River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems. Mal: See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.

'Safe'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


askye - Aug 15, 2026 7:26:13 am PDT #13569 of 13614
Thrive to spite them

Today E is 18!!!! I can't believe it.

I remember the first time I saw him. Mom and i drove up to Charleston where they were living and she saw L's car in the parking lot of their grocery store. So we went in and tracked them down. E was in his carrier and the first glimpse i had of him was the top of his head.

Which I can now only see if he sita down since he is 6'2.

I haven't been the most involved aunt and I missed a lot of him growing up but I love him so much. And my brother and E's step mom (who is really his Mom) have done an incredible job raising him


JenP - Aug 15, 2026 8:56:34 am PDT #13570 of 13614

Well, phew! That was a hell of a whirlwind of an epic season finale, Midnight Burger! Party at the Sheepseye (Sheep's Eye?)! I think I have to listen again very soon. There's just so much. It honestly could have been a series finale, which has me SO curious about next season. I mean, we certainly got a hint...

Can't wait for Shift Notes.


Steph L. - Aug 15, 2026 9:04:22 am PDT #13571 of 13614
That which does not kill you should RUN

Well, phew! That was a hell of a whirlwind of an epic season finale, Midnight Burger!

I got everything I wanted: an explanation for Leif's arm and foot (I was NOT expecting Meesock!), a resolution to the cowcatcher (although that was a little too deus ex machina for my taste), and at least confirmation that Frank is alive, if not rescued. Oh! And Caspar actually said "I love you" to Ava, holy shit!!!

I definitely need to re-listen to it.


JenP - Aug 15, 2026 9:22:21 am PDT #13572 of 13614

Agreed on all of that! I actually laughed out loud when Meesock said, "You forgot to arm it." I have been low key worrying about the cow-catcher ever since he hit send. Ha!

And I love you/I know was awesome and so earned! And she called him Schmoopie at one point way earlier... I thought, "Aw, how cute, and that's probably all we'll get ."

And I really want some adventure time with David, and I have always hoped he'd revisit the transporting lawyer !

And, and, and... so much to love!

I'm glad we actually got to hear Frank and Trinket (sp?) interact, so I was good with putting a pin in Frank. Those two kids are adorbs .


Steph L. - Aug 15, 2026 10:06:48 am PDT #13573 of 13614
That which does not kill you should RUN

I'm glad we actually got to hear

I think I actually ship Trinkett and Frank harder than I shipped Caspar and Ava. I just love them.


JenP - Aug 15, 2026 10:46:30 am PDT #13574 of 13614

Yeah, 100% on the shipping harder part. You can know, by a smidge.


Karl - Aug 15, 2026 12:10:02 pm PDT #13575 of 13614
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Yay, a weekend I am not spending in one of our local Kaiser hospitals.

I believe I have sprained either a hip flexor or a quadricep. Where's my back-door pilot for a streaming TV series?


Calli - Aug 15, 2026 4:34:46 pm PDT #13576 of 13614
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Yay shunning hospitals, less yay on sprains.

I’m going to my first real estate open house tomorrow. I don’t know if it’s my dream home, but it’s sort of what I’m looking for and in my price range. [link]


DavidS - Aug 15, 2026 4:39:13 pm PDT #13577 of 13614
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I’m going to my first real estate open house tomorrow. I don’t know if it’s my dream home, but it’s sort of what I’m looking for and in my price range. [link]

Cute place! Love the porch.


erikaj - Aug 15, 2026 4:54:56 pm PDT #13578 of 13614
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

Maybe you could call it back-door if you hurt your glutes. Also, no fair--I've been waiting on my defective close-up a lot longer than you!(Maybe, as a woman, I could work in your room and be a Two-Fer like the guy on 30 Rock--which I can't believe I'm quoting/ referencing because I didn't find it funny all that often.) Somewhere between my sense of humor being genuinely weird and kind of evil and nothing being quite so funny as a super-fan thinks when they're all "OMG, you'll *die*." ETA: Doesn't change the fact that I'm at least a Two-Fer. Maybe another half because some douche online could call me Pocahontas--though probably not *twice*