# What in an otherwise decent TV series made it impossible for you to watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-an-otherwise-decent-tv-series-made-it-impossible-for-you-to-watch/839023 "2019-08-21T20:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-an-otherwise-decent-tv-series-made-it-impossible-for-you-to-watch/839023/121 "2019-09-04T16:08:40Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > It’s rare, but the condition is called [hyperthymesia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia), and there are about 60 people (known) who have been identified as having it. Marilu Henner being one of the more famous examples, and she consulted on the show. Something Al Michaels is very familiar with ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-an-otherwise-decent-tv-series-made-it-impossible-for-you-to-watch/839023/122 "2019-09-04T16:44:25Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I was quite confused for a minute there. “Priest and his wife?” That’s…not a thing anywhere. Non-Catholic denominations sometimes allow married priests. For example, Orthodox churches use the title ‘priest’ and don’t allow a priest to get married, but do allow someone already married to become a priest. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-an-otherwise-decent-tv-series-made-it-impossible-for-you-to-watch/839023/123 "2019-09-04T16:48:00Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > As for The Americans, I want the sequel show where P&E&P live in some dingy slums of Moscow flat with a common bathroom and no TV or phones or car and as Paige speaks no Russian she has no friends and there’s never anything in the stores. Paige will be all “MOM what did you get me into?”, E will be “this isn’t like I remember Russia” and Phillip will be looking for the nearest CIA operative to defect. That is, if E doesn’t turn him in for disloyalty and he gets sent to Siberia. Sent to Siberia, hell. He’d be shot in the back of the head while on his way to the next interrogation session. Actually, former spies were treated quite well in the Soviet Union. They’d be given decent housing, allowed to shop at special stores, get medical treatment at special hospitals, and receive other benefits most citizens didn’t have. I imagine the same is true today, especially now that Putin is in power. I too was amazed the Pastor wasn’t whacked. They must have figured he could be an asset to them, so long as he continued his peacenik activities. (In their position, I’d have considered him more of a liability and arranged a convenient “accident.”) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-an-otherwise-decent-tv-series-made-it-impossible-for-you-to-watch/839023/124 "2019-09-04T16:53:02Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I was quite confused for a minute there. “Priest and his wife?” That’s…not a thing anywhere… Anglican communion priests can be married [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-an-otherwise-decent-tv-series-made-it-impossible-for-you-to-watch/839023.md?page=6)