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I think it will remain to be seen, but I didn't find Loretta's table read cringey (until she missed her line), and of course, was charmed by how Meryl played that scene. I think there will be reveals through the season of her abilities. It didn't take me out of the scene at all. We've yet to see how well the play was gelling before opening night, but Ben seems like he was going to have trouble anchoring a play. We haven't seen the other actors that were cast act in the play yet.

I enjoyed this episode more than any of the season 1 episodes. I quoted this because I think Miranda is concerned about Brady's path (i.e., he's not doing exactly what she thinks he should be doing), but she's going about it all wrong. That conversation with him set my teeth on edge FOR HIM. He's telling he's feeling good (she was so worried about his emotional state after the breakup) and that he's doing okay. Maybe that's all he needs to be at this moment. But she can't drop it, ever, and has to mention how good he is at math, etc., which honestly would make me just want to turn around and not talk to her again for a while. She's too much. She's high strung. As far as Brady being privileged and not having to worry about money because Mommy and Daddy are taking care of him, I think Steve was very smart to bring Brady to work. Brady was so devastated by his breakup, giving him something to do helped pulled him out of it. Miranda really does think Steve's work is way beneath hers and not a great choice for her son. But shouldn't she be more concerned about his emotional health? I dunno, but I think Steve is out parenting Miranda at this point.

I re-watched this episode again last night, and was struck by the beautiful scene of Oliver's heart attack interspersed with the flashback scenes of him coaching Ben through the heartbeat speech. Chills. Martin Short was brilliant. The best part of this series is that every time I watch an episode, I see more things that I'm in awe of. I love trying to figure out who the murderer is, but it's secondary to watching the story being told. It's lovely and to be savored. Every minute of it. 💖

Exclusive building, very well located, and that apartment is the penthouse, so it's mega expensive. People tend to stay where they are once they've reached the address they want to achieve. And for anyone with money, that penthouse would be desirable. Hollywood star or no. Charles's apartment looks a little too new to me, like it was decorated or redecorated recently (last 10 years) as opposed to Oliver's where all of his memorabilia is on display. You can see a slight decline in the overall appearance, as he's not had money, real money, for a while. The worst apartment we've seen was first-season Howard's apartment, it's not as fancy or as big as the others. But, I would dearly love to live at that address in any one of those apartments. 🤩

I thought that the events at the end of last season (opening night) occurred one year after the murderer of Bunny was revealed. In these two episodes, certain scenes were marked 4 months earlier. So, in my mind, it's been a year since they caught Bunny's killer, in which time, Mabel finished her aunt's apartment and it was sold, Oliver mounted a play (a year is a regular amount of time to do that), and Charles' s show got put on hiatus, and he's been seeing Joy. And he's joined the cast of Death Rattle.

I thought Mabel was the one pushing for it to be a murder. She kept asking if there was foam around the mouth, a sign of poisoning, and everyone else was thinking he had died from a catastrophic health incident, i.e., heart attack or aneurism .

I suspected Will in season 1, but not at all in season 2. So, maybe ...

Well, I very much enjoyed the first two episodes, and appreciate that they are doing more background on the characters this season. I was very worried for Oliver when he was having his heart attack. Glad it wasn't a BIG one. Loved the A Chorus Line-like dream of Oliver's with Charles, Mabel, and Will, and thought it was performed brilliantly. I love when they reveal depth to the characters, even the baddies. So Ben had anxieties and carried a chip on his shoulder because of an early encounter with Charles? Interesting. The only thing I didn't care for was the filming seemed sped up or something. Or the lighting was off, or they are using a single camera rather than three or four. Just felt a bit off to me. I'll rewatch before next week, and maybe I won't notice anything. Glad this show is back!

I enjoyed both of those scenes but wondered why Bonnie kept looking up and saying "Forgive me," since she is an nonbeliever. I know I commented on Cathy's appearance, and I meant that the show didn't need to make her look like that. There was no purpose to it, unless they wanted to make her look like she didn't know how to wear makeup. I didn't find her appealing the way they styled her. It was nothing against the actress.

I really enjoyed see Mark Benton (Shakespeare and Hathaway) in this episode and would gladly watch another season if he was featured. What a lovely character he played. And I very much enjoyed watching Larry begin to bloom and his working with Miss Scott to figure out the murder. I chuckled a little when Will just was able to give up the uppers so quickly. Ha! If only it were that easy. Not sure what to make of this show. It's definitely a melodrama, which I could deal with, but the writing is so absurd it's hard to remain in it. What is up with Kathy's make up and hair? She looked terrible this season. Ugh. So, for next season, I'm willing to watch if they make Larry and Miss Scott, Leonard and Geordie, and Mark Benton's character featured players. I can do without Kathy, less of Mrs. C (although her husband got a good line or two in the episode). Preposterous show. 😝

Like others have said, this could have done for a series finale, and possibly it was written that way, as they weren't certain of another season. Not sure what they will get up to in Season 4, as much of the tension points seem resolved. Really liked the fishing scene between Eli and Gideon. Gideon has has a great character arc in this show. Uncle Baby Billy never stops! Loved that the Gemstones decided not to cheat, lol. And the final scenes with everyone taking turns driving the Redeemer was fun. I was very entertained by this season.

Phew! Happy to hear it.

Although there seems to be a consensus on these threads that Skylar Gisondo was not great as young Shawn (I didn't mind him at all), just thought I should mention that he is one of my favorite characters on one of my favorite shows right now: The Righteous Gemstones. He's great on that show. I knew he looked familiar and in reading these threads I realized why. Love Psych! Been re-watching a lot of the episodes this summer. Also love The Righteous Gemstones and recommend!

I would posit that The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd is a much better show than either SITC or AJLT. I started watching SITC later in its run, and never got why people wanted to be identified as a Carrie, or any of them. Carrie drove me nuts. LOL. But Molly was different. LOVED that show. Thanks for the reminder.

Two episode finale next week. Currently my HBO schedule shows episode 9 airs first and then episode 8. Hope they get it straightened out before show time! I knew The Redeemer truck would play a bigger role, and thank goodness for Gideon saving the day. I have loved his character arc in the show. Sad to see so much corruption surrounding some genuine feelings about what worship should be. "All the Gold in California" performance was amazing.

Drops at 3 a.m. ET. Why? It used to drop a midnight ET. Guess I'll plan to watch in morning, rather than staying up to midnight.

The fight between B.J. and Stephen was incredible. Hard to watch, but I couldn't NOT watch it. Oh Judy, what have you done to poor sweet B.J.?

I'm not sure I watch this show with any sort of idea of where I'd like it to go. Mostly I watch in awe of the world Danny McBride et al have created. How pitch perfect their portrayal of southern evangelical religion as it must look like from the outside, is, while still having their characters carry some real humanity in their hearts. Each of the characters are so well drawn and given depth, instead of be caricatures. This episode, which focuses on the young Gemstones and their cousins was superb. The Gemstone children love to insult each other but they also stand up for each other. There is definitely a family bond between them. While I cheered that Jesse "avenged" his sister, I felt rather bad for the young man he assaulted, because Judy was definitely the aggressor with him. Whether or not cutting her hair was deserved or not, she was certainly not taking his feelings into account when she threw herself at him. And when he pulled out that huge pair of scissors, all I could think was that he would not have been allowed to carry such things at school. I adore this show. How many episodes do we get this season?

I thought the Prime Minister appoints his Cabinet, which is then approved by the Monarch. While the Foreign Secretary would have been elected to Parliament, the role of Foreign Secretary is not elected but appointed by the Prime Minister. I kind of like that Trowbridge is shown to have some savvy, even if he's not as informed as Kate. He's a politician, but he also somewhat commanding. They were having a meeting without him. No problem, I'll just show up. And commandeer it. And reiterate that British citizens were killed, and Britain is being used as a pawn, either by Russia or Iran (in his mind up 'til now) and now he's demanding action. I get it. His cabinet may be concerned he's trying to lead the world into a nuclear war, he's concerned with not showing enough strength. His talk about how all the sanctions that were levelled on Russia for invading the Ukraine did very little to stop that insanity, shows he's paying attention. I think he's a bit more complicated that being an annoying f-er.

It wasn't the hat that started her "engine." I think she was vibing with Dennison. He wasn't available, but her husband was.

I liked the ending, wasn't sure how they would wrap it up, or what would turn Morse into someone who wouldn't have Thursday in his life. I thought maybe a tragic death was how the show would accomplish this, but having Thursday fall off of the pedestal Morse had him on was brilliant. Morse realizing who had actually killed the young drug dealer, then siccing the gang members on the dirty cop (i.e., conspiring to murder himself), and still trying to save Fred Thursday and his family was amazing. The look in Morse's eyes when Thursday said "he wasn't my son" just broke my heart. And now the Thursdays must live away from their daughter, and hide with their son. No more police work for Thursday, no joining the police for Jack. Everything in tatters because of Charlie Thursday and his betrayal of Fred. No wonder there was no Fred Thursday in Morse's later life. I have enjoyed this series, all of the series that came out of the Morse novels. I will miss them. My only quibble with Morse's choice to face Lott with the gang members seeking revenge was that people knew Morse was investigating there. I guess the gang members knew enough to get rid of the evidence, and wouldn't leave something that could be traced back to Morse. Well, done, though, show. I will miss the views of Oxford. Just read an article that said it was to symbolize the end of Endeavour Morse, and the start of the new phase in his life.

She was embroidering her lie. How does she know she has COVID, if she's asymptomatic? She wouldn't, unless a test told her. She made it up. The joke was that she was getting COVID after it was passé . I thought this episode was okay, but the MILF list was just stupid. So none of these women are evolved enough to not care about some teenager's list? Idiots!

I think Jamie was concerned about his uncle's part in stealing the gold. It sounded to me like Aunt Jocasta and her first husband built a nice life for themselves with the stolen gold, which had cost them their daughter's life. The gold was originally supposed to help the Jacobite cause, which failed. Jamie is upset by the betrayal of the three men who stole it. The Bugs swore an oath of loyalty to Jamie when they came to the ridge, so hiding the gold doesn't seem very loyal. He gave Arch Bug the one gold bar and asked them to leave, because he could no longer trust them. I'm interested in the poor Spanish soldier who died in the cave. I doubt he came from Los Angeles, but from Spanish soldiers who landed in South Caroline in 1564-68. Jamie was funny recounting how he and Jem found the cave, and how he was scared but Jem was not. LOL>

So this was a change from the books, that Roger and Bree think they saved Jamie and Claire from dying in a fire? They had no other mentions of the Frazers after that obituary to know if it was a fake-out or false news and Jamie and Claire actually survived the fire. And this episode did not set it up like the Frazers were leaving and wanted people to believe they were dead. So ... in my way of thinking, Roger and Bree DID change things enough to alter the time line. Unless the books say otherwise, and then this is part of the show, and not so much the books. I really like when we get scenes from both timelines. The time travel aspect of these stories is what drew me in. The emotional moments that we have been getting this season are superb. And I was very very glad to see that the kitty kitty had survived and may have choked up a little when Claire said goodbye. Hopefully the cat will be waiting for them when they get back, if they get back.