Just finished my rewatch of Homicide. I had missed so many little things the first time around. Remembered scenes all wrong. and all of the smoking, really woke up my nascent habit just enough to make me miss it.

I'm trying to decide who's story it was. Was it Bayliss's, because we followed his career from beginning to end. Or was really Frank Pembleton, the quintessential detective? Or was it Giradello's story all along.

I will now go back to ignoring every pretend Cop, Lawyer, Forensic tech, Firemen, Coroner show. And pretend lives that aren't animated. I might make exceptions, with British shows, but I don't want to watch fakes. I'll will dwell in the land of Fantasy and Sci Fi, until reality gets better...or worse.

The Pitt on Max is really good.

OK, there was a scene in episode 2 of The Pitt where a black woman shows up in the ER in intense pain, and the doctor immediately gives her morphine and dilaudid, and shuts down any talk of drug seeking. It made me tear up.

Ah, so fictional. Sorry, I will have the same response, but my first reaction remains bitter.

I can just jump right in to Severance without rewatching the first season, I thought to myself. I remember some stuff. z i’m sure it will be fine.

3:44 into the Previously, I clearly do not remember shit. Oops.

I had forgotten a huge plot twist.

I definitely forgot some major details. I hope I can retain them week to week!

We finished watching S1 of Severance just in time for S2 to start.

Manifesto — by Nemik

There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.

Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause.

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.

Remember this: Try.

Nice. I have that on my TBW list. May need to bump it up. I just subscribed to Disney + over the summer and have caught up with several series I had missed.