A Date With Dateline

Should Dateline perhaps be more careful when crafting their carefully thought out titles, as on first glance this title could immediately put the viewer in mind of some unfortunate potty humor? Has Keith, yet again, ventured into the completely non-treacherous land of Orange County, CA and still hasn't called Kimberly and Katie for a fro-yo date? Is there finally a Dateline victim who deserved wha...

Has the 7 year itch been misinterpreted by a young newlywed as a 7 month itch with the deadliest of consequences? Will Dennis have walked away from his small town Iowa interviews with a new appreciation for the sport of bowling, as well as taking a young deputy under his wise wing? Has Katie realized that there is millions to be made in the young adult T-shirt slogan business thus making this her...

Will a rascally rabble of bandits from unsavory parts of east Texas get away with the the first ever non-murder? Does Andrea have the energy to keep up with the amped up antics of one of her interview subjects? Will we ever learn that if the term 'pillar of the community' is used in Dateline context, that the next logical conclusion is the person being described as such is a scalawag of the highes...

Is a tall, smiling, neon cowboy waving in the middle of the desert a friendly sight for sore eyes or a suspect harbinger of doom? Will a prison interview under the eagle eye of an overprotective mama bird reveal a young convicts guilt once and for all? Have Keith Morrison's secrets for creating stunning Dateline poetry finally been uncovered? Can having a shovel in your car make you an immediate s...

Has Mank finally met his match in a bereaved mother involved with a jewel heist? Is Dateline inserting secret messages into well loved Christmas tunes? Are you smarter than a Kimberly? And finally… Hitman Pyramid Schemes! 'Roids! Mankiewicz now with extra sassy eyebrow! Red Herring Biker Gangs! Another Kelly! No, these aren't band names. If any or all of the above sound appealing to you then this...

When a family takes an investigation into their own hands does it surprise anyone when the case hinges on just that, a hand? Does this Dateline episode finally reveal that Andrea is indeed a mannequin come to life? Did Kimberly and her twitter friends uncover the real whereabouts of Tommy from MTV's Tru Life- I Have a Summer Share? Will Long Island's hottest new P.I. Delia solve this murder once a...

Does the official start of the commercial holiday season make you feel like you are already about to just kill someone? If you answered yes, then are you learning nothing from your weekly Dateline?! Can over baked pecan pie, a cold Minnesota winter, guns and misbehavin' teens lead a regularly mild- mannered man to commit murder? (Hint-one of those is a red herring) What part do the soothing, dulce...

Upon seeing this week's episode title, is your first instinct that Dateline is covering a murder at a mid-America mall involving mad shoppers killing for killer deals? A shopping spree turned murder spree, as it were? So, how long is too long to wait in line for a Wetzel's pretzel? Why aren't there more BINGO halls in Los Angeles? Is an Amerian Eagle store manager about to be discovered by a big t...

In this week's Dateline parable… whoops! we mean episode…will a murderer find his special purpose through the power of prayer? What does the favorite dessert of a desert dweller tell us about their mating habits? Is Josh Mankiewicz the new messiah, turning water into wine then back into water in his sit down interview? Has Kimberly's taste in men improved from last week? And finally, is Dateline u...

So which Dateline host were you for Halloween this year? Kimberly was a dead ringer for Andrea Canning, but sadly Katie's Dennis Murphy costume failed to impress. What is the is the worst Halloween party you have ever been to? Do you remember the one moment that you knew you wanted to leaf… oops we mean leave? Why is Kimberly so easily bamboozled by murderers? Can she seriously not see the forrest...

SPORTS!! In honor of baseball season wrapping up, do high school sports really keep murderous instincts at bay? What is your "one moment" that you wish you could go back and change, that could alter the course of your life? Is Kimberly's the day she heard Josh Mankiewicz say "whhhhip"? Is Katie's the day she realized her lack of upper arm strength would keep her from participating in SPORTS? This...

Could the weight of a diamond encrusted sandal be the tragic cause of an accidental drowing? Why is Keith keeping his distance from any and all leans on location in Tallahassee? What exactly does French salad dressing consist of? Does Katie have a ghost living in her apartment that is trying to help her with her podcasting? Is Kimberly so attached to her beloved couch because it is secretly filled...

Do zombie arms, a creepy ventriloquist dummy and a small Illinois town haunted by a cremation mean that Dateline is, indeed, getting in the Halloween spirit? Is being called a "pillar of the community" basically the equivalent of saying one is "full of life"? In terms of being generally doomed, that is. What is the cut-off for hanging out in da club? Does it change based on location? What does it...

Does our latest murderer have the fastest text fingers in the Midwest? Is that a recipe for not only significant jail time but also the lifelong punishment of carpal tunnel? How do you even change your phone number 25 times in 3 years? AT&T is cool with that… but Katie can't have unlimited data on her plan? Did Dateline hold its celebrity baking picnic while Kimberly and Katie were out of the coun...

Time for a Multiple Choice- What is Dark Valley?: A.) Kraft's latest goth salad dressing now with more black sesame seeds B.) A zombie Sweet Valley High spin off for the Spike Network C.) The name of Dita Von Teese and Marilyn Manson's adopted daughter D.) Dateline's latest murder investigation set in the bowels of the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley E.) All of the above What do The Brady Bunch an...

Has a graph or pie chart been created reflecting average hitman prices in different parts of the country? Why is there so much variation episode to episode on Dateline? Does having a one word name make you more likely to get asked about your apparent underworld connections on a regular basis? Would a college degree mean that you are able to do somewhat simple mathematical percentages with ease? (H...

If you live in a house in the woods, have a light up the room kind of smile and a woo-hoo, fun, good time attitude what are they actual statistical chances that you are going to wind up the subject of a Dateline mystery? Accordingly, does Kimberly's bad attitude and general grumpiness towards a teen's trendy lipstick choice, mean that she will never, ever, ever be a Dateline story line? With the b...

When was the last time your spouse or partner forced you to play a child's game that you found boring then suddenly terrifying? (hint: there is one one correct answer to that question) Is Katie's lack of excitement over this very special episode going to adversely effect the way Kimberly later describes her to Dateline after Katie's tragic demise? Who is the mysterious Nelson, really, and does he...

Is the Tangled Web title, reference to yet another black widow type character, who drives troubled- looking men to kill for her? If you sign up for Ashley Madison dating/affair services and your name is actually Ashley Madison do all of your emails to potential suitors get ignored because people think it is just an promotional email from the actual company itself? Be real with yourself… how much t...

Has the long crescendo in the Ballad of Mike and Dalia reached its final climax? Did Katie choose that word on purpose to fluster Kimberly's delicate sensibilities? Did you think, when you saw the title of this episode that this might be a recap of the fantastic 1973 film starring Robert Redford, Paul Newman and the incomparable Eileen Brennan? Does it make you feel any better that we would be dis...

Will the Boone County Court system ever recover from the soap opera antics of its philandering employees? Are Katie and Kimberly going to adopt pseudonyms for each other, which include the names of more provocative fruit, in hopes that one day someone will read their boring emails to each other and find them more exciting? Do you remember the Alamo?…correct, that was last weeks episode, but just d...

Is Andrea going to be able to strike the fine balance of how much side eye is too much side eye while interviewing the side piece in this episode? During the alternative titles segment, have Kimberly and Katie lost their touch, or has Dateline just gotten much better at appropriately naming it's episodes? Will angry twitter Dateline fans really rise up together in their joint hate against Mistress...

Has the less informative one hour format for summer Dateline episodes finally caught up with NBC resulting in an outcry of justice for Dolores and Joan? Will viewers ever know who killed them, why they had to die and whether these two elderly women loved life to a satisfactory degree? Does a lawyer's fashion accessory choices in the courtroom effect the jury enough to ensure one defendant is going...

Is your high school mascot a grim clue to the way you may someday meet your demise? Will an hour long Dateline episode be enough to show a now divorced couple that they were destined to be together all along? Consequently, are Dateline viewers, et the whole world, ready for a new Bravo spin-off series called "Morrison Matches" wherein lovable Keith Morrison reconnects past couples and helps them r...

Are you ready to rethink how often you use spellcheck and thesaurus functions in WORD? Why does a case from 2012 spark so much discussion about 90's pop culture from our lovely hosts? What is the urban dictionary definition of the term -gunza-? Does the misfiring of brain neurons really cause certain pronunciations of words that will lead to Kimberly, once and for all, having to take to her bed? A...