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Oh! Anyone watched Jekyll with ColdFeet/Murphy'sLaw!Nesbitt?
It's written by Steven Moffat, of Doctor Who's Empty Child, Girl in the Fireplace and Blink, which should bode well. But I watched the start of the first episode, and it didn't grab me at all.
Fiona, a friend of mine who's been watching says it gets better. Or that it doesn't get better. I forget which. There were some parts she liked, though.
Well, I've given up and it's too late to jump back in now. If all the reviews are fantastic and they repeat it on BBCTHREE soon, I might give it another shot. Right now all the reviews are just praising James Nesbitt, so if you're a fan, go for it.
Our friends Will Shetterly & Emma Bull RAVED about Jekyll and told us we had to watch it. And they are fabulous writers (please to buy their awesome new books) and discerning watchers, so we are defintely giving it a go.
Heh. The whole thing is funny to me, working in academia. I think that she was called Ms. Blake when she was the GD government liaision because her job was not based on her Ph.D. The head of GD is a more academic/science oriented job, so her title is relevant. Some people probably are calling her Ms. because don't know that she has a Ph.D., but she's now their boss, so she's not Allison anymore.
BTW, you may call it gender issues, but it's closer to reality that people will call assume Ms. than everyone calling her Dr.
but it's closer to reality that people will call assume Ms. than everyone calling her Dr.
In a town full of academics?
In a town full of academics?
Yes.
I know a couple PhDs who PREFER to be called Ms. Or rather, Mrs. Baffles me, but there ya go.
I agree about things working out for Allison's emotionally-based, potentially-disasterous decision by sheer luck, not through any knowledge or action of hers. In a way I liked how it highlighed the different way she and Stark made decisions, and showed that her way was not intrinsically bad. (Please, guys, don't cut this along gender lines. It's nice as a counterpoint to have Jo there making the hard-ass decision calls, and Jack so often going with his gut and risking erring on the side of trust.) And it was her first day, sheesh. However, I do hope they show her growing steel gonads pretty soon, or I'm not gonna believe she could handle this position. Another thing I do like, though, is that from her expression and body language, Allison herself isn't totally sure she can handle it. And it will be fun to watch her grow into the role.
Yes.
Doesn't even happen to my mother, which is why it never occurred to me it was SOP.
Doesn't even happen to my mother, which is why it never occurred to me it was SOP.
well, I imagine that your mother is quite a formidable woman, and in a situation where she might be a Ph.D., people wouldn't take the risk of offending her by not using the preferred title.