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I think we've touched on this before, but I've never felt like Hamlin is an altogether bad person. I kinda feel bad for him knowing that his marriage is falling apart and he's in therapy, yet Jimmy can't stop fucking with him.

I mean, I mostly *do* know the history, but that hasn't stopped my enjoyment of it. The Haywood stuff was incredible, and only slightly tweaked from what happened irl. Kareem and West, funnily enough are the two best characters on the show now.

This week's Winning Time was some damn good television. Best episode of the series so far, and the show has benefited from focusing less on Magic the last few episodes.

It does really suck that Legends churns out maybe their best season(or at least since season 2 or 3), and doesn't get to finish on their own terms. REALLY wanted a Booster Gold season, but I also wouldn't be shocked if Berlanti's team figures out some way for them to close out the story. I'm not shocked at Batwoman though. The show struggled to find it's audience after Ruby Rose left, which is a shame, because it was always unapologetic in it's representation.

I think we don't see them until close to the end, just to show the merging of the two timelines.

I was so happy that S&L gave us that classic Superboy look, even if it was just a Bizarro World version. Show continues to be very good.

Honestly that wouldn't be a shock, since they have confirmed that Walt and Jesse will appear at some point. That only works if it is the BB timeline or later. The flash forward in the first episode gave me big vibes reminding me of the plane crash season of BB.

That may have been the most genuine "holy shit" moment I have seen on TV in years. Literal jaw dropping stuff.

Smart money says Phoenix still wins this series, but the recipe is there for an upset.

Mavs/Jazz had some rotten, uneven officiating. Dallas gets called for ticky tack bullshit, while Gobert was elbowing guys in the face and getting called for nothing. Will absolutely give the refs some of the blame on this one.

Luka is playing today LETS FUCKING GO

Crazy thing about last night, Robert getting played off of the court was the best thing that could have happened to Utah. They played their best basketball of the series when they went small. Only issue is, it makes their already bad defense significantly worse without him. Imagine going down 2-1 to a bunch of role players, then knowing you gotta deal with Luka the rest of the way. That said, as someone who watched probably 72-75 of the Mavs games this year, I'm not totally surprised at what is happening. That team has bought in to what Kidd wants to do, and it's working.

At this point in the series, the "one note portrayal" argument doesn't really hold water for the characters in Winning Time. In the first couple of episodes, maybe, but the last 2-3 episodes have gone to great lengths to show growth for Kareem, Magic, West, Buss and Riley. Magic is struggling with being kind of of a people pleaser, and wanting to be seen as a "good man". Kareem is bearing the burden of leadership and being an old dog trying to learn new tricks, both on the court and off. West's anger was driven by his own constant failure, and he's really just a dude now that cares way too much about the team. The show is fucking great, as long as you don't think it's a documentary.

Anyone else feel dread as a viewer when the twins show up? They are used so sporadically throughout the BB universe, that it makes their appearances really matter. The moment they showed up to that motel, I knew Nacho was screwed. Saul trying to be the good person, and Kim becoming a way more competent version of "Slippin' Jimmy" was a turn I never would have expected when the show began. This show fucking rules.

I'm really hoping, worst case scenario, they let Legends finish out it's run on HBO Max or something if this CW sale gets even more muddy. I think Superman and Stargirl are locks to move over there, since they already have their catalogs anyway. Same for Batwoman IF it gets picked up. These DC shows aren't expensive, and it's easy, fan pleasing content to have on the service.

Lads I'm very pleased. Give Brunson the max, idc.

Deathstorm might be the first interesting villain Flash has done since The Thinker. The setup was iffy until the return of Ronnie, but the last episode was decent.

Looks like Superman & Lois is setting up Superboy Prime, which I am all for(unless they are doing *another* bait and switch).

Looks like the new season of Golden Kamuy starts in October. I'm not crazy about a new team taking over production on this, but I'm so engaged with the show, I know I'll still enjoy it. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-27/golden-kamuy-anime-video-reveals-october-premiere-for-4th-season/.184078

Love the anime capturing Ryo being absolutely oblivious to cute girls throwing themselves at him. I didn't like Shenmue 2 as much as the first game, but the anime so far is doing a good job of making the Hong Kong part of the story more interesting.

I'm at the point now where I just want the story to be completed in any fashion. It's been 23 years.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/shenmue-4-broader-audience/

Any theoretical season 2 is going to follow Shenmue III, of course, but after that it certainly gets dicey. I've seen some people suggest that they use the anime to finish the story, but Yu Suzuki seems opposed to that. I'm not sure he could get away with doing another Kickstarter for Shenmue IV, given the tepid reaction the last game got.

The Flash felt very fresh this week. I didn't think I would like an episode based around Bart and Nora, but it was a lot of fun, which is usually sorely lacking from the Flash the last few seasons. It won't happen, but I wouldn't hate if the show had that kind of focus more. We haven't been talking about Superman & Lois much, which is a shame, because the last couple of episodes have been incredible.

This looks for shoot incredible.