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Dexter: Shrink Wrap (2006)
I absolutely love the writing, except for one thing.
All of the episodes leading up to this have had me on the edge of my seat. I love the psychological drama, and I love the mystery of the Ice-Truck killer.
Except for when it's no longer a mystery.
The writing laid out masterfully crafted pieces of the puzzle for the viewer to discern who the killer was. I picked up on them and the possibility of solving the mystery had me thrilled.
Then the writing threw the mystery right out the door by revealing the truth too quickly. I would've liked more suspense until the mystery was solved by Dexter, but now the resolution feels a bit cheap.
I still love this show, even with this little bump in the road, and will likely love the next 3 seasons even more.
Catfish: The TV Show: Antoinette & Albert (2014)
This is, like, the best, like, episode I've seen in, like, a long time!
This is one of the funniest episodes in the least intentional way thanks to Antoinette, who seems like a normal, attractive, person bereft of vocabulary. The fashion, music, emojis, acoustic guitar songs, and personalities are perfect examples of the early 10s. For instance, for the first time in years, I was reminded that "Swag" existed as anything more than ironic. However, the true spectacle of the episode was how many times Antoinette could say the word "like". Here is some math on that:
I counted around 89 times that Antoinette said "like", including a couple times in the background.
The total runtime of her episode is 40:58, which is 2,458 seconds.
I scrubbed through the episode once more to double-check how much screentime she had, and it was about 1,654 seconds (around 27 min and 34 seconds).
If you were to divide her screentime by the amount of times she said "like", you would have one "like" per 18.58 seconds.
Keep in mind that screentime doesn't necessarily mean speaking time.
Truly inspiring.
Plus every time Max joked about how, like, little she wore, it made me laugh, like, a good bit.
I wish both Antoinette and her co-star of the episode the best, and I hope they have picked up a dictionary since filming this fantastic episode.