nora1992

I think she got too much money. I wish this had been on People's Court - I could see that judge determining that the plaintiff was at least partially responsible for the "car damage" and reduce the amount. I don't believe the defendant walked around that car and struck it in multiple spots, as she claimed in between descriptions of his physical assault in the hallterview. She seemed all about hyperbole. I can see him striking the car in one, even two places, but I don't see him walking around without her grabbing a cellphone and calling for help or taking pictures. Why wait days after the incident? As aggressive as she was in court, I have a hard time believing she wouldn't immediately notify the authorities - especially if he physically assaulted her.

I saw it, and I don't think he did it. The sister-in-law's claim of a mafia connection - really? If you really thought he was connected to the mafia, why invite that family into your family business? I think the four head bruises and the neck marks probably happened during the attempts at CPR. It was never mentioned, but did the husband have any scratch marks on him - was any skin found under her fingernails? Were there any bruises on her legs, if she attempted to kick him or even hit them against the faucet in a struggle for life? It seems easier to believe the bruises were made at the last minute, by accident, than it is to believe that a person dependent on prescription drugs for months could ween herself off them in a few days. The situation is tragic, but it seems like the powers-that-be went shopping around for pathologists/medical examiners until one was found that agreed with the wife's family. That Facetime phone call was scary.

I am not a teacher because, back when I was choosing a career, one teacher who knows me very well talked me out of it. Twenty years later, I realize how much I owe that former teacher. Why go to school at all, when you (think) you already know everything? Why don't teachers have control over classrooms? Because when they start to correct the first "moldy blueberry" suddenly the farmer who grew that moldy blueberry points out all the half-moldy blueberries in the room and demands that the half-moldy blueberries get the same treatment. Said farmer does not want to hear that the farmer's failure to apply the correct pesticide/fertilizer early in the growth cycle has anything to do with the spread of the mold throughout the class. Instead of working with the teacher to try to save the original moldy blueberry, the farmer is upset because something isn't being done about all the other infected blueberries. Never mind that the teacher is working with all the farmers that teacher can, on and individual basis - the real problem is that the teacher did not get a classroom full of mold-resistant blueberries. SO WHAT is all the kids in the room are acting up - YOU are NOT the parent of all the other kids. You are only responsible for your child, so quit worrying about what is or isn't being said to the other parents and START PARENTING YOUR OWN PRECIOUS SNOWFLAKE! This is the inverse effect of the honor roll bumper stickers. How many parents put bumper stickers on the car that say something like My Child And All The Child's Classmates are on the HONOR ROLL? Parents at least partially attribute a child's success to that child's unique gifts. The opposite is true: a child's problems/difficulties are not solely the result of the child's surroundings. You want your child to succeed? Don't get in the way of teachers who are trying to tell you that your child isn't perfect. You've probably said the same thing to your child at some point - why the surprise that someone is agreeing with you? Why are so many teachers having discipline problems in classrooms? Because the more experienced teachers are leaving the profession. Why should anyone go to school for a job where the students don't have to listen, the parents side with the students, and the administration hides behind desks and fancy degrees with little relevance to the day-to-day job? Thirty students have one teacher - one teacher has thirty students. The odds are against the teacher, and only get worse with comments like the above. Go read Lord of the Flies - it sounds like that "charter school" is the city-equivalent!

Don't know anything for certain, but I have the feeling that it will be Rollo who dies this week. Besides promising that he would defend Paris "to the death" in earlier episodes, I found this in an online article: ...As the brothers finally find each other in the middle of the blood-stricken battlefield, Ragnar proclaims, "One of us will die today"; to which Rollo answers, "And it won't be me."... Which, to me, means that of course it will be. Just my own prediction, based on years of watching melodramas.

I remember that incident being the other way around. I remember Edith throwing a fit because Mary had the nerve to get a haircut after Edith found out about Gregson even though Edith hadn't seen Gregson for years and Mary had and still has no idea about the depth of the relationship. Edith had an outburst in front of everyone after Mary came in smiling. She told Mary off, told the family that they were wrong for still wanting to go through with the fun weekend they had planned, and she stormed out of the room. Mary didn't snap at Edith until after Edith had gone after her--as is usually the case with the two of them. Regarding this: the entire family went into a self-imposed exile for 6 months after Matthew's death. That meant Edith gave up six months of seeing Gregson. Then the day after receiving the news that all hope was lost, she did not fall into raptures because her sister got a new haircut. Is this overreacting? Before you answer, consider the house party in season 4. Remember when Mary, Tom, Rose and others went dancing in the hall? Remember how the dancing ceased when Mary realized that the gramophone in use had been a wedding present to Lavinia and Matthew? Everyone looked at Mary with sympathy. Seven months later, the site of a gramophone that had been given to her dead husband's dead fiancée? The poor unfortunate widow! Twenty four hours later, hating Edith because she didn't bounce back as quickly as Mary did? That bitch! Edith can only be happy when Mary is. When Mary is miserable, the one thing that gives her solace is knowing that Edith is even more miserable. Remember Valentine's Day in Season 4? Edith got a Valentine's, and was walking up the stairs, happy. She sees Mary on the steps. Mary, who has spent six months moving silently throughout the house, rouses from her grief to question Edith's happiness. Mary made Edith feel awkward for having a brief moment of happiness, and Edith felt for her sister, not rubbing Mary's nose in it. Edith fights for survival; Mary demeans because that is the only way she knows how to survive. Her last resort has always been: at least I'm better than Edith. Remember that when you consider the sisters.

Regarding the debacle with Mrs. Drewe: my sympathy lies with her children. My compassion for her regarding the loss of Marigold is drowned out by her own total disregard for her children. It is much less moving to see her moaning over Marigold while she forgets the fact that she has 3 of her own. While no one was paying any attention to Marigold at the fair, how much attention was she paying to her own children? None - she left them with a neighbor. Her husband and children had to leave their home because her grief at the loss of a child that she didn't carry through pregnancy out-weighed the desire to provide for and protect the three remaining children. Why are posters hating Edith for not paying attention to the Drewe children? Mrs. Drewe didn't either! Poorly written, but the biggest victims in the whole scenario are the three whose mother forgot all about them when it came to Marigold.

It seems ironic that Mary is the one to defend Thomas's job, when it was Thomas who started spreading the word about Pamuk long before Edith even knew about it. Remember the letter Mr. Carson got in season 1 from one of the staff in Susan Flintshire's house? Carson didn't believe it then, but he did bring it up to Cora. Edith's letter to the Turkish ambassador was confirmation of the rumors, but she didn't start them. And Thomas was the one who showed Pamuk the way to Mary's bedroom in the first place. Thomas's actions concerning Mary make Edith's letter seem "small beer" BUT this is overshadowed by new evil machinations in season after season. Edith did one thing five seasons ago, and she must pay for it for the rest of her life (to some posters). But the sniping didn't start with Edith this episode: she tried to join the conversation in a neutral way ("I used to go to the Criterion with Michael") but was met with Mary's snideness (enough with your gloom already!, or words to that effect). Putting Edith down makes Mary feel better about herself. And while I'm on the subject of Mary, she has no reason to be upset that others in the family knew about Marigold before she did. After all, she knew well before Bates did that Anna was pregnant, and she even told Tom. If she can know about the baby's existence BEFORE THE FATHER, she has no right to complain about being kept in the dark about Marigold.

It was only last season when Mary disrupted a bunch of houseparty-goers when she was upset that they used her dead husband's former fiancee's cousin's wedding gift of a phonograph for dancing. Everyone looked at her with sympathy. How dare Edith not join in the celebrations of the new hairstyle. After all, it isn't like the news of a confirmed/horrible death compares to the presence of the first fiancee's wedding gift!