About Last Night…NAME THAT TUNE, THE 1% CLUB, and HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET

Let’s talk about Monday night’s TV!

NAME THAT TUNE: Oh, I was yelling at the screen over the “Never Enough” clue. (I wonder if Randy Jackson had—figurative—PTSD while playing “Bad Day.” How many times did he hear it during his AMERICAN IDOL tenure?!) And, wow, the last-second buzz in for “Story of a Girl” was incredible gameplay from Erin. (I would have gotten every single one of those songs in that round.)

I felt really bad for Tiffani in the second game, though. She was a superfan and killing it…but a couple of tough songs took her out. She would have been fun to see in the final round. Alas.

THE 1% CLUB: Absolutely brutal final question. It felt like it was harder this week—like, it says something that a single person got the second-to-last question right. (I got that one, but missed a few others.)

HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET:

“Fits Like a Glove”: A crime superfan?! I know those exist, but oh my God. Absolutely disturbing.

I feel truly awful for Howard; she’s being dragged into Felton’s marital drama. It’s bad enough she had to deal with the professional impact since he’s her partner, but being the go-between for him and his wife? Messy, messy, messy. Also, Felton implying he wouldn’t see his kids if his new girlfriend wasn’t okay with it? Uh, trash. Absolute trash. (And especially weird given Russert had her own kid.)

“Extreme Unction”: Look, if the show can find a way to get Andre Braugher to do a memorable interrogation scene/episode every season, I would not object. It’s interesting how the tension of the scene has changed per season, though, and that’s part of the show’s brilliance: In season 1, Frank and Tim were so desperate for answers about/justice for Adena’s murder, but they still had control over the situation until the end. In season 2, Frank was entirely in control, even though he knew he was railroading an innocent person to prove a point. Here? There was no control; the second he realized his suspect was ill, it was the moment it became clear she was actually steering this ship—she even planned ahead and called a lawyer. (There was brilliant and chilling camerawork when Frank and the woman are together and he’s laughing, too.)

It’s interesting, though, that this is what causes Frank to struggle with his faith. We’ve seen him go through so much already—especially the two cases where he was really in the box with a suspect—and this is what ended up shaking him to the core. Curious to see how long it plays out.

(Beau going back home…sure seems like that’s going to be a happy situation!)

“Crosetti”: I’ve been desperately trying to avoid all spoilers for the show, but in an attempt to not watch things in the wrong order (after seasons 1 and 2 had wildly weird scheduling choices), my quick search to see if season 3 had any similar quirks led to the one thing I got spoiled on: Crosetti’s death by suicide. (I immediately put my hands up to cover the computer screen, as if I could…unread it? Went well, clearly.)

It’s interesting, because I actually found it a bit jarring that the show did this four episodes into the season (versus kicking off the season with it)—the fact it was originally held until much deeper in the third season’s run? What a bizarre scheduling move.

And because I did know about the death, I’m not sure how much of my lack of emotion for large parts of the hour was due to being spoiled on the plot versus what was intended on-screen. We saw everyone but Lewis largely keeping it together, in a way that was honestly disconcerting. We had just explored last season how they have to basically be Teflon to survive this job, but this was their colleague, their friend. Of course, the bursts came for almost everyone, at later points, but it’s hard to imagine any of my other police procedural ensembles being that calm for so long after it was revealed someone they had worked with for years was dead.

But what a surprise and heartbreaking blast from the past to see Chris again. (Oh my goodness, the baby was huge, too.) And how insane and gutting that Lewis was so desperate to protect Crosetti from the team that he tried to get to everyone who was in his partner’s life to tell them not to talk to the cops. And the haunting realization from Lewis that Crosetti had tried to say goodbye before he left on his “vacation” via an important gift that Lewis dismissed at the time. The show has been good about keeping threads alive, so I’m curious how this fundamentally changes Lewis going forward.

And there were some lighter moments—Frank and Tim trying to get funeral items on a budget was funny, as was Frank’s parallel parking spiel. (And then, of course, the burst of emotion when things go wrong when they try to leave.)

 (Frank refusing to go to the service because it was in a church, but giving the procession his own salute—after Crosetti was denied an official one due to it being yet another cop suicide that could make them look bad (because of course TPTB cared more about the optics than the impact the job was having on their employees)—was what ultimately got me the most emotional. Ow.)

Which shows did you watch last night?

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