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  1. I feel like today’s “twist” has been telegraphed all season though I suppose we’ll need to see if the finale helps it make any sense beyond that.

     

    I appreciate that Ed has blinders on when it comes to Danny but weren’t there other people in the room with him when the drill got fucked up?

     

    And I feel that Aleida isn’t developed enough for me to care about any aspect of her story beyond her relationship with Margo. Her relationship with the Feds, her dad’s dementia, her ex, her son, there’s too much sizzle and not enough steak.

     

    Also it’s waaaaaay too late in the season to introduce boardroom drama into the stuff happening at Helios. “Hi, I’ve known Dev forever. I love that guy, he’s brilliant. That said fuck him, money please.” Like… no. Maybe spare us what feels like the umpteenth chat between Ellen and Pam that went nowhere and establish a board structure at Helios more than 5 minutes before they show up to drop a deuce in the pool.

  2. 7 hours ago, Ghost_MH said:

     

    It all popped up at like the same time. 2002 is around the time I started commuting into Boston for work everyday. Long enough ago that it was still the Fleet Center with the elevated green Green Line. I did that commute until around 4 years ago. I remember the crater at the old Filene's building in Downtown Crossing just there blowing dust around for what felt like forever. Then the Millennium Tower was up in just a couple of years along with the optical illusion of the ICA moving around. It all seemed to happen at the same time and far faster than it had any right to. Hell, even during the pandemic, the entire area around North Station and the TD Garden has become unrecognizable.

     

     

    Yeah, it all looks like big, very important neighborhood. However, it wasn't even a bunch of small businesses and houses prior to a decade ago. It was nothing but parking lots as far as the eye could see. That's also why the the only subway service they have is the shitty Silver Line. The city has spent no money making a proper subway line out in that direction.

     

    Prior to moving to the north shore a few years ago, I lived in east Somerville, I am extremely familiar with gravel pits / parking lots that suddenly become whole things :p 

  3. 32 minutes ago, Ricofoley said:

    I think there's a lot of accumulating evidence that the GOP has pretty badly overplayed its hand with the Roe decision and has kinda fucked up what was looking like an extremely good election environment for them. Still a lot of time for those fed rate hikes to make the economy worse than it is before November though!

     

    It's been clear for some time that the dog catching a car metaphor is apt.

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  4. 1 hour ago, Ghost_MH said:

     

    Ha! I understand that feeling perfectly.

     

    Like ten years ago I was handling some planning during the construction of 1 Marina Drive. There were like no buildings around 1 Marina Drive at the time. It was literally parking lots, a church, the ICA, and the courthouse. Four years later, I'm taking care of some renovations of the old Neilson buildings just off Seaport Boulevard. By then it was an already entire city with foundations set for more construction. I haven't swung by there since the PAX East before the pandemic, I imagine it's nigh unrecognizable by this point.


    You’re right on the money. 
     

    I’m in OMPD once in a blue moon and at PAX East every year and it never occurs to me that they’re so close together; the seaport is truly unrecognizable. 
     

    I have similar vibes about Kenmore and the Public Library; I moved to the area for grad school in 2002 when both those places were under heavy construction. Whenever I go back my initial thought is, “ooh they finally finished.” It’s been done for 10+ years now :p First impressions are strong. 

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