SPOILER: And Just Like That.

[pnwmom]

I cannot forgive the screenwriters who elected not to have the character EITHER call 911 OR attempt CPR -- when the character should have done both.

I get that they needed the person to die. But there should have been at least an on-camera attempt to keep the person alive. It would have been a useful reminder to the millions in the audience of what to do in that situation. Not just sit there and helplessly cry.

Two thumbs down on episode #1.

[peacefreak2.0]

1. Spoiler.

I heard it wasn’t a great product placement for Peleton.

[pnwmom]

2. That's for sure!

[Fla Dem]

4. Peloton shares drop after 'And Just Like That' shocker

by: Russell Falcon
Posted: Dec 12, 2021 / 07:29 AM CST / Updated: Dec 12, 2021 / 07:29 AM CST

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“HBO procured the Peloton Bike on their own,” Peloton spokesperson Denise Kelly told Buzzfeed News. “Peloton was aware that a Bike would be used in the episode and that Jess King would be portraying a fictional Peloton instructor.”
Kelly further said Peloton wasn’t told “the larger context surrounding the scene,” due to confidentiality reasons. Buzzfeed reached out to HBO for comment on this claim.

By the end of Friday’s trading day, Peloton saw a 5.4% drop in stock price, and ended at $38.51 per share — rebounding from a 52-week low earlier in the day, according to CNBC.

The bike’s unflattering cameo also came just a day before the company received a ratings downgrade by a Credit Suisse analyst, who slashed its price target from $112 to $50 — more than half.

In discussion with The New York Times, intellectual property/entertainment attorney Nancy C. Prager explained that permission is typically needed to feature a logo or product on screen. She adds, however, that due to a trademark law known as “nominative fair use,” productions are also able to feature trademarks or products if they’re used in the way they’re intended to be as indicated by the company.

But she says the “And Just Like That” appearance might fall outside of these bounds.

“Nominative fair use does not apply, though, when you use the protected mark in a way that disparages the mark or the brand,” Prager told NY Times. She elaborated that the appearance “tarnished Peloton’s good will to consumers.”

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https://www.kxan.com/entertainment-news/peloton-shares-drop-after-and-just-like-that-shocker/

[applegrove]

3. I agree. I kept hoping she would call 911. Get the ambulance

on the way so they could resuscitate him if he stopped breathing. I agree that was a big mistake.