TV Shows Watched: Splinter Cell: DeathWatch: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, IT: Welcome to Dairy: S1E1 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Boots: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Chair Company: S1E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Mr Scorsese: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, and Last Week tonight: current (HBO MAX) no audio description yet

Splinter Cell Deathwatch- I feel like I missed something. I remember the second episode, where they were on the run, and they had that unrealistic fight out of the window onto the top of a car,but where we picked up is not where I feel we left off. Aside from slight discombobulation, I still enjoyed the show, and VSI is doing a solid track for which I have no immediate notes.

IT: welcome To Dairy- Welcome to your nightmares. Instead of it being a clown, it is now fear, in whatever form that is to you. I don’t want to spoil the pilot in case you haven’t seen it, because it has some truly twisted and unexpected fights, but Steven Christopher wrote a terrific track with an element that is emblazoned in my mind. I can no longer be around lampshades. Thank you for that. The episode has a batshit crazy ending, and i can’t wait to see how it resolves. If you’re oblivious to what this is, it is a prequel, so it is the cycle right before the Losers Club we are introduced to in it: Chapter One, So, 1962. If they keep doing more seasons, the goal is to go back to the one before each one. So season two would be 27 years earlier in 1935, dealing with Depression era, which could be interesting.

Boots- I’m really not sure what the Pentagon has with this show that they don’t have with a myriad of “boot camp sucks” shows. Like, you can either have this and Full Metal Jacket, or Major Payne. Is Major Payne your recruitment tool? It is not nearly as out and proud, since the series is set during don’t ask don’t tell, so Cameron’s whole thing is not being able to talk about it. Glad to see a good show trending on Netflix.

The Chair Company- I’m sure the payoff is at the end, right? because, I’m struggling with this show. I feel like the old man who didn’t understand Adam Sandler in the 90’s. However, I actually liked I Think You Should Leave, and not every sketch comedian translates into long form. If they did, Darrell Hammond would have had an explosive post-SNL career. People would have actually seen Chris kattan’s Corky Romano. It is actually possible that Tim Robinson is a little less of an Adam Sandler, and more of a David Spade, Rob Schneider, Tim Meadows, Chris Elliot, Norm MacDonald, and other 90’s SNL alumns who struggled finding their place after SNL in long form work, especially work based around their “brand”. The audio description is still fantastic though, but I still have to give the win for the day to It for the fucking lampshade.

Mr Scorsese- After learning about his childhood, episode 2 dives into Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, and New York New York. It’s this period of his life, and his building a name for himself. He talks about how people thought he couldn’t direct a female lead, which is something I’ve said, since Lily Gladstone is the obvious protagonist of Killers of The Flower Moon, yet he builds up DiCaprio. But, I had forgotten about Alice, because it is so unlike everything else he’s ever done. This is a must for anyone who likes cinema beyond just casually catching a movie now and then.

Last week tonight- John Oliver unpacked MediCare Advantage, because as the White Hosue is now leveraging food assistance in its battle to destroy healthcare, it is important to remember that even some of the institutions that haven’t been dismantled, are imperfect. deeply imperfect. Imagine how much food he could have bought if he hadn’t bought Argentina. “America First!” Bullshit.