BookThief

V is for the Voyage around the the world Rose would have gone on...if her boyfriend hadn't been prone to seasickness.

G is for Guantanamera which is sung to the ladies by a hotel manager while he vibrates their bed when the girls are on a tropical vacation.

W is for Watercress which Dorothy's former acquaintance ate to keep slim right before a gargoyle fell off a building and killed her.

Maybe her parents were Philip and Elizabeth Jennings--Russians posing and living as Americans--and she grew up as Paige but when her parents were killed supporting Mother Russia she took on the name of her mother and vowed to avenge her parents' deaths for her country. Seems likely. I think I have something here.

How about keeping with the theme....what life would be like if the ladies lived in St. Olaf, Minnesota! A is for the Adlai Stevenson statue with his face (twice!) that Dorothy wouldn't be able to appreciate much since it's all starting to make sense! And speaking of statues... B is for Big Statue Country, St. Olaf's license plate motto. Maybe living there Blanche would see she could redeem her St. Olaf war bonds from the emergency statue fund without actually bankrupting the entire town and be up a pretty penny.

A is for the Apartment they'd probably live in instead of a house.

I know this wasn't worn on the show but... U is for the Undies Blanche wore as a teenager that said "Bonjour!" ...or was it "Bon Appetit?"

Adding V, which was skipped... V is for Vincenzo who did not do a good job of converting the girls' garage into a guest bedroom.

Well, what kid thinks about tax? Pennsylvania doesn't have sales tax on clothes. The Canadians come here in droves because of it. ... OK, I had to look it up and according to the Official Website of the City of New York, there is no sales tax on clothing or footwear if it is under $110. So, yes, Rudy was fine. A thief in her own home, but fine at the store.

Yes! The scene where Henry finds the ballerina and says, "She's still alive!" he had this crazy face while the camera zoomed in before the commercial. Not to mention I thought he gave the line, as you wrote, cheesily. Weird. Did anyone else go, "Greased Lightning!" when they showed the classic car with the nearly all white background? No, just me then?

F is for Frank Leahy who was not leaving the Church to date Dorothy, even though she dressed up like the mother of a Solid Gold Dancer.

D is for Dennis, Dorothy's son-in-law who turned out to be a bit of a cad, just like Stan.

I know! I was disappointed he wasn't more like "And now, with more about this case is a woman who will now say some words when I am done speaking which is right now."

Now, was this actually said or are we all hive minding it? (just kidding! I, too, really thought there was something about 500%). I agree. I think my problem was that, for us, it came out of nowhere. So without knowing more about it (except for Sherlock telling us), I found I was wondering why they believed the brother so readily. Then at the end we find out more examples of the mother's possible dementia. If that's what's going to happen, I sort of wish they had built up to it more. Show, don't tell examples we never saw in this or other previous episodes.

R is for Ready Freddy, which Dorothy might be, if your profile pic looks like Leslie Nielsen.

J is for Jumpier than a virgin at a prison rodeo. I could see Blanche putting that in her personality section in any decade.

We're in the same neck of the woods! A coworker who knows I watch Downton Abbey came in this morning and the first thing he did was ask if I watched Grantchester and how it was cut off mid-sentence. But fortunately (for me, anyway) I had to record the after-midnight showing so there was no issue for me (it's also airing again tonight at 4:30am, at least on WQLN). I like this show, but I don't love it. And normally I want people who seem to want to be together to actually be together, but Amanda seems unwilling to say what she really wants (though he was drunk, I don't think she could mistake what his veto meant). Other people have said it--she wants to have her cake and eat it too. And because we didn't see the wedding I'm not going to presume it actually happened until the show definitively tells us one way or the other.) This episode I was most interested in The Adventures of Mrs. Maguire and Leonard. "Mrs. Maguire! I mean, mum! Mum!"

Here's a link to a picture and short article about the Narrator. He doesn't look like what I was expecting! Funny how that works. Same with H. Jon Benjamin after I had gotten used to his voice as Archer--I guess I thought he would look a little more Archer-y.

L is for "Lanford....LANFORD!" Roseanne: "What are cities in Illinois?"

H is for Halloween, which the Conners (for the most part) loved.

B is for "BARRY WATNICK, his name was BARRY WATNICK!" from the story that Roseanne shares with Becky about how one day she won't even remember this embarrassing incident like she can't remember the name of a boy she was embarrassed in front of decades ago (except Becky knew better...)

I'm blanking! Who is Zeke?

OK, so this won't be as popular as the Golden Girls version...too bad! X is for X-rated, which is what the woman from the premium cable station wanted to make Roseanne's life after they won the lottery in episodes that I try to forget. Y is for Yelling, which all the characters did from time to time. Anyone want to finish it off?

Blanche and Dorothy both call her out on it though, Dorothy even calling it "ignorant paranoia". Even Sophia says "I'm not normally like this", so I stand by my answer!

R is for "Regular", what Sophia said the R meant on the coffee cup when Rose was waiting for her HIV/AIDS test results. Of course it actually meant "Rose" and Sophia was being all weird/panicky and trying to separate Rose from the other ladies despite knowing better.