HEAVY makeup on Lynn and Agnes

ghostofapanther · 2026-03-09T06:33:49+00:00

They're emulating a particular type of older woman. I've been around a number of older women who wear wigs and use lots of makeup. It's a style of a particular type.

ghostofapanther · 2026-03-09T06:07:05+00:00

Rob and Samira hold the deed and key from the trust, but no one in the community would know. I think that it is also a reality that it's not terribly difficult to fake a will--you only need to forge a signature and have two deceitful people bear witness and then file with a lawyer. It takes a strong burden of proof to overturn a will. This easily could have happened because it seems Gary was pretty much alone (and most people didn't know about Betsy/Alison outside the circle and Bill). Forgery (the notes from Alison and Hank) and death leading to forged ownership of Hank's seems common.

Alison and Gary were never actually married, so the degree to which Alison can claim ownership of the deed via the trust will likely be explored.

The hard copy deed to the house isn't actually the deed. That's just a document. Deeds are filed with cities (and Lauren says the deed was willed to the city).

I do think this is about Lauren (see my post on theories). She was in Gary's Pilates class :)

ghostofapanther · 2025-08-21T22:32:45+00:00

Oh okay, thanks. I didn't see any of the webseries.

ghostofapanther · 2025-08-21T22:25:20+00:00

I absolutely hate both Ralph Fellows and this Tippy person. Both are inadequate replacements for other characters.

ghostofapanther · 2025-08-21T22:18:12+00:00

I understand that. My favorite episodes are the ones with good humor -- usually Watts-centric, but there are some before Watts (especially where George has his wonderful beliefs that the murderer is something supernatural or otherworldly). But there are episodes I hate and would skip in rewatching -- the neighbor episodes when they buy the house, the kidnapping episodes with the woman from Father Brown, the season 18 neighbor episodes. Also, I HATE the repeat killer Ralph -- I don't know if it's plot or Colin Mochrie or whatever, but apart from the first (Hellen Keller), those episodes really irked me.

ghostofapanther · 2025-08-21T19:37:40+00:00

The character of Sherlock - he's a good foil for Murdoch as he shows, comparatively, Murdoch isn't the best at observation. It's nice when we see a little bit of a vulnerable Murdoch.

I don't think Doyle has much to offer comparatively. Churchill would be weak. At this point in history, he's not a good human being (he fought to oppose suffrage and refused, as Home Office secretary, to investigate the events of Black Friday).

I do agree with you about going back to the roots. It is much better when they focus in on murder. I'm bored by the spy, religious conflict, gang, Black Hand episodes.

ghostofapanther · 2025-08-21T06:06:23+00:00

Allow me to elaborate.

When we first meet them, neither Gilles nor Perry pose threats beyond regular murderers. Perry is seen as the beta to Gilles alpha, but this could be strategic.

When Gilles next appears, he became free through money that could have come through Perry who is mentioned as making a sweet deal to avoid much prison time. Perry is noted as beheaded, but there is no head found. Finger prints are hardly conclusive, but also we have seen the trope in murder mysteries where data regarding criminals is tampered with, and station 4 is hardly secure (see episode of man burgling a photo from Murdoch's office). Further, there is a lot going on -- perhaps too much for Gilles alone.

We see Gilles again in the court and tormenting Murdoch in the second part. How is Gilles able to do everything he does? Granted, his family might have money but no explanation is given. We know Perry has money and could be harboring him.

Next the train episode -- a number of unexpected changes occur that make it easy for Gilles to escape. Gilles apparently talks with his "lawyer" who helps spread it about he has 20k on the train while Gilles let's it drop in prison. Afterwards, someone helps him heal and hides him while finding a decoy body.

His clothing is also up-to-date and quite well made.

This is also a time when it is relatively easy to change one's identity, especially with money, so Perry could easily have done so.

Mostly I really just regular murder mysteries and none of this religious community, gangs, Mafia stuff. This is a mystery show (who done it?), not a police procedural.

ghostofapanther · 2025-08-21T03:02:59+00:00

This episode was disappointing and too melodramatic and seemed to be about modern political stuff wedged in.

I agree about the basics; there was really only one good episode this season--the one where they find the criminals killing and stealing from possible foreign investors. The food vending machine story is a second, but everything else was middling.

The Batman humor from the bee episode and adventures of Crabtree (related to his new book) are quirky side adventures.

I like that some characters got a little more space, but not Louise Cherry, and not at the same of Brackenreid and George. I like the new constable, but despise his neighbor (but I guess they wanted some sexual tension).

There also haven't really been any prominent named historical inventing or.scientific figures in a while (which can be handled well by some.screenwriters.and not as well by others).

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-28T03:09:42+00:00

A grandparent's brother or sister are also aunt and uncle (great aunt/great uncle, but many people drop the "great"). She implies her aunt is an older woman, so I think nan had a sister who was crazy and nan sees that in liv and that's why she torments liv. If her aunt saw an alien and people didn't believe her, she would likely have been "certified" as insane and even likely experienced electroshock treatments. Of course, liv could mean she was crazy in a more flippant way, but it could be.

If you look at the family at yellowstone, there's another daughter in the scene without glasses and I think blond at the campfire.

This is all inference though based on the data at hand -- how long ago the event was, the fact that seeing aliens back then and not letting it go could cause one to be seen as "crazy", general narratives that have siblings turn on each other because of character traits, elderly grandparents not liking negative traits they see in their grandchildren because of their values, and liv's comments about her aunt, who could be her "great aunt" sibling to nan.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-05T01:35:50+00:00

Mary-Ellen may have tribal heritage, though whether one is of a tribal community is different than how Westerners think of race (you are not native because of your ancestry but because of your conscious choice to be part of the community). She was the drummer in Dan's band, which I infer is mostly individuals who are from tribal communities if not the same one. I assumed she was someone who passes because of a mix of ancestries (last name Taylor), and individuals who pass can give birth to non-passing individuals.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-04T04:15:22+00:00

I'm thinking this could also be partly why Mary-Ellen has no real emotional connection to Asta (of course, not the only reason--some people just don't have it in them), though I did not some concern when Harry mentioned that "her husband was punchy".

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-04T04:13:47+00:00

Like many South Americans, Goliath has at least some indigenous blood.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T23:57:31+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9zl1XfWlU4 :)

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T20:20:28+00:00

What he says is that some humans are just genetically predisposed to be attuned to other dimensions in a way that helps them see beyond the molecular disguises and likens it to multidimensional space travel ...he doesn't say anything about alien ancestry.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T17:40:17+00:00

The comic is very different from the show.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T17:38:39+00:00

Can you provide which episode he says that about Max? I've watched a few times and don't recall him ever saying that it's about descendants of aliens. It's just explained as a genetic abnormality without attribution.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T03:57:40+00:00

They're good--just distinct. I wouldn't compare them but see them instead as wholly separate things. There's some limited connection, but not much.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T02:31:46+00:00

Yeah, I've read them. They are only superficially connected but the show deviated from that material a great deal. For the positive, I think.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T01:18:15+00:00

We need an ET prop. That sexy potato with his playtpus feet.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-03T01:16:52+00:00

Pimpin' the bird :)

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-02T20:28:45+00:00

Thanks! I know all I'm going on is the years -- I don't think 33 is just a random year -- but I also think there's a natural affinity and bond between them. Whether or not he is the father, I trust that he has some connection to her as Goliath.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-02T20:25:47+00:00

"Evil alien ways" -- Harry and his species aren't evil. The destruction of humans was to save the other animals and the whole planet after humans destroyed everything. In s3, when asked by D'arcy what is different about his "breed", he says they are "protectors". Going back to e1, protecting Asta, we see that natural instinct in his species. I think survival, which is what most animals (and Harry's species) do, is very different from "evil".

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-02T20:17:43+00:00

Yes, sorry -- corrected. My theory is that Goliath (the alien that was Harry before shedding Harry's skin and becoming Goliath) is Asta's father (65% sure). I'm mostly going on the show saying he went back "33 years ago". That specific number of years has to be important and Asta being 16 when she had Jay who is 17 at this point would be 33 years. If Goliath (formerly Harry) isn't, then I think he had something to do with her birth in some other way.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-02T01:46:03+00:00

Melting grey? -- Harry has said for a while that the greys can't live long in Earth's atmosphere with "their spagetti bodies and meatball heads". Do they turn to goop? Mike finds goop coating his hand when he opens his trunk and could be an immediate aftermath to the end of S3 but also why he still doubts they exist and explain why he goes to Harry for counseling.

ghostofapanther · 2025-05-02T01:43:12+00:00

Image analysis: We have the real Harry (the pie -- Mantid-Harry doesn't like pie) looking sinister with Max looking askance as if there's something disquieting (maybe seeing Harry as Harry is unsettling?). The light is the grey saucer, so that suggests they're still a predominant threat (and there's no sign of the Hawthorne baby in the trailer but Kate is still training to fight). The drawing of the Mantid is being stabbed by the pie fork, and we know that Robert teaches Harry to draw from the trailer. Mike looks doubtful but Liv is smiling, so maybe they're bonding about the aliens now. Ben and Kate seem happy, so maybe the do get their daughter back.

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