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You're back on dry land.

Movie Ellen hasn't cheated on you.

What do you do about your future?

Me personally I'd wanna get my family out of dodge city as quickly as a transfer would allow me.

I understand that the shark attacks weren't the norm, but I'd also never want anyone i loved to get in the water ever again, because of experiences and what I'd witnessed.

As I said in another thread, even after Bruce was dead, I know I'd still be absolutely terrified and I wouldn't feel safe until I'd gotten out of the water.

I suppose a big counter argument for my stance would be that Brody had already moved his family once for safety reasons and he couldn't "run away" every time.....

I don't think I'd call that running away. As I believe I'd be traumatised by the whole thing, from seeing what happened to Quint, to the boat virtually sinking around you, to being a lucky shot away from being Bruce's dessert course.

I wouldn't want to stay somewhere that could trigger flashbacks at any given moment.

Edit. The question really is "what do you do, if you're Brody?"

I know we're probably supposed to, but i get borderline angry with Kearsey throughout the course of Sharpe's Gold.

His vanity that the Spanish would never lie to/betray him.

His actual belief that the British had betrayed the Spanish after Talavera by retreating to a place where they could regroup and feed themselves.

His actual refusal to obey the orders from Wellington and indeed tearing up those orders.

Even when he saw that Teresa was unharmed and she told him that Claud Hardy was murdered by El Católico, he initially refused to believe the truth.

I felt like he made Sharpe and the Light Company's mission at least twice as hard as it would have been, by his undermining.

So what's your views on Kearsey and why?

You're back on dry land.

Movie Ellen hasn't cheated on you.

What do you do about your future?

Me personally I'd wanna get my family out of dodge city as quickly as a transfer would allow me.

I understand that the shark attacks weren't the norm, but I'd also never want anyone i loved to get in the water ever again, because of experiences and what I'd witnessed.

As I said in another thread, even after Bruce was dead, I know I'd still be absolutely terrified and I wouldn't feel safe until I'd gotten out of the water.

I suppose a big counter argument for my stance would be that Brody had already moved his family once for safety reasons and he couldn't "run away" every time.....

I don't think I'd call that running away. As I believe I'd be traumatised by the whole thing, from seeing what happened to Quint, to the boat virtually sinking around you, to being a lucky shot away from being Bruce's dessert course.

I wouldn't want to stay somewhere that could trigger flashbacks at any given moment.

Edit. The question really is "what do you do, if you're Brody?"

As villains go, I agree that up to a certain point, the series needed Obadiah.

But as I'm currently listening to Tiger as I type this, I can't help but wonder how could Hakeswill not have been exposed as a traitor, before he got the opportunity to get close to McCandless.

I realise because of the order the novels were written in, that Hakeswill had to live, as he features in novels written long before the India based books.

Granted, it could be my memory playing tricks on me and Hakeswill perhaps didn't give himself away to McCandless and Lawford?

It's just his and Hogan's deaths were the 2 that I'd choose Bernard Cornwell to not have written, if i could. Which I think in the case of Hogan, even he's said he wished he hadn't..

He also said he'd have chosen not to kill off a couple of the ladies in the first 5 books, had he have not written them after he'd been writing about the Peninsular War.

Edit. Lawford did know.

I don't mind him, tbh. I think the fact that he was in the thick of it in the 2nd battle of Hogwarts definitely increased my appreciation of him.

I guess it's (for me) his vanity in HBP that's slightly off-putting.

Am currently binge watching the whole series fpr thw first time since season 6 concluded.

And I'm currently on season 3 at the scene where an arm is broken.

Looking at Hawk's eyes even on that first watch, I knew he was going to return to the right side. And this evening I saw reluctance before doing it and remorse after the event in his eyes.

When did you think his redemption arc began?

For me is evidence that there's no such thing as "reality TV."

Sorry, but Jas has gone from "I can't even look at him" to virtually needing to get a room, and both declaring they're in love.

Nah, there's not a person on here that could convince me that that's not producer influenced.

It's not even ex islanders coming out in the past and saying they were taken aside and asked to play out a scene in a certain way or suggested they consider alternative connections in the re-coupling.

I've used to joke that MIB 3 with aliens, time travel and technology was still more realistic than TOWIE. I'm thinking Love Island UK, is giving TOWIE a serious run for its money.

Edit. Damn auto-correct. That did originally read as Jas 🤣

I know it could be argued that that applies from Sunday to Thursday, but I'm actually referring to Sunday TV and that feeling of inevitability that an early night, after 2 later nights was coming.

For my sister & I it was:

Bread, Howard's Way and Surprise Surprise. I could almost put Bullseye in that category too.

How on earth can Voldemort be stopped when there's no Dumbledore?

I did.

Or probably more "how are the good guys going to win?" As you suppose it's a given that the good guys triumph in what will be the final book.

The loss of Dumbledore felt like a disaster at the time. If not the greatest wizard of all time, then surely in the top 2-3

For those who like the audiobook, what is your preferred version?

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I have to say, I tried Jim Dale's but couldn't get into it. I've heard Stephen Fry's narration on more than one occasion.

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And I'm contemplating giving the "full cast" readings a try.

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What about yourselves?

What I mean is: shows that, even by kids' TV standards, were almost unbearable.

I think every parent has secretly found at least a few of their kids' programmes fairly watchable. But there were two things my kids loved that I really, really wish they'd never discovered.

1. Peppa Pig

Honestly, I used to fantasise about an episode where Daddy Pig announced that the family were going on a fun day trip to an abattoir... sorry. 😂

Even when I only half-listened to it from the next room, all I could think was, "She's actually a bully."

2. Ryan's World

I know it wasn't technically a TV show, but my goodness it was awful.

For those parents who aren't familiar with it, I'm genuinely jealous. It was a YouTube channel centred around a kid called Ryan unboxing toys and doing various challenges.

The constant bad acting (mostly by the parents), the blatant toy marketing, and the endless stream of sponsored-looking content drove me up the wall. Fair play to them for making a fortune, but I do wish they'd quietly retire and enjoy it.

Ryan's World also led to one of my worst Christmas shopping experiences.

When my son was 6 and still believed in Santa, he desperately wanted one of those Ryan's World mystery eggs. They were about £50 and seemed to contain roughly the same value as a Kinder Egg. We searched online daily and couldn't find one anywhere in the UK.

Then, about a week before Christmas, we took the kids to see Santa at the Manchester Arndale. As we were leaving, Santa told them:

"Make a wish, and whatever you wish for, you'll wake up to on Christmas morning."

I actually turned to the elf and said, "I really wish he hadn't said that."

Fortunately, we managed to find one and it arrived on Christmas Eve. My son was absolutely thrilled when he opened it on Christmas morning.

And when I saw what was actually inside it, I was absolutely correct about the worthless tat.

So, parents of AskUK: what kids' shows did you endure purely because your children loved them?

The Samaritans rep. Everytime i watch this episode, I hope it's a never been seen Director's cut where someone lamps him🤣