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Whether you cheated the system and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/01/12/watch-only-the-amy-poehler-and-tina-fey-parts-of-the-2015-golden-globes/\">only watched the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler parts\u003c/a> of last night's Golden Globes or totally boycotted the whole thing, here are the gifs that will be finding their way into your texts and gchats soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/01/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14589 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/01/giphy.gif\" alt=\"giphy\" width=\"480\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the show even starts, Amal Alamuddin Clooney and her date are forced to watch E! correspondent Giuliana Rancic take a shot by herself, while Taylor Schilling from \u003cem>Orange is the New Black\u003c/em> yawns in the background. 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"content": "\u003cp>Friends! The ash has settled and we’ve arrived at the second episode of \u003cem>Downton Abbey \u003c/em>Season 5! \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/01/05/downton-abbey-season-5-premiere-recap-lover-you-shouldnt-have-come-over/\">(Missed the first? Read all about it.)\u003c/a> I can hardly wait! Is Downton still standing? How does Lord Grantham feel about how the village feels about him?! As usual: \u003cstrong>Spoiler Alert\u003c/strong>. Here we go!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The servants begin cleaning Edith’s charred remains of a room (echoing the charred remains of her life perhaps?) and Anna finds a picture of Marigold and shows it to Mrs. Hughes. So much for that secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee and Carson walk with their new obnoxious patron, Donk. By the way, something I missed last episode was that Baby Sibby is now calling Lord Grantham “Donk” after the donkey in Pin the Tail on the Donkey. In memory of Baby Sibby’s perfect mother, I will henceforth refer to Robert Grantham as Donk. Anyway, the village and Carson want the memorial on the cricket field and Donk wants cricket on the cricket field. Classic Donk: putting sports over human lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas and Jimmy have a strange parting, in which Jimmy starts by saying he can’t believe he’s friends with a real life homosexual and then adds, “I’m sad to see the back of you, I am.” Really, writing team? That’s an interesting choice. The music swells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen, Mrs. Patmore loads a huge tray for Molesley, which is a perfect time for Molesley to ask for a promotion to first footman (he’s definitely going to drop that tray).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the dining room, everyone talks about Baby George (stop talking about your kids and go hang out with them!) and Mary calls Edith an idiot, which everyone pretty much ignores. Mary then lies to her family and tells them she is going on a “sketching vacation” with her friend “Annabell.” It’s a sex vacation, Mary. That’s what it’s called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tensions build between Carson and Donk over the location of the war memorial. Sigh. So this plot really is sticking around for another episode…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose thinks about asking for a radio and Donk nearly has a heart attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Baby Watcher’s Farm, the Baby Watcher (Hot Firefighter) sets Edith up to “take a greater interest” in Marigold. His wife is not super cool with that because Marigold is so cute and perfect and her name is Marigold, but the Baby Watcher pushes on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a tea for the old people, Violet totally calls Isobel out about her Fancy Lord Suitor in front of her Doctor Suitor. Daaaang, Violet is cold! Players have to play, Violet. Let Isobel play!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the stairs, Thomas channels his sadness over Jimmy leaving by harassing Baxter and Gallant Mr. Molesley. Talk to a therapist, dude! That’s what the rest of us do!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Patmore and Rose conspire to get Daisy educated by the Hatless School Teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Anna is in on the sex vacation. Anna points out that Mary, for the first time in her life, will be undertaking the arduous task of taking her own clothing on and off by herself. Oh no! But how will she manage her hats?! After the uncomfortable clothing discussion, the talk turns to birth control and Mary takes the opportunity to guilt Anna into buying her a diaphragm by reminding Anna of the fact that her husband is a murderer and also that Mary’s own husband is dead, saying, “…you’re married, with a living husband!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Thomas smokes menacingly and tries to convince the Noble Molesley that Baxter’s past as a jewel thief makes \u003cem>her\u003c/em> the bad guy. Speak his name and he shall appear: the real criminal, Bates, waltzes in to tell Thomas to shut his yapper. Snitches in ditches, amiright?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bored writing staff has Donk make a joke about Downton being a hotel for the second time in as many episodes (\u003ca href=\"http://britmovietours.com/bookings/downton-abbey-tour-experience/\" target=\"_blank\">product placement?\u003c/a>). Cora, playing the part of the audience, says: “You’ve already made that joke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the library, Edith tells her parents the suspicious story of how she’s taken an interest in the Farmer Firefighter’s Unwanted Adoptee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose continues to angle for a wireless. Doesn’t she have parents of her own she can beg for new advanced technology toys?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Ross and Rachel (Hughes and Carson) disagree over the war memorial's placement. It’s ripping the whole house apart!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In town, Anna attempts to buy a prophylactic. Bet you thought you'd never see that sentence in a \u003cem>Downton\u003c/em> recap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the School Teacher and Daisy get set up for tutoring \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/01/05/downton-abbey-season-5-premiere-recap-lover-you-shouldnt-have-come-over/\" target=\"_blank\">(see my previous predictions).\u003c/a> Also, Julian Fellowes, if you’d like to hire me for your writing team, I am potentially available, though I'm not sure you can afford me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Cora joins the team lobbying for a wireless. Donk, the Molesley of upstairs, says: “[The wireless] is a fad! It won’t last.” Poor guy is never going to be on the right side of history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the shoe shine room, Molesley confronts Baxter the Thief about the thievery. Molesley, like us, wants to know the real reason Baxter turned to crime. Baxter, the Angel from Heaven, will not tell. This, of course, is how we know she is an angel from heaven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the tea with the Fancy Lord Suitor, Violet openly taunts Isobel about the burgeoning romance. Can you imagine a third grade Violet finding out someone had a crush on someone else? Uuugh, Violet, stop!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mary’s room, the Feminist Society (Anna and Mary) meet to discuss Anna’s judgment at the hands of the pharmacist and a women’s right to birth control, but they do it in such a fun, flirty way it almost doesn't make you hate feminism!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the stairs, a new cast member ogles a painting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, Meddlesome Thomas tells Meddlesome Rose that the School Teacher is downstairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary’s Less Attractive Suitor From Last Season acts grumpy about the fact that he wasn’t “the lucky winner” of Mary’s cold, barely beating heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the School Teacher doesn’t want to go to dinner, but she does want to inspire Tom to shake the gilded bonds of the Abbey. Too bad she’s not even remotely as fun and cool and cute as Sybil, because I kind of like her attitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At dinner, the New Cast Member flirts with Cora and Donk tries to fight with the School Teacher in absentia. Unfortunately, her “once more unto the breach, dear friends” speech inspired Tom and he comes to the defense of the Russian Revolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hall, Imperialist Donk seems to finally be swayed towards the wireless when he hears that the King is going to be on it. Carson uses this as an opportunity to get in a metaphorical point about Donk’s attitude about the placement of the war memorial saying: “…even kings must bow to pressure sometimes.” Touché, Carson. Compare Donk to a king to stoke his ego and then tell him to sit the F down. Well played. Oh wait, maybe he’s actually just talking about the wireless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Molesley looks sad and Baxter the Angelic Thief continues to refuse to tell anyone why she stole the jewels. This is getting tiresome, Baxter. Why don’t you just kiss Molesley so we can move on?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the room with all the paintings, maybe the New Cast Member isn’t so new? He appears to have a past with Cora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, there is discord in the Hughes/Carson Harmony Machine because \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY\" target=\"_blank\">Carson is from the '70s and Hughes is a '90s…chick\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cora’s room, Cora still can’t decide whether or not to sack Baxter. Spoiler: I really doubt she will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the library, Mary and the Less Attractive Suitor get into a heated debate about the difference between sex and love, a debate which actually involves the use of the word “sex.” Have they ever used this smutty, graphic term before? Is it even legal to say on televison?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the bedroom, Donk nearly has an aneurism when it occurs to him that Tom might leave Downton and take Baby Sibby with him. He basically gets in a yelling fight with himself. Dear Donk, I'm suggesting for you what I suggested earlier for Thomas: get some therapy, please. Then, in an especially cute maneuver, he tells Cora to tell the New Cast Member to stop flirting with Isis. Oh, Isis is who he’s flirting with?? He says: “There is nothing more ill-bred than trying to steal the affections of someone else’s dog!” and then slams his head down on his pillow. Hey, Donk, I’m no aristocrat, but I have this feeling that it is super “ill-bred\" to pay more attention to your dog than your wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mary’s room, the Feminist Society has a bit of schism when Anna slut shames Mary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the village, Carson and Donk meet a war widow, who inspires them to silently agree on putting the memorial in the center of town. Can we be done with this plot line now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the a hall, as the wireless is installed, Daisy says: “Why is it called a wireless when there’s so many wires?” Classic Seinfeld Daisy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Baby Watcher’s House, the Baby Watcher’s Wife doesn’t believe that Edith is really going to care at all about Marigold long term. It seems reasonable to let the wife in on the secret of Marigold's parentage because what’s going to happen when Michael comes back? 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What is this? \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV8vB1BB2qc\" target=\"_blank\">A Boyz II Men video?? \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Hughes and Carson are back in agreement over the memorial's placement and, just at the moment they are about to make out, Thomas the Scaremonger brings in a policeman. Turns out the policeman is at Downton because there are some new questions about the untimely death of Anna’s Rapist. Hughes, who a moment before was finally about to kiss the man of her dreams, goes white. As usual, she knows too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Credits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Character Ranking:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Mary's Less Attractive Suitor From Last Season: \u003c/strong>I'm putting him in the ranking because he broke the glass ceiling of the Abbey. He said the word \"sex\" in the library and no one died. Kudos, sir!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. 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Will she save Bates from another stint in the Big House?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tune in next week!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Previous Season 5 recaps:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/01/05/downton-abbey-season-5-premiere-recap-lover-you-shouldnt-have-come-over/\">'Downton Abbey' Season 5 Premiere Recap: We Didn't Start the Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the dining room, everyone talks about Baby George (stop talking about your kids and go hang out with them!) and Mary calls Edith an idiot, which everyone pretty much ignores. Mary then lies to her family and tells them she is going on a “sketching vacation” with her friend “Annabell.” It’s a sex vacation, Mary. That’s what it’s called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tensions build between Carson and Donk over the location of the war memorial. Sigh. So this plot really is sticking around for another episode…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose thinks about asking for a radio and Donk nearly has a heart attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Baby Watcher’s Farm, the Baby Watcher (Hot Firefighter) sets Edith up to “take a greater interest” in Marigold. His wife is not super cool with that because Marigold is so cute and perfect and her name is Marigold, but the Baby Watcher pushes on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a tea for the old people, Violet totally calls Isobel out about her Fancy Lord Suitor in front of her Doctor Suitor. Daaaang, Violet is cold! Players have to play, Violet. Let Isobel play!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the stairs, Thomas channels his sadness over Jimmy leaving by harassing Baxter and Gallant Mr. Molesley. Talk to a therapist, dude! That’s what the rest of us do!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Patmore and Rose conspire to get Daisy educated by the Hatless School Teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Anna is in on the sex vacation. Anna points out that Mary, for the first time in her life, will be undertaking the arduous task of taking her own clothing on and off by herself. Oh no! But how will she manage her hats?! After the uncomfortable clothing discussion, the talk turns to birth control and Mary takes the opportunity to guilt Anna into buying her a diaphragm by reminding Anna of the fact that her husband is a murderer and also that Mary’s own husband is dead, saying, “…you’re married, with a living husband!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Thomas smokes menacingly and tries to convince the Noble Molesley that Baxter’s past as a jewel thief makes \u003cem>her\u003c/em> the bad guy. Speak his name and he shall appear: the real criminal, Bates, waltzes in to tell Thomas to shut his yapper. Snitches in ditches, amiright?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bored writing staff has Donk make a joke about Downton being a hotel for the second time in as many episodes (\u003ca href=\"http://britmovietours.com/bookings/downton-abbey-tour-experience/\" target=\"_blank\">product placement?\u003c/a>). Cora, playing the part of the audience, says: “You’ve already made that joke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the library, Edith tells her parents the suspicious story of how she’s taken an interest in the Farmer Firefighter’s Unwanted Adoptee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose continues to angle for a wireless. Doesn’t she have parents of her own she can beg for new advanced technology toys?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Ross and Rachel (Hughes and Carson) disagree over the war memorial's placement. It’s ripping the whole house apart!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In town, Anna attempts to buy a prophylactic. Bet you thought you'd never see that sentence in a \u003cem>Downton\u003c/em> recap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the School Teacher and Daisy get set up for tutoring \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/01/05/downton-abbey-season-5-premiere-recap-lover-you-shouldnt-have-come-over/\" target=\"_blank\">(see my previous predictions).\u003c/a> Also, Julian Fellowes, if you’d like to hire me for your writing team, I am potentially available, though I'm not sure you can afford me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Cora joins the team lobbying for a wireless. Donk, the Molesley of upstairs, says: “[The wireless] is a fad! It won’t last.” Poor guy is never going to be on the right side of history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the shoe shine room, Molesley confronts Baxter the Thief about the thievery. Molesley, like us, wants to know the real reason Baxter turned to crime. Baxter, the Angel from Heaven, will not tell. This, of course, is how we know she is an angel from heaven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the tea with the Fancy Lord Suitor, Violet openly taunts Isobel about the burgeoning romance. Can you imagine a third grade Violet finding out someone had a crush on someone else? Uuugh, Violet, stop!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mary’s room, the Feminist Society (Anna and Mary) meet to discuss Anna’s judgment at the hands of the pharmacist and a women’s right to birth control, but they do it in such a fun, flirty way it almost doesn't make you hate feminism!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the stairs, a new cast member ogles a painting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, Meddlesome Thomas tells Meddlesome Rose that the School Teacher is downstairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary’s Less Attractive Suitor From Last Season acts grumpy about the fact that he wasn’t “the lucky winner” of Mary’s cold, barely beating heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the School Teacher doesn’t want to go to dinner, but she does want to inspire Tom to shake the gilded bonds of the Abbey. Too bad she’s not even remotely as fun and cool and cute as Sybil, because I kind of like her attitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At dinner, the New Cast Member flirts with Cora and Donk tries to fight with the School Teacher in absentia. Unfortunately, her “once more unto the breach, dear friends” speech inspired Tom and he comes to the defense of the Russian Revolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hall, Imperialist Donk seems to finally be swayed towards the wireless when he hears that the King is going to be on it. Carson uses this as an opportunity to get in a metaphorical point about Donk’s attitude about the placement of the war memorial saying: “…even kings must bow to pressure sometimes.” Touché, Carson. Compare Donk to a king to stoke his ego and then tell him to sit the F down. Well played. Oh wait, maybe he’s actually just talking about the wireless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Molesley looks sad and Baxter the Angelic Thief continues to refuse to tell anyone why she stole the jewels. This is getting tiresome, Baxter. Why don’t you just kiss Molesley so we can move on?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the room with all the paintings, maybe the New Cast Member isn’t so new? He appears to have a past with Cora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, there is discord in the Hughes/Carson Harmony Machine because \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxajLWwzqY\" target=\"_blank\">Carson is from the '70s and Hughes is a '90s…chick\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cora’s room, Cora still can’t decide whether or not to sack Baxter. Spoiler: I really doubt she will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the library, Mary and the Less Attractive Suitor get into a heated debate about the difference between sex and love, a debate which actually involves the use of the word “sex.” Have they ever used this smutty, graphic term before? Is it even legal to say on televison?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the bedroom, Donk nearly has an aneurism when it occurs to him that Tom might leave Downton and take Baby Sibby with him. He basically gets in a yelling fight with himself. Dear Donk, I'm suggesting for you what I suggested earlier for Thomas: get some therapy, please. Then, in an especially cute maneuver, he tells Cora to tell the New Cast Member to stop flirting with Isis. Oh, Isis is who he’s flirting with?? He says: “There is nothing more ill-bred than trying to steal the affections of someone else’s dog!” and then slams his head down on his pillow. Hey, Donk, I’m no aristocrat, but I have this feeling that it is super “ill-bred\" to pay more attention to your dog than your wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mary’s room, the Feminist Society has a bit of schism when Anna slut shames Mary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the village, Carson and Donk meet a war widow, who inspires them to silently agree on putting the memorial in the center of town. Can we be done with this plot line now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the a hall, as the wireless is installed, Daisy says: “Why is it called a wireless when there’s so many wires?” Classic Seinfeld Daisy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Baby Watcher’s House, the Baby Watcher’s Wife doesn’t believe that Edith is really going to care at all about Marigold long term. It seems reasonable to let the wife in on the secret of Marigold's parentage because what’s going to happen when Michael comes back? 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The eight-part miniseries will pick up shortly after the events of \u003ci>Captain America: The First Avenger \u003c/i>in 1946 as Peggy Carter deals with a post-war America. Working for the Strategic Scientific Reserve by day and going on missions with S.H.I.E.L.D. founder (and Iron Man's dad) Howard Stark at night, \u003cem>Agent Carter \u003c/em>seems like the perfect mix of \u003cem>Alias' \u003c/em>spy drama and \u003cem>The Hour\u003c/em>'s mid-century office period piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This promising set-up is bolstered by an excellent returning cast from the \u003cem>Captain America \u003c/em>films (namely, the talented and charismatic Hayley Atwell in the lead role, but also notably Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark). The first installment was penned by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, \u003cem> \u003c/em>writers of both \u003cem>Captain America \u003c/em>films, with the second written by Eric Pearson, who was responsible for writing the superb \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1b8lwz_%E0%B8%8B-%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2-marvel-one-shot-agent-carter_shortfilms\">\u003cem>Agent Carter \u003c/em>short film \u003c/a>that inspired the television series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Premiere date: Tuesday, January 6th at 9pm on ABC.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cb>Sense8\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re not sold on the name of the upcoming Netflix drama, \u003cem>Sense8\u003c/em>, but that may be the only reservation we have for the newest project coming from the Wachowski siblings (a.k.a. the directors of \u003cem>The Matrix\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Cloud Atlas\u003c/em>, and the upcoming \u003cem>Jupiter Ascending\u003c/em>), created in collaboration with J. Michael Straczynski (creator of \u003cem>Babylon 5\u003c/em>). Given that the Wachowskis are known for their visual flair and philosophical storytelling, while Straczynski is considered one of the first TV creators to bring long-form serialized storytelling to television, it’s hard not to get excited about this project based on its creators’ pedigrees alone, but the show is also incredibly ambitious in its scope and refreshing in its casting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Set and filmed in locations around the world -- including Nairobi, Reykjavik, Chicago, London, Mexico City, and Mumbai -- \u003cem>Sense8\u003c/em> tells the story of eight strangers who become emotionally and mentally linked following a tragic death. Familiar faces include Naveen Andrews (\u003ci>Lost\u003c/i>’s Sayid), Freema Agyeman (\u003ci>Doctor Who\u003c/i>’s Martha), Bae Doona (\u003ci>Cloud Atlas\u003c/i>, \u003ci>The Host\u003c/i>), and Daryl Hannah, along with a diverse cast of actors from Spain, India, and Germany, as well as a transgender actress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Premiere date: T.B.D. on Netflix\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cb>Bloodline\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/de50trNEvf8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/de50trNEvf8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>So far, Netflix has kept many of the details concerning its new drama \u003cem>Bloodline \u003c/em>shrouded in secrecy, but I'm putting anything starring Kyle Chandler on my must-see list based on \u003cem>Friday Night Lights \u003c/em>withdrawal symptoms alone. This drama about four adult siblings whose dark pasts are brought to the surface upon the return of their black sheep brother to the Florida Keys is brought to you by the men behind \u003cem>Damages\u003c/em>, which probably means edge-of-your-seat storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moody teaser trailer has a similarly dark and mysterious aura about it, but will it capture the same narrative energy as the FX drama? Given that all 13 episodes will be simultaneously released in March, we don't have to wait long to find out. This project is a collaboration between Netflix and Sony Entertainment, the first of its kind between a major movie studio and a streaming service, making it interesting on a production level as well as a narrative one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Premiere date: March 2015 on Netflix\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Shannara\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MTV is throwing its hat in the high fantasy drama ring with an adaptation of Terry Brooks' classic series \u003cem>Shannara, \u003c/em>a swashbuckling epic set several millennia in our future after a global apocalypse has simultaneously wiped out life as we know it and brought back magic. The 10 episode order will draw material from the second book in the series, \u003cem>The Elfstones of Shannara\u003c/em>, and has \u003cem>Arrow\u003c/em>'s Manu Bennett and \u003cem>The Carrie Diaries' \u003c/em>Austin Butler signed on to star. 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Husband-and-wife team Jonathan Nolan (co-screenwriter for \u003cem>The Dark Knight\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Interstellar\u003c/em>, etc.) and Lisa Joy (writer for \u003ci>Burn Notice\u003c/i>, \u003cem>Pushing Daisies\u003c/em>) are spearheading the HBO re-imagining of the 1973 Yul Brynner cult hit, bringing some thematically diverse backgrounds to what is already an awesome concept. The \u003cem>Westworld\u003c/em> film, written and directed by Michael Crichton,\u003cem> \u003c/em>tells the story of two tourists at an adult-themed amusement park of the future who are hunted by a Western gunslinger robot. Presumably, the television series will follow a similar narrative. 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The series has brought on some amazing talent, such as Michael Gambon, Stanley Tucci, Sofie Gråbøl, and Christopher Ecclestone. Add a unique setting and an expansive budget to this great cast, and there's no good reason to not make room for \u003cem>Fortitude\u003c/em> on your TV schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Premiere date: Thursday January 29th at 10 p.m. on Pivot\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>iZombie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CW has been on fire this season with its new shows, and we're hoping the network will continue its streak of excellence with its midseason premieres, especially comic adaptation \u003cem>iZombie\u003c/em>. A series about a zombie morgue assistant who eats murder victims' brains and uses the memories she absorbs to solve their murders is a little high-concept, but the show is helmed by \u003cem>Veronica Mars \u003c/em>creator Rob Thomas. 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"content": "\u003cp>Friends! Welcome back to the wonderful world of \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em> recaps! How have you been? How is your pig farm? Your missing/dead spouse? Your murdered valet? Your orphan child? Are you ready to get back into the mud? Get dirty and not talk too much about our feelings? Because here we go!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The music is starting and the dog is walking toward the house and the bell rings for someone. Maybe it's you! Want to get caught up before we get started on Season 5? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/24/downton-abbey-season-4-finale-recap-bonjour-et-au-revoir/\" target=\"_blank\">Here's the recap from last year's finale.\u003c/a> As before so it will be again: \u003cstrong>SPOILER ALERT\u003c/strong>. Now, to the Abbey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We begin with Edith on a bicycle! Such a modern woman! Where could she be going, a woman on her own, unescorted?? Well, to spy on her baby of course! Michael, her almost-husband, is obviously still missing and yes, we have a new baby on the block, but this baby is so low class she plays with laundry! Outside! Oh, Edith, please rescue this baby!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, it is 1924. Rose is still living at Downton. As they are wont to do whenever youngs and olds mix in the drawing room, things get political and nonsensical, and Robert makes sure his first line of the season is problematic, saying: “I couldn’t care less if he [the prime minister?] was the son of Fu Manchu.” Class warfare starts early this season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Branson jumps in with some comment about how he wants to “support the school more” (with romance because he loves the teacher!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For whimsical and cuteness reasons, we get all the babies and Isis, the dog, in a single scene. They are all getting so big! Maybe it's time for a spin-off series?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen, Daisy and Patmore are back in action! Things are getting really descriptive—Hughes gets in a bunch of explanatory stuff about the general situation of service people in Great Britain and then Daisy does her adorable baby impression, talking fancifully about the distant future of 1958. By my calculation, Daisy is like 86 at this point in Downton Time. Why is she still talking like a baby?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the Baby Watcher's Farm, Edith’s baby appears distressingly to be about the same age as Baby Sibby and Baby Whatever Boy Name, unless maybe she's just a huge baby and a future basketball legend? Sobbing as she leaves, Edith is clearly not 100% cool with her farmed-out baby situation. Don't cry though, Edith! Your baby is named Marigold!! Best name on the show yet. I’m naming all my babies Marigold! No one take that!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The old ladies go for a walk and talk about boys boys boys. This would \u003cem>not\u003c/em> pass the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test\" target=\"_blank\">Bechdel test\u003c/a>. The Dowager Countess starts the season strong by telling Mrs. Crawley that her new suitor just “wants what all men want.” So funny because sex! And old people! Ewwwwww!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Downton, Thomas and the cute footman Jimmy are flirting in the dark corners. Carson catches them and is not cool with the obvious sex talk. Hey, Carson, everyone's doing it, bro. Stop being such a prude!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, Rose is clearly taking Sybil’s place. Doesn't anyone remember Sybil?! Her of the original rebelliousness and the actual style? R.I.P. Sybil. I'll never forget you and your slender ankles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the Bateses do some more explicating and backstory-ing and Thomas does his Thomas-y thing and sneaks up behind the current target of his maliciousness, Baxter, and tries to pump her for information. 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Suspense!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carson is still deciding whether or not to chair this stupid committee and it is going to tear this family apart! The very fabric of society is threatened. Whatever choice he makes will change history, I’m sure of it! (Look, I’m trying to pep up this incredibly dull memorial/Robert's ego based plot line until we can get back to Edith’s illegitimate baby.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert tells Cora she doesn’t need to know the details about Tom’s School Teacher. Ladies don’t need to busy their tiny heads with \u003cem>details\u003c/em>, Cora. You should know that by now!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary, the cold, feelingless monster, is super stoked that the village likes Carson more than her dad. She just likes to see her family feel bad, for whatever reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the school, Tom’s School Teacher love interest is so modern! She’s not even wearing a hat!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Dowager House, Violet interrogates one of Mrs. Crawley’s many suitors, the doctor. Is Violet trying to set up some sort of geriatric love triangle? How bored is she?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of a fire, Robert pretends he so doesn’t care that the village likes Carson more than him. Mary, in a strange moment of “kindness”, says to her dad: “I want you.” Not super appropriate, Mary. This is 1924, not, I don’t know, some time when incest was popular or social acceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the stairs, Thomas threatens Baxter. As usual. Again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Edith romantically touches a book. Could this book please be a clue to the whereabouts of Marigold's father?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen, Daisy reveals that her mail was about a course she's taking because, as she says: “I want to be grown up!” Hey, girl, you're in, at the very least, your late 20s at this point. You're a grown-up. Or...does she have some sort of disease that keeps her young forever?? Oh no, she’s just dyslexic. Is this dyslexia the reason Thomas has been able to trick her so many times? I didn’t realize being susceptible to villains was a side effect of dyslexia. Maybe it's just an unrelated condition she also has. Guys, Daisy’s dyslexia will be a plot point. Mark my words\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a bathroom somewhere, Molesley dyes his hair black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an office somewhere, Rose the Little Upstart tries to convince Tom to bring the School Teacher to the house. Oh, Rose! First you consorted with an African-American jazz singer and now you encourage your cousin-in-law to see a school teacher?! When will it stop?! My heart can’t take this sort of scandal-induced stress!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the library, the Granthams lie about how happy they are that the village wants Carson on a committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an alley, Edith talks with Baby Watcher about Marigold, Best Baby Yet. The farmer tells Edith he knows she is Marigold’s mom. Really? What gave it away? The shirt she always wears when she’s visiting that says “World's Best Mom of a Marigold!”? Or was it the tears?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Carson delivers to Hughes the one-line summary of this episode: “But he was sad, not at me but maybe because things are changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bateses flirt mercilessly over cards in the downstairs dining room. We get it. You’re in love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimmy and Thomas flirt mercilessly over cigarettes. We get it. You’re in love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violet continues on whatever scheme she’s on that seems like maybe it actually doesn’t involve setting Isobel up? She makes a \u003cem>Pride and Prejudice\u003c/em> joke, which allows us to forget about our confusion momentarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hall, Molesley counsels Baxter on how to deal with Thomas of Dark Corners. How is he the voice of reason here? How is he the only one who realizes that, in all situations, Thomas is the villain, forever, always, until he dies?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, the music swells as the Grantham girls eye Branson and start scheming away some sort of plan for the parents’ anniversary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the Help Cartel (Carson/Hughes/Patmore) discuss Daisy’s seditious desire to learn basic math.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Mary and Mrs. Bates finally have a few minutes alone for Mary to say rude things and make oblique references to sex followed by comments about how gross it is to talk about sex. Hey, Mary, remember that time you basically had sex with a dead guy?! That seems pretty gross to me, but I guess I’m a total prude. Guess who’s not though, suddenly? Mary! Who tells Anna that she totally believes in checking out the equipment pre-maritally! Bow chicka wowow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Carson sets up Bates to be the valet for Lord Gillingham—oh, my favorite of Mary's suitors, the Pirate!—whose previous valet was, oh you know, just Anna's rapist who was murdered by Bates!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose ambushes the Hatless Political School Teacher at the school to convince her to come to the anniversary party. Uh oh. Lord Grantham is gonna be so piiiiisssssssssed. Good old Rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somewhere, Violet’s Torture Isobel Tea gets underway. The love triangle appears to be taking on more complex shapes. Violet should potentially take up knitting. She’s clearly bored out of her skull and is playing around with Isobel’s life for a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony the Pirate shows up in the library. He and Mary flirt about guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At tea, more flirting: this time, the doctor with Isobel. Isobel gets jealous over the other, fancy man suitor who seems to be overly enjoying Mrs. Shackleton (so many characters—\u003ca href=\"http://downtonabbey.wikia.com/wiki/Lady_Shackleton\" target=\"_blank\">I’m going to need to check the fan wiki to see if we’ve met her before\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas steals a pair of shoes and corners Baxter in a shoe shining room and threatens to tell her story to her ladyship. What is her story?! It’s probably worse than she once invited a school teacher over, at least, that’s what her terrified crying is saying to me…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pirate, Mary and Tom walk in the foggy woods with guns. Who will die today? Mary tells the Pirate she’s a Buddhist. Or maybe a sociopath. She says: “Tony, I do love you, you know, in my cold and unfeeling way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A familiar looking stranger sweeps into Downton, her car apparently having broken down. Suddenly, the third-tier Jimmy plot is becoming clear. This is the old lady who’s in love with him. I mean, she’s not that old…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Out of nowhere, Lord Grantham gets inappropriate again: “Molesley, you look very Latin all of a sudden. Do you have Italian blood?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe the hair dye did contain a transfusion of Italian blood, if Italian blood makes you into a wise, good person, because once again, Molesley is the only voice of reason in the whole house, telling Baxter to just tell Lady Grantham whatever her terrible story is (she knows a school teacher, she is a quarter Italian, she put the soap on the floor that caused the Lady to slip and lose her baby).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Baxter tells Lady Grantham her big secret. She’s a super duper thief who did prison time for stealing jewels. Now, if there is one thing I know, it is that whatever Baxter’s motive for her crime, which she will not yet reveal as a British person who values her dignity and the slow pacing of a good plot over everything else, whatever her motive, it will completely exonerate her from everything. Like, probably the people she stole the jewels from were Nazis and she gave them back to the Jews the Nazis originally stole them from. Or something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Murderer Bates menacingly brushes the Pirate's coat, fishing for info on the person he murdered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Baxter and Molesley talk about trust. So romantic. This is clearly the romance of the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hall, the Old Boss Cougar sexually harasses Jimmy hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, all the plots converge as the School Teacher enters and Lord Grantham looks on aghast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The older ladies are also here, clearly a bit miffed with each other about the earlier tea party. Violet works hard to remind Edith about the Downton caste system. Oh, Violet, did you not hear Carson announce the theme of the episode?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the dining room, Lord Grantham objectifies Lady Grantham by calling her “a bumper prize.” Way to rub in the fact that she’s alive to the many, many people in the room with dead spouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Old Boss Cougar continues to openly fondle Jimmy at the dinner table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The School Teacher gets political about the war memorial. She apparently hates stones. And wars, but mainly stones. Which of course makes Robert \u003cem>super\u003c/em> pissed. Hey, guys, aren’t there rules about talking politics with old people at dinner? Or was that instituted in the Reagan years?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh no! The School Teacher calls out Robert’s saddest thing: the fact that the village hates him and doesn’t want him on their committee. Things get wild, by which I mean everyone goes silent and tries to avoid eye contact. Carson, as usual, rescues the whole thing by concocting some lie about how the village totally actually really does like Lord Grantham. The old ladies get their dander up a bit. Isobel defends the School Teacher for standing up for her anti-stone principles and Violet says: “Principles are like prayers—noble, of course, but awkward at a party.” Put it on a shirt!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carson continues to keeps his eyes on all developing situations and demands that Jimmy show him a note the Old Boss Cougar passed him at dinner. Thomas comes to his aid. Oh, definitely, Thomas is someone you want coming to your aid, Jimmy. Totally. Great idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, the School Teacher announces she wants to meet the staff downstairs. Okay. We get it. Political. Branson sure has a type.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edith sighs deeply in a corner of the drawing room so Mary comes over to torment her in a not sweet or sisterly way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prediction: The School Teacher has to go downstairs so she can meet Daisy, offer to teach her math, diagnose her learning disability and then save the day by teaching her strategies to deal with it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the bottom of the stairs, Thomas tries to tell Cora about Baxter the Thief’s horrible shameful past and it backfires! Cora sort of calls him out. Thomas is probably going to murder Baxter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the library, Branson and Robert exchange heated words, which quickly become unheated. Mainly, they say the word “lover” in a sort of uncomfortable way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cora’s bedroom, Honorable Baxter refuses to reveal her criminal motivations. But Cora never fires a lady’s maid, even when they kill her unborn baby, so Baxter gets a reprieve. For now!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Carson tells Molesley that his sad dye job is dumb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her room, Edith throws the old Michael clue book at the fire and starts crying. And then it catches on fire. Is Downton about to burn down?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hall, Tony the Pirate sneaks into Mary’s room like a good pirate and Thomas and Jimmy, who are about to engage in some illicit behavior of their own, see him. Great. More ammo for Thomas. Can we please fire him, like, yesterday?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mary's room, Tony has clearly overheard Mary’s talk with Anna and he says: “I want us to be lovers, Mary.” Lovers: the word of the episode!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, as the fire breaks out, Thomas gets to be a hero. Sand is thrown, hoses unfurled, babies rescued, and Jimmy is caught in a compromising position with Old Boss Cougar. Firefighters dressed as knights show up and everything is okay enough for Mary to tell the Bateses: “Lady Edith chose to set fire to her room, but we’re all fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert fires Jimmy for his naked wrestling and conveniently one of the firefighters is the Baby Watcher and Hughes, of course, knows something is up when she sees Edith consorting with him, but Hughes probably already knows everything anyway because she's Hughes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And credits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Character Ranking:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Tony the Pirate:\u003c/strong> The Pirate is hot and I am so glad Mary chose him over the much-less-pirate-y Pig Farmer. He hasn't done much yet, but I believe in him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Marigold:\u003c/strong> The newest baby also hasn't done much yet, but come on, she's named Marigold! Plus, her dad is in a camp somewhere starving to death and her mom is setting houses on fire due to sadness and she's being forced to play with laundry, while her cousins are probably swimming in pools of gold pieces and eating chocolate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Violet: \u003c/strong>She had some misses this episode, but her prayers-at-parties line was solid. I hope the fact that she left the party early doesn't mean she's dying!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Molesley:\u003c/strong> He's really coming into his own now that he's 52! His pathetic guise may make him the perfect person to take down Thomas. Fingers crossed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Mary:\u003c/strong> I used to hate Mary, but somehow, her consistent nastiness is growing on me. She's a horrible, horrible person and she knows it. I can't wait to see what kind of emotional damage she inflicts this season!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See you guys next week!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Your baby is named Marigold!! Best name on the show yet. I’m naming all my babies Marigold! No one take that!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The old ladies go for a walk and talk about boys boys boys. This would \u003cem>not\u003c/em> pass the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test\" target=\"_blank\">Bechdel test\u003c/a>. The Dowager Countess starts the season strong by telling Mrs. Crawley that her new suitor just “wants what all men want.” So funny because sex! And old people! Ewwwwww!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Downton, Thomas and the cute footman Jimmy are flirting in the dark corners. Carson catches them and is not cool with the obvious sex talk. Hey, Carson, everyone's doing it, bro. Stop being such a prude!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, Rose is clearly taking Sybil’s place. Doesn't anyone remember Sybil?! Her of the original rebelliousness and the actual style? R.I.P. Sybil. I'll never forget you and your slender ankles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the Bateses do some more explicating and backstory-ing and Thomas does his Thomas-y thing and sneaks up behind the current target of his maliciousness, Baxter, and tries to pump her for information. Is this Thomas’ season? Will he finally take down Downton, causing the sun to go dark and the water to dry up, and rule the grounds and the village like Scar did in Simba’s absence?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things get political before dinner downstairs. They also get political upstairs in bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Very Important Plot Point Alert: The Village War Memorial. Where will it go?! Carson, it turns out, is “a considerable figure in the village” and some ladies want him to chair some committee that will oversee this Very Important Plot Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As usual, a second crucial plot point comes through the mail: James is getting a ton of love letters from Old Boss the Cougar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Dowager House, Robert chats with his mom about how sad he is that the village wants Carson to head a committee and not him. Mommy is like “Your dad wouldn't have stood for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Downton, more mysterious mail arrives! This time, it's for Daisy! Drama! Suspense!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carson is still deciding whether or not to chair this stupid committee and it is going to tear this family apart! The very fabric of society is threatened. Whatever choice he makes will change history, I’m sure of it! (Look, I’m trying to pep up this incredibly dull memorial/Robert's ego based plot line until we can get back to Edith’s illegitimate baby.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert tells Cora she doesn’t need to know the details about Tom’s School Teacher. Ladies don’t need to busy their tiny heads with \u003cem>details\u003c/em>, Cora. You should know that by now!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary, the cold, feelingless monster, is super stoked that the village likes Carson more than her dad. She just likes to see her family feel bad, for whatever reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the school, Tom’s School Teacher love interest is so modern! She’s not even wearing a hat!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Dowager House, Violet interrogates one of Mrs. Crawley’s many suitors, the doctor. Is Violet trying to set up some sort of geriatric love triangle? How bored is she?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of a fire, Robert pretends he so doesn’t care that the village likes Carson more than him. Mary, in a strange moment of “kindness”, says to her dad: “I want you.” Not super appropriate, Mary. This is 1924, not, I don’t know, some time when incest was popular or social acceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the stairs, Thomas threatens Baxter. As usual. Again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Edith romantically touches a book. Could this book please be a clue to the whereabouts of Marigold's father?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen, Daisy reveals that her mail was about a course she's taking because, as she says: “I want to be grown up!” Hey, girl, you're in, at the very least, your late 20s at this point. You're a grown-up. Or...does she have some sort of disease that keeps her young forever?? Oh no, she’s just dyslexic. Is this dyslexia the reason Thomas has been able to trick her so many times? I didn’t realize being susceptible to villains was a side effect of dyslexia. Maybe it's just an unrelated condition she also has. Guys, Daisy’s dyslexia will be a plot point. Mark my words\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a bathroom somewhere, Molesley dyes his hair black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an office somewhere, Rose the Little Upstart tries to convince Tom to bring the School Teacher to the house. Oh, Rose! First you consorted with an African-American jazz singer and now you encourage your cousin-in-law to see a school teacher?! When will it stop?! My heart can’t take this sort of scandal-induced stress!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the library, the Granthams lie about how happy they are that the village wants Carson on a committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an alley, Edith talks with Baby Watcher about Marigold, Best Baby Yet. The farmer tells Edith he knows she is Marigold’s mom. Really? What gave it away? The shirt she always wears when she’s visiting that says “World's Best Mom of a Marigold!”? Or was it the tears?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Carson delivers to Hughes the one-line summary of this episode: “But he was sad, not at me but maybe because things are changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bateses flirt mercilessly over cards in the downstairs dining room. We get it. You’re in love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimmy and Thomas flirt mercilessly over cigarettes. We get it. You’re in love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violet continues on whatever scheme she’s on that seems like maybe it actually doesn’t involve setting Isobel up? She makes a \u003cem>Pride and Prejudice\u003c/em> joke, which allows us to forget about our confusion momentarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hall, Molesley counsels Baxter on how to deal with Thomas of Dark Corners. How is he the voice of reason here? How is he the only one who realizes that, in all situations, Thomas is the villain, forever, always, until he dies?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the drawing room, the music swells as the Grantham girls eye Branson and start scheming away some sort of plan for the parents’ anniversary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, the Help Cartel (Carson/Hughes/Patmore) discuss Daisy’s seditious desire to learn basic math.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Mary and Mrs. Bates finally have a few minutes alone for Mary to say rude things and make oblique references to sex followed by comments about how gross it is to talk about sex. Hey, Mary, remember that time you basically had sex with a dead guy?! That seems pretty gross to me, but I guess I’m a total prude. Guess who’s not though, suddenly? Mary! Who tells Anna that she totally believes in checking out the equipment pre-maritally! Bow chicka wowow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downstairs, Carson sets up Bates to be the valet for Lord Gillingham—oh, my favorite of Mary's suitors, the Pirate!—whose previous valet was, oh you know, just Anna's rapist who was murdered by Bates!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose ambushes the Hatless Political School Teacher at the school to convince her to come to the anniversary party. Uh oh. Lord Grantham is gonna be so piiiiisssssssssed. Good old Rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somewhere, Violet’s Torture Isobel Tea gets underway. The love triangle appears to be taking on more complex shapes. Violet should potentially take up knitting. She’s clearly bored out of her skull and is playing around with Isobel’s life for a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony the Pirate shows up in the library. He and Mary flirt about guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At tea, more flirting: this time, the doctor with Isobel. Isobel gets jealous over the other, fancy man suitor who seems to be overly enjoying Mrs. Shackleton (so many characters—\u003ca href=\"http://downtonabbey.wikia.com/wiki/Lady_Shackleton\" target=\"_blank\">I’m going to need to check the fan wiki to see if we’ve met her before\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas steals a pair of shoes and corners Baxter in a shoe shining room and threatens to tell her story to her ladyship. What is her story?! It’s probably worse than she once invited a school teacher over, at least, that’s what her terrified crying is saying to me…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pirate, Mary and Tom walk in the foggy woods with guns. Who will die today? Mary tells the Pirate she’s a Buddhist. Or maybe a sociopath. She says: “Tony, I do love you, you know, in my cold and unfeeling way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A familiar looking stranger sweeps into Downton, her car apparently having broken down. Suddenly, the third-tier Jimmy plot is becoming clear. This is the old lady who’s in love with him. I mean, she’s not that old…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Out of nowhere, Lord Grantham gets inappropriate again: “Molesley, you look very Latin all of a sudden. Do you have Italian blood?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe the hair dye did contain a transfusion of Italian blood, if Italian blood makes you into a wise, good person, because once again, Molesley is the only voice of reason in the whole house, telling Baxter to just tell Lady Grantham whatever her terrible story is (she knows a school teacher, she is a quarter Italian, she put the soap on the floor that caused the Lady to slip and lose her baby).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upstairs, Baxter tells Lady Grantham her big secret. She’s a super duper thief who did prison time for stealing jewels. 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Perhaps it's my status as an American who has been known to drop a \"like\" or \"OMG\" into a conversation, but I would be friends with The Valley Girl from this sketch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN3yizkdMKw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less likable yet much more extensively featured than Catherine Tate's Valley Girl, Classic \u003ci>Doctor Who \u003c/i>companion Peri also falls into The Valley Girl category. Originally from California, her character often falls into the ditzy behavior and emphasis on appearance associated with this trope. Nicola Bryant, the actress behind the role, was actually British and infamous for her terrible American accent made more noticeable than the British slang used in the script.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cb>The Cowboy\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCw9UKj5QM#t=23m20s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I rarely see cowboys in real life, but they show up all the time as Americans on British television, especially several decades ago. In a 1978 episode of Britain’s long-running comedy \u003ci>Are You Being Served?\u003c/i>, Mrs Slocombe’s American uncle from New York comes to her wedding wearing an actual Stetson and reinforces the idiot American stereotype like it's going out of style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=323uSPPJ0MI#t=16s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other times, The Cowboy trope is less in the aesthetics and more in the attitude. 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This is a common trope when it comes to Americans popping up in British drama: The New Money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\"\u003ci>Don't worry about me, I'm an American. Have gun, will travel!\u003c/i>\" -- Cora\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In British drama, The New Money American is a symbol of change in a dying imperial world. They are usually seen as less culturally refined than their Old Money counterparts, but the manner in which they are treated as characters varies greatly. For Cora, though she is often teased for her more outgoing, casual (read: American) way, she is a resilient, well-developed character who is more than just her Americanness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Playboy/Playgirl\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYSij6houls\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Americans on British television tend to be much more promiscuous than the British characters who surround them. Sometimes, it's played as a character flaw, as is the case with Cora's playboy brother Harold (played by American Paul Giamatti) in recent episodes of \u003cem>Downton Abbey. \u003c/em>Other times, it's played as part of an American's charm, as is the case with \u003cem>Doctor Who/Torchwood\u003c/em>'s enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness (played by American/Brit John Barrowman).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mr6f29baBI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other examples include \u003ci>Peep Show\u003c/i>’s Nancy (played by Canadian Rachel Blanchard), who manages to shoehorn the American stereotypes of being uber religious and a New Age hippie with her identity as a sexually adventurous lady.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cb>The Operative\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often American characters appear on British television as operatives. They may not be the main villain, but they are players in the game, if not as members of the actual C.I.A., then as covert corporate players. The American Operative is often threatening, but not always frightening -- more of a nuisance than anything. They are hardly ever the brains behind the operation, but that doesn’t stop them from shows of snarky confidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7R2NhgEeg0#t=3m19s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Jekyll’\u003c/i>s Benjamin (Brit Paterson Joseph), a psychopathic employee of Klein & Utterson hired to control Tom (a.k.a. Jekyll) and Hyde, is a particularly effective variety of The American Goon, while the C.I.A. agents in \u003ci>Sherlock\u003c/i>’s “A Scandal in Belgravia” prove worse at their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8_YQ7_Jo8k\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do you have any more examples of American characters/stereotypes on British television? 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Best of all, thanks to \u003cem>The Colbert Report\u003c/em>, viewers already know that he’s good at playing characters who aren’t exactly always telling the truth, a strong plus for his ability to play the conniving Harold Hill.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/78jqpeRH0n4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/78jqpeRH0n4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>• \u003cstrong>Kristen Bell as Marian Paroo:\u003c/strong> Thanks to her time on \u003cem>Veronica Mars\u003c/em>, Kristen Bell fans have realized she’s great at witty one-liners, a must for Marian Paroo. 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"content": "\u003cp>Grumpy Cat, the angriest kitty you’ve ever loved, makes her acting debut this Saturday in \u003cem>Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever\u003c/em>. (But why bother telling you? You've either had the date circled on your calendar for weeks or are learning about its existence right now.) With this Lifetime movie, Grumpy Cat joins an impressive list of animals that have been featured in Christmas-based entertainment over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In honor of her big premiere, we’ve ranked the best of the holiday animals on a lovability scale from Ebenezer Scrooge at the beginning of\u003cem> A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> to Ebenezer Scrooge at the end of \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em>. (In keeping with the theme of the list, Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed by Donald Duck.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Bad Scrooge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14191 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-800x450.png\" alt=\"Mean Scrooge\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-1440x810.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Stripe, \u003cem>Gremlins \u003c/em>(which totally counts as a Christmas movie)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14195 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Stripe-400x235.jpg\" alt=\"Stripe\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Stripe-400x235.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Stripe.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">Stripe is basically pure evil in scaly bipedal form. He tied up the family dog with Christmas lights! Oh, and he murdered a lot of people and traumatized a whole generation of children who were far too young for the movie and to this day cringe a little when \"Do You Hear What I Hear?\" starts to play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Abominable Snow Monster, \u003cem>Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5oigyHVHWE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, he plans to devour Rudolph’s entire family, but Abominable Snow Monsters gotta eat, you know? In the end, he loses his teeth and presumably embarks on a life of vegetarianism, which is kind of a downer for a mythical carnivorous ice beast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>That jerk reindeer, \u003cem>Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14188 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Grandma-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grandma 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How dare he? Grandma was a saint! In addition, the reported number of incriminating hoof prints discovered at the scene might lead you to believe that this was something more than a \"tragic accident.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Bumpus' dogs from \u003cem>A Christmas Story\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPRdj1Ce4ao\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their defense, what hound dogs aren’t going to seek out that sweet, sweet turkey without sparing a single thought for the loss of turkey sandwiches, turkey salad, turkey gravy and even turkey hash?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Snoopy, \u003cem>A Charlie Brown Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14194 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Snoopy.jpg\" alt=\"Snoopy\" width=\"403\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Snoopy.jpg 403w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Snoopy-400x349.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yep, Snoopy’s closer to the bad Scrooge than the good Scrooge on this list, but there’s a valid reason for that: He’s kind of the villain in this beloved holiday special. Whose tacky doghouse wins first prize in the decorating contest? And whose overall decorating scheme comes to represent everything his owner hates about the hollow commercialism of the season? Man’s best friend, indeed. Thankfully, Snoopy gets a redemption arc when he helps turn Charlie Brown’s sad tree into something beautiful using decorations pilfered from his own display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Rudolph, \u003cem>Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107878 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images-240x134.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rudolph seems like a decent-enough reindeer, and he can’t help the color and luminosity of his nose. It’s nice to see him prevail at the end of the song/movie, saving the day and triumphantly leading Santa’s team. But isn’t there a small part of you that hears this story and thinks back to your own early teenage days when you were either the bully or the bullied? Rudolph, despite his moxie and eventual happy ending, brings back some unpleasant junior high memories. Sorry, Rudy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The squirrel, \u003cem>National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdiXSsFp29s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Never has mass hysteria been more accurately depicted on screen than the Griswold clan’s flight from the squirrel living in their Christmas tree. It starts with a funny squeaky sound and ends with people fainting, mothers getting knocked to the ground, Julia Louis-Dreyfus surviving a mauling, and an important warning about the high cholesterol in squirrels. Let this be a reminder to always buy your Christmas tree from an approved vendor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Paws, \u003cem>The Search for Santa Paw\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14193 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Santa-Paws.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Paws\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Santa-Paws.jpg 728w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Santa-Paws-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paws is a fine canine who’s good to orphans, loyal to his owner, and exemplary in every way. In fact, he’d be closer to good Scrooge if the movie’s casting director, who clearly hates children, hadn’t picked a Santa who looks like he enjoys a healthy glug of Wild Turkey in his morning eggnog, if you know what I mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Mice wearing tiny antlers, \u003cem>Scrooged\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70ybZlB19Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're mice. Wearing tiny antlers. Mice wearing tiny antlers!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Zeus, \u003cem>The Dog Who Saved Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14197 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zeus.png\" alt=\"Zeus\" width=\"480\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zeus.png 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zeus-400x316.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where would Christmas movies be without orphaned children and animals at the pound? Not only must Zeus overcome losing his bark and protecting his home from burglars, Culkin-style, but he does so while being voiced by Mario Lopez \u003cem>and\u003c/em> out-acting co-star Dean Cain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Zero, \u003cem>The Nightmare Before Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14196 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero-800x486.png\" alt=\"Zero\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero-800x486.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero-400x243.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack Skellington’s ghostly pal is part Rudolph, part childhood nightmare, and all loyal companion. With those credentials, he’s obviously the best choice to lead Jack’s team of skeleton reindeer as they fly his coffin-sleigh in his semi-hostile takeover of Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Emmet Otter, \u003cem>Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ2jxIe4CQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The star of Jim Henson’s 1977 \u003cem>Gift of the Magi\u003c/em>-esque Christmas special, Emmet is a dirt-poor resident of Frogtown Hollow who hopes to win money in a talent show so he can buy his mother a Christmas gift. Emmet is the quintessential downtrodden yet plucky holiday hero who’s a charming mix of optimism and naïveté. (And a \u003ca href=\"http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/a-tribute-to-the-greatest-holiday-special-ever.php\">puppeteering marvel\u003c/a>, too.) Plus, he plays a mean washtub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Max, \u003cem>Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14190 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Max.jpg\" alt=\"Max\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Max.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Max-400x316.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No Christmas animal is more sweet-natured or ill-treated than the Grinch’s poor dog. There's Max, frantically working the foot pedal of the ancient sewing machine. Max, slumping under the weight of the antler tied to his head. Max, straining to haul that overloaded sled as the Grinch loots Whoville. Max does what his master asks of him and is finally, \u003cem>finally\u003c/em> rewarded with love, praise and a slice of roast beast. May we all have such happy endings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Happy Scrooge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-14200 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Happy-Scrooge.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Scrooge\" width=\"245\" height=\"180\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question, then, is where Grumpy Cat will fit into this list of Christmas creatures. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Grumpy Cat, the angriest kitty you’ve ever loved, makes her acting debut this Saturday in \u003cem>Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever\u003c/em>. (But why bother telling you? You've either had the date circled on your calendar for weeks or are learning about its existence right now.) With this Lifetime movie, Grumpy Cat joins an impressive list of animals that have been featured in Christmas-based entertainment over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In honor of her big premiere, we’ve ranked the best of the holiday animals on a lovability scale from Ebenezer Scrooge at the beginning of\u003cem> A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> to Ebenezer Scrooge at the end of \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em>. (In keeping with the theme of the list, Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed by Donald Duck.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Bad Scrooge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14191 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-800x450.png\" alt=\"Mean Scrooge\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge-1440x810.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Mean-Scrooge.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Stripe, \u003cem>Gremlins \u003c/em>(which totally counts as a Christmas movie)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14195 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Stripe-400x235.jpg\" alt=\"Stripe\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Stripe-400x235.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Stripe.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">Stripe is basically pure evil in scaly bipedal form. He tied up the family dog with Christmas lights! Oh, and he murdered a lot of people and traumatized a whole generation of children who were far too young for the movie and to this day cringe a little when \"Do You Hear What I Hear?\" starts to play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Abominable Snow Monster, \u003cem>Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/o5oigyHVHWE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/o5oigyHVHWE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Sure, he plans to devour Rudolph’s entire family, but Abominable Snow Monsters gotta eat, you know? In the end, he loses his teeth and presumably embarks on a life of vegetarianism, which is kind of a downer for a mythical carnivorous ice beast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>That jerk reindeer, \u003cem>Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14188 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Grandma-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grandma 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How dare he? Grandma was a saint! In addition, the reported number of incriminating hoof prints discovered at the scene might lead you to believe that this was something more than a \"tragic accident.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Bumpus' dogs from \u003cem>A Christmas Story\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pPRdj1Ce4ao'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pPRdj1Ce4ao'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In their defense, what hound dogs aren’t going to seek out that sweet, sweet turkey without sparing a single thought for the loss of turkey sandwiches, turkey salad, turkey gravy and even turkey hash?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Snoopy, \u003cem>A Charlie Brown Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14194 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Snoopy.jpg\" alt=\"Snoopy\" width=\"403\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Snoopy.jpg 403w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Snoopy-400x349.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yep, Snoopy’s closer to the bad Scrooge than the good Scrooge on this list, but there’s a valid reason for that: He’s kind of the villain in this beloved holiday special. Whose tacky doghouse wins first prize in the decorating contest? And whose overall decorating scheme comes to represent everything his owner hates about the hollow commercialism of the season? Man’s best friend, indeed. Thankfully, Snoopy gets a redemption arc when he helps turn Charlie Brown’s sad tree into something beautiful using decorations pilfered from his own display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Rudolph, \u003cem>Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107878 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images.jpg 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/images-240x134.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rudolph seems like a decent-enough reindeer, and he can’t help the color and luminosity of his nose. It’s nice to see him prevail at the end of the song/movie, saving the day and triumphantly leading Santa’s team. But isn’t there a small part of you that hears this story and thinks back to your own early teenage days when you were either the bully or the bullied? Rudolph, despite his moxie and eventual happy ending, brings back some unpleasant junior high memories. Sorry, Rudy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The squirrel, \u003cem>National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/HdiXSsFp29s'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/HdiXSsFp29s'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Never has mass hysteria been more accurately depicted on screen than the Griswold clan’s flight from the squirrel living in their Christmas tree. It starts with a funny squeaky sound and ends with people fainting, mothers getting knocked to the ground, Julia Louis-Dreyfus surviving a mauling, and an important warning about the high cholesterol in squirrels. Let this be a reminder to always buy your Christmas tree from an approved vendor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Paws, \u003cem>The Search for Santa Paw\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14193 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Santa-Paws.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Paws\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Santa-Paws.jpg 728w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Santa-Paws-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paws is a fine canine who’s good to orphans, loyal to his owner, and exemplary in every way. In fact, he’d be closer to good Scrooge if the movie’s casting director, who clearly hates children, hadn’t picked a Santa who looks like he enjoys a healthy glug of Wild Turkey in his morning eggnog, if you know what I mean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Mice wearing tiny antlers, \u003cem>Scrooged\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/H70ybZlB19Y'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/H70ybZlB19Y'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>They're mice. Wearing tiny antlers. Mice wearing tiny antlers!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Zeus, \u003cem>The Dog Who Saved Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14197 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zeus.png\" alt=\"Zeus\" width=\"480\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zeus.png 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zeus-400x316.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where would Christmas movies be without orphaned children and animals at the pound? Not only must Zeus overcome losing his bark and protecting his home from burglars, Culkin-style, but he does so while being voiced by Mario Lopez \u003cem>and\u003c/em> out-acting co-star Dean Cain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Zero, \u003cem>The Nightmare Before Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-14196 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero-800x486.png\" alt=\"Zero\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero-800x486.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero-400x243.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/11/Zero.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack Skellington’s ghostly pal is part Rudolph, part childhood nightmare, and all loyal companion. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Maria Judnick\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years ago, Thanksgiving dinner meant getting dressing up in your Sunday best, going to Grandmama’s house and eating a meal fit for the pages of \u003cem>Gourmet \u003c/em>served on her best china. While the caloric intake of Thanksgiving feasts has remained the same (or perhaps even increased!), the celebration looks a little different today. Great Uncle Bob might have his favorite pair of sweatpants on at the celebration since he’s too old to care about appearances, the kid’s table might consist of unhappy hipster youth staring dourly at their phones while communicating with other unhappy hipster youth similarly trapped at holiday meals states away, and the entire gluten-free (with vegan options) feast might have been lovingly planned and prepared by the good folks over at Whole Foods/Paycheck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, once the food’s been eaten, the political controversies have been sorted out, and you’ve once again confirmed that, no, your mother’s not getting any grandbabies this year, the traditions stay the same. You might have watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade earlier that day and, now that the turkey’s tryptophan has worked its way into your system, it’s time for some television in the den. But after the last football game has sent the men in their recliners into a deep snore and Charlie Brown has headed over to his grandma’s, what else is there to watch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some ideas to help everyone – both young and old – enjoy a good old fashioned night in front of the TV:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For the classic TV Fans:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>The Brady Bunch – \u003c/em>“The Un-Underground Movie”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-zm-NbojoE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your grandma might not know how to work YouTube, but she sure can remember how much she loved watching \u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Brady Bunch\u003c/em> with her kids, a.k.a. your parents. This episode, in which Greg directs a film about the pilgrims while learning valuable lessons, is sure to inspire plenty of nostalgia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For the Baby Boomers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Cheers \u003c/em>– “Thanksgiving Orphans”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJq7P3yAY08\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone at this feast sure knows each other’s names. This episode, in which the \u003cem>Cheers\u003c/em> staff and regulars gather at a potluck celebration, ends in this epic food fight that would make \u003cem>Animal House’s \u003c/em>John Belushi proud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For the Family Historians:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>The Wonder Years – \u003c/em>“The Ties that Bind”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcbGHySfA4s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With money tight at the Arnold household, Jack asks for a raise – and gets it, along with a promotion – but he also has to travel on Thanksgiving. Luckily, while traditions get upended that year, all things work out in the end, thus making your Aunt Mildred very happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For the Generation Xers and early Millennials:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Seinfeld \u003c/em>– “The Mom and Pop Store”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzZuonXghOQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This classic episode is Bryan Cranston’s first appearance on the show as Jerry’s dentist Tim Whatley. While plenty of hilarious \u003cem>Seinfeld\u003c/em> hijinks ensue, this episode features Elaine accidentally rejecting the dentist’s advances since she can’t hear him over the loud music of his Thanksgiving party. Jon Voigt also makes an appearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For those Crazy, Comical Relatives You Can’t Help But Love:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Home Improvement – \u003c/em>“A Frozen Moment”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feel like your family holiday has been a disaster, all you have to do is tune in to the Taylor’s Thanksgiving to remind yourself that it could be much, much worse…and also much, much funnier. In this episode, Tim “the Tool-Man” Taylor builds a Christmas Village in hopes of taking the perfect Christmas card photo. Of course, things never go quite according to plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For the Intellectuals and Politically Aware:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>West Wing \u003c/em>– “Indians in the Lobby”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQsvcs9IB8A\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to pick between the two fabulous \u003cem>West Wing\u003c/em> Thanksgiving episodes – “Shibboleth” and “Indians in the Lobby.” But, as much as I enjoy C.J. Cregg’s attempts to pardon two turkeys in “Shibboleth,” the classic funny moment belongs to President Bartlet as he speaks to the Butterball Hotline in “Indians in the Lobby.” Fair warning: both episodes may also inspire Round Two of Thanksgiving political discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For Your Later “Framily” Get-togethers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Friends \u003c/em>– “The One With All the Thanksgivings”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/DmNS6UUW-WE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, there are definitive ranking systems available online for all the fabulous \u003cem>Friends \u003c/em>Thanksgiving episodes. 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This episode, in which the \u003cem>Cheers\u003c/em> staff and regulars gather at a potluck celebration, ends in this epic food fight that would make \u003cem>Animal House’s \u003c/em>John Belushi proud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For the Family Historians:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>The Wonder Years – \u003c/em>“The Ties that Bind”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/qcbGHySfA4s'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qcbGHySfA4s'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>With money tight at the Arnold household, Jack asks for a raise – and gets it, along with a promotion – but he also has to travel on Thanksgiving. Luckily, while traditions get upended that year, all things work out in the end, thus making your Aunt Mildred very happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>For the Generation Xers and early Millennials:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Seinfeld \u003c/em>– “The Mom and Pop Store”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/CzZuonXghOQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/CzZuonXghOQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>This classic episode is Bryan Cranston’s first appearance on the show as Jerry’s dentist Tim Whatley. 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