But these days, the actors are going to have worse conditions (and by worse I certainly don't mean anything non consensual or usually extreme--there are lower paid stunt people for that) than animals. There isn't really an OSHA for actors, but animals are stringently protected in comparison (on set--I can't begin to say how they are trained).

Well, whether they will or not, human actors actually can speak for themselves if something is amiss. They can decline the job. They can quit.

From what I can recall of the last few animal scandals, it was how they were houses and treated off set that was the problem.

Well, whether they will or not, human actors actually can speak for themselves if something is amiss

Clearly. It is why the on set precautions for the animals is more rigid than for actors. I didn't think it was a question, more an axiom.

If you wait for the horse to explain to you that it doesn't have enough juice for the reshoot of the entire stunt, everyone's going to be sitting around for a wall. Children, animals, whoever doesn't have an adult capacity for speaking up for themselves, are protected in the monitored workplace. This doesn't mean they're not beaten at home, but that's issue for a different agency.

Dammit, CBS, you do not tell me that you've got all the episodes up and then not include the second part of the 2-part finale. That is not cricket.

Also, I knew I couldn't trust Irene when she was Margaery Tyrell.

Okay, I did a dumb thing--I watched a random episode of Bones.

Which seems to have been the season finale. Why is this dude so psychic that Booth can't slip Bones a note and ask her to act normal? It's not like she ever acted normal.

I haven't watched Bones in a season and a half. Not since they did that one-year jump.

with connie. I stopped watching when I couldn't finish that fucked up dream/weirdass season finale a couple of years back.

I think the writers' strike really did in Bones for me. That arc with poor Zack as the villain's minion really needed a few more episodes at the end to properly set the drama. Wretched timing for the showrunners.

oh you are absolutely right. that never did sit well with me.

I think the show still had another year or so in it for me (though I totally agree). After that it just got so twee and I don't know but I can't stand to watch it anymore.

I did stumble across a few first season or two episodes recently and it made me a little nostalgic.

Well "I must turn down this hard-won marriage proposal from my stoic gf for the safety of these strangers around her without bringing her genius mind (that I called out earlier this ep) to bear on this problem" seems...like not much has changed, that's how it seems.