DOA on TV

 

Welcome to Tiny Screen Adventures.  For some reason, the Live TV option just wasn't there on Paramount + this last week so in order to watch Survivor, I ended up watching it on the CBS app, but the picture on the screen was about the size of an iPhone screen.  I know nothing.

Survivor

 

Despite some desperate moves by Kyle, when he didn't get immunity, he got the Tribal vote.  It was a good move, as he just was a challenge beast.  He hugged everyone including Jeff on the way out.

Sol wore his sexy vest again but with a shirt under it.

Genevieve continues to slither, but everyone sees it now, so hopefully she goes next week.

The Great British Baking Show

Another exciting finals week as the three last competitors gave all they had to win.  The showstopper was to be a set of hanging cakes that you see at a garden party, apparently.  They were pierced with a rod to hold each on a framework (?)  I can't picture why they didn't all just slide right off.

Georgie

Christiaan

Dylan

And the winner was Georgie!   She was a very consistent baker, and her showstopper was much more spectacular than the competition.

Man on the Inside

 

Netflix's new mystery/comedy series stars Ted Danson as a retired widower who is leading a rather shallow, lonely life.   When his daughter  who lives a couple of hours away encourages him to find hobbies or activities that will get him out and making friends, he finds instead a job.

A private detective named Julie hires him to go undercover in a senior residence that's super posh to investigate the theft of a necklace.  He's quite enthusiastic, but also awkward as his undercover skills are non existent.  He blurts out truths and tries to back track them.

Luckily, he's welcomed into the community by two women who make him feel welcome, and who show him around so he can fit in a bit better.  He makes another man jealous unwittingly.  He tries a Shakespeare class but is unable to relax and try to read it aloud.  He finds a backgammon pal.  A woman in an apartment near his appears to be declining mentally, but she's very sweet an reminds him of his wife who recently died of complications of Alzheimers.

Julie poses as Charles daughter, and gets updates via little recordings he does or via video chat.  Things get a little complicated when his real daughter drives up to see him and she locates him using Find My Phone.  She's not happy at all that he's taken on a potentially dangerous job.

There are eight episodes which I watched all in an evening.  The show is funny and sweet and sad at times.