The Small Screen Diaries: 06/29/26

TV Shows Watched: House Of The Dragon: S3E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Criminal Record: S2E7 (Apple) with audio description, Million Dollar Secret: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Young Sherlock: S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description, DMV: S1E? (Paramount) with audio description, LAst Week Tonight: Sunday (HBO MAX) no audio description yet, and Elzabeth: S3E16 (Paramount) with audio description

House Of THe Dragon- If you’re wondering what happens, our Queen kills it with her acting, and the title of the episode is Queen’s Landing. It tells you all you need to know. Two decapitations, one of a semi-major character. Roy Samuelson’s audio description here with (is it Pointe 360?) is flawless. I refuse to sit through 11 minutes of credits, which is what it showed remained. Jesus.

Criminal Record- Apple’s British crime drama has yet to be picked up for a third season, but as June learns more of the truth, we seem headed for a dangerous ending. Can Billy pull it off? The AD here is lovely.

Million Dollar Secret- Nick survived, but now has to survive again. This time, it is really obvious he’s the millionaire, but will he survive the vote? More excellent audio description, especially for competition reality. It was a great day for AD.

Young Sherlock- Sherlock learns the truth about his father, and even though a deal is struck, he clearly still can’t trust him. More excellent audio description.

DMV- This episode was asinine to suggest Trevor would beat a WNBA player at basketball, even for a gag. The other half of the episode, exploring management potential, was funnier. A show cut short, which has fine audio description for a sitcom.

Last Week Tonight- He tackles the map redrawing, and how this is a uniquely American thing, and it is a very political episode. the one with the boars is accessible to all, this one I’m sure is not for everyone, but it was for me.

Elzabeth- She digs up a cold case on a bookstore owner and critic, by figuring out who did it 18 months after, from something she read in a book. She also firmly breaks up with Alec, who then chooses someone else to be commissioner. Perhaps, Elzabeth should have given him a second chance? I always thought it was weird when she pulled it out of him, pretending to be a safe space, but the truth destroyed their relationship. She basically reinforces why people stay in lies. He had already lied about this long before he started dating her, and just kept the story, yet she’s personally offended. Whatever. Alec felt like a temporary character anyway.

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