Is The Rookie’s Seth Suspect? Apple Stingy With Severance? Did Harley Quinn Hilariously Silence Sirens? Did RHOBH Give Pizza Craving? More Qs!

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17 January 2025 at 12:45 pm·5-min read

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 Severance, The Rookie, Outlander, Landman and more!

1 | If Happy’s Place‘s Bobbie has said that she’s technically old enough to be Isabella’s great-grandmother, and Gracie is supposed to be Isabella’s age, then isn’t 25-year-old Emma Kenney too young to play the part of Bobbie’s daughter?

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2 | How did anyone watch Landman’s Season 1 finale and wonder whether or not Jon Hamm’s Monty died?

3 | Was the Severance pop-up event at Grand Central Terminal — in which the cast, in full costume/hair/makeup, sat at facsimiles of their Lumon cubicles inside a glass box surrounded by lookie-loos — perfectly on-brand, or did it also give a whiff of “Dance for me, monkey!”? ▼ And is Severance’s promotional tie-in with ZipRecruiter kinda brilliant, with Mr. Milchick touting the virtues of working at Lumon?

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4 | When you first laid eyes on Skeleton Crew’s Supervisor, were you like, “K.E.V.I.N., is that you?” What will become of At Attin now that the Supervisor is possibly no more, the Great Barrier is destroyed (remind us, why would that be just a very handy lever-pull away?), and presumably a few of Silvo’s crew members lived to tell the tale of the planet’s infinite riches?

5 | What accent is Bonnie, co-owner of this week’s Kitchen Nightmares restaurant, going for? And as TVLine fan Melissa noted, why did Bonnie and co-owner Camille ever “decide to buy a restaurant when they clearly have no passion or experience?”

6 | Did Deal or No Deal Island’s C.K. and La Shell make the right decision in sending Sydnee home vs. Rock? And now that Big Brother legend Dr. Will has entered the game, do you think he’ll team up with David and Parvati, or will all of the reality-TV vets target each other? ▼

7 | After Will Trent went home, shaved and put on a suit, was a part of you sad to see scruffy “Tennessee Will” go? And was Will singing “Midnight Train to Georgia” (with an assist from Betty) the most wholesome scene on television this week?

8 | Coming out of The Rookie’s first two new episodes, TVLine reader Cass asks, “Does anyone else find something off with Lucy’s rookie, Seth? He always has a sappy excuse ready for his failures….”

9 | For her Night Court guest spot, do you think Mayim Bialik had to relearn the steps for the Blossom opening credits dance, or did she still know it by heart? ▼

10 | Did The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ surprisingly wild night at Chuck E. Cheese make you want to revisit the mouse-and-pizza establishment for yourself?

11 | Thanks to Heather’s life-ruining game of text and tell, did The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City actually manage to top the drama of last season’s finale?

12 | Did The Challenge producers really need to feature a sick Nehemiah vomiting backstage as part of the Season 40 reunion? Weren’t there enough storylines and drama available to fill the time? Also, are you hoping this is the very last we’ll ever see of the Cara Maria/Laurel feud?

13 | Who’s going to tell The Traitors’ Carolyn and Derrick the difference between “wary” (cautious) and “weary” (tired)? And why is Sam Asghari styled like a T-Bird from Grease? Even though Carolyn and Danielle didn’t seem to click at first, will Bob the Drag Queen’s banishment bring them closer together? And who do you have your money on: Carolyn and Danielle, or Boston Rob?

14 | How much do you think Neil Patrick Harris is getting paid for those cheese-tastic online casino commercials?

15 | Did you have to laugh at how tersely and brazenly the Harley Quinn Season 5 premiere dispatched with the Gotham City Sirens storyline that had clearly been set up by the Season 4 finale?

16 | Did CBS’ Hollywood Squares reboot forget to include (non-bleeped) zingers? And would you like to see it pay homage to the classic version by putting the occasional Rich Little-like celebrity impressionist in a square?

17 | After Law & Order hyped up Baxter’s appearance on the stand in the winter premiere, didn’t you think it would happen before the last few minutes/take up more of the episode? And did you appreciate the subtlety of this promo touting next week’s ER reunion? ▼

18 | Would you have pegged SVU‘s Carisi as an everything bagel guy?

19 | Is Fox’s Going Dutch using an ever-so-sliiiiightly altered version of the Stripes movie theme?

20 | Who wore it best, Will Trent or Found‘s Gabi? ▼

21 | As Severance fan/TVLine reader Brian R. points out, after making fans wait three years for Season 2, couldn’t Apple have been a bit more generous and released two episodes on premiere day?

22 | So, Outlander fans: How do we feel about that last line of the Season 7 finale?

Hit the comments with your answers and any TV Qs of your own!

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