Megan

I think I was conflating Francie and Beverly. I honestly thought they were the same character. Other than their hair being curly and around the same age they don't really look alike. My only excuse is I am usually also playing the sims and half paying attention.

Why has Beverly's personality completely switched to evil? She wasn't like this last season was she?

Ava is well into Gina Linetti territory for me. The huge asshole, scamming character that very occasionally is right but usually for the wrong reasons, should not have the job or position they have because they are incompetent and dishonest. The "nice" people have to humble themselves at their feet constantly, or kowtow to these people's selfish and often hurtful or destructive whims. It's a character type I hate and think is unfunny. It's part of my trio of TV hates that also include, the precocious orphaned scamp added to the cast on season 4, and when actors sing in otherwise unmusical shows. She said that they had been trying to get him to buy a chain for a long time and finally got him to think it was his idea. Apparently buying himself a chain for her birthday is what she wanted. I learned this episode that it's not just a k-6 school.

Nothing makes me cry harder than reading/thinking about all the men in the Little Boats, especially considering most of those men were in WWI (and one the Titanic, Charles Lightoller,) and had been to hell once before already. I started crying just typing this. And then I think about today's people having to make the sacrifices like they did in WWII and realize we are absolutely f'd if it comes down to it in the US. Hopefully I am dead by then. I do not like Gerald. Don't marry him Audrey! And not because I want her with Siegfried, I don't like his personality. He so off-putting about everything. Probably for the same reason, I'm judging by 2024 standards.

Have Lizzy and Moe divorced? She started popping up in my IG feed and she looks very different and he is nowhere to be seen.

When Sid told Hannah he had a thing she immediately asked, with Sophie? And he said no, why would you think that?

I loved Sister Henderson haunting Dean. The actress is a good sport to fully lean into being spooky. Ms. LaBelle was a little wooden. I actually confused Mother Williams with the current mean MIL on "And Just like That," the both called them "Mother... "and I was like ugh, Lillian has to know her MIL wouldn't want her on the choir! She hates her! I'm glad this didn't go the same mean MIL route. Lillian's ideas weren't bad, but Mother Williams was just very good at herding cats. I like Older Dean through his narration better than real Dean.

I don't know how I reposted this. 😕

I looked it up after the show, it’s by Aqua. I think is a Bloomingdale’s exclusive label. Kat and I have a lot of the same shirts. 😳

I had to rewind back to the Jason Mantzoukas guy because I had thought it was a mannequin, and then, it's an actual man. Is he just doing all that to be weird? Or is something going on with that dude. He was in one of the background shots when they were swinging around after and he still had his arms flat on the table.

I thought it was kind of weird in an episode that was very much about how stress was causing River's aggression, then played a cat acting aggressively for laughs. Cats can certainly be dicks for no reason - horses too!, but aggression like Georgina's is also caused by fear.

This show feels like it was written by a 12 year old pretending to be an adult, like the opposite of that whole Riley Weston thing. Like Maeby on Arrested Development! Or maybe an AI, or someone like my Mother. Kat does keep mentioning the cats, and everyone else responds that they hate the cats. I'm sure the lack of cats is more because filming with animals is a pain in the ass. And I agree the drinking problem made no sense; Max is going to continue to basically live in a bar so where are they going with this?

I'm starting to think that the movie's Dottie and Kit relationship is somewhat mirrored in Carson and Max. Max is always freaking out, flying off the handle and is super emotional. Carson is way less confident and comfortable in her own skin than Dottie was though. Being in the closet may have something to do with that. And it's still surprising to me when Greta kissed Carson that Carson just went for it. In most movies or shows she would have freaked out or gotten mad and then laaaaaater we would have seen her grab and kiss Greta. I remember reading that they did a bunch of baseball training, but they look bad. When the Cuban girl went to steal second in this episode, she was just kinda walking. More like if the batter got walked so she had to move to 2nd. Wtf was that? And a lot of them hold the bat weird.

I'm on episode 4 and I keep thinking I should just go watch the movie instead. I really wanted to like this. I think my main issue is that the two main characters, Carson and Max, are both really unlikable. I really like Clance. Greta seems like she's up to no good and is untrustworthy. I also like Dale Dickey as the house mother.

I just ended up feeling badly for every one. But Alex's father. Nate thought he deserved the good points but couldn't do it without also expecting something in return. If it was a normal friendship on equal terms (like Alex pointed out) then yeah, he should expect things from a partner. He knew she was homeless and desperate. That made it shitty. She flat out said she wasn't in a place mentally to deal with anything romantic. Picking at her, or trying to slyly convince someone in her situation was not fair. I don't think he was a horrible person, just he didn't understand. I think Nate has the same problem a lot of people who think they want to help with people in poverty; they want that person to act in a specific way, and get angry or feel betrayed when they don't. Also I think there is racial aspect, immigrant experience not addressed here because Alex is the main character and I am possibly the whitest person anyone has come into contact with.. but Nate's actor is Indo-Guyanese. I don't pretend to know anything, but culturally from media/articles/etc and I embarrassed to say that Netflix Wedding/match maker show.. young Men have a lot expectations placed on them. Having said all that, it makes me wonder why he was interested in her as more than a hook up. This might be too political cause a large portion of America is flat out evil, but why wouldn't Alex have had an abortion? Abstinence religiously based (kowtowing) sex education leads to abuse, neglected children, poverty and rape. That BS can't be happening in the suburbs of Seattle can it? And by this I mean lies about sexuality and abortion. I couldn't understand why she chose this life unless it was a misguided attempt to fix her own childhood - before she was actually ready or in a position to do so. (My mother is a narcissist and probably bipolar but has also been in an abusive marriage for the last 20 years. That def clouds my judgement. I keep searching "what do you do if your mom is in an abusive marriage but is also independently a horrible person?" There is not a lot of useful info because how do you even deal with such a person?) Also I sincerely apologize for anything I have said that is offensive, that is not my intention. The poverty we endure and force on women and children in the US is a fucking tragedy. And it's all only going to get worse.