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Episode 8 came way too fast. I am going to miss this show during the hiatus. Hard to believe I was going to pass on it all together. What a treasure it has been. With everything ending on a cliffhanger these days, I kind of appreciated the old-school wrapped-in-a-bow finale. I am so glad Pray Tell has found a supportive partner. Its not unrealistic to me that his partner didn't back off after hearing his diagnosis. 5 years into the crisis, I imagine most people in the community had at that point lost one or several people to AIDS. At some point you have to choose whether you are going to be alone for the rest of your life and living in fear of getting or transmitting the disease, or to try to find love and happiness despite the circumstances. I love Elektra and Candi's crazy asses. Congrats, Stan, you win Fuckboy of the year for 1988. So glad that neither Angel or his wife bought his bullshit. Bye, loser. Blanca is an awesome mother and deserved every bit of that award. I'm so sad but feel blessed that I got to learn so much in the 8 hours this show produced. One of the best new series I've watched in ages.

I really don't know how Desna has made it as far in life as she has already. She's in the crime game, and she didn't think her life was expendable to these people? She's not family, and they even treat their family like shit. She is means to an end and nothing more. I am also disappointed that she was running on emotion. I wanted her to have her revenge plot on point. This episode was so meh.

This is how I was raised too. But I see so many parents afraid to discipline their children, that it doesn't shock me that they are afraid to take control of their diet too. Your post is sad and frustrating.

I love how she left out that almost all of the cast was disgusted to the point of quitting instead of having to work with her again. But sure, it's because of 45. UGH!

But wait...there's more! Apparently that's her studio. Here's her more polished statement as well as an interview with a friend of hers that I will not discuss it all, other than to say that they had no right to drag Malcolm X's name into her bullshit. Ugh. Predictable.

Wow and yikes! Either she is drunk/high or she needs her meds adjusted. I cannot believe she allowed her son (the producer/the one talking in the background) to post this. She needs either rehab or intense psychiatric help. If any one had any doubts in whether ABC and the rest of the cast was right in parting ways with her, this video should clear that up.

Forgot to mention a minor thing that bugs me nowadays: RA to Trinh: Do you mind if I sit with you? Trinh to RA: Yeah, c'mon. (Trinh slides over to let RA sit) She should have said No, I don't mind and slid over. Saying yes means you DO mind them sitting with you and they need to get the hell on. I hate that so many TV shows get this wrong these days.

Yup. Other than the RA/Darla scenes, they might as well have had all the characters just say the word "Filler" throughout the whole ep. I love that Darla is finally standing up to RA, and called him out on his hypocrisy a little bit. I wanted her to say so much more though. If it wasn't for RA's daddy, he would be in a worse position than Darla ever was. Darla's addiction was the blame for her downfall. RA was just a lowdown criminal, stealing because he wanted to, not because he needed to. When he said "What if you lose your job again?" , I have no clue why she didn't respond with "The only reason why I lost my last job was to help you out, RA.So seeing as we are not together anymore, I have no threat to my job security". Next week does look good as hell, except for the Nova/Remy trash.

I'm also a 2 cat, 1 box person. My girls don't go that often so I can get by with scooping once a day. I do a full clean once a week. I just wish I could get Diamond to stop trying to to dig a hole to China. Even with a hooded cover, she's managed to dump a good portion of fresh litter outside the box daily.

Private Dancer and Let the Music Play...two of my favorite songs ever!

I don't think so. We share a quadplex so I think, by law, anything outside your front door is considered common area.

So remember the neighbor with the light? Now he has a new patio light, that he put at an angle so it shined directly in my face. I walked over there and moved the lampshade to an angle so that the light is facing upward. He asked what I was doing. I said, I will NOT have any light of his shining directly in my direction and I will move it away from me every single time. I told him to go ahead and call the police and/or landlord and I am sure that they will agree that his light cannot be shined in my general direction. He didn't say anything and just went inside. Also, I took advantage of Prime Day and decided to buy my own dash cam. This is after the incident today where a man in a blue car turned left from the right hand lane, and cut me off mid-turn, almost hitting me. While in front of me, he brake-checked me and came to a complete stop in the middle of the road. I went around him and he proceeded to follow me home. I got on the phone ready to call the police, and asked him why he did that. He said "Just to see what you would do". I said I have pic of his license plate (I didn't) and if he didn't get away from my house in two seconds, I would call the police. He drove off. I don't know if its a full moon lately or what, but after that? Yeah, portable dash cam is going in my car and will be transferred to my work truck during my shift.

I was originally drawn to this show because I pretty much like everything Ryan Murphy touches (except Glee) and I love the late '80s New York backdrop. I am so glad that I tuned in as I am learning so much about the transgender community. I am a straight, cis female living in a LGBTQ- community and the transgender women I've encountered have been much like Elektra--very stuck up and clique-ish. I am glad I am learning about their experiences and their struggles. We all get along better if we all understand each other better. I am so glad trans actresses are getting a chance to shine as I think MJ Rodriguez and Indya Moore will be great actresses with more experience. Laverne Cox is good in her own right, but MJ and Indya really have something special. I look forward to the day when no one cares about whether someone is trans and just chooses them on talent alone.

I agree.They have Desna acting like Dr. Ruval was her only shot at happiness, and he then betrayed her to work with/screw around with a white woman. The two of them laughing last week like Desna is some ugly idiot really pissed me off. Like "She really believes you wanted to marry HER?HAHAHAHA" made me sick. In reality, Desna/Niecy has a body that won't quit, and on paper is a successful small business owner (I mean, the shop is still running and doing good business). There is no reason why Desna wouldn't have a ton of single men lined up around the block to be with her, and there has to be a decent fish or two in the sea,even in Palmetto. I think Ruval is double-crossing Zlata, but I don't care. He's still a POS that isn't fit to lick Desna's bootstraps.

Yes, that was Niecy's daughter playing Teen Desna. Niecy's daughter is definitely her twin, and Niecy's HER mom's twin. Strong maternal genes in that family. I loved the Mrs. Wallace scenes too. I also don't get the communal property thing with Ruval and Desna. Desna doesn't really have shit on her own, it doesn't make sense. I feel like they can crank down the white trashiness between Jen and Bryce by a couple notches now. They are pushing them way over-the-top this season. Not looking forward to the Hank The Stalker crap. Oh, Quiet Ann.......Bless your heart.

I guess that because last week was his episode to shine, we only got like 5 minutes of Pray Tell this week. Which would be fine if this season wasn't only 8 episodes long. Boo! Even though Stan stuck out like a sore thumb at the ball scene anyway, that night's particular theme probably just pushed him over the edge sooner than he was expecting. Damn Stan, you could've given Angel the place for the rest of the month before clearing it out and placing all her stuff in a garbage bag. Cold af. Loved the "My Two Dads" clip and that Stan's boss was unbothered by the fist fight--of course, he would love/approve of such antics. I also loved Shannon's "Let The Music Play" in the background. I was wondering if/when it was going to show up on this series. That song is forever my jam. Well, Electra, you can't say he didn't warn you. Men with money and power will never have a shortage of women looking to fulfill their fantasies for the right price. The fact that he replaced her with someone younger and lighter was not lost on me either. Just another kick in the face. Someone as street savvy as her should have known better. Now I'm scared for Angel's life. Why is she on the piers and not at the peep show?! I'm afraid that she is going to get in the car with wrong person and get hurt or worse. Go back to the peep shows, Angel!

Never mind. I was confused about the episode title but a Google search tells me that all the episode titles come from a Maya Angelou poem. How very Oprah.

This peeve combines two of my peeves in one: blatant liars and shitty drivers. I was on my way to work in my ACO truck as I was on call last night. I was driving straight and all of a sudden this idiot (talking on her phone of course) turns into my lane from the left and cuts me off within inches of hitting me. No one was behind me so I know she did it on purpose. I honked my horn and she brake-checked me. The next lane was clear as well as in front of her so I swerve around her to get away from her. I go on my merry way, go to the next left turning lane, when the next jackass going straight decides he wants to turn left at the last minute and also cuts me of within inches. So I also gave him a quick honk to say "Hey, watch it". I get to work and find out the first idiot filled a complaint, saying I was driving recklessly in and out of lanes, didn't use a turn signal (I did) , and that I was honking aggressively, expecting everyone to get out of my way.Two quick honks to say "Watch it" is not aggressive. I explained what happened, and he agreed that it was likely was a set up between both parties to try to cause an accident with a county vehicle. I WISH the county would put dash cams in our trucks as its our word against these idiots, who are usually too busy on their phone to pay attention to the road. I'm so annoyed with having to defend myself when I'm the careful and present driver.

I think it's the latter. I think that Ruval initially showed interest in Desna so that eventually she would come to work for the Haitians. He could see that Desna is a loyal,hardworking solider and that is a valuable asset. Between Uncle Daddy bitching about and Desna likely praising/admiring Zlata, it piqued his interest in her.

OK, so Darla is 100% a better person than I am (or maybe just more of a doormat) because there is no way I would have let RA just drive off giving me the stinkface at the corner store. I would've called out to Blue and introduced myself to Trinh, all while pretty much ignoring RA. Darla needs to go to the courts STAT to work out this custody agreement. I also don't see why Blue had to stay all day and night at an adult family member's birthday party. Blue could have wished happy birthday to Vi and then went off with his mother after about an hour or so visit. RA was just being his usual POS self...ugh. Remy is another one that makes me sick. When he stood in front of the sink, I wanted to grab those glasses from Nova, fill them up with water and dump it all over his pathetic head. He really has no shame, going from one sister to the next. Why is Nova not questioning his insistence on weaseling his way into this family? I've been Hollywood in a May/December romance myself. Its not easy when you are trying to create life experiences with a partner that's been there, done that and has more than a little bitterness in them. Hollywood's mom is on point. Hollywood really needs to take some time to think about what life experiences he's willing to miss out on in order to be with Vi. The prison reveal is not shocking but realistic and heartbreaking. I like the twist for storyline purposes as it gets the whole family involved. I really hope the Bordelons win this David vs. Goliath battle. Sadly, I see no chemistry between Romero and Charley. I do hope she continues to play the field though. I also hope she slaps Nova upside the head one good time for even entertaining the thought of Remy.

I'm so happy! I need my Billy Porter/Pray Tell fix! One season isn't enough.

@bilgistic If it was at all possible, I'd offer to swap you with my neighbor. I'd love to send my neighbor to your apartment so he can deal with all the noise. If you were my neighbor, you'd be in sunny South FL living in a quadplex with 3 other quiet people and no dogs, smoking, etc. We could sit outside on our patios and have daily bitch sessions about all the rude jerks, dumb drivers, etc. My neighbor has a huge tree (it's truly beautiful) that blocks his view of our block and you'd get to see squirrels, birds, and our neighborhood stray cats all stopping by for a visit to sit on/underneath the tree's shade.

There is no sexual element to my neighbor's harassment as he is firmly gay. He is abusive to everyone around him because he never got therapy for his own self-hate. From the phone conversations I've had no choice but to overhear as he has all his calls on speaker, he is a staunch Catholic that hates his own homosexuality. He also has health issues and is homebound, so the going-ons of his neighbors is his only source of entertainment. Did I also mention that he is a racist? When I first moved in, he loved the fact that we are both from Italian descent and was very kind and neighborly. Once he found out most of my inner circle consists of people of color, all the BS started. He is just a rotten apple, through and through.

I really hope that the show doesn't go down the usual soap trope of "Getting shot made him realize that Jen is important to him and will call off the divorce". If anything, this should reinforce to both of them how dangerous Zlata/their lifestyle is, and Jen should take the kids and get the hell out of Palmetto for awhile. Polly is exhausting, I couldn't imagine having to live with that. I would have told her off early on. Its not loveable or cute after awhile.

I cant believe I almost slept on this show. Tonight's episode was amazing and both it and Billy Porter deserve an Emmy nom. I'm 35 and was just a infant/toddler during the worst of the crisis, so I love that the show is teaching my generation what it was really like and what folks really went through. I feel for those in Pray Tell's generation that had to live with the idea that HIV/AIDs would kill every one off before the disease became manageable. I was privileged enough to really come of age in the mid-to-late 90s when information, treatment, and resources were available almost everywhere. I think this is a really important show for both straight and LGBTQ youth to learn from. I also love that Stan isn't blaming Angel for his marital problems. I was so afraid that he was going to attack her. I am glad hes exploring his sexuality.