Watched "Succession" Hunting from HBO Max
Directed by Andrij Parekh. With Hiam Abbass, Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin. Logan informs his skeptical management team of his plan to make another attempt to acquire Pierce; Greg worries his pre-meeting will puts his standing with the family at risk; Connor's presidential announcement irritates Logan.
Watched "Good Eats: The Return" The House That Dripped Chocolate from Food Network | SlingTV

A cook (Alton Brown) buys an old candy cookbook only to discover that it's cursed. Every time he makes a treat, the tricks get weirder ... not to mention more painful.

Recipes on the episode include:
* Pistachio "Butterfingers" 
* Peppermint patties

The method for making Butterfinger-like candy was pretty cool, though it appears to be a lot of work.
Watched The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate | Special Coverage & Analysis from PBS NewsHour

The first and only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election kicks off Wednesday, October 7 in Salt Lake City, where incumbent Vice President Mike Pence meets Sen. Kamala Harris.

The 90-minute debate will consist of nine 10-minute segments. Special coverage and analysis continues after the debate with NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff.

My takeaway from tonight’s debate with regard to Pence and the current administration: “Your time is up.”

#​overtime

Watched "Hinterland" Episode #2.2 from Netflix
Directed by Julian Jones. A solicitor is found murdered. There is hostility in the community towards Daniel Protheroe. Mathias needs to find him before the vigilantes. Mathias knows that the relationship between the daughter of the gang's leader and Daniel is key.
The pace of this show is sometimes unbearably slow. I’m sure it’s a cultural thing between American TV and Welsh/British TV. I’ve been remedying it by watching on mobile at 1.25x. Sadly this functionality doesn’t seem to exist on any of my other apps or TV modalities yet.
Watched The Glorias (2020) from Amazon Prime
Directed by Julie Taymor. With Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Kiera Armstrong. The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.

Rating: ★★★½
An interesting contrast with the smaller presentation of her in similar contexts in the recent FX 10 part series Ms. America. The narrative construct of the bus ride with the Glorias at different ages was interesting though a bit forced at times. 
 
I was a bit shocked to have said, “That seems like a younger Bette Middler” only to be surprised to discover that it actually was her in the credits. These sorts of performances always make me so happy.
Watched Enola Holmes (2020) from Netflix
Directed by Harry Bradbeer. With Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter. When Enola Holmes-Sherlock's teen sister-discovers her mother missing, she sets off to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother and unravels a dangerous conspiracy around a mysterious young Lord.

Rating: ★★★★

A bit facile in places, but generally well done and well executed. It’s nice to see some better representation showing up in the Sherlock Holmes oeuvre. 

Watched "The West Wing" Talking Points from Netflix
Directed by Richard Schiff. The president and staff are about to head for Brussels to sign an international free trade deal that Josh has just spent a lot of time and effort negotiating, to nearly everyone's satisfaction; at the 11th hour, the CEO of an IBM-like company tells Josh that the first effect of the new agreement, of which his company is a huge beneficiary, will be the immediate transfer of 17,000 programming jobs...
Watched The First 2020 Presidential Debate | Special Coverage & Analysis | PBS NewsHour from YouTube

The first of three 2020 presidential debates kicks off in Cleveland, Ohio, where incumbent President Donald Trump meets former Vice President Joe Biden.

We begin our coverage at 6 p.m. EDT with our nightly PBS NewsHour broadcast, followed by an hour of election-related programming.

At 8 p.m. EDT, NewsHour’s senior political reporter, Daniel Bush, will host a digital pre-show looking at the what to expect from the debate and talking about key issues this election cycle.

At 9 p.m. EDT, the debate begins. The 90-minute debate will consist of six 15-minute segments: "The Trump and Biden Records," "The Supreme Court," "Covid-19," "The Economy," "Race and Violence in our Cities" and "The Integrity of the Election."

Special coverage and analysis continues after the debate with NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff.

I only watched the debate, which started at 6:00 PM and the post coverage.

Too many white men yelling at each other. Trump, ever the lying bully did his best to interrupt and talk over Biden at almost every turn. 

Trump started out a bit more logical and almost even thoughtful at the beginning, but then devolved into an annoying 3rd grader for the balance. I wish that Wallace had been better able to get him to allow Biden to actually speak.

Trump appeared to try to derail Biden in hopes he would have problems putting thoughts together, but only succeeded in making himself look like a bully who couldn’t control his own impulses. I honestly have to credit Chris for not yelling at Trump just to “shut the f*ck up.” I’m pretty sure that’s what I would have done in the situation after an hour and a half.

I wished that they could mute Trump’s microphone, but this would be a reverse version of Howard Dean’s famous scream. Biden would look oddly rattled because being 15 feet away he’d still hear Trump and have to deal with the distraction. Better would be to have them in separate spaces where they could turn off Trump’s microphone and allow each side to actually speak.

Trump’s inability to denounce white supremacy was abominable. Asking the Proud Boys to “stand by” is simply vile. And then to not-so-subtly suborn voter intimidation by asking his supporters to go to the polls to “watch” while simultaneously and painfully erroneously throwing doubt on voting by mail. When can we be done with this clown?

Sad that this is what our democracy has devolved into… this was so brutal to watch and I’m left a bit hopeless that America has apparently devolved to this.

Watched Sprinkler spray head nozzle change from YouTube
Tips on how to change the spray nozzle on a Rain Bird 4" pop-up spray head with just a screwdriver. Periodically some sprinkler spray heads can become partially plugged due to debris in the sprinkler system which affects head performance. Often this problem can be cured by simply changing the nozzle on the sprinkler head. Video also covers how to adjust the pattern of the new nozzle after installation.