Timeless and Kim's Convenience

NBC agreed to do a two-part finale for Timeless. I'm so happy we'll finally get closure; hopefully the writers will resolve everything efficiently and not try to over-extend the love triangle for drama. Apparently it will be a holiday movie, so I'll be looking forward to it. Finally some good news out of the summer press tour.

In the meantime, I found this Canadian sitcom on Netflix called Kim's Convenience. It's about Korean immigrants who own a convenience store in Toronto. Mr. Kim doesn't speak to his estranged son Jung, who works at a car rental agency, and the younger daughter Janet goes to art school to become a photographer. I like the most of the show, but I dislike the part that Jung's boss Shannon is attracted to him and abuses her position more than once (she tries to turn "mentoring" into a dinner date; another time she gives him basketball tickets as a bonus for good work, but she assumes that he's taking her on a date, instead of his best friend). This is especially egregious given that Shannon had to run a weird kind of sexual harassment/cultural sensitivity meeting when Jung's friend accused him of harassment as retaliation for criticizing his poor job performance. If she read the corporate policy on harassment, then she needs to stop violating it.

Stephen Colbert apparently addressed the allegations against Moonves, pointing out that he likes his boss, but he believes in accountability. #MeToo isn't just about going after people you dislike politically; it's for everyone who behaves inappropriately, so I appreciate Colbert making that point. That's the same thing about taking down Harvey Weinstein or Al Franken; it doesn't matter that they're liberals. What matters is what they did, and no I don't excuse Franken for it being a "joke" and claiming he doesn't remember.

I don't like that some news media have been reporting that Les Moonves denied the allegations against him. On the contrary, his statement admitted that in the past he "made women uncomfortable with advances" which he regrets; the only part he denies is abusing his office to end people's careers. However, he doesn't realize that he abused his power by making the advances in the first place during professional work meetings. If he sincerely wanted to date these women, the time to approach them is in a social setting outside of work, hopefully not in the same time period where he's making a deal to hire them, buy their show, etc. "Making advances" while at work implies that the job is dependent on the women giving you sexual favors. And by the way, you should start verbally with asking someone out or flirting; your first move should not be to immediately kiss or grope someone. If that's your idea of romance, then no, you don't understand that "no means no". Ok, maybe you didn't do a Harvey Weinstein maneuver of inviting them to a hotel room and raping them, but you still abused the vast power you had at the network. If you truly regret the "mistakes" then step down and get some counseling. I don't fucking care what power struggles are going on with the Redstones. Appoint a successor or have the board do it for you. I don't care. Fucking leave.