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Didn't she say in Ep1 that it happened just that one time (drunk) - they didn't date so he may not remember ?

I think the goal here is for us to understand how utterly exhausted Jean is and why maternal leave is a necessity not a luxury - in her normal state Jean could easily do this

I liked the last episode : they didnt go for the obvious and the cliffhanger makes sense especially in light of the King Lear anecdote!

AWESOME

Betting on April 10 after the end of Peaky Blinders (both are Sunday 9pm prestige drama slot on BBc1) That trailer is AWESOME

Premiere in 6 days 😀 Hopefully sth filters through from London to us 😋

Any idea why they deleted the post? That's an awesome picture :), with Miss Lister's off-white silk (?) waistcoat and the bright (rather than pastel) colors on Miss Walker. @Scarlett45 I think that HBO actually started broadcasting the show earlier than the BBC back in 2019, so hopefully in the Spring.

Season 2: British Film Institute discussion and preview on March 9.

Otis will likely be conflicted. However there'll be all the uncomfortable moments when Jean explains that she's pregnant, then the pregnancy. That's assuming she decides to keep the baby, now that she's broken up with Jacob.

Otis and Maeve better meet on that road! Creating a cliffhanger, OK. But using the "delete voicemail" cliche to keep Otis and Maeve apart is insulting for such a smart show. Also, let's see whether Otis/Maeve CAN become a relationship. Each season ("series") is either a half-term or a term, so we're supposed to be nearing Winter term. Which in Wales would mean lots of rain so not sure that'll be next season! Why can't Adam join the college* for a BTech or any vocational qualification rather than ALevels? [*It'san FE College, meaning for students 16-19, offering first qualifications past general secondary curriculum). He seemed to like the dog so maybe there's something as a vet assistant, an animal carer, a doggie daycare attendant, perhaps with apprenticeship since he's not really into school? Aptitude scheme = preparing for the Aptitude tests (Oxford, Cambridge, Medicine, Veterinary School, all post-A levels, sometimes for Math taken in June of SixthForm level 1.) They're very advanced, essay-based tests similar to what you'd have at colleges with Comps. Math for instance would include proof-based calculus through differential equations as well as linear algebra. Basically the class is made of students whom the teachers think are "Oxbridge material". I do hate the idea of Adam/Eric. Adam was abusive and terrorized him for years. Holding Eric's hand is a good gesture for Adam, shows growth and the beginning of self acceptance, but it's not about Eric. it's about Adam. Eric shouldn't want to "redeem" someone who's got such massive issues AND bullied him. The bully has to find his own redemption path first. I hope Rahim stays around even if he's not Eric's boyfriend anymore, and we get to know more about him. If he's French, how come he had to leave his country due to religious persecution? Or do they mean French speaking country which his family had to leave due to civil strife (Algeria, Libya) or avoiding becoming political prisoners (Morocco)? There's an interesting back story here. Do you think Jean will keep the baby? Will Otis have a little brother/sister? What about Maeve, will she know where Elsie will be placed, will she be able to visit her?

I understood this to be non spoilery about Bree leaving, saying goodbye to the ridge, etc .(it burns, right?), not that he's not returning to the *show*.

Why couldn't Claire say "Yes that's a ery nice present my husband bought for me in Wilmington from a doctor who was buying a better medical kit"? Based on the preview, are they going to throw her into the water to see if she floats? I sure hope there's not another rape. I think they see a re-enactment,like the one Roger went to! 😄 But they're confused, becuse they're not expecting it. Or they're near the App State campus and the students are having a wild party outside... We'd be in 1974? 75? right? When are they supposed to "die" in fire? Could the ridge be burnt in the "war" between the Browns and the Ridge, with J&C presumed dead?

In the 50s, early 60s, if a woman wanted a career, she had to make the conscious choice she wouldn't have a family. Professional ambition was not what "good girls" did. Choosing a career over marriage and motherhood was slightly deviant/excentric/abnormal but some families might accept it. Having a career and a family was hard to imagine in the late 50s- early 60s, especially in this very stratified, upper middle class environment; I don't think the concept even made it to mainstream culture till the 80s? [in working class families, women worked and raised kids, they just didn't have a "career".] Meeting Carol would be eye-opening for Midge, because she has kids and goes on tour, but it might have been the first woman she'd met who had a career and a family (and an acknowledged sex life). All in all, Midge is much more scandalous in what she says than in what she does. So, Midge was in an ecosystem where it was Benjamin OR a career, and to her it seemed blindingly obvious - she can live without Benjamin, not without comedy. Even when she meets Benjamin again, he hasn't realized she was on tour and thus hasn't seen her mother for weeks. I don't remember if he's seen her perform or if he truly understands what she does "for a living" [which, in Midge's circles, would be in quotation marks.] For all we know Benjamin would have been tolerant of her going to a comedy club and performing on stage (better than Joel) but... would he have wanted a comedian wife? Really? So, sure Midge should have discussed things with him. And he might even have honestly said he didn't mind. But can anyone imagine a guy born in the 1920s-1930s to be cool with a wife travelling for months at a time making jokes about him? Regarding Lenny Bruce: Midge wants his professional respect. There's obvious chemistry between the characters/the actors. There's something there. But would Lenny Bruce still see her as a professional equal (or aspiring equal) if he sees her as a woman (who in the 1950s-60s is definitely not seen as "equal"?) Would her turning back from a gifted comedian to a love interest diminish her standing with Lenny Bruce? It kinda sucks he's going to die in 6 years' time, with many years prior totally wasted on drugs, though. I don't want to see the downfall of Lenny Bruce, although it may be part of what we (and Midge) need as a parrallel to her rising career. I really don't want Midge back with Joel. If Midge ever crosses the line with Lenny Bruce, I hope it's with just a kiss and before he's a wreck. As for Joel, he was just a booty call. He's a divorced father not abandonning his kids, ok, great for the era, but there's no chemistry there. So, perhaps, another love interest with respect for her craft?

I don't think Midge "outed" Shy. She could have screamed "Shy is a pinko commie" and everyone would have just laughed because.... see... he's SO NOT [in the way people back then projected what that meant]. In fact firing her would be the clue to her and his audience that she hit too close to home, because "ladykiller playboy who's a drama queen" was a well-known trope people didn't associate with homosexuality (which they usually associated with perverts and communists... perhaps with intellectuals and most definitely with white men only... I wish I were kidding), whereas Shy was a babe-magnet with an outsize personality, ie., totally normal star performer. It only hurts Shy because it's personal to him, he's not just effeminate and a drama queen as part of his babe magnet singer persona, but gay. "Friend of Dorothy" would be totally unknown outside the gay community and, probably, the performing world. So she only outed Shy to his gay fans, which would only endear him to them.... The Apollo crowd wouldn't have understood exactly what she meant by it. Firing her for that reason would be WORSE for him; I'm pretty sure one reason "Midge was fired" is because 1° no production budget to go to Stockholm, Paris, Barcelona etc, and 2° DRAMA!!!!, but in reality it'd be a super bad PR move. On a personal level, Midge betrayed Shy. But no one knows but the two of them (and, probably, Reggie). I'd have preferred the European tour to go on off screenand not work for Midge, so that she returns and she has no contract, is penniless save for all the money that's gone to her apartment, and has to start figuring how to live frugally without parents help while continuing her career, plus feeling deflated after being buyed by the life of a successful artist. It was interesting that Midge, in a famous theater and outside of her usual crowd, froze. It could have been a "growing pain" moment, a throwback to the first Vegas episode.

There were entire scenes in Russian, which weren't subtitled. If you had subtitles, what did Murray and Alexei say at the Fun Fair?

Hoping other people will start watching this show ("series"! :p) I didn't watch in order and started with "series" 5, but it's better if you can just go to the beginning.

Season 5 is excellent so far.

I think Jo just went for a consult at the clinic, not that she'd be admitted for a week. Bailey said "therapy and medicine", right? Not "after a week of inpatient care" etc. WHY is Maggie standing in the middle of the road in that fog? She could stand on the side and scream JACKSON!!! to her heart's content without risking getting hit. I'm guessing Meredith is going to move to Health Care advocacy? Like the doctors who were discussing gun shots wounds and were told by a person from the NRA to "stay in their lane" so they became gun safety advocates, documenting the different ways they come in contact with gun wounds every single day? That's what I'm getting from her speech to DeLuca, that she thinks it's unfair some children don't have access to health care (or perhaps that $29,000/year is too high an income to receive subsidies for health care?) I never saw Meredith/Deluca as the be all/end all relationship for Meredith. They had him beef up and all so he wouldn't look so young, but he's still not that removed from being an intern and he's Carina's little brother... it just didn't work for me. I'm thinkin that since Alex is Meredith's best friend they could become the "ship" for the end (forgot the exact term). Amelia/Owen/Teddy/Leo is another kind of family I guess.

I liked the carousel, if only because it showed something about Charles and a cool aspect of NYC.

1) Diane knows for Charles and Liza - pointed looks during the luncheon with Pauline, then the off hand "wonder who he did it for" to Liza after whispering to her that he'd shaved his beard. :p 2) That beard was hideous. 3) Charles needs to show himself to be professional, worthy of inheriting the publishing house AND ... better than he is now. I find him boring. I don't want him to go bungee jumping but rather see what he likes. What books does he like? What is he proud of? What's his alma mater, does he go back to reunions or games or whatever? Does he get excited about anything? What's his favorite holiday?.... you get the idea. :D

I hope Diana has finally found someone who treats her right. Seeing her as the constant butt of dumb jokes was my least favorite part of the show. It's also good to see her outside of her literati world - seeing someone who works in a "non glamorous" profession but makes good money and knows sophisticated stuff; the opposite is Ridley, who is part of the "glamorous" world but is without money. Basically, you can have status OR money if you're in your 40s in Manhattan, not both, unless you were born into it (Charles) or extremely ambitious, hard working, and willing to accept all sorts of slights & sacrifices (Diana). Brooklyn ie., the carefree younger folks have status and money through other "non legitimate" means (Josh), Kelsey and Lauren have precarious money and self-created status in addition to working on it all the time. Plus Maggie who's "honorary young" due to being an artist and generally fabulous.

I just laughed when I recognized the "Jon Favreau" character being interviewed by a "Trevor Noah" character and saying the exact same thing he'd done on the actual show. :D Annoyed at Charles. So, his fantasy 27-year old isn't 27.... and...???

I think you'd like Lane Smith's _It's a book!_ It's adorable and great in many ways, for kids and adults. I spend time in France and e-books are not very popular there. Physical books are. It's always interesting to compare airport selections at Charles de Gaulle and at Logan, Dulles, or Philly. Book prizes are top of the headline news, supermarkets carry the equivalent of Pulitzers, and they have a "Back to business" time for books (also for politicians, it coincides with the national day for back to school); it's called "la rentrée littéraire" and is as ubiquitous in late August/early September as "Summer style" issues in April. The "French literature" exam that the top 50% students take was 2 days ago and had the following topics: "Human nature since Renaissance in French literature" using excerpts from Montaigne, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Yourcenar (they had 4 hours to come up with a 3-part literary essay covering nearly all points linked to the topic as presented in the texts as well as using their personal forays into literature). Less academically enclined students had this topic "Poetic writing and the quest for meaning", with a bunch of texts and specific questions to answer. I have no idea whether French people read more than Americans but at least they pretend to :D. They also have a law whereby books must be sold for the same cost everywhere, no discount. Amazon, supermarkets, and chains can sell slightly discounted books compared to independent or chain bookstores (-5%) but have conditions on shipping free. The law is very old, like from the early 80s, and is unrelated to ebooks; it's entirely designed to protect mom-and-pop business v. giant corporations. The main complaint is that no such law existed about record stores because today most music is purchased online or in supermarkets. If people want cheaper books they can buy them used. It's very different from the US situation, where Barnes and Noble used to be decried and seen as the enemy of small bookstores (I liked them but hated another chain, forgot its name now...) and now people are happy if they find one because so many physical bookstores have closed. I really disliked the way the small bookstore storyline went BTW. Even if turning it down was in character for Bryce, the ending was very unsatisfying. Is it allowed for modest Orthodox women to be gay? (Just curious, hoping I'm not offensive). I hope Maggie's happy. My understanding is that the girls saw Roosevelt Island as "tainted" due to being where psychiatric cases were/are sent. But just the tram and all would be fantastic. Plus I agree with everyone above: that's a stooopid reason to dump a guy. Kelsey isn't just snobbish, she's prejudiced. Do we know where they went to school? Because I could see colleges like Sarah Lawrence, Barnard, Skidmore, Bard, Wesleyan floating around. (So far they've referenced Columbia, which is lazy. And Kelsey would not be super impressed with Engineering from Fu, she'd be more impressed with someone who went through the Core or someone with a non professional major.)

Are you sure there's another episode? It felt like a season finale which could be a series finale, but with enough threads left hanging that there's still stuff to say if they're renewed. I wondered why Amenadiel didn't use one of his feather to heal Charlotte? I surely wasn't expecting the end. And Lucifer's realization was very well done.

I think Olivia was brought back because she's going to use the fact she left Seattle and the hospital after the "Syph nurse" episode as an example of hostile workplace and following the Harper Avery story it'd be a problem for Grey Sloan Memorial. I'm pretty sure she wasn't just brought back for the kid who'd swallowed a whistle. Amelia needs her own place. The teen mother needs to have counselling and help. I suppose an ex-addict doctor to help her through may be better than her family but I'm willing to bet that mother and baby will go back to the mother's parents as soon as she's sober and her parents take her back. I'm thinking that Sofia is being bullied and we're going to have a "children's signs of depression due to bullying" PSA episode soon. Also, Arizona clearly misses Callie as per last week's episode. So, Arizona may get a job as a surgeon in NYC so Sofia's happier.