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The Black Swan: once again, this is a case where I don’t sympathize with the defendant. The claim that he killed his first wife went too far. After that, everything she said was even more questionable.

Having only read about the Karen Read trial, I thought there was a lot of reasonable doubt in the case. Having watched Friday’s episode and listening to her, she’s lucky her lawyer confused some jurors. I sympathize with defendants often, but not now: it was the showing-her-father-the-cracked-tail light-after-the-suicide-watch-release-in-the-middle-of-a-blizzard explanation that did it. Of everything going on, checking the car is strange.

I’m probably much older than many of you in this forum, so that means I’ve probably seen more soap operas. If this follows soap formula #843-4, Kreese is Johnny’s father. That’s been my prediction for a few seasons, and this episode adds to my theory.

Search for the clip of Eli’s reaction to his brother scoring a touchdown in whatever Super Bowl. That is worth remembering, and I don’t follow sports - just sibling rivalries.

Superficial of me, but it was a welcome change that it wasn’t the spouse this time.

Ever watch 30 Rock? You and those writers have something in common.

Thanks for posting this. I hadn’t read it before. There’s an awkwardness to the writing compared to his previous works. Maybe the whole Swan fallout distracted some people from talking about the lack of quality in this piece. It reads like bad pulp fiction. Capote wrote some impactful and beautiful prose; this is not good.

I loved the comments about 1) opening the window first and 2) just unplugging it. The tv dialogue echoed my family room chit-chat.

Apologies are done for the benefit of the person making the apology? My definitions and worldviews are obviously out of sync with….everything, apparently.

All the predictions about George and Sheldon’s knocking are fulfilled. There are still unexplained scenarios, but you can tell the end approaches

I recently slogged through the snoozefest that was Napoleon. Everett was the best thing about the movie, nearly enough to not make me loathe it. It was a pleasant surprise, since I’ve only seen him in comic roles.

Thanks - I missed that. 10 days in….what year are we in now? Around 1996, it would take 2 weeks to get a letter to the UK. Is everything more efficient in Germany?

Just how fast was the mail supposed to travel? The letters seemed to travel at the speed of email.

Maybe it’s my own experience of in-laws, but I can see reasonable doubt in the case against Kouri Richins. If the glass the allegedly-fentanyl-laced drink was served in didn’t test positive for the drug, maybe it did come from something he took. And when he spent 4-5 months on hunting trips, were any of the kids with him? This is my own perspective, but I wouldn’t gush about how good a father any man was if he spends 1/3 of the year away from his kids for recreational purposes. Men who are deployed/assigned are exceptions; hunting antelope on the tundra are not the same. There are Betsy Faria vibes here.

Any chance Flower is just trapped in the vault?