Episode from 1-10-2016

Remember when I had posted an episode out of order because it related to Christmas? Well, this meant that I could wind up posting episodes after it before I got back to the ones in the right order. Now typically I write a post and wait to publish it but leave it largely unedited from the time frame I wrote it. You should see the rest of last year's episodes over time. It all depends on what happens. But since this episode had some Christmas stuff in it as well, I might as well get to publishing it, even if it is now March.

During December, I didn’t watch any of the shows from my list of shows to watch on DVD and mediums close to it. Since the New Year has started, I will be able to get back to watching them. Now some of what I have to catch up on is recorded episodes of this show, Madam Secretary. I will probably have to abandon the list at some point and just get caught up on old tapes. If you need a refresher, the main lists of shows that I’m watching, besides the stuff on VHS, is VeggieTales VHS, Thomas the Tank Engine, Farscape, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (recorded episodes on a VHS tape), and 8 Simple Rules. There is actually another list at the moment that I’m slowly trying to move over to this one. As soon as the right show from it can be transferred, I’ll basically get rid of that list. I’ll let you know when that happens, if it does at all.

When it comes to this show airing again, I don’t know when it or any of the Sunday CBS shows will return to the air. I know that the ABC shows that I watch are on hiatus for now. I also know that FOX has changed up its Sunday schedule. The Last Man on Earth is gone and we don’t know when it is coming back. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is moved now to Tuesdays where I’m not sure that I’ll be able to watch it. Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life and Bordertown are now the shows that are airing. Now, it is possible that I would give up the Simpsons if the first show is bad and Family Guy if the second show is bad. Both shows would be given up for pretty much the same reason: jumping the shark. With the Simpsons, they run out of enough material in a single episode at times. And Family Guy has had terrible episodes recently. We’ll see what happens because if CBS shows on Sunday are gone for a while, then I’m pretty much stuck with them except for if NBC airs good primetime on that night.

The Golden Globes air tonight. Now I never understand why they always air new programming against the Golden Globes. Maybe it is because it airs too soon into the New Year. But other award shows don’t have counterprogramming. I mean, nobody schedules new shows against The Super Bowl, The Oscars, The Emmys, The Grammies, The Tonys, or other shows like that that I know of at least. Typically, there are reruns on other channels when award shows are on, except for the Golden Globes Awards, which I never understand.

I will be watching The Golden Globes, so don’t expect that much of an update on sports. I could tell that there was a game on FOX between the Packers and the Redskins. I couldn’t tell who was winning since I can never tell the score on FOX. Meanwhile, neither CBS affiliate of mine is airing sports this week. Cue the Hallelujah Chorus! I can finally start my blog about CSI: Cyber. Today’s episode will be the first episode that I blog about, although there are two other older ones that I will also blog about in the future. I’m not going to watch or record FOX shows tonight. I don’t care about ABC shows and since I watch all of the CBS shows (but not always 60 Minutes), I will record them since I blog about all three now. I don’t know what future blogs I might create. It’s possible that I do one on Bob’s Burgers, but I don’t know yet if I will or not.

There’s not much that I can tell about the sports game. They mentioned only being on its third quarter. I wonder what delayed the game so much. I read that Bob’s Burgers was supposed to start again tonight. If it was, it isn’t now. I mean, the EPG has the OT instead of Bob’s Burgers. I’m wondering if their shows will even start on time. It would be interesting if it is on tape delay. That typically doesn’t happen on FOX, although it has on rare occasions.

There’s an episode on my laptop recorded off of the TV tuner that is corrupt. This is one of the problems with using that method. All goes well with the recording, but when you try to play it back again, nothing loads. If things go well enough, then you can delete it instantly. If it doesn’t, you have to find alternate ways on deleting it and those methods don’t always work. But problems with the TV tuner is why I have two episodes of this show on VHS when it could have and should have been on my laptop instead. At least I knew of the problem in advance and was able to record on VHS. Otherwise, I would have had to watch it online, which I don’t like doing.

I watch more of the game on FOX. I still can’t tell who is winning or if there’s a tie. I also don’t know how much game is left for them on the clock. I doubt that I’ll tell much about it. I’ll probably just look up the score later online. Also, are we in postseason football now? Are the only games that are on between those potentially going to the playoffs?

The game delayed primetime on FOX as I thought that it would. I will add the score soon. Meanwhile, I should just focus on the blog at hand, but won’t until the next paragraph. The Packers won the game that delayed primetime on FOX. I don’t know what I would have done during a normal week when The Golden Globes aren’t on the air. I might have live blogged CBS Sundays and isolated FOX shows to a VHS, which I like doing when there is tape delay that messes things up. But I just ignored FOX shows entirely this time. I still don’t know my opinions on two of their shows so maybe it is good that I missed things. We’ll see what happens in the future.

Today’s episode is brought to you by no delay. We begin where we left off in the previous episode that I posted a while back. The bomb or whatever thing has killed the Russian president whose name I can’t remember. The US president and Elizabeth are okay. Henry is trying to help his spy friend get out of Russia and he wins would in Sweden for some odd reason. I’ve never been to Stockholm, but I hear that it’s captivating. Alison will get kicked out of her school unless her parents are able to do some volunteer work. They still have Christmas stuff set up in their house kind of like we do here.

In segment two, not much happens. Elizabeth is needed to help astronauts in some way. I didn’t fully understand all of that. Maybe I will later. Meanwhile, Henry is still trying to help his spy friend from earlier. Once again, I suck at summaries. That’s why I’ll probably never have a blog about my life. I can’t tell stories about myself.

In segment three, Elizabeth talks to a Chinese national about the astronaut situation. It seems as if she’s using veiled insults and threats to say why they should help. There was a great quote about it, “You have a peculiar way of asking for a favor, Madam Secretary.” Anyways, we learn of Demitri’s death. There is also an op that looks like it went badly.

In segment four, a bunch of stuff happens. Elizabeth convinces people to help. “If you think I’m bluffing, you little son of a bitch, try me.” “You were bluffing about the White House pulling our troops out, right?” “Of course I was.” Yet another great quote in this episode. I just hope that I didn’t mess it up. People seem defiant at the space station and seek to help people.

In segment five, we are glad that China, Russia, and the US helped get the astronauts rescued. Henry and Elizabeth were able to help their Alison with her school problem. The situation in the end seemed to take care of itself. Henry decides to quit his job with the NSA. There are no marital problems with him and his wife.

On the next Madam Secretary, US diplomats are used to different problems, but not of weird people. Well, that’s what I gathered from the strange and unusual promo. It didn’t quite make sense to me. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.