Yay! Got root! Huge thank you to everyone for hints here and there! Got there using the “unintended” path of U****c.
As for the TV path, I found the hash, cracked the hash and discovered the interesting thing listening, but the above path was what I resorted to in the end. Anyone care to share more details about the TV path so that I can learn a little bit more? I’d be happy to share in DMs more details to prove that I really did get the above information I’m claiming.
Thank you for the machine @mrb3n !