TV Shows Watched: Boots: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Devil In Disguise: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, Sheriff Country: S1E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, English Teacher: S2E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Name that tune: S4E6 (Hulu) no audio description, Elzabeth: S3E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and… Gabby’s Dollhouse: S1E1? (Netflix) with audio description.

Boots- Why do I feel like the character who is trying to decide whether or not to reenlist secretly had a gay relationship, and in this don’t ask don’t tell world, is trying to pretend like nothing happened and move forward? But basically Cameron tries to get that spark back for Ray, who keeps having a tough go of it. Solid episode.

Devil In Disguise- Man, this show does such a good job of threading this line between a docudrama and sensationalizing like Ryan Murphy does. Did you just see that Season 4 is Lizzie Borden, and they cast Aileen Wurnos? WTF? They aren’t remotely in the same timeline. I just asked my AI, and it literally told me Season 3 has the lowest RT score at 22%. One of the biggest complaints, aside from the liberties, was including things like Psycho and Tex’s chainsaw… so after getting the worst reviews of the series, he does it again? devil In Disguise is way better. And I’m not mad at the AD company for once, when it is done by people I usually am disappointed by.

Sheriff Country- The plot thickens. It does get a little silly at the end, as they seem to raid Nicky’s house… for drugs? but, I was planning on doing at least 3 episodes, and I might do a few more.

English Teacher- I love this show. this episode with a girl who was using the “reasonable accommodations” a bit too much, was funny enough, though at the same time… some of us actually need reasonable accommodations. but, yeah, not this girl.

Name that tune- there’s this awkward moment where the audience, Jane, and randy, sit and contemplate suicide while ABC by the Jackson 5 plays, and no one guesses until the entire clip runs out. You can even tell, in case you thought the song was ABC 123, it isn’t, because they always blur the song lyrics, and the only lyrics not being heard are the ABC part. they sing 123. I thought Jane was just going to quit right there. her reaction was pretty great. Made it worth the episode.

Elzabeth-Patton Oswald guest stars as a dad who is trying to do something nice for his daughter, and it snowballs out of control. Elzabeth name drops Diane, which would be fun to see again, but perhaps not right away. it was a cute episode. Media Access does solid description across the board for CBS.

Gabby’s Dollhouse- Yes. this happened. No. I don’t intend on watching more, or reviewing. However, kudos to Netflix for having a hit show for preschoolers with great audio description. It wouldn’t be my first choice for a blind kid, since the format has that thing where you are supposed to point at the screen and pick an object, and the description can only take it just so far. that’s where extended Audi description would be needed, allowing a visually impaired child long enough to hear the description of the choices, and make one. The description did a nice job of pointing out the transition from live action to animation. The episode was super weird. The entire thing was Gabby learning how to be a mother, basically, which is so odd for a preschool show. She had these little baby cats, and they did things like feeding them bottles, burping, and changing diapers. This show is really for kids under 5, and I can’t imagine parents are so hard up that they have their 3 or 4 year old doing child care. It is true, little kids play with dolls designed to look like babies, and often mirror their mothers when they see them care for younger siblings. I suppose this episode could work as a surrogate for a young kid who doesn’t have that in their life, but it was so odd that this was the first episode it gave me. Was this the first in a season, or the series? I’m not questioning the logic of a young woman/girl having a magical dollhouse she shrinks into and an obsession with cats. Kids shows are supposed to spark imagination, and this does that, but child rearing is so odd for a show that is battling with Sesame Street for viewership. I’ve reviewed a few kids shows recently, including the Dr Seuss stuff, and this one starts to lose its audience as soon as they go to school. Like I wasn’t watching Sesame Street once I got to school. it isn’t even a quasi-language learning experience like Dora. It just feels like it is a step above Teletubbies. Somewhere between Teletubbies and Dora is this. Can’t wait to see how they made a feature out of this.