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I did also love the homage to The Shining with Lyle frozen outside:

More Peggy Scott and Clara Barton together please! Ms. Barton gives absolutely no fucks about society bullshit, and has no qualms about saying so -- I am loving every second of it! Like her or not, you gotta give it to Bertha the way she handled walking into a conversation about her husband being a murderer. . . . Mrs. Morris refusing to acknowledge her husband's personal responsibility . . . a trait of rich white wasps going back for over a century. . . . Looks like they gave Nixon the good snark lines this week and Baranski got the imperious lines. Which she can do just as amazingly as snark. I was so hoping we were going to get some Audra McDonald vocals with that piano playing. Fellowes was just cruel to deny us that! I may be at a table for one, but I'm really enjoying this show. At first I was kind of "meh" about the downstairs staff, but I'm really liking that they're being presented with a lighter approach than the heavy-handed soap opera downstairs drama of Downton. ETA: AV Club Review says it was Turner who wrote the note to Agnes about Bannister: https://www.avclub.com/the-gilded-age-recap-season-1-episode-6-1848594773

I KNEW IT! And keeping the toilet baby tradition going! OMG -- when the spotlight came on Danny McBride/Jesse having his Johnny Cash moment, I burst out laughing. Probably the best episode so far . . . great wrap-up to season 2 -- can't wait for season 3!

He had them in his hands when he was meeting with her. Maybe her father gave them to the lawyer for safekeeping so he wouldn't squander everything and actually leave something for his daughter? I would imagine the lawyer also had power of attorney (if that was a thing) because you know . . . women can't handle money . . . so even with the father's name on it, POA would make it possible for Raikes to sell them. I have no dog in this fight -- I'm simply saying that in that scene, Raikes was holding the stock certificates and if he convinced her they were worthless, he very easily could have sold them himself as the attorney/executor. The woman my father married was his executor and she stole about $80K from me -- long story but essentially because she was executor she was able to manipulate paperwork on which I was specifically named. If that's possible now even with so much of everything being done electronically it would have been a cake walk then.

I think stocks back then were like bearer bonds -- whoever had the physical paper showing the stock ownership would be able to trade and sell them. No Etrade back then! 😄

It is mind boggling to me that not one person did even a cursory Google search about her. Especially when discrepancies began to emerge. Seriously -- NO ONE at any of the finance companies made any effort to vet her until she was 99% of the way there? WTAF? Rachel -- wouldn't you want to learn more about the person to have more things to talk with them about to help deepen/solidify a friendship? Val -- umm . . . you saw her passport. It not like it was just a name discrepancy. It was from an entirely different country than she said! Wouldn't you try to protect your sugar momma, both for her interests and your selfish reasons? How -- in today's connected world -- even with knowing the "right people" and having the "right people" introduce her to other "right people" -- did that happen? I know it all happened, but it is just incomprehensible to me.

I rewatched the first few minutes of the pilot last night, including Marian's first meeting with Raikes. Her father had railroad stocks but Raikes said they were worthless. She never asked, and he never offered, the name of the company. He dismissed her question about the railroad boom by essentially saying some companies thrive, some don't. The company in which you have stock didn't thrive. All we have is Raikes' word that Marian was left penniless -- were those stocks really worthless? Creating a damsel in distress intentionally so he can come in and rescue her . . . with her own money that she never even knew she had???

If nothing else came out of the Che Diaz fiasco, we have now established the new comparative low for other shows. So that's . . . something??? Nothing, and I mean NOTHING could go that bad on Maisel unless they bring in Cynthia Nixon . . . 😆😆

So is Raikes looking for Peggy's stockboy boyfriend from the pharmacy? Maybe they wanted to get married but her father chased him off/scared him off/paid him off? That's could explain why Peggy is so upset with her father -- and she did say Raikes has ways of finding what she's looking for that Marian doesn't. I love that everyone is is just piling on to Mrs. Morris about her holier-than-thou indignations -- either Marian's cousin or the other society wife (the one introducing Bertha to MacAllister -- still can't remember everybody's name) basically just told her, GTF over it -- the husbands played a game and yours lost, you know how this goes, so STFU and be grateful you're still around at all. Mrs. Morris being so offended at every turn is comedy gold. I mean, yeah, sucks for her, but Bertha and George didn't make her husband pull the trigger -- how dare his being rich, male, entitled, and white not be enough to get a pass on committing insider trading and fraud! Its not 2022 for heaven's sake! And Clara Barton is just saying fuck all y'all bishes . . . I've got priorities that actually matter and I DGAF who writes me a check so long as I get the checks to actually help people and not just swan around. Paging Mrs. Chamberlain . . . 😄

Yes, I legit freeze framed and slo-mo-ed to catch all the side effects they fly through: Side effects may include: Fatigue possibly due to anemia Diarrhea, especially if treatment is for the abdomen. Symptoms tend to appear a few days after the start of treatment and will go away a few weeks later. Heart disease Nausea can occur at any time during treatment, or shortly afterward Muscle and joint stiffness Swelling in the affected area Sore skin and skin burns Drop in sex drive and infertility or early menopause, especially if treatment is for the pelvic area Loss of appetite and difficulty swallowing, especially if treatment is aimed at the head, neck, or chest Dry mouth, with treatments aimed at the head, neck or mouth Alopecia, or hair fall, which is normally temporary Cognitive problems or projects with thinking, such as attention span, memory, comprehension, reasoning, judgment, and multitasking Diarrhea or constipation Fatigue Hearing impairment Infertility Loss of appetite Low blood platelet count and blood clotting problems Low red blood cell count, leading to anemia Low white blood cell count, increasing the patient’s susceptibility to infections Moodiness Mucositis, or inflammation of the mucous membrane Nausea and vomiting Reduced libido, or less interest in sex Dry, sore skin Brittle and flaky nails

ah, the patriarchy. . . .

I was just coming here to post this. The speculation that her son might be one of the servants, or Raikes, or someone in their immediate circles got cleared up last night. Society knows her son -- she said he moved to Chicago because he was tired of all the societal judgments. He clearly spent time participating in the wealthy society, so they would all know who he is. Its not like he could be hidden as a servant, or show up as some out-of-towner that no one knows. Also, regardless of how badly it played, Marion was making a good faith effort to be a friend to Peggy -- she just didn't have enough knowledge of Peggy's life to go about it properly. I do believe in her naivete she considered Peggy a friend (that is until Peggy set her straight). She told the Aunts she was going to Brooklyn because she knew a friend would need cheering up. So her intent was sincere; her execution, however, was that of a naive, sheltered wealthy white woman making assumptions about Peggy's familial and financial situation based solely on her being black. She figured the shoes would be her excuse for calling and that she could provide Peggy with an excuse to leave. Her mistakes were that she didn't know (nor do we, yet) what exactly has transpired between Peggy and her father to make Peggy feel the way she does and assuming that Peggy didn't have a lot of depth because she is black. She does deserve a little credit for at least trying to move past the racial standards of the time. She doesn't have enough exposure to the world outside of Doylestown to realize that black families of the time were not all poor and downtrodden. I don't think her intent was to be a white savior but her naivete and lack of societal practice to quickly gloss over an awkward situation cast her in that light.

For me, this was the best episode so far. Lots of character movement, both upstairs and down, we learned that the "old v. new" is drama downstairs as well as up, got more house and clothing porn (that cape!), and most importantly, Pumpkin did not get run over by a horse! Baranski snark was in fine form--her snarling growling "NO" was perfection, and Cynthia Nixon is really redeeming the trainwreck of AJLT. Even young Ms. Streep's acting was improved tonight. I feel like the show is hitting its groove. Turner can go any damn time. Trollop.

Yeah, I wasn't a fan of that. It was beneath the quality of humor this show has been providing. To wit . . . I could watch the scene of Baby Billy trying to peel out of that parking lot, drag the trailer on its side, then finally just give up and run away from the whole mess ten times over and laugh harder each time. And the security to move Eli from the hospital to the house -- yeah, no overkill there. One of the Tron bikers was definitely female -- there was some longer hair sticking out and the build was very slight. Yet another reason I'm thinking Lissons for the hit. Junior seems to be very old school and going after Eli would not be "women's work." Gideon for the win! I wonder if we're going to get a reveal (unhelmeting?) next week or if they're going to throw another "Interlude" type episode. Amber's description of Jesse was probably one of the best and most succinct character descriptions I've ever heard: "He's not dumb. He's dense." That was perfection. I thought the scene of BJ helping Tiffany improve her reading skills while tracking Baby Billy's credit card charges was sweet. I tried to watch Eastbound and Down but just could not get into it. I can't stand that twelve-year-old boy humor, and it just didn't have the layers Gemstones is revealing. Comparatively, Danny McBride's talent has improved by leaps and bounds. Here's a thought . . . Lissons go down for the attempted murder, Eli takes over their church and gives it to/makes Jesse and Amber head pastors . . .

Isn't she the one with the Irish accent, who wasn't happy about Peggy working for Agnes -- I believe she said the equivalent of "they're going to take away our jobs." ?? If she's first-generation Irish, she can't be Mrs. Chamberlain's daughter. . .

Can we just take a minute to appreciate this outfit? I thought this was the best out of all of episode 3's costumes . . .

Other than Agnes, I am more and more on the side of the "new money" if for no other reason than they just keep finding new ways to diminish the "old money" at every turn. For example: that "upstart" alternative performing arts center the new money was founding to compete with the Academy of Music -- you know, the one that would never succeed? Yeah, that would be the Met: The Metropolitan Opera Company was founded in 1883 as an alternative to New York's old established Academy of Music opera house.[3][1] The subscribers to the Academy's limited number of private boxes represented the highest stratum in New York society. By 1880, these "old money" families were loath to admit New York's newly wealthy industrialists into their long-established social circle. Frustrated with being excluded, the Metropolitan Opera's founding subscribers determined to build a new opera house that would outshine the old Academy in every way.[4][5] A group of 22 men assembled at Delmonico's restaurant on April 28, 1880. They elected officers and established subscriptions for ownership in the new company.[6] The new theater, built at 39th and Broadway, would include three tiers of private boxes in which the scions of New York's powerful new industrial families could display their wealth and establish their social prominence. The first Met subscribers included members of the Morgan, Roosevelt, and Vanderbilt families, all of whom had been excluded from the Academy. The new Metropolitan Opera House opened on October 22, 1883,[7] and was an immediate success, both socially and artistically. The Academy of Music's opera season folded just three years after the Met opened.

And got preggers. Their son is "older than he ought to be." I gather they must have tried to say he was adopted but you couldn't get anything past those gossipy society bishes.

Nothing in her past seems to be an issue with any of this. Sex tapes and vapidity are not disqualifiers. https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Moral-Character/Factors-and-Conduct

I'm thinking the Lissons are behind the murder attempts on Eli, not Junior. Junior is all about it being personal -- if he's the one taking Eli down, its going to be mano a mano. He'll send a thug to send a message but he's looking to settle a score -- someone like Junior would never outsource that. The Lissons know that Eli is the barrier to their getting the $10M. They are all about showmanship -- the tron bikers are very much in line with what we've already seen. I need me some Uncle Baby Billy back on my screen! I was trying to explain this show to a friend of mine and let me just say, actually speaking the name "Uncle Baby Billy" in conversation is cringey. As it meant to be. Justified put Walton Goggins on my radar -- come for the Olyphant, stay for the Goggins! Side note: Walton Goggins actually does clog/grew up clogging -- I remember reading a recap of a Justified episode where he clogged and the author talked about it. He might be exaggerating it a bit for Baby Billy but that is 100% a real Goggins life skill. And through the beauty of the Googles . . . apparently he and his mother were champion cloggers and opened for B.B. King! "Walton described his upbringing as unstructured, stating that after his father left the family, his mother did little parenting, preferring to have fun with friends. He noted that she did immerse him in clogging, a traditional folk dance style popular in the American South. Goggins and his mother were champion cloggers and once opened for blues legend B. B. King in Georgia at the Fulton County Prison." http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3728

I got stuck in Charlotte, NC due to airport delays and the hotel in which they put me up definitely had a smoking floor, because I was on it. Fortunately, the room didn't smell of stale cigarette smoke, but the hallway ABSOLUTELY did. But that's North Carolina, cigarette capital of the United States, not what was clearly a luxury hotel in New York. . .

The attempts at damage control by blaming the audience is only getting worse. Now its not only that we hate nonbinary characters, we also hate female-led casts. This according to the male Chief Content Officer at HBO. Let's just ignore the popularity of the original, FEMALE-LED series and that most of the audience is women who lived their 20s, 30s, and 40s with these characters, identified with them, loved them, and were counting the days for this revival to air. "The “Sex and the City” revival, which premiered in December on HBO Max, has been the subject of passionate discussion (and division) through its 10-episode season, while also becoming the streamer’s most successful original series. The two things are certainly intertwined, said Casey Bloys, the chief content officer at HBO and HBO Max, who told Variety, “In terms of viewership, it’s been phenomenal.” Bloys didn’t stop there, though. “Criticism of any show is fair game — when you put a show out in the world, people have a reaction, and that’s healthy, and that’s normal,” he said. “Having said that, in my experience, it is shows with all-female led casts — and I’m thinking specifically of ‘Girls’ of ‘Big Little Lies’ and of ‘And Just Like That’ — where there does tend to be a specific level of vitriol leveled against the shows. I’ll leave you to theorize why, but it is something that we’ve noticed.” Fuck you too, dude. Full piece: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/and-just-like-that-finale-spoilers-michael-patrick-king-sarah-jessica-parker-1235170531/?cx_testId=49&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s

oh, and . . . Harry wouldn't marry Charlotte because she wasn't a Jew but his kid gives a middle finger to Judaism and its all just fine and dandy because its tied into identity issues? Give me a friggin' break. Original Harry and new-Jew Charlotte would not have hand-waved that.

And then for Rock to go up on stage to join the rest of the family? That was a serious WTAF, among many. Again, skipping over all the Che content has made watching the past few episodes more tolerable but still the whole Miranda-throws-away-a-primo-internship-for-twu-wuv was ridiculous. Especially when Nya said who it was with -- I immediately thought -- she's walking away from THAT?? I did appreciate that they revived a version of the Miranda being pissed that Carrie is going to Paris for a relationship conversation but they even had to stomp on that by having the trans rabbi hit us over the head by saying its really their way of saying they care about each other. Like, we're now not supposed to think Miranda was a bitch to Carrie about Paris/Alex, despite the fact she was, in the vein of her character, the one who called Carrie on her shit. Nope, even that has to be retconned to further remove Miranda and replace her with Cynthia. Seems to be an unpopular opinion, but I thought Carrie doing the full fashion thing on the bridge was very in character. The whole Paris scenario was one of the only scenes that rang true to the original series. That and Charlotte telling Carrie she still owed her a trip to Paris -- no way would original Charlotte have let that slide, and glad this version didn't either. Damn Chris Noth because I think having Carrie see Big at the wedding (which was clear he had been edited out) and on the bridge would have been touching and in line with the core of the original series themes. Seemantha was the least forced new character and I think she and Carrie vibed most naturally of the new additions. Anthony was the saving comedic grace and it says a lot that I thought the funniest part of the entire episode was the sight gag of the Hot Fellas at the they-mitzvah in the tight rompers and rainbow yarmulkes. In short, I turned the tv off thinking "WTF did I just watch." Absolutely NO interest in watching the documentary, and just so, SO disappointed with this. They really did a disservice to those of us and our friends who spent our 20s-40s identifying moments in our and each other's lives as being "such a Charlotte" or "being so Samantha right now!", etc.

sorry, Tom Hanks beat him to it. And did an amazing job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood Side note -- the Tom Hanks movie is great, but the full documentary about Mr. Rogers made me cry and go rewatch random episodes on Amazon Prime. The world would be a much better place if Mr. Rogers were still in it. https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/about