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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch: “Of Value”

The basics: The team works to save a married team of architects with DoD contracts who were kidnapped in front of their children and nanny

Written by: Kyle Harimoto wrote "Omni", "Merry Evasion", "Chernoff, K", "Command and Control" as episode 150, "Granger, O.", "Ghost Gun", "Kulinda", "767", "Se Murio El Payaso", "Assets"/"Liabilities", "Venganza", "Superhuman", "One of Us", "Let Fate Decide" (season 11 premiere), "Decoy", "Answers" , "Watch Over Me", "Cash Flow", "Fukushu", "Bonafides" and “Come Together” (season 13 finale). He co-wrote "Three Hearts", "Leipei", "Humbug", both ends of the "Matryoshka" two-parter, "Smokescreen" part two, "Searching", "A Fait Acompli" and "A Tale of Two Igors" (season 12 finale).

Directed by: Diana C. Valentine who directed "Lokhay", "Fallout", Three Hearts", "The 3rd Choir", "Forest for the Trees", "Beacon", "Unspoken", "Seoul Man", "Crazy Train", "Under Pressure”, "Better Angels" and “The Circle”. This is Valentine’s first episode with the series since season 11.

Guest stars of note: Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck and Duncan Campbell as NCIS Special Agent Castor are both back from “Come Together”. Gregory D. Gadson as Army Colonel Jackson Ladd, Sigrid Owen as Mila Curren, Regina Ting Chen as Navy Commander Cheng, Melanie Hawkins as Linsey Sandhagen, Lawrence J. Hughes as Emmett Sandhagen, Elester Lantham as Jerry, Dominic Zamprogna as Paul Figueiredo, Kaya Jackson as Sophia Sandhagen, Devin Looc as Ty Sandhagen, Matthew Law as Josh McCall, Alain Mora as Chito Aldana, Torshawn Roland as Jay and Glen Steele as Man.

Our heroes: Are oddly paired up in this episode.

What important things did we learn about: Callen: Wanted to be an architect when he was a kid. Sam: Taking Raymond to a specialist in Orange County. Kensi: Parent teacher meeting attendee. Deeks: Getting in required time at the range. Fatima: Likes the Lakers, especially Lakers games with her dad. Rountree: Running Ops like a boss. Kilbride: Searching for a friend.

What not so important things did we learn about: Callen: Misses Sam while teamed with Deeks. Sam: Absent. Kensi: Not a big sister to Fatima, certainly not a favorite aunt. Deeks: Writing essays and not doing calculus. Fatima: Using the entirely wrong skincare products according to her mom. Rountree: Arguing with Kilbride about college football. Kilbride: Arguing with Rountree about college football.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange? Not a mention.

Who's down with OTP: Kensi and Deeks spent almost no time together in this hour. The chatted about Rosa to start the episode and grabbed a bite with Callen and Fatima to end the hour. Callen and Anna had a nice coffee run to start the day and some wine in the garden at the end.

Who's down with BrOTP: Forget the bros, Kensi and Fatima were sisters doing it for themselves. They had a lovely chat in the Kensi’s Audi, worked hand in glove to save the day.

Fashion review: Callen wore a blue/green/white plaid button down shirt. A white with thin black stripes henley for Kensi. A grey long-sleeve tee for Deeks. Fatima is wearing a white turtleneck under a royal blue sweatshirt. A denim jacket with a pink tee-shirt for Rountree. A blue three piece-suit with a white dress shirt and red tie for the Admiral.

Music: Lots. This is season one level of music usage. “Collect Your Things and Run” by Hot Water Music opens the episode in the teaser. “L’enfant roi” by Noir Desir plays as Kensi and Fatima are taking out the bad guys. “Blue on Black” by Kenny Wayne Shepherd is playing at the bar where Col. Ladd is drinking. “Good Things Come with Time” plays while Callen and Anna are having a moment at the end of the episode.

Any notable cut scene: Not today.

Quote: Col. Ladd: “When I was a junior officer, I was a door kicker. First one through every time. Every time. Then I moved to Intel, where I protected and led some of the toughest, most well-trained men on the planet. And you know what happened on Sunday? I'm walking into the store. Old lady runs ahead of me opens the door, looks at me with those eyes. Like I was less than. I was a damn super hero, Hollace. And now I got some old lady's pity.”

Anything else: A young guy is skateboarding down a street with a friend recording him. As they wrap out this shot, a delivery robot, Yum Inside, tries to pass them. They think about stealing the food inside when an older neighbor tells them to not to steal. Things get tense until a van comes barreling down the street. It runs over Yum Inside (RIP) with food and beverages going everywhere. A woman runs to the older man and the skateboard crew yelling “stop that van!”

Callen and Anna are walking home from a great coffee shop near their new home. She has a job interview with the Surfrider Foundation, an environmental group. Callen is bit surprised Anna is leaving law enforcement but remembers she made up a story about working in an area destroyed by fires when she was looking for Katya. They pass an older man gardening. Callen has a Pembrook flashback.

Updating Deeks by phone, Kensi is leaving a meeting with Rosa’s teachers, who are impressed with how well she is doing considering the turmoil she been through over the last six months. The teachers did notice that Deeks helped write one of her essays and that Rosa could use a math tutor. Deeks thinks they should be the people Rosa turns to when she has problems. Kensi agrees. She’s ordering a calculus text book and Deeks can start tutoring her immediately. For the sake of the economy, Deeks thinks they should hire a tutor.

Callen arrives to a nearly empty office. Fatima is there with news that Sam is taking his father to see a specialist in Orange County. She also mentions that Kilbride and Rountree are fighting over college football but she quickly tuned that out. Callen is surprised – Fatima said she was a sports fan. No, she’s a Lakers fan and a Lakers fan when she can go to a game with her dad. Callen asks about Fatima’s mother, who is doing well. So well, in fact, that she can focus her attention on all the things Fatima is doing wrong with her life. Starting with skincare. Callen finds this all interested so he’s joining them for the next family brunch. Rountree texts Fatima – he's in Ops and they have a case.

The case is the kidnapping of Linsey and Emmett Sandhagen from their Westwood home. The kidnapping was witnessed by their nanny, Mila Curren. The Sandhagens have two children – a boy and a girl - and are architects. Callen asks why NCIS is involved. Rountree explains that the Sandhagens specialize in designing secure facilities and are civilian DOD contractors working close with the Seabees. Callen details Kensi and Fatima to Port Hueneme to talk to the Seabees while he and Deeks will interview Mila Curren.

With Agent Castor, the Sandhagen children are playing a game in the interview room. Juice boxes for everyone. Curren is being interviewed in the boatshed’s main room. She was getting the kids ready for school when she heard Emmet yell. Three men with ski-masks were in the kitchen as she started down the stairs. Seeing the men, she ran back upstairs and put the kids in a secure safe room.

Deeks asks if the men went after the kids – they did not. Curren is confused since the house has a lot of pricy items, expensive pieces of art. The only thing the kidnappers wanted was the Sandhagens. Asked about any stress points in their lives, Curren is stunned – the Sandhagens are the nicest people. Everyone loves them. They took her on a family vacation with the kids to Hawaii. There were no money issues. Curren is upset for the children and Deeks looks worried too.

In Ops, the Admiral arrives, asking if Kensi and Fatima are at Port Hueneme yet. They are about 20-minutes out. He asks Rountree for information about a Col. Jackson Ladd. Rountree finds some info but it likely isn’t current. The address had Col. Ladd’s name removed from the utilities a while back. Rountree asks about Ladd. The Admiral calls Ladd the finest the man to ever serve in the Army in every conflict going back 25-years. In his last deployment, Ladd lost both legs in a door breech explosion. Ladd is struggling to figure out where he belongs in the world after being the best of the best and losing it all in an instant.

Driving to Port Hueneme, Fatima asks Kensi about “the whole parenting thing” – easier or harder than they thought it would be. Kensi says it isn’t easier or harder, just different. She was so worried about how Rosa would be emotionally after settling in with them but things are going really well.

Kensi asks about Fatima about Akhil. Fatima thinks they are solidly in the friend zone. Fatima isn’t sure what she wants. The last time she was dating, she was acting, partying, going out all night every night. After the accident, she changed everything about herself. Literally, everything except her family. Kensi thinks it is a good thing. Fatima agrees but New Fatima doesn’t know how to do relationships the way Old Fatima did. Kensi likes the New Fatima and is honored to consider her a friend. Fatima is happy since she admires Kensi. Kensi stops Fatima and tells her not to compare her to an older sister. Fatima wouldn’t, she thinks of Kensi more like a favorite aunt. That didn’t go well.

Exiting interrogation, Castor tells Callen and Deeks how much he likes the Sandhagen children. Callen thinks for their safety, Castor should take the kids and Curren to Seal Beach and have them guarded at the base. On the plasma, Rountree has the Sandhagens’s financials. No credit card debt, large savings and retirement accounts. There is a vacation home in Hawaii. Deeks thinks he and Kensi are just like the Sandhagens except for the vacation home, saving and retirement accounts and oh yeah, money.

Signing off with the boatshed, Rountree turns to a returning Admiral with questions about Ladd. Rountree hasn’t found any credit card or ATM activity in days. The Admiral wants LAPD to do a welfare check at Ladd’s home.

Finally at Port Hueneme, Kensi and Fatima meet with a Commander Cheng. Cheng supervises the work done by the Seabees. The Sandhagens were well-regarded by both the Seabees and the Navy staff. Kensi asks about what the Sandhagens did for the Navy. As soon as Kensi asks a question, Cheng stops and asks about the Sandhagen children. She is relieved to hear they are safe.

The Sandhagens are civilian contractors currently working with on three of the Navy’s top projects. Fatima explains that the SECNav has been in contact with Kilbride. The three projects all have enhanced security since the kidnapping. The three locations include a weapon depot at Camp Pendleton and an underground drone control base in the Mojave. The third location was the Sandhagens’s “masterpiece”. Kensi and Fatima were not briefed on that project and could only speak in person with Cheng about it.

The third location is a multiservice missile deterrence command and control center built directly into a mountain in a classified location. Cheng can’t share the location with Kensi or Fatima. The command center is responsible for over 300 missiles on US soil. If a hostile foreign government or terrorist get control of that location, they could “take out most of our domestic military operations with the ballistic missiles,” according to Cheng.

Back on the plasma, Rountree found a partner in the Sandhagens business. Paul Figueiredo has some money but it all pales in comparison to the Sandhagens fortune. And he has a ton of credit card debt. They are all equal partners in the firm. Deeks wonders if the Sandhagens are funneling company profits right into their accounts. Callen thinks they could be selling classified info to the highest bidder.

Paul Figueiredo is in the boatshed’s main room – Castor picked him up. He’s sick about what happened to the Sandhagens and will do whatever is needed to help. But first he asks about Ty and Sophia – the Sandhagen children. He’s also asking if Mila is with the kids. He’s relieved to hear they are all in a security location.

Callen asks about the business. Figueiredo owns a third, Linsey owns a third and Emmet owns a third. Looking at the Sandhagens’s financials and Figueiredo’s, Callen points out the difference. Figueiredo is a bit surprised he was being investigated but he has nothing to hide. He explains that while he is a partner in the military contracting business, the Sandhagens have a civilian business and he’s not a part of that.

It is Deeks’s turn to be surprised since there is no record of that business in any of the Sandhagens’s financials. That was intentional, according to Figueiredo. The business is held by a series of trusts so make sure nothing could be traced back to the family. The civilian jobs were safe rooms in houses and businesses, “bug out” cabins in the mountains. Wealthy people are willing to pay for safety.

Figueiredo was offered an equal share in that business but he wasn’t interested. Unlike the Sandhagens, he doesn’t live to work. Working allows him to camp, hunt, surf, do jujitsu – things he wants to do. Callen asks if he has any remorse about not joining with the Sandhagens when he saw the money coming in. He doesn’t because the Sandhagens worked 24/7/365 to get the business launched. And it was a huge accomplishment. While Figueiredo does not know who the Sandhagens’s private sector clients were, he knew all business was done from their home office.

Driving back from Port Hueneme, Kensi tells the Admiral they are about 40-minutes out. The Admiral is going to send Kensi and Fatima a list of the Sandhagens’s private clients. This makes more sense – anything the kidnappers could get from private clients would be a lot easier to sell than military items. The SECNav is still protecting the military projects.

Deeks is blown away by the Sandhagen home. Being an architect pays. Callen mentions wanting to be an architect as a kid. Deeks thought he’d like it too without the math and engineering. Near the door is a group of fun family photos of the Sandhagens – family events, skiing, bike riding, just living their happy lives. Deeks is horrified they were taken from their own home. Callen asks about Rosa. Deeks is in awe – Rosa fit in a like a champ though he’s pretty sure she’s really sick of him asking if there is anything she wants to talk about. “Well, I think we all are at this point,” Callen snarks.

Deeks asks about the engagement. Callen tells him that Anna is looking at life in Los Angeles without a career in law enforcement. Deeks is sorry that Anna wants out of law enforcement but understands better than anyone the downside of a “two badge family.” Deeks starts talking about future Callen-Anna kids but Callen is happy to have found the Sandhagen office.

With Rountree, Callen and Deeks get a list of the Sandhagen clients. The Admiral is now back in Ops. There are a lot of banks, stores and high net-worth individuals on the client list. Kensi-Fatima and Callen-Deeks are going to check clients near their locations, the FBI HRT will also help.

Rountree breaks the news to Kilbride that LAPD found nothing but some empty whiskey bottles and a lot of empty beer cans in Col. Ladd’s home. The Admiral is waiting for another bit of bad news but the empty bottles and cans were Rountree’s sad story. The Admiral is outraged. Long before meditation and mindfulness unleashed by Rountree’s generation, “many, many generations before you achieved the exact same result using a combination of whiskey and beer.” The Admiral storms out.

Kensi and Fatima checked out an armored truck depot and a fancy watch store. Next on their list is a Santa Monica bank, a place called Even Mavrik and a high-end cigar and wine place. Kensi wants to go back to Even Mavrik, which in Hebrew mean “brilliant stone.” They are diamond brokers.

As Callen and Deeks leave and Sandhagen home, Rountree calls. The client list was last downloaded a month ago. Callen thinks it could be for quarterly taxes but the Sandhagens were working on a project in Port Hueneme. Commander Cheng verified they were with her. Mila the Nanny becomes a suspect.

Castor brings Curren to the interrogation room. She notices it is a lot more cramp than the outside area where she was questioned earlier. Deeks want to clarify that Curren was working for the Sandhagens since she graduated from Harvey Mudd, one of the country’s top colleges for engineering. Curren explained that it took her a little longer to finish college because she didn’t have rich parents but she graduated with a computer science degree.

Deeks mentions the $230,000 in student loan debt. And while the Sandhagens pay well, with rent, cellphone bills, Wi-Fi costs and food, that doesn’t leave much for monthly student loan payments. But even with all money going out, Curren hasn’t missed a loan payment. She tries to explain that she’s worked hard but Deeks cuts her off. He knows it is hard to come up with spare cash like that every single month to buy a money order from the local 7-Eleven to pay for the monthly loan. Curren asks if that is a problem. It isn’t, Callen tells her, as long as she has records for the incoming cash. She sells clothes to Buffalo Exchange and they pay in cash. It’s not a problem for Deeks, he’ll just get the records from Buffalo Exchange.

Nervous, Curren explains that her parents were so excited when she got into Harvey Mudd. They just didn’t understand how much debt she’d wind up incurring by getting her degree. She actually makes more money as a nanny than she would working and using her degree. With a sick mother, Curren has to live in Los Angeles but it is impossible with the debt she has. Playing bad cop, Deeks wants to know who gave her the money. Good cop Callen knows that Curren doesn’t want to see the Sandhagens hurt and wants the kids to see their parents again.

Curren explains she met a man in a restaurant. He was so nice. She now owes him so much money there is no way to pay her back. The man wanted to rob a place the Sandhagens designed. She never thought they’d be kidnapped, she never thought anyone would get hurt. The man’s name is Josh McCall – Deeks is on the phone with Rountree trying to track McCall down.

Kensi and Fatima come up to the building – a very locked-up building - housing Even Mavrik. One of the vents has been removed. Kensi and Fatima go in.

Josh McCall, according to Rountree, has been in and out of the system his entire life. DUI, assault, grand theft auto to name a few of his crimes. LAPD RHD believes he is working with Chito Aldana, who runs a high-end heist crew. They robbed an art gallery in Beverly Hills recently. Callen and Deeks are going to check out McCall’s home.

Kensi and Fatima are checking out the insides of Even Mavrik. While they are looking around, Aldana is checking in with McCall. He wants to know what is taking so long. The diamond dealers locked themselves inside in their diamond vault. Since the Sandhagens built them, they can probably get into the vaults. Kensi and Fatima worry that once the Sandhagens get into the vault, they’ve outlived their usefulness. Kensi tries to call the office but there is no service. Without their cellphones or ability to use their guns (too much noise), Kensi and Fatima have to rescue the Sandhagens on their own.

Callen, Deeks and the tactical team go into McCall’s home. It’s empty. Deeks keeps talking and Callen misses Sam. Deeks finds some lottery tickets and is bothered that Callen misses Sam. He sends a photo of the tickets to Rountree.

The Admiral and Rountree are concerned that Kensi and Fatima are offline. Rountree goes back to when they last had cell service and found that McCall and Aldana have a scrambler. He has no idea where they are.

A guard is walking through Ever Mavrik when Fatima stun guns him. As she and Kensi hide his body, a co-criminal calls for the guard. Kensi puts him in choke hold. She drags him to the room with the guard. Taping both of the bad guys’ mouths closed, the women lock the men into a janitor’s closet.

Outside the vault, Kensi tells Fatima she sees the Sandhagens working on the vault. McCall starts yelling that Red and Bobby are gone. Kensi and Fatima hide while McCall and Aldana talk. Aldana thinks Red and Bobby ran but McCall has Red’s guard hat. It fell off during the struggle with Fatima. Aldana believes the facility has more real guards on duty. Aldana wants the guards found now. “You won’t leave this building alive.”

Rountree traced the lottery tickets to a gas station outside of Ever Mavrik. Callen and Deeks are on their way. Deeks asks if Kensi and Fatima are on their way. Rountree mentions they are missing and Deeks is not pleased. “Find them.”

As the Sandhagens manually drill through the vault, Aldana is getting impatient. When Emmett tells Aldana it will take as long as it takes, that gets Emmett a gun pointed at his chin. Fatima wants to go in but Kensi stops her – Aldana needs the Sandhagens. McCall returns with an extra goon. Extra goon is going to stay with the Sandhagens, Aldana and McCall are going to search the building. Kensi is going to distract Aldana and McCall while Fatima works to rescue to the Sandhagens.

Kensi breaks some glass on the first floor so Aldana and McCall are on the move.

Deeks tells Rountree he and Callen are five minutes out. When he asks about Kensi, Rountree doesn’t haven an answer.

Aldana finds a door ajar. Opening the door, he finds Red and Bobby. Kensi finds a pipe and whacks Aldana in the head. He joins Red and Bobby in the unexpected nap room.

While the Sandhagens are working, the goon hears some noise from a printer room. He find a copy machine making hundreds of copies of a smiley face. Fatima comes up from behind him and starts beating him with her baton. Several kicks to the head later, the goon is out cold on the ground.

On the first floor, McCall gets several shots off at Kensi. The two have a good old fashion fight. He tosses her around, she does the same. She gets him into a sleeper hold and the Rock would be proud as how quickly he went down.

Fatima gets the diamond brokers out of the vault. The Sandhagens are assured their children are safe. They are incredibly grateful.

LAPD is taking the bad guys away. The Sandhagens are facetiming with their kids, who are happy Agent Castor got them ice cream. LAPD is bringing them home.

The team recap the case. Fatima is thirsty. Deeks knows about a Cuban place nearby. Kensi is hungry and Callen is paying.

At a bar, Col. Ladd is drinking alone. The Admiral joins him, wondering why Ladd “no-showed” a job interview. Ladd is grateful for what the Admiral and “the guys” are trying to do for him but he’d rather “do a deep dive with a weight belt and no tank” than do phone sales in a cubicle. The Admiral admits the job wasn’t the best match for Ladd. Ladd explains that he was a door kicker as a junior officer – the first one in every time he was sent out on a mission. When he moved to Intel, he led the toughest, best trained soldiers in the world. On Sunday, he was going to the supermarket and an old lady ran to help him at the front door. He felt that she saw him as “less than”.

The Admiral agrees that Ladd was never meant for the private sector. Ladd was a soldier, always was, always will be. Getting him a job with people who don’t understand that was a mistake. And if Ladd puts his drink down, the Admiral will get him a job fit for a soldier. Ladd doesn’t want charity. This isn’t charity. Kilbride won’t be holding the door open for Ladd. The Admiral leaves. Ladd stands up with the help of a cane.

Callen and Anna are hanging out in their garden, sipping wine. Anna got the job but didn’t take it. She would be in the office all day and it wasn’t what she was trained for. Instead, she looking at a company that specializes in finding kidnapped children. She isn’t sure that what she wants either. Anna turns the conversation to Callen. She knows he thought he saw Pembrook earlier that day. He says he did. She understands that he needs to track Pembrook down. “But,” Callen says. So much had to go right for the two of them to wind up together, maybe they should just enjoy the good.

What head canon can be formed from here: The Kensi-Fatima scene during the ride up to Port Hueneme was terrific. The program did a great job over the year with the Kensi-Nell friendship and there, they were planting the seeds for a Kensi-Fatima friendship.

The Admiral’s whiskey and beer rant looked like it had Caleb Castille laughing just a bit.

Col. Ladd was a character this program needed years ago. In seasons one and two, Daniel Hugh Kelly popped up as an unnamed military person who knew things. The program needed that type of character. Kilbride was that character for a while until Nell decided running off with Eric was more fun than running the team.

Finally, this episode had a Covid season feel. Everyone was siloed with another team member and basically worked that that member only. Yes, Callen had a chat with Fatima but that was in a perfectly empty office. There was a short scene with most of the team (save Kensi) in Ops and the meet-up at the end. Not a bad episode but I like the team when they work together.

Episode number: Season 14, episode two. This is 304 overall.

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Sception reads Cassandra Cain #5

The Batman Chronicles #18 written by Devin Grayson, pencils by Dale Eaglesham

I've kind of gone over this in the past, but whatever, it's been a while. So Huntress / Helena Burtinelli was very briefly Batgirl/Batwoman during No Man's Land, while Batman was outside of Gotham trying to use his money and influence as Bruce Wayne to get the government to rebuild the city instead of walling it off, and for a while continued under that identity with Batman's approval after he returned. She was always meant to be a decoy/red herring by the editorial staff - as they had to announce the upcoming Batgirl title long before introducing the brand new character who would be headlining the book, but I honestly think this was a mistake - and more importantly just kind of mean to her fans.

Because Helena honestly made too much sense as Batgirl. Her character had originally been conceived as an alternate universe Batgirl who was the daughter of Bruce and Catwoman/Selina Kyle, a version of the character that was unceremoniously killed off and then erased from existence during the Crisis on Infinite Earths mega crossover / continuity reboot. So this is already a character and fan base who were hard done by before she was re-imagined as Helena Burtinelli, a version of the character who has at times been poorly treated in her own right. Elevating her to the mantle of Main Continuity Batgirl would have been long overdue justice to her fans, and a promise that the character would be treated better going forward.

And it was all just a red herring so the new character reveal could be a surprise. Not only had editorial not suddenly found their long missing respect for the character, they thought so little of her that her entire character could be jerked around for a cheap stunt.

Worse, as Red Herring Batgirl she was now in the way and had to be removed for the new Batgirl to take her place, and the way that went down was also pretty much bullshit, making Helena look like a coward for not even trying to save people under Batman's protection from Two Face's gang and making Bruce look like a monstrous asshole even by the Batman standards of the time. I really should have talked more about in the write up for Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120. Oh, well.

I wasn't a big Huntress fan, but if I had been it absolutely would have soured me on this new, unproven Batgirl character. In universe Helena would be more than justified in giving Cass a chilly reception. As far as I know, this issue is their first interaction, and I don't think I've read it before, so lets see how that goes.

despite the cover, and my long tangent above, neither Helena nor Cass is the actual focus of this issue. Rather, this is a Dr. Leslie Thompkins issue. Iirc she was a DCAU original, a doctor and surgeon in Gotham who did a lot of charity work, who knew Bruce since he was a boy. She knew Bruce was Batman, and basically served as the emergency doctor for the bat family in general. She appeared fairly sparingly in the animated show, but became a regular part of the comics, where she served as sort of a moral conscience for the bat family, constantly questioning their methods and use of violence. TV Leslie was a pacifist too, but that wasn't the primary focus of her character, and the change in focus and overuse in the comics did her absolutely no favors.

Because, of course, the Batman comics can't endorse the idea that the Batman is fundamentally a bad idea, so Leslie is inevitably put in situations contrived to make her wrong. Over and over again. And yet she keeps harping on about how violence is bad and the bat folks should stop hitting people who are threatening to blow up city hall or that punching a supervillain who is shooting up a crowd of civilians makes you just as bad as them or how the morally correct thing is to politely ask the Condiment King not to drown celebrity guest Gordon Ramsay in ranch dressing, and if he chooses to do so anyway well that's on him but at least your conscience doesn't have to be burdened by the indelible sin of hitting, because hitting is bad, and if you don't feel bad about hitting then she'll be sure to feel twice as bad for you, and she'll rub your face in her own misplaced guilt until you feel some by proxy god damnit.

Overall it was very insincere and turned Dr. Thompkins from the beloved character of the animated series, an all-to-rare rare surrogate mother figure for Bruce, into a smug self righteous downer and a nag.

This poor treatment of Dr. Thompkins in the bat books would eventually escalate into one of the most egregious and disgusting and frankly uncalled for character assassinations in the history of the medium, as bad if not worse than what Cass suffered. Eventually retconned, badly of course. Even so, I hope I get bored of this project and drop it again long before we get to the point where I have to talk about War Games / War Crimes in detail, because that was some of the most disgusting, reprehensible, and just plain mean spirited comic book writing in DC history - already a shamefully low bar - and the entire editorial staff responsible for it should have been banned from ever putting ink to page again.

But hey, here I am going off on ~another~ tangent, instead of looking at the actual issue in front of me.

So anyway, this issue opens on Dr. Thompkins having a nightmare where she pushes through a refugee camp, unable to help any of the people due to a lack of supplies, while stalked by a monster man - obviously Bruce - trying to take her away from the work that needs doing but that she can't do anyway, and maybe secretly doesn't even really want to.

Leslie's nightmare isn't far removed from her waking reality, as her little medical camp is under-staffed, under-supplied, and overwhelmed by sick and injured people from across Gotham with literally no where else to go for treatment.

Adding to her troubles, Zsasz was brought in to her clinic beaten to hell and with a conspicuous bite taken out of his side, and while he's unconscious for now he'll doubtless start killin' again as soon as he wakes up.

As dangerous as Zsasz is supposed to be, though, mostly down to sheer relentlessness, he's still just a guy? He's not super powered or anything? If Cass is in this book she should just beat him outright in any sort of physical fight in a rock-beats-scissors sort of way? Hrm.

Zsasz's injuries come courtesy of Killer Croc, who attacked Zsasz after he attacked a homeless man who happened to be Croc's friend. Now both 'Stumpy' and Zsasz are being treated by Leslie, and Croc's stalking the outskirts of the medical camp, torn between tearing through the place to finish of Zsasz and holding back so that Thompkins can treat his friend. He wants Leslie to just hand Zsasz over to him, but of course she can't do that.

Above I criticized the sort of moral dilemmas the writers often subjected Leslie to, but so far at least this feels more fair and Leslie's position doesn't seem as unreasonable. But despite his current injuries Zsasz /does/ present a threat to everyone at the camp, arguably even more so than Croc does. The GCPD group in No Man's Land is run by Gordon, at least in theory, but most of the cops are more loyal to this other guy who would immediately kill both Zsasz and Croc if he got his hands on either of them, probably 'Stumpy' too if he heard the guy was Croc's friend, so she can't turn to them. Honestly, she knows Bruce doesn't kill people, so the ideal solution would be to hand Zsasz off to Batman.

Speak of the devil, it's Officer Pettit. His deal is that since there's no legal system in No Man's Land, no way to put criminals/supervillains on trial, no intact and manned prisons to hold them in (that he knows about anyway), that anybody he deems a criminal should just be killed.

The classic conflict between at least this version of Helena and Bruce is that she's willing to kill people sometimes, whether for personal revenge reasons or if she just can't work out some other way to stop them from killing other people in the moment. And killing is something that Batman generally, and especially at the time, took a particularly uncompromising view of. In Batman's mind, if you kill you're a killer, and no better than anyone else who kills people. Never-you-mind that he's pals with the justice league and most of them, even Superman, have killed at this point in continuity. Within the pages of the bat books at least, Bruce's feelings on killing are as uncompromising and iron-clad as Leslie's feelings about violence in general.

Come to think of it, why wasn't that the reason Helena stopped being Batgirl? Like if she had fought Two Face's gang to try to protect the people in Batman's territory despite their overwhelming numbers, but in the end had resorted to killing some of them to save the people they were attacking. That would have made for a believable conflict between Helena and Bruce to justify their falling out, one that would have been more in line with their respective characters and wouldn't have made either of them come off looking quite as heartless and frankly unheroic as what the writers/editors actually went with.

But whatever, the point is that with Helena's looser stance on killing, it makes some amount of sense that she'd end up with Pettit after cutting ties with Bruce, at least temporarily. Eventually she'll realize that he's no good, but I guess that hasn't happened yet.

Anyway, Leslie agrees to let Pettit's injured officers into the camp if they leave their guns behind. They agree, and Huntress accompanies them and Dr. Thompkins while Pettit stays outside the camp with his health and armed men to hunt for Croc.

Once Helena realizes Dr. Thompkins has Zsasz there, though, she objects pretty vociferously.

It's one thing to endanger herself for her principles, but Thompkins is also endangering all of the other people there seeking her help. Also, yeah, comic Thomkins is kind of a downer.

Around this time Bruce and Cass show up, dropping off medical supplies they got from... somewhere, I don't know.

And there's their first meeting. And yeah, a justifiably cold greeting from Helena, though at lest she's not particularly mean or aggressive about it. It's Bruce she's angry at overall. The fist-bump as a hello for Cass is cute and on brand, and I like that we can kind of make out her facial expression despite the mask.

I like these handful of panels, with Helena shoving past Cass to confront Bruce. For one, we get a good sense of difference in size where Helena, a grown ass adult, is shown as clearly larger than teenage Cass, while Bruce towers over her in return. Its not just these three, there's also skinny fragile Dr. Thompkins, and various background figures in the crowd scenes. I have to give Eaglesham credit here - he knows how to give characters, including the female characters, different silhouettes and body shapes and facial features and body langue, and he effectively uses these differences to convey the characters' different personalities and emotional states. Like, Helena is annoyed at Cass, annoyed at how quickly she was replaced, but she's angry at Bruce, and Eaglesham really shows that in her facial expression.

We're here for Cass though, and I really like how she's drawn in that panel where Helena's pushing past her. Her proportions, the big head relative to her body size, the way her cape folds, etc. Between that and the offered fist bump panel, this doesn't just feel like Batgirl to me, it feels like Cass specifically.

As much as Bruce and Helena are on bad terms right now, Bruce is very much on her side when it comes to treating Zsasz at the clinic, and in particular when it comes to giving him a blood transfusion when donor blood is so hard to come by right now. Of course, there have been versions of Batman - versions I generally prefer - who would have taken Leslie's side on this, but NML Batman was a bit of a grumpy guss, so this isn't exactly out of character.

Pettit starts shooting at Croc, interrupting Bruce & Leslie's argument, and... I'm sorry, what the hell is with that panel of Cass's face there. Like, cheat and draw her face through the mask, or just draw the mask, either would be better than whatever that mushy mess is. And I was just talking you up, Eaglesham, what happened there?

On a more positive note, this bit where Cass asks Bruce through pantomime if Leslie is his mother is good. Very on brand, gets the idea across well, doesn't take ~too much~ more panel space than if she was able to just ask him in a word bubble. It's also a good example of Cass being empathetic to the people around her which is simultaneously one of her core character traits and in a sense also her super power.

Like, she's not at all the focus of this book, but so far both the writing and the art for her are pretty solid.

The distraction is fairly brief, and afterwords Bruce & Leslie's argument resumes, escalating to the point where Bruce is compelled to storm off and brood for a while.

As he goes, we get this interaction between him and Cass, where, on the positive side it's a continuation of the themes I liked before, the empathy, the communication through pantomime... and her face is a lot better in these panels than in that weird mushy one from before. But asking if Bruce is sad by tracing a big ole fake tear down her face with a finger is a bit hammy.

Of course, the moment Batman leaves everything goes to heck. Zsasz is up...

And Croc gets the drop on Pettit.

So Zsasz is threatening Dr. Thompkins and Cass & Helena rush up to help, but - and this isn't super clear from the art - but Helena goes to shoot Zsasz with her wrist-mounted crossbow. Yes, it's a gimmick weapon that looks like a toy, but her crossbow has absolutely been established as a lethal weapon in universe. Cass, whose 'no killing' policy is if anything even more strict than Bruce's, stops her from shooting Zsasz, which leads to a scuffle between Huntress and Batgirl, preventing either of them from intervening to help Dr. Thompkins. Which I guess explains why Cass being nearby doesn't just neutralize Zsasz as a threat, but it does make her and Helena both seem kind of dumb in the moment.

But making Cass and Helena hold the idiot ball for a bit must have been worth it in the writer's mind in order to give Leslie her Big Scene.

Believe it or not, Zsasz is unmoved.

Wont resist him with violence? What would you do if you weren't so morally upright, Leslie? Lightly open-hand slap him into submission? Like, if this scene could somehow happen in such a way where she actually had physical power over him, like if he was tied down and she had a scalpel or something, then the decision not to exercise that power might have some meaning, but the way this scene was set up it's not like there was anything she could do anyway. She's not even making a convincing appeal here.

By 'not resist him with violence' she means 'no resist him in any fashion what so ever' - not even physically stand in front of him to buy the people behind her a moment to run. Instead she literally curls up on the ground in the fetal position. Cartoon Dr. Thompkins was also a stanch pacifist whose moral convictions would have compelled her to help even a killer if they were in need, but she had more dignity than this.

Croc shows up to save Leslie while Cass and Helena are still busy bickering amongst themselves.

And afterwards Cass gives Leslie this super respectful bow like the reader is supposed to have been blown away by Leslie's great moral fortitude.

And Bruce gets over his big sulk just in time to catch Zsasz and drag him off to his secret prison, which is an absolutely normal thing to have.

...

So yeah, I got super sidetracked this time by how much I don't like the comic version of Dr. Thompkins, at least not the way she was portrayed at the time. But focusing specifically on Cass... they didn't do a bad job with her here, like, at all. She mostly looks cool. She's recognizably a teenager most of the time, instead of being drawn exactly the same as when Helena was in the costume. She's shown to be curious and empathetic and a bit stubborn and actually quite communicative despite being non-verbal. There's a bit of her individual personality showing through here even though there's like four or five other characters who are more central to the story being told than she is. I didn't really enjoy the issue overall, but I'm honestly pretty happy with Cass's portrayal in it specifically.

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Across their respective runs, there was a surprising amount of overlap between Brooklyn 99 and The Good Place — here's a breakdown of the actors that appeared on both shows. Dan Goor and Michael Schur created Brooklyn 99, a police procedural comedy series. Premiering in 2013, it ultimately ran for eight critically acclaimed seasons via Fox and then NBC, winning countless awards along the way. Set in the titular New York City precinct, the series primarily followed the adventures (and mishaps) of Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), Terry Jeffords (Terry Crews), Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero), Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio), Gina Linetti (Chelsea Peretti), and Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher).

Conversely, also created by Schur, The Good Place followed Team Cockroach - a.k.a Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), Chidi Anagonye (William Jackson Harper), Tahani Al-Jamil (Jameela Jamil), and Jason Mendoza (Manny Jacinto). Alongside the all-knowing Janet (D'Arcy Carden) and the reformed demon, Michael (Ted Danson), their misadventures took them through the various realms of the afterlife. In the process, they explored numerous philosophical ideas and what it truly meant to be a good and moral person. The equal parts hilarious and emotional series ultimately ran for four seasons, concluding in early 2020.

Related: Why Andy Samberg Almost Passed On Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Given Schur's involvement with both shows, it's perhaps less surprising that they shared significant overlap. The themes were measuredly different and the core cast remained disparate. Still, many guest stars crossed streams to appear on both shows. Those appearances ranged from recurring, fan-favorite characters to subtle one-off appearances that might have flown over the heads of even the shrewdest viewer. Whatever the case, here's a breakdown of all 29 actors that starred in both Brooklyn 99 and The Good Place across the show's multiple respective seasons.

Mantzoukas debuted as the titular wildcard detective in Brooklyn 99 season 3, episode 17, "Adrian Pimento". Fresh out of an undercover assignment, his struggle to reconnect with mainstream society was hilariously unfurled through several episodes across multiple seasons. Despite his relationship with Rosa coming to an end, he remained a loyal (if mercurial) friend to the officers of the 99. Over on The Good Place, he played a malfunctioning android named Derek. Built by Janet in order to get over Jason, he debuted in The Good Place season 2, episode 7, "Janet and Michael." Though Derek and Janet's romance was equally short-lived, he again recurred throughout — with Derek achieving a God-like final form by the show's end.

The Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live alum first appeared in The Good Place season 2, episode 11, "The Burrito." As the afterlife's all-powerful Judge, she recurred throughout the series as equal parts friend and foil — depending on the influence of Timothy Olyphant. On Brooklyn 99, Rudolph guest-starred in the two-part episode that opened season 4. She played Karen Haas, the U.S. Marshal in charge of Jake and Holt's stint in witness protection. Though a stickler for ensuring that every facet of their cover stories had been memorized, she often blurred the lines between personal and professional. That was most hilariously characterized by using her "pop quizzes" to get advice on her marriage and affair with a younger man named Marcos.

As the husband of Captain Raymond Holt, Jackson's Kevin Cozner has been a mainstay since he debuted in Brooklyn 99 season 1, episode 16, "The Party." Though stoic to the point of being cold, he still stood as a far cry to the more overtly villainous Shawn. Jackson first appeared as Shawn in The Good Place season 1, episode 11, "What's My Motivation." Initially posing as The Judge, he was soon revealed to be the head of The Bad Place. Much like how Kevin warmed to Jake Peralta and the rest of the 99, Shawn's demonic ways eventually softened — with him ultimately aiding the heroes in the creation of a new afterlife system.

Related: Brooklyn 99: Why Holt & Kevin Never Kiss (Despite Being Married)

Cordero debuted as Jason's trusted right-hand man in The Good Place season 1, episode 4, "Jason Mendoza." As Steven "Pillboi" Peleaz, he recurred throughout the rest of the show's run — right up until the series finale, having made it to the titular realm in his own right. The actor has actually emerged as one of the most prolific of Schur's collective shows. In terms of the adventures of the 99, Cordero appeared in Brooklyn 99 season 4, episode 22, "Crime and Punishment." As a hacker nicknamed Pandemic, he attempted to aid Terry and Boyle in exonerating Jake and Rosa when they were framed for a series of bank robberies.

The veteran comedic actor first appeared in Brooklyn 99 season 5, episode 10, "Game Night." There he played Devin Cathertaur, a division leader with the Cyber Crimes unit. After affecting the precinct's internet, he repeatedly toyed with the detectives. He's ultimately put in his place by a briefly returning Gina Linetti. He would later debut as Chuck in The Good Place season 3, episode 10, "The Book of Dougs." As a member of the inept committee for the unsurprisingly disappointing Good Place, he helped to manipulate Michael into taking over the running of it.

Daly guest-starred as Jeffrey Bouché in Brooklyn 99 season 4, episode 17, "Cop Con." At the titular convention, the character was introduced as a rival to Captain Holt. Despite seeming initially kind-hearted, it's later revealed to be a facade that hid a devious sabotaging streak. Daly later appeared as Dave Katterttrune in The Good Place season 3, episode 6, "A Fractured Inheritance." Coincidentally, the episode also centered on whether or not certain characters were generally good or merely posing as such. Unlike Bouché, however, Katterttrune was every bit the warm and good-natured family man that he initially seemed.

Offerman guest-starred in The Good Place season 3, episode 8, "Ava." There, he played Captain Holt's ex-boyfriend, Frederick — with whom remained lingering animosity regarding an antique decoy duck. Regardless, he ultimately helped in the birth of Terry and Sharon Jefford's third daughter: Ava. Offerman later appeared in The Good Place season 4, episode 13, "Whenever You're Ready." He was glimpsed mentoring Tahani in woodwork as she sought to craft the perfect chair and complete a truly epic to-do list. Though fans speculated that he may have been playing Ron Swanson, a character from Parks & Recreation, also created by Michael Schur. Offerman was credited as playing a version of himself.

Related: The Good Place: Why Mindy St. Claire Ended Up In The Medium Place

As the sister of Doug Judy (Craig Robinson), Byer debuted as Trudy Judy in Brooklyn 99 season 6, episode 5, "The Tale of Two Bandits." Initially believed to be a straitlaced nursing student, it's ultimately revealed that she followed in her brother's past criminal footsteps. As well as indulging in internet scamming and con artistry, Trudy had taken up Doug's mantle as the Pontiac Bandit. She later reprised the role in subsequent episodes. As well as that, she was reutilized by Schur in The Good Place season 3, episode 10, "The Book of Dougs." There she played Gwendolyn, a cheery and naive employee of The Good Place Correspondence Center.

Jama Williamson: The actress played the demon Val on multiple episodes of The Good Place and Teddy's girlfriend, Rachel, in Brooklyn 99 season 4, episode 13, "The Audit."

Joe Mande: As well as writing and producing on the show, Mande recurred on The Good Place as Todd Hemple. On Brooklyn 99, he appeared twice as Amy's informant, Isaac.

Anna Khaja: Khaja played Tahani's mother, Manisha Al-Jamil, on The Good Place. She also played Dr. Theresa Moore on Brooklyn 99 season 6, episode 11, "The Therapist."

Amy Okuda: Okuda starred as The Bad Place torturer, Gayle (a.k.a Jessica) on The Good Place. She also appeared twice as Terry's ex-girlfriend, Chiaki, on Brooklyn 99.

Seth Morris: The actor played Eleanor's former boss, Wallace, on The Good Place. He also starred as Agent Piln on Brooklyn 99 season 2, episode 15, "Windbreaker City"

Fran Gillespie: Gillespie played the demon Megan in two episodes of The Good Place. Meanwhile, she played Sheena in Brooklyn 99 season 6, episode 11, "The Therapist."

Jamie Denbo: Denbo played Chef Patricia on The Good Place season 1, episode 4, "Jason Mendoza" and Hillary on Brooklyn 99 season 1, episode 11, "Christmas."

Mary Holland: She played Paula in The Good Place season 1, episode 6, "What We Owe To Each Other" and Tricia in Brooklyn 99 season 4, episode 16, "Moo Moo."

Carl Tart: Tart starred as Steve in The Good Place season 4, episode 11, "Mondays, Am I Right?" and Max Prescott in Brooklyn 99 season 6, episode 6, "Crime Scene."

Todd Aaron Brotze: He played librarian and amateur pornographer Scott Fupple in The Good Place season 3, episode 7, "The Worst Possible Use of Free Will" and cuckolded fantasy novelist Miles Moorgil in Brooklyn 99 season 5, episode 8 "Return to Skyfire."

Oliver Muirhead: The actor played Professor Radja on The Good Place season 4, episode 9, "The Answer" and Kevin Cozner's Holt-disapproving boss, Dean Wesley Allister, in Brooklyn 99 season 6, episode 13, "The Bimbo."

Carol Herman: Herman played Eleanor-4 in The Good Place season 3, episode 9, "Janet(s)" and Eunice in Brooklyn 99 season 5, episode 21, "White Whale."

Phil Augusta Jackson: He played Kellen in The Good Place season 3, episode 10, "The Book of Dougs." As well as writing multiple episodes, Jackson also played the dual roles of Trent and Jeremy in Brooklyn 99 seasons 3 and 4, respectively.

A.J. Hudson: The child actor played Young Chidi in The Good Place season 1, episode 10, "Chidi's Choice" and Dylan in Brooklyn 99 season 4, episode 18, "Chasing Amy."

Will McLaughlin: He amusingly played Officer Prawnmandler in The Good Place season 1, episode 11, "What's My Motivation" and clashed with Jake and Charles as Big Santa in the identically designated Brooklyn 99 season 1, episode 11, "Christmas."

Dave King: As well as writing an earlier episode, King played Phil in The Good Place season 4, episode 11, "Mondays, Am I Right?" and starred as Holt's ironic PR supervisor, Bob, in Brooklyn 99 season 3, episode 4, "The Oolong Slayer."

Abigail Marlowe: She played Margaret in The Good Place season 1, episode 10, "Chidi's Choice" and Daniella Andrade in Brooklyn 99 season 4, episode 19, "Your Honor."

Moshe Kasher: He played Colby in The Good Place season 3, episode 1, "Everything is Bonzer!" and Duncan Traub in Brooklyn 99 season 2, episode 2, "Chocolate Milk."

Robert Paul Taylor: Taylor starred in The Good Place season 4, episode 11, "Mondays, Am I Right?" and Brooklyn 99, season 1, episode 10, "Thanksgiving."

Max Silvestri: The Big Mouth writer and producer played Dwayne DeRock in The Good Place season 1, episode 9, "Someone Like Me As A Member" and Patrick on Brooklyn 99 season 3, episode 20, "Paranoia."

Ryan de Quintal: Quintal played Damon in The Good Place season 3, episode 4, "Jeremy Bearimy" and Ned in Brooklyn 99, season 7, episode 3, "Pimemento".

The connections between what's come to be known as the Schurniverse grows exponentially with the inclusion of The Office and Parks & Recreation. As things were left, however, it proved an impressive collection of recycled actors. Given the talent demonstrated by each, it's more than understandable why such a decision was made. With Schur sure to produce plenty more offerings in the future, it'll be interesting to see how the overlaps and connections expand. In the meantime, the surprising amount already offered by The Good Place and Brooklyn 99 will no doubt give fans something else to look out for on their next rewatch.

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Rosemary and Rue Re-Read: Part 5

Here’s part 5! Once again: Possible spoilers for the entire series up to Night and Silence

Chapter 8

I don’t think it comes up very often now that Toby’s magic is stronger, but I think it’s interesting that she can use water-based powers fairly easily, given that that’s ‘descendant of Maeve’s’ territory.

This is where we meet Spike! I love Spike. I wish he showed up as a magical companion more often.

The description of the sprite that Evening made a deal with to hide the key’s magic is fascinating; being able to mimic someone else’s magic seems like it would be extremely difficult, and yet some of the smallest fae bloodlines can do it with a little bit of blood. I think it would be really interesting to learn more about all of the smaller fae beings, actually; hopefully now that Poppy’s big we’ll find out about them in future books.

Evening’s potentially living key sounds awesome, and I wish we’d seen more of it/things similar to it.

“Most of our legends say there are three roads to any destination: the hard way, the easy way, and the long way.” I love this concept. I know that the concept of Three Roads pops up in other books - most notably in An Artificial Night - but I want to see if I notice it showing up anywhere else.

Chapter 9

Oh, Toby’s trying very hard to separate herself from Faerie, and it is not working.

Talking about letting her eyes adjust to the dim light: “Finding a path through the office would’ve been a cakewalk for Evening or my mother, but I knew the limits of my changling eyes.” Given that Toby’s main examples of ‘what purebloods can do’ seem to be Evening and her mother, what do you think the chances are that Toby has a very warped perception of what purebloods can actually do?

“Evening’s illusions were some of the strongest I’d ever seen, remarkable even for one of the Daoine Sidhe.” UM

Okay, I know Toby just said that Evening’s illusions were the best, and she probably didn’t need to put it in a more secure place, but sticking the hope chest in a filing cabinet seems a little undignified.

“My eyes must have adjusted while I was fumbling in the file cabinet, because I could clearly see what I was holding.” This is one of those lines where the first time I read it I took it at face value, but now that I know more about the hope chest (and Toby) I went ‘oh shit it shifted her blood.’ That is excellent foreshadowing.

“The stories say there are twelve hope chests, that Oberon made them when mankind was still nothing but an interesting diversion. Some people say the chests hold secrets, or stars, or nothing at all; that the Heart of Faerie is hidden in one and the rest are decoys, or that they hold a map that would lead us to our missing King and Queens. Some say the chests hold the key to the deeper lands of Faerie, the places on the other side of the Summerlands. And behind closed doors, they say the hope chests hold a different sort of key: the key to immortality. That they can change the balance of a changeling’s blood, making them pureblooded... or human.”

@johnconstantinesdick pointed out in another post that Toby, who’s described as a ‘living hope chest’, has done almost all of these things. It seems likely that that means that eventually Toby will do all of these things. The books have already said that she’s going to find the King and Queens somehow, so the one that I’m most curious about is the holding stars.

Has the hope chest ever been opened? Toby intentionally doesn’t do it here, because she wants to avoid temptation, but has it been opened at a different time? I feel like that’s going to be an ‘in hindsight, we maybe should’ve done that earlier’ moment.

Chapter 10

Aaaaaaah, I’ve been waiting for this chapter.

“Why, my dear October, are you gowned so fetchingly? You don’t need to make yourself beautiful for me, you know; you’ll never win my heart.” Okay, seriously, Tybalt? He says later that Toby asking him to look after the hope chest is the moment where he fell in love with her, so I think that he’s still trying very hard to pretend that he doesn’t like her here (although, considering that Toby describes her dress as ‘increasingly grimy’, the fact that he calls her beautiful probably says something about how badly he’s failing at that). That line, however, is as clear a challenge to the universe as I’ve ever seen, and he 100% deserved to be knocked flat on his ass literally 10 minutes later.

The Shadow Roads! I love the Shadow Roads, and how Toby’s trust in the Shadow Roads shows her evolving trust in Tybalt. We go from this book, where Toby wouldn’t have gone on the Roads by choice even to avoid the dawn, to Night and Silence, where Tybalt actually loses her, and Toby doesn’t panic at all, because why would she? Tybalt will always protect her on the Shadow Roads. sdfsdfjldjfl Plus, I really like that their relationship starts to change towards friendship when Toby trusts Tybalt with a hope chest, and their relationship changes romantically when Toby trusts Tybalt with her (a living hope chest) on the Shadow Roads.

It’s interesting what information she’s willing to share with whom. For all that Toby reminds herself constantly that Devin isn’t someone she should trust completely, he is someone that she trusts - but she didn’t tell Devin anything about being bound. Tybalt, someone that she doesn’t trust at all, she tells everything to. I’m not sure if that says more about her instinctive ability to know who she can actually trust, or how terrible she is at having allies at this point.

I honestly really love thinking about this scene from Tybalt’s point of view. I’m not sure what would have hit him harder - that, despite their terrible relationship, Toby thinks he’s a good enough person that she can trust a hope chest with him; or, after hearing Toby say that he’s her best bet because she doesn’t trust him, realizing that he wants her to trust him.

I’m a little confused when Toby says that thanking Tybalt implies that he owes fealty to her. I thought that the fae avoid saying thank you because that implies that they owe fealty to whoever they’re thanking. That’s definitely what Jocelyn tried to do in Night and Silence, and Toby didn’t act like she had it backwards then. Maybe it means something different depending on the context?

That’s it for now! As always, come talk to me about things!

#October Daye #Rosemary and Rue #ReRead Project

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Anything-$00000DDE

NAME Devin Flores ID 11 28 b 4 54 97 ALIENRACE Sororia OCCUPATION Botanist

Chapter Warnings mind control, manipulation, amnesia, cybernetics Chapter Characters Janus, Patton, Logan, Shorts Dad character (mentioned)

HINT 3: MESSAGE START (Might want a pen and paper)

AO3 Chapter 1 Next Chapter

Dee wearily watched the students, donning shades of blue and green, camping outside the university in celebration of some sport he was unfamiliar with. He was dressed in simple black jeans and a black coat. In the sea of young adults, he was a funeral at the beach.

He passed by, walking in the shade, crossing the perimeter of the center field to the entrance of the engineering building.

The walk droned on, and he wondered briefly if he was a construct. If perhaps he had no life before this, and he was created in Lab C from scratch. That thought did not feel right, but nothing seemed to feel right. In the mirror this morning, even looking at his own face, he distantly had not recognized himself. His life was a lie. He was deceit given a soul.

He slowed his pace just enough to trail another student also entering the building, who held the door for him.

He found himself at a table, where students normally gathered to study. He pulled out the decoy laptop from his bag. Had he ever done this before? Studied at a desk? Stayed up all night fueled by caffeine and willpower? He looked at his real human hand, rubbing his fingers together. He did not look out of place at all.

The doors lined up against the wall. He waited until they erupted with people, classes ending and starting again. He watched for him.

PATTON skipped out of the door, his silvery skin dark in the artificial light, chatting amicably with his hands to Logan. Dee put his laptop away and walked in a direction to intercept them.

“Hey! Wait, you’re Logan, right?” Dee put on a voice that jumped along in the air, light, with an undertone of eagerness.

PATTON skidded to a halt, tilting his head to the side. Logan stopped a second later.

“That is me. What do you want?”

“I am a recruiter from DRACANA visiting campus today. I saw you had already applied and thought to interview you for the internship during the career fair today. Sorry for the late notice—your application got through the approval process after I arrived here. I figured I could spot you out of a crowd and tell you in person.” Dee’s pitch had repeated itself ruthlessly through his mind all day leading up to this. He heard nothing come out of his mouth.

“Oh, uh, lead the way then. I was already on my way to the career fair.”

Prior to this, his team already ‘buttered up’ the graduate student, Logan.

He was new, working under Dr. Dade on project PATTON.

It would be simple to mine the confidential information off of him. Hire him as an intern; strike up a conversation; a simple slip up is all Dei’dra needed. A little mistake made by a fresh-faced, trusting college kid. Little things. Small talk. Excited ramblings about past projects. Pointed questions.

A long-term source of information and labor. What else were internships for?

All they had to do was cut off every other avenue he had. Then, give him the suggestion to apply to DRACANA. Show up to the career fair—how convenient—and give him an interview and hire him on the spot.

He’d think it was a miracle.

Dee did not remember the interview.

Dee wondered if someone at headquarters had done it remotely. He felt a haze, leading Logan through his trap, and then he was blinking and telling Logan goodbye. He left the career fair, dodging people and sliding between booths to search for the real reason for his campus visit.

Logan had another class to attend in a few minutes. He was separated from PATTON, so it is expected that the android would return to Dr. Dade’s lab. A map of the campus was pulled up before Dee’s eye automatically.

It was a short walk, but there was something exhausting about that interview, and it unnerved Dee that he did not know why he was so tired. That his feet struck the ground like pulses of thunder, and that his arms swung at his sides, his shoulders pinching around his neck, and his real eye—he had to blink to remember which one it was—was twitching out of his control.

He was standing under a birch tree, the soft yellow-green leaves shivering together like waves on the ocean, shifting white tuffs of foam sorting through the sand on the surface, and—

—with the rumbling of clouds, a pulse of fire shocked its way through his body. He blinked rapidly, chemicals rushing through his blood. Through the verdant fields of glass and pavement simmering in the spring sun, the faces of every student or professor in the vicinity were clear and recognizable. Information trailed off and hit the back of his forehead as the data pounded through his skull.

He could not feel his arms, his shoulders, his feet. If he did not know any better, he would be shaking.

He pushed through the blades of grass and stepped onto the sidewalk and turned right into the engineering building, cutting through the never-ending hallway that left students circling the building multiple times to find their classes for the first and last times. He found his way to a basement hallway and in the middle, not far from a set of stairs, was Dr. Dade’s lab

Dr. Richard Dade.

Dei’dra wanted information from him.

His research on affective computing, artificial skin coating matrixes, and emotional processing integration were valuable.

He was the type who, while renowned in his field, made no headlines. He had published many articles and papers, but it was all surface level.

Dei’dra saw something there. Some trade secret hiding.

She was searching for something, and she thought Dr. Dade had it.

She could not wait decades for his research to surface, to enter the public domain, or the private sector, or to die an untimely death in a filing cabinet somewhere—its potential unseen.

The bells that signaled afternoon shook Dee out of his fervor. Dr. Dade would be out at lunch. PATTON “ate” at the lab. He repeated in his mind his orders, PATTON’s in the lab, to himself, reassuring himself that he was in the right place because if he wasn’t—

—He pounded at the door of the lab. He didn’t have access to the lab either. But PATTON, sure enough, PATTON bounced to open the door for him.

$DEE had a different face this time. For a second, Dee panicked, thinking that there was a hint of recognition on PATTON’s face, but he had already shifted forms without thinking. Or his form was already shifted for him. He could vaguely recall the remnants of a user called “ANX,” ordering the shift for him.

“Ah, hello there! Dr. Dade is at lunch now, did ya need something?”

“Afternoon, I wanted to ask him a couple questions regarding affective computing. May I come in and wait?”

“Oh, sure, no problem. Come on in!”

The equipment and tables were a cool, medium grey. PATTON almost blended in. They walked together for a moment. The door shut behind Dee.

The sunlight peered through the blinds as the duo stood in front of the window, casting lines on their faces, as if they were a drawing on notebook paper.

“Oh! I haven’t introduced myself, my name is,” And Dee could not remember the fake name he used, but he held out his hand for PATTON to shake.

The moment he took his hand, the data transfer began. A technology borrowed from somewhere, he was sure, built into his artificial arm.

And PATTON was frozen, suspended, data paused. And Dee’s hand was reaching inside his chest, into his RAM, into his CPU, into his HEART, and tugged and pulled and scattered bits about until Dei’dra found all the MEMORY he needed.

And $DEE could read through the voltage highs and voltage lows and Dee was none the wiser to the HEART uploading into his hardware—not that Dee needed one: even though his mind was ashes, blood still poured down his body, and he could feel each stitch and incision.

But for a brief feeling, Dee was sickly vulnerable; and so was Patton, and he could see into him, and it was painful.

And Dee left. No questions asked. He could not remember leaving the lab, but he was gone before he knew it; his memory dashing through the halls and leaving the building; and he was about to burst because he held so much information in his hand; and $DEE was erupting and—

—and then he activated the MIRROR, and he was him. He was anything. He was him. He was PATTON. As he peered out through his eyes, his vision was his consciousness. Of all the things in the world, this was not him.

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junker-town · 6 years

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Stop complaining about players’ NBA All-Star votes

We have that and more in Friday’s NBA newsletter.

We have our 10 NBA All-Stars starters for 2018, led by LeBron James and Stephen Curry, who will be captains and pick teams. There were no big surprises, though some of the voting was funny. Joel Embiid beat out Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis for the third starting frontcourt spot and then got asked if he’d now be pursuing Rihanna on live national television. (No, he says.) DeMarcus Cousins grabbed the loose ball fifth starter spot in the West over LaMarcus Aldridge, Draymond Green (who nearly won almost completely on the strength of fan support), and Karl-Anthony Towns.

As happened last year, some media members clutched their pearls in critiquing odd player votes. It’s clear that at least a few players don’t take the vote too seriously; you have some guys voting for themselves, their teammates, or their friends.

But here’s the thing: the player vote where it matters -- at the top -- matches the media vote rather closely! It’s provided an awesome insight into who players value more than the media when we’re splitting hairs, and that makes those players where there’s a real discrepancy worth investigating. For instance, players had Kristaps Porzingis over Embiid, the opposite of what the media had. That’s interesting! Does Embiid’s schtick rub enough people the wrong way? Do players think availability and minutes are more important than the media does?

With the exception of the West guards, the media and player top-fours were the same, just in slightly different orders. For example, in the West frontcourt, the players went Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins, LaMarcus Aldridge whereas the media went Durant, Davis, Aldridge, Cousins. Cousins stomped Aldridge in fan vote and got the third starting spot. The player vote was slightly different from the media vote, but it didn’t actually impact who started because it was so similar.

Stripping the player vote out actually wouldn’t change any All-Star starter. But it was very interesting and a little odd in one race: West guard. Players had Curry, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook 1-2-3; media had Harden-Curry-Westbrook. Curry and Harden will start. But players had Damian Lillard and Devin Booker in a tie for fourth ahead of Jimmy Butler; neither Lillard nor Booker appears to have received a single media vote, and Butler came in fourth. That’s interesting: players are more positive on Booker and Lillard’s All-Star credentials than those of Butler. It didn’t affect the outcome, just as the single suspcious player vote for Luke Kennard didn’t. But it’s interesting to see.

So instead of getting the vapors over the Kennard votes, maybe we can acknowledge that the players are voting very similarly to how the media votes and investigate attitudes where there are real differences of opinion.

Scores Galore ...

PHI 89, BOS 80 ORL 103, CLE 104 MIN 98, HOU 116 IND 86, POR 100

... And So Much More

Both the Cavaliers and Sixers almost blew leads bigger than 20. If Cleveland had lost to Orlando ... Welcome to Strugglesville, Ohio!

HOWEVER ... is this ... is this a no-look, behind-the-back, nutmeg bounce pass from LeBron???

It turns out everything we thought we knew about the Rockets’ invasion of the Clippers’ locker room was wrong. Except that dudes wanted to fight Austin Rivers, that was true. I’m struggling to come to terms with the fact that Clint Capela wasn’t a confused decoy.

Some candid honesty from Austin Rivers about his reputation in the league.

How the Spurs survive injuries: everyone is ready, always.

David Aldridge sat down with Michele Roberts and Adam Silver to talk about the fraying referee/player relationship.

Andrew Sharp on the global boom for the NBA.

Superb Ben Cohen piece on the Warriors’ best play ... and who they stole it from.

What teams might be thinking three weeks out of the trade deadline.

Dame Lillard has abandoned his strict vegan diet because he was losing too much weight.

Don’t neglect the fact that the ABC showcase games begin this weekend! Thunder-Cavaliers on ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, and Warriors-Rockets at 8:30 p.m. ET. Nothing on Sunday this week due to football.

Be excellent to each other.

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Tiptoeing through the “Of Value” guest cast

Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck Duncan Campbell as NCIS Special Agent Castor Both return from “Come Together” (season 13’s finale).

Gregory D. Gadson as Army Colonel Jackson Ladd Greg Gadson is a former colonel in the Army, a West Point Graduate. In May of 2007, he lost both of legs above the knee and had a severe arm injury due to a roadside bomb in Iraq. Gadson is a well-regarded motivational speaker. A speech given to the New York Football Giants early in the 2007 season was credited with helping the team during the Super Bowl run. He is often seen on the sidelines of Giants games in his wheelchair.

Gadson was in the feature film “Battleship”.

Sigrid Owen as Mila Curren Owen appeared in episodes of Geeks Outside, Married, Code Black, The Middle, Roadies, Hand of God and General Hospital. She was Elisabet in Silicon Valley.

Regina Ting Chen as Navy Commander Cheng Was in episodes of American Dynasty, Dynasty (2019), The Outsider, The Resident, Black Lightning, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Queen of the South, Queens, Woke and Stranger Things. Played Alice in Dreamsville.

Melanie Hawkins as Lindsey Sandhagen Had guest roles in Strong Medicine, Tell Me You Love Me, The Middleman, Eleventh Hour, CSI: Miami, Sam & Cat, Dirty John and 9-1-1.

Lawrence J. Hughes as Emmett Sandhagen Was Rhino in the streaming series Party Betchez. Guest roles include Stitchers, A La Carte and the limited series Mike about Mike Tyson.

Elester Latham as Jerry Starred in the series Blended Family and The Rich & The Ruthless. Guest starred in episodes of Bitch Please, Dabsity, Insecure, Off the Track, Nice Guy Finish Last, Quinta vs. Everything, I Am the Night, Frank James, Thrilling Stories, Grace and Frankie and Baby Gay.

Latham was a Marine in Vietnam, left the service to go to college. Joined the Air Force to become a pilot, retired and was a United Airlines pilot for decades.

Dominic Zamprogna as Paul Figueiredo Was Mark Deosdade in Edgemont, Jammer in Battlestar Galactica (2006), Greg/Jim in The L Word (2008) and Dante Falconeri on General Hospital.

Guest roles include Are You Afraid of the Dark, The Neverending Story, Ready or Note, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Wind at My Back, Tales of the Cryptkeeper, MythQuest, Leap Years, Odyssey 5, DaVinci’s Inquest, StarGate Atlantis, Cold Squad, Tru Calling, Supernatural, Blade: The Series, Painkiller Jane, Bionic Woman (2007), The Border, Smallville, Stargate Universe and Tin Star.

Kaya Jackson as Sophia Sandhagen Was in an episode of Call Me Kat and two episodes of Side Hustle.

Devin Looc as Ty Sandhagen Child actor.

Matthew Law as Josh McCall Was Kendrick in The Paynes, Agent Julian in Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and Kareem Richardson in The Oval. Guest roles in Shooter and Home Economics.

Alain Mora as Chito Aldana More appeared in episodes of CSI: Miami and Lawless. Was Brian Escobar in the series Los Teens.

Torshawn Roland as Jay Appeared in an episode of Just Add Magic.

Glen Steele as Man Appeared in a number of short films.

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New on Sports Illustrated: Wild Card Weekend Visionary Plays: Bold Fantasy and DFS Predictions

Don't set your DFS lineup without consulting Dr. Roto's Wild Card visionary picks.

Quarterbacks

Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks

The Eagles' front seven are very strong and will force the Seahawks out of their run-first comfort zone. If Seattle wants to advance, they are going to need Wilson to have a big game with both his arm and legs.

Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints

The Vikings' secondary has been shredded over the second half of the season and Brees will take full advantage of that fact at home. Everyone knows how good Michael Thomas is, but look for Brees to get Ted Ginn and Jared Cook involved as well.

Carson Wentz, Philadelphia Eagles

If any game has the best chance of becoming a high-scoring tilt, it’s the Eagles-Seahawks matchup. Wentz has done so much with a mediocre supporting cast, and it has arguably made him a better player.

Running Backs

Derrick Henry, Tennessee Titans

For the Titans to have any chance to beat the Patriots, they are going to need a huge game from Henry. I am envisioning close to 120 yards and at least one touchdown. If the weather is as horrendous as they expect, the Titans will need to rely on their running game even more. So should you.

Miles Sanders, Philadelphia Eagles

Sanders is the one player the Eagles have who is a game changer on offense. He is blessed with great speed and quickness, and he gives the offense a different dimension when he’s on the field. Even if they don’t hand him the ball every time, his mere presence is one that requires respect. He seems to be over his ankle injury, so feel free to fire him up this weekend.

Devin Singletary, Buffalo Bills

Head Coach Sean McDermott and Offensive Coordinator Brian Daboll have done a very good job of ramping up Singletary’s touches this season. They were careful not to overuse him early on which should keep him fresh for the playoffs. To beat the Texans, the Bills will have to run the ball effectively and throw short passes to their running backs. I think Singletary gets 20-25 touches in this game and should have 100+ total yard from scrimmage.

Wide Receivers

Tyler Lockett, Seattle Seahawks

Just a few weeks ago we saw Eli Manning and Darius Slayton from the Giants beat the Eagles' secondary deep on multiple plays. Now, fast forward about a month and instead of Eli and Slayton, it’s Russell Wilson and Tyler Lockett in the playoffs. Which combo would you prefer to have? Lockett has been rather quiet in recent weeks but look for him to break out and have a huge game this weekend.

Julian Edelman, New England Patriots

Titans CB Logan Ryan has struggled all year in the slot, which is perfect since Brady’s top target, Edelman, resides there. The Patriots' offense is in such disarray that Edelman might be the only person who Brady trusts at this point to make a play. Some people will avoid playing Edelman due to bad weather, but bad weather favors the offensive player who knows where he is going.

Cole Beasley, Buffalo Bills

The Bills are going to try to run the ball, which makes Beasley incredibly valuable on third-and-short situations. With J.J. Watt and the Texans' defense trying to keep Josh Allen in the pocket, Allen will not have time to find John Brown downfield. Thus, he will be forced to utilize Beasley more and pepper him with targets.

Tight Ends

Dallas Goedert, Philadelphia Eagles

Even if Zach Ertz plays, I see him being used way more as a decoy than as an impact player. Goedert has been instrumental in the Eagles’ recent success and he will have to continue to be their most targeted player if they have any chance to win.

Jonnu Smith, Tennessee Titans

The Patriots' defense will key on stopping Derrick Henry, and CB Stephon Gilmore will be shadowing WR A.J. Brown all over the field. This means that for the Titans to win, QB Ryan Tannehill will have to find one of his secondary receivers with consistency. Sadly, Corey Davis has turned into one of the most inconsistent receivers in the league, which means that the Titans will need to utilize Smith more than ever.

Jared Cook, New Orleans Saints

If the Vikings want to have any chance to beat the Saints, they will have to double cover WR Michael Thomas. This should leave WR Ted Ginn open on some downfield passes and Jared Cook over the middle. The Vikings LBs are aggressive, so watch for Cook to slip into open field while they try to sack Brees.

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15 biggest disappointments of NFL Week 11

Week 11 of the NFL season saw a major development in the NFC East thanks to an unfortunate injury, while a QB in Baltimore found success in his first start. The Steelers, Texans and Saints continue to win, while the Bucs and Jags continue to lose. Whether it was some units, full teams or individual players, there were plenty of disappointments during Week 11. Let’s take a look at the 15 biggest disappointments of the week.

Kirk Cousins, QB, Vikings

The Vikings brought in Kirk Cousins and paid him $84 million to help elevate the offense. The performance he gave on Sunday night was anything but that. Cousins was under pressure — primarily from Khalil Mack — for most of the game and was unable to get much going. The offense was shut out in the first half. When they had a chance to score before the half, Cousins threw an interception. Given a short field after an interception in the third, Cousins could only turn that into three points. He got not help from the non-existent running game, as Dalvin Cook repeatedly ran into defenders and even lost a fumble. But it wasn’t until the final minutes of the game that Cousins was finally able to start moving the ball down the field.

Carson Wentz/Philadelphia Eagles’ offense

Almost any football observer expected the New Orleans Saints to put up points on the Philadelphia Eagles. What wasn’t so expected was seeing the Eagles struggle so badly on offense and show no ability to keep up, as they scored only 7 points the whole game. Philly was held to under 200 yards (196 total) and had just 13 first downs in the game. After falling behind, they rushed just 12 times for 58 yards. Carson Wentz had perhaps his worst game as a pro, going 19 of 33 for just 156 yards and three interceptions, while taking 3 sacks. He couldn’t get anything going all game. The offense’s inability to move the ball put the defense on the field more than expected, leading to the final score getting so far out of hand at 48-7.

Graham Gano, K, Panthers

Carolina’s decision to go for two and the win was controversial, but probably influenced by Graham Gano’s inability to convert much of anything on Sunday. Gano missed from 34 yards early in the third quarter on a field goal attempt, then failed to convert an extra point early in the fourth. Had he converted the extra point, the late touchdown would have tied it, and the extra point would have put Carolina ahead. Add both kicks and it gets even easier for Carolina. This loss is on him.

Blake Bortles, QB, Jaguars

Jacksonville had no right to lose this game, but they decided to stop doing anything on offense during the fourth quarter. The last two drives weren’t entirely his fault, as the Jaguars tried in vain to run down the clock but could get nowhere on the ground. Early in the fourth quarter in a 16-6 game, however, the Jaguars got the ball to the Pittsburgh 39 before Bortles took consecutive sacks to completely eliminate any chance of a field goal. Overall, he was just 10-of-18 for 104 yards. The Jaguars essentially tried to win without a quarterback, and at some point, they need to confront the reality that this just isn’t working anymore.

Demaryius Thomas, WR, Texans

The Texans acquired Thomas in a trade with the Broncos to fill in after Will Fuller went down. Though he had 3 catches for 61 yards in his Houston debut two weeks ago, he hardly was a factor against Washington on Sunday. Thomas was targeted just once and did not have a catch in the Texans’ win. In fact, since the first quarter of Houston’s win over Denver two weeks ago, Thomas has gone without a catch. That’s seven quarters in a row of not being a big factor in the offense.

Cincinnati Bengals’ defense

For periods of time on Sunday, it looked like the Bengals had spent more time gameplanning for injured Joe Flacco than his replacement, Lamar Jackson, who led a very rush-heavy attack. Subsequently, Cincinnati got gashed on the ground, and Baltimore kept doing it because it was working. Jackson ended up with 117 rushing yards on 27 carries, and running back Gus Edwards added 115 yards on just 17 carries. In total, that works out to 4.9 yards per carry as a team — a winning gameplan against a losing Cincinnati defense that everyone saw was in trouble early.

Ka’imi Fairbairn, K, Texans

Fairbairn generally did his job on Sunday, and the Texans did win this game by two. The kicker contributed three field goals, including a 54-yarder, to the win, but his two misses nearly cost the team dearly. He missed from 44 late in the first half, missing an opportunity to make it 20-7, but the second one was even more poorly-timed. With 52 seconds left in the fourth and a chance to make it a five-point game, Fairbairn was wide right from 45, setting Washington up for a potentially game-winning drive. They fell short, but Fairbairn probably felt very lucky that they did.

Devin Funchess, WR, Panthers

The Carolina offense could have been much more robust and efficient if Funchess had just been able to haul in a few extra passes. He was targeted eight times but caught just two of them, spending much of the day being plagued by very bad drops on what would have been big gains. He also let a touchdown slip through his fingers, though Carolina still ended up finding the end zone on the drive. This is a game that Funchess will want to forget, especially in light of a one-point loss.

Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB, Buccaneers

This should be the final benching of the season for Fitzpatrick, who threw three interceptions in just 21 pass attempts in a 38-35 loss to the Giants. Fitzpatrick’s failures were further magnified by the fact that Jameis Winston came in to replace him and immediately turned the game around, throwing two touchdowns and taking over a team down 24-7 and turning it into a closer contest. Fitzpatrick just hasn’t been effective, and it would take an injury or some really poor performances by Winston to see him again.

Alex Collins and Ty Montgomery, RB, Ravens

The two backs who were expected to get the bulk of the touches out of the backfield for the run-heavy Ravens simply didn’t do so. Collins, the lead back according to conventional wisdom, got only seven carries for a miserable 18 yards. Montgomery, a trade deadline acquisition, didn’t even touch the ball. Both were effectively sidelined in favor of Lamar Jackson and, more importantly, undrafted free agent Gus Edwards, who looks to be the main man going forward at the expense of these two.

Jacksonville Jaguars’ late-game play

The Jags took a 16-0 lead on the Steelers late in the third quarter and appeared to be in good shape. And then they fell apart. On defense, they allowed a 78-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Brown on a busted coverage. They allowed consecutive touchdown drives in the final six minutes of the game as well. Two face mask penalties and a defensive holding call aided Pittsburgh on those drives. Offensively, they totally collapsed, with four straight 3-and-outs in which they lost a total of three yards. The real ugliness was Blake Bortles taking consecutive sacks to eliminate the chance for a field goal, which could have been the difference.

Amari Cooper, WR, Cowboys

The Cowboys are going to keep looking at Cooper like he’s a No. 1 receiver, but he didn’t produce like one on Sunday. He was targeted just five times and caught only three of them, good for only 36 yards. The Cowboys leaned more heavily on Ezekiel Elliott, and that came at Cooper’s expense. The wide receiver is going to be under the microscope given the expectations placed upon him after his acquisition, and Sunday was just one of those days where it didn’t happen for him.

Josh Rosen, QB, Cardinals

Josh Rosen threw for a career-high three touchdowns in Arizona’s 23-21 loss to Oakland, but that’s only part of the story. He completed just 9 passes for 136 yards — both of which were his worst marks since becoming the starting quarterback. He threw two interceptions both on the second play of a drive, which gave the Raiders great field position. Oakland turned the turnovers into a pair of touchdowns and 14 points. In the second half, Arizona punted on four of their five possessions, with Rosen simply not doing enough to help his team win.

Philip Rivers, QB, Chargers

Rivers had his usual strong statistical game. He threw for 401 yards and two touchdowns, but he also was intercepted twice and played poorly down the stretch, which allowed Denver to win 23-22. After coming out strong following halftime to give the Chargers a 19-7 lead, Rivers missed a golden opportunity to put the game away by throwing an interception that Von Miller returned 42 yards the other way to put Denver back in the game. Another huge mistake came on the Chargers’ final possession when Rivers threw an incompletion on 3rd-and-7 and under 2 minutes remaining. Denver had no timeouts left, so the incompletion saved the Broncos about 35 seconds and played a big role in the comeback. You don’t expect a veteran to make that kind of mistake.

Eric Ebron, TE, Colts

Ebron’s lack of production Sunday, especially in a game that the Colts scored 38 points in, was a bit of a surprise. He’d hauled in at least one touchdown in five of his last six games, but not only was he held without a score on Sunday, he wasn’t even targeted. Ebron is a big-time red zone option, but it simply wasn’t happening against the Titans. He later said after the game that Indy expected Tennessee to key on him, which they did with a nickel back shadowing him all game. Though he didn’t produce for his fantasy owners, he served the role of decoy.

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