Posts by nimblesurfer30

Nicely put.

(Like rowdygardener3 said) it’s a solid foundation for a series that could actually go deeper, tie everything together, and bring it all home.

Ashley Grant66 - thanks a lot. Now it all makes sense. Sort of.
It feels a bit weird that she doesn't recognize her husband's voice, his diction, or even his accent... their whole history together. I mean, how can unnamed be just as convincing as unnamed? He's an actor, sure, but still.
And who on earth is unnamed constantly dragging him back to Mexico City, even if it's just "for one day"?

Richard Castillo15 - yeah, it took some patience to really wrap my head around it.
The heater died on me, my blood sugar crashed... spent the time bouncing between watching movies and checking my sports bets.

Since none of the big names caught the movie last night (what were they even doing?), I couldn't make heads or tails of the plot.

The real Jack is back in Mexico City and gets blindsided near the end when Vera reaches out through mutual acquaintances.

So who actually is this unnamed guy (the fake Jack)?

Just some neighbor from the city who was also stuck in the war doing God knows what—but how does he connect to Vera?

According to the official synopsis:
"Twenty years ago, Vera moved to the States with her kids, fleeing events that nearly destroyed their lives. But after an unexpected phone call, the secret she's spent years trying to bury finally resurfaces."

What exactly is she hiding?
It's clear Jack was "on one side" during the conflict.

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Personally, I don't think Vera is naive enough to fall for cheap tricks.
He left them for geopolitical reasons, not emotional ones. If he had stayed with them in America, who knows how things would have played out?
(Like in some small town in Ohio?).
"War criminal" is a pretty elastic term.
For a family, the best move is to bolt to a third country where there aren't any North America around.186 miles (Maybe Madagascar?)

Agreed, that bit about "Anthony" was total garbage.

Also, the movie could've been tighter, with more gritty street talk instead of all that theatrical dialogue.
"He's not my father, he's nothing to me." That's how people actually talk.

Vehicle count is irrelevant. It’s the number of crews that matters, and we’re always understaffed.
Having just two teams for 150,000 people covering 60 square miles is a joke by any standard.
It’s like saying a tiny fishing village is overstaffed because they have six teams instead of one during the summer season.

A hospital ER and an ambulance service are two different entities.
Both run on 12-hour shifts.
And you almost never see them getting a full hour for lunch or a breather after a heavy call. Why? Because some sensitive soul might have a meltdown if they see staff sitting there reading the news or grabbing a bite while their loved ones are in agony.
People lose their minds on both sides, often for good reason, but sometimes just because.

The drivers are just drivers instead of being trained medical technicians.
Most of them—drivers and the public alike—think the priority is tearing up the streets before or after a patient drop-off. They think the job is just tossing someone in the back and speeding off.

Non-emergency transport drains resources fast. A lot of people treat it like a glorified taxi service.
In both transport and EMS, another massive headache is dealing with patients who are way over the weight limit for the rigs.

It’s on the patient to show up at a clinic or dial 911 for something trivial.
And it’s on the doctor to decide whether to admit them or send an ambulance.

The whole system is idiotic—writing reports in one office, picking up prescriptions in another, and grabbing meds in a third.

It’s not a magic fix, but cities and counties (since the federal government is a mess anyway) can set aside extra funds to actually improve emergency services.

Something decent is actually in the works: regional hubs.
A centralized dispatcher who can send units anywhere in the county, regardless of specific territory lines.
For now, the "city" crews and the "suburban" crews will probably play hide-and-seek with each other, but the number of vehicles and teams stays the same.

The real solution is more crews, better equipment, constant training/certifications, GPS tracking... who knows what else.

Until then, enjoy yourselves while you can. Stay healthy.
Don't count on the ER too much.
Some guys are total jerks, and others are just doing the best they can with the scraps they've been given.