the end is meh because they all could have totally died but didn’t because the Captain was on board and in the opening credits… sigh. The middle part where Janeway assigns the trio to the mission, gets lost on Deck 15, and tries to get to know them better is actually not terrible. I rate this at 4 or maybe 5 religious metaphors, because they are NOT IRRELEVANT!
To Boldly Go Where Everyone Has Gone Before 