Will Elsbeth Complete Ferris Bueller Trifecta? Is Captain America Latest to Snub Secret Invasion? Did SNL ‘In Memoriam’ Forget Someone? More Qs!
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about Saturday Night Live, Elsbeth, NCIS: Sydney, The Way Home and Paradise!
1 | Were you surprised — or quite frankly, not at all — that Captain America: Brave New World made zero mention of President Ross’ predecessor, Secret Invasion’s President Ritson (played by Dermot Mulroney)? Was he impeached for his anti-aliens rhetoric? Did he resign? What?
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2 | Did you get chills when you realized The Way Home’s Kat and Elliot were singing Fleetwood Mac’s “Silver Springs” during karaoke? And does your head feel like it’s going to explode from all the plot twists and timelines every time you watch an episode?
3 | What are the odds that NCIS: Sydney and Fire Country in successive weeks would randomly feature challenge coins? And did anyone have any doubt in the world that DeShawn’s challenge coin would wind up saving him from a bullet?
4 | First that NCIS: Origins Episode 2 montage, now NCIS: Sydney’s Evie singing it at a wedding…. Did CBS get a bulk discount on “Eternal Flame” usage rights?
5 | Was SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (last Friday night on Peacock) a better overall production than SNL50: The Anniversary Special (Sunday night on NBC)?
6 | Who was the most conspicuously absent SNL cast member from the 50th celebration, and why was it Dana Carvey (who apparently had the flu)? What was more odd, that the special featured near-zero political sketch content (classic or new), or that the “in memoriam” montage of characters/hosts that have aged badly included neither Donald Trump nor Elon Musk? Also, would you have preferred more comedy and less music, given there had been two specials just about the music of SNL in recent weeks?
7 | Without spoiling The White Lotus’ returning character reveal: Why would that person even set foot within a hundred yards of a White Lotus property, after what happened to them last time? What do we think of the new Season 3 theme song: yea or nay? And what are your theories about who the floating dead body might be?
8 | How annoyed were The Bachelor’s producers when Carolina slammed the girls’ matador outfits as “Spirit Halloween”-quality? And how, exactly, did Rose turn her own faulty account of what Grant said into Carolina “backstabbing” her and “doing her dirty”?
9 | Given the White House’s unforeseeable animosity toward Canada, how sorry must The Voice be that it decided to build so much Season 27 schtick around Michael Bublé’s status as a Canuck? ▼ And though first-time coach Kelsea Ballerini has proven to be a formidable competitor, might her decision to block Adam Levine from getting R&B singer BD.ii — instead of blocking obvious choice John Legend — have been the silliest move of the season?
10 | With the Boston Blue announcement, is CBS now on track to have a full half of its scripted 2025-26 slate be spinoffs?
11 | Any other Paradise fans finding themselves trying to predict which classic rock song will figure into each week and get that moody, episode-ending cover? And couldn’t Sinatra have simply had a whole bunch of helium balloons filled, and then let them drift to the “sky” to block the message? Also, given that an iPhone will lock up after just a few moments unattended, how does Cal’s super top-secret security clearance tablet, once unlocked, stay open for so long?
12 | Odd as it was to have FBI’s Scola MIA last week, was it even more jarring to have both OA and Isobel absent from the latest episode? Also, have any viewers been a bit thrown for a loop ever since Jubal changed the ear his comm is in?
13 | Every time The Rookie referred to “Mickey and the Hammer,” didn’t it sound like a music act? Were you surprised to see Tamara be so instantly taken by the rather-vanilla Seth? And hey, does anyone remember the big serial killer/Liam Glasser storyline from three weeks ago..?
14 | How bummed must General Hospital have been to have the climax of Cyrus’ murder spree coincide with the temporary recasting of Lucky?
15 | Ignoring the obvious Peacock synergy, when Days of Our Lives‘ Kate casually mentioned her love of The Traitors, did you also think to yourself what an incredible player she would be on the show?
16 | Can we request that Chicago Med please put a stop to any potential Charles/Jackie romance here and now?
17 | In what scenario is 9-1-1 Season 7 cruise ship disaster survivor Athena getting back on a boat for the Doctor Odyssey crossover? And when Athena Grant crosses over, do we think she’ll mistake Corey, the ship’s head of housekeeping, for 9-1-1 cruise director Julian? ▼ Or will Rick Cosnett’s recurring character be conveniently absent that week?
18 | Now that we know the 9-1-1 spinoff is set in Nashville, Connie Britton has to reprise her role as Rayna James 9-1-1 dispatcher Abby… right? And if it takes place in “Music City,” isn’t that even more of a reason to cast John Stamos as your lead?
19 | Now that you’ve heard Sonya Cassidy’s Boston accent in Reacher Season 3, is the Blue Bloods spinoff‘s female lead role hers to lose? And when Duffy in Episode 3 saw Reacher, fresh from the ocean wearing only his skivvies, were you half expecting an “Aquaman” quip/Smallville reference?
20 | On Zero Day, how did CNN already decide to start calling the incident “Zero Day” in a chyron just minutes after it happened, when authorities were still scrambling to figure out what it even was? ▼
22 | Did CBS’ promo guy really need to explain in this Georgie & Mandy teaser that George Sr. is dead? How many Georgie & Mandy viewers, tuning in live on Thursday nights, were not viewers of Young Sheldon?
23 | With Alan Ruck and Matthew Broderick both recently appearing on Elsbeth ▼, TVLine reader Shelby asks, “Could we get Mia Sara in an upcoming episode to complete the Ferris Bueller trifecta?”
21 | Were you Team Carolyn or Team Danielle during The Traitors‘ highly contentious roundtable? And if Britney accepts Danielle’s offer (I mean, why wouldn’t she?), is there at least a slight chance that Brit could wind up being the sole winner… as a traitor?
Hit the comments with your answers and any TV Qs of your own!
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