wonderwoman

probably has matching forgeries for each of her wigs:)

not just losing momentum, but viewers getting frustrated — even burned out. i know i’ve been feeling overhelmed, not to mention, exhausted as i said to a friend: too much happening too quickly to too many characters we’ve only just met.

except, it was established in the first episode that nicole and ted met at a medical conference. even if they met while they were still in medical school, they the youngest they could have been is 23-24. and nicole being the sensible sister, she likely wouldn’t have gotten pregnant until she started her residency — so make that 26-27. and as the sensible sister, no way she got knocked up at 18. i wonder if the michele val jean is aware of all this discussion re age? is there a future reveal? or just a careless, unforced error? i mean without martin’s and smitty’s late-teen kids, the whole thing goes away.

‘what did smitty ever see in martin?’ that is the question! unless smitty is some kind of masochist who needs to be dominated and humiliated (and, who knows — there’s already been a three-way:), i cannot believe that martin has always treated him with such contempt and abuse. so. what i want to know (well, what i would like to see and not be told) is how, and why, their relationship has deteriorated to this point. unfortunately, saddling them with college-aged teenagers, means that the only way viewers will find out with be is a lot of exposition, and maybe some flashbacks (generally not a fan of flashbacks, though the one with dani and bill after naomi’s wedding was well done, and contextualized dani’s behavior). now, had they introduced martin and smitty at an earlier point in the relationship, we could have seen how two educated, intelligent, ambitious gay men navigate the challenges and trade-off starting a family entails — who agreed to do what — and then watch has the inevitable conflicts unfold. and — the age questions go away — a win-win!

agreed.

one more surprise: mick jagger presenting best song — loved seeing him have so much fun!

so did i, until i realized that it was a subtle (perhaps, too subtle:) jab at the while house complaining that zelenskyy didn’t wear a suit.

That might be a little subtle for these guys. :-) conan is pretty aware — and i expect they were avoiding anything overtly political.

i wonder if the adam sandler bit was added as a sly comment on the criticism of zelenskyy not wearing a suit to the white house?

oh yeah — this is going to go over — only question is how long. maybe the length of whatever that goldfinger this was? that said, thankfully, there’s been a minimum of mindless banter between presenters.

finally! the zooming may have odd, but i had no trouble identifying who had passed — can’t remember the last time that happened. and no cutting distracting cuts to an overblown vocal performance. well done! and, i am loving having actors introduce nominees from their films.

ah… that was a joke — he is the director!

i’m hoping for a month, as well. we’ll see how this week goes. on the surface, dani going to bill’s hotel seems out of character with what we’ve seen — and certainly, her pulling the gun at the wedding — but emotions are complicated. irna phillips used to talk about how people can experience conflicting emotions, often at the same time. and yes, the exposition seemed excessive — not just in that scene — but in general. hope it start settling down this week. i think we’ve seen some of the cracks — let’s hope the dialogue catches up soon. up thread someone described the interactions among family as “Half the show is people blowing smoke up each other's butt.” as for haley’s naivete, she’s young and came from a difficult childhood. i think there’s a lot to be revealed.

after friday’s events, had to see the cold open. stuck around for the monologue, which while not in the least funny, reminded me of something i heard years ago about shelby foote. i knew that foote and his wife were devoted fans of ‘as the world turns.’ i had crossed paths with his literary agent who told me that every day, foote and his wife would repair to their bedroom with a pitcher of martinis to drink while they watched the show and smoked cigarettes. would love to hear ken burns thoughts.

this may not be popular, but after this first week, it might just turn out to be too many. i know they’ve already shot several weeks — maybe a couple of months — ahead, so it’s going to take a while for them to make any corrections.