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You know, I actually loved her in that, too. It was around the time of, "The Bleckley Circle," that she started seeming smug to me and, of course, she plays someone who is smarter than almost everyone in that so maybe it's part of the role. She just isn't my idea of Elizabeth and the ages seem out of whack. The actress in 37. This is supposed to be 7 years after P&P. When that novel began Giorgiana was fifteen and Elizabeth twenty. Georgiana and Lydia still seem very young, as they should be, but to me Elizabeth seems much older than they are. Lydia was 15 in the novel which is why I expected her to have changed. Almost no one acts the same as they did when they were 15 after they've grown-up and married.

I spent the first fifteen minutes messing with my pic-shape, thinking it must be stuck on zoom, until I realized the actors' faces cut in half was a directorial choice. Then, when I finally managed to get a good look at the Darcys, all I could think was that they certainly hadn't aged well. I've never understood the British casting directors' love for Anna Maxwell Martin. Her looks, her lisp and her slightly smug attitude, all put me off. Lydia was almost unbelievably silly. I would have expected a little bit of growth or change there. I was really most interested in the woman in the woods. but I guess she'll be off hissing at someone else now.

Young pretty woman rooming with old, lonely man. Of course, he's going to fall in love with her. Most of them wouldn't turn violent but it would be awkward at best. Such a shame, she made it home from the war and then this happened. One thing I'm learning, from this one and other ones, like the young woman, a few weeks ago, who was attacked while hiking with her dog -- women don't have much chance against a man's strength. This was a combat trained, young woman against a skinny, old man and the hiker was trained in martial arts.

I once asked one that question and she smiled modestly and said, "it helps." Every one I've seen has been strikingly good looking.

Probably wouldn't have felt the relationship was as out of balance if Penny had been more successful as an actress. I guess I always saw Penny's assets as her beauty and her artistic creativity while Leonard's were his brains and his kind personality. I'm not sure exactly what skills it takes to make a great pharm-rep but it seems out of character for the Penny I've known and changes what I thought of as their relationship dynamic -- but of course that's all subject to change and I guess it has.

My guess is that he wanted to have Casino Chick while still keeping his reputation as the nicest guy in Carrollton. It must have been hard for such a cold hearted man to faithfully attend church and charity functions all those years just to win the admiration of everyone in town. He wouldn't have wanted all that effort to go to waste, a divorce from Nancy would have tarnished his halo a little bit.

Allison has mentioned her anger toward her husband so many times, I was guessing that she blamed him for Gabriel's death. Maybe he was watching the child while Allison was at work, but her mother-in-law thinks if she had been on the spot it wouldn't have happened?

The big pharmaceutical companies lead the Fortune 500 because they don't mind making huge profits off the backs of sick people, so for me, Penny's new job doesn't represent such a big step forward or a reason to give up alcohol. But then, I never did see anything shameful in being a waitress/actress. There's nothing emasculating about a woman making more money, but selling his gift and giving him the money was just plain bad manners and if she takes Bernadette's example and starts doling out stars and allowances then I would hate that. One spouse, controlling and dominating the other one seems wrong to me no matter what gender is doing it.

I agree with Italian Ice about Penny. The relationship was always Penny -- hot looking and light hearted, and Leonard --smart and successful. Penny as a serious career woman just leaves Leonard in an inferior position. It's out of balance now.

From Druzy's link: What sort of divorce settlement is this? Frank must have spent well over a million for those two houses in California for his mistress. His boss says he stole 1.7 million from him. He's still writing checks to his grown, married daughters -- but all Nancy gets after 30 years of marriage is $800,000 and $200 a month alimony! I would have thought that after party number one tries to kill party number two in a divorce, party number two would get all the money and property they held! The very idea that he has Nancy on a shoe string and the ability to control his stupid children -- from prison, just burns me.

Aw, sorry about the Andrea kitty. I found a newspaper article from the day of the verdict and it said, "Her three children all spoke for the defense." So for those of us hoping the son stuck by Nancy, guess not. How sad.

John and his daughters are creepy in a whole different way. The girls are still proud and giggly about their "Leave it to Beaver," family even after it seems Ward put a hit out on June. And John Franklin really thought we would all say, "Awwww," when he told how he and his mistress "found each other" in the casino. Right Frank, very romantic, you two must be soul mates. I guess they're all working on a new family that will be just like, "The Brady Bunch." After all, no one asked exactly what happened to Mr. Brady's first wife. Something's very wrong when the strung out Hee-haw gang expressed more sympathy for Nancy than her daughters did.

Ruth Wilson had that upper lip way back in, "Jane Eyre." It's not really a puffed up lip so much as a lip thrust forward by a really bad over bite. I like her and Maura, though, which is why I'm watching my first Showtime offering ever. I usually don't watch cable made movies because I find excessive sex, both uncomfortable and boring, so I'm hoping it will settle down in future episodes now that we get it that Noah's sex life is frequently interrupted and when it does get going, his wife isn't as intense as he would like. Allison's sex life is frequent enough, but tinged with the anger she has toward her husband. I'm sure we'll have an opportunity to see how marvelous the affair sex is but I hope we don't have to have to be reminded of it three times per episode like we did in "Mildred Pierce." Complaints aside, I love the two points of view, and I'm already impressed that the cheaters are not portrayed as romantic soul mates tied to unbelievably horrible spouses. I may have some sympathy for Allison if she is trying to escape a deep depression, but if an irritating father-in-law he has to tolerate once a year and unruly kids he should have raised better are Noah's only excuses, they aren't even close to enough.

Plus they often add, "I was whipped all the time when I was little and look at me! Ummm-hmmm. So, yeah, I hate it that while I don't think Josh should of called Keith a hick, he's kind of acting like one.

Except "New York gay man," is not a derogatory slur, while "hick," is. In fact "New York gay man," implies a certain level of sophisticated urbanity. Josh basically complimented himself while he called Keith something that means backward and dumb. People from the South get just as sick of others assuming they're stupid and bigoted, as gay people get hearing negative stereotypes about themselves. If Keith had said that he thought it was cool that a Southern gentleman was getting along with a (insert gay slur,) it would have been comparable. I thought Josh was patting himself on the back for getting along with Keith, while insulting him at the same time.

I agree, which is why I don't like Josh anymore for calling all Southerners "hicks." No one has called him any names. Keith also threw the whole South under the bus by saying there were no gays in Louisiana and that everyone "whupped" their kids, not to mention all his uncomfortable "jokes," about sleeping on opposite sides of the fire. I was really hoping the two of them would get a thunder storm. I don't like John Rocker but Natalie was screaming trash and hatred in such an over the top way, I was shocked. I can't believe they let someone from the winning team tell them who to vote off. I would have kept Rocker for one more week just to spite her. Jeremy must have never watched the show if he thinks one person can control all other votes -- particularly when they've been given wrong information. This is the worst season ever for me, too. Far too much time spent on challenges and not enough getting to know the players. This is supposed to be a social experiment about a group of strangers getting along in tough circumstances. Now,the survival aspects have gotten easier and easier and we have people who already know each other crying and clinging. What is this mess?

Dudley/Dooley played Fisher in "Lark Rise to Candleford," where he was so dreamy he had his own romantic music whenever he came on screen. Consequently I expected him to play a much bigger part here! I also want to see something happen with the sexy kitchen wench and more shenanigans from Katherine. Come on writers! Step up what you have, I don't really want new characters at this point.

I wondered about Katherine's husband, too. I thought the whip marks looked too red to be old scars and wondered if Katherine had done it herself, although that would be awfully dark for a masterpiece selection.

Looking on the bright side, I did enjoy the modern house, the good looking actors, the over the top scary gypsy woman and Miss Marple's hilarious snoopiness. She says, pertaining to the missing gypsy, "I'm not sure she went away willingly, she left her purse on her tea table with a great deal of money in it, and her door unlocked." Hee! Miss Marple do you hear yourself?

Seth really killed three people, his wife, her baby and the poor man next door. Imagine having schizophrenia and living your life in fear that "they," are going to come for you -- and then one day five armed deputies come up the driveway for you. Seth had nice parents, loving in-laws, friends and a pretty good job, and yet he was ready to commit murder, just for the sake of getting his hands on the office hottie. These criminals are so incredibly dumb, Seth's 911 call was some of the worst acting I've heard and this series has had some doozies.

Now I feel free to say that I think Frankie is as fake and shallow as Big Brother, "village," tarp. I know it won't hurt his feelings because it's just words and only actions count.

I really like Val and I really like Jeremy except for all the "protect my woman," mess, but that's Blood vs Water's theme and the reason I hate it. Last time we had to listen to Rupert's slobbery speeches about his wifie and the newlyweds who couldn't stand to hear a word against their beloveds. The concept also leads to things like a spoiled girl making her mother sacrifice her game for her -- something Mom had clearly already been doing for years -- and Jeff getting all turned on over it like it was Survivor's greatest moment. Yes, my memory is both long and bitter. At least we have Exile Island instead of Redemption and don't have to sit through a long talk and a challenge there at the beginning of every episode. My early dislikes are the couple from Michigan who are out to show the world they aren't as perfect as they look -- which led my eyes straight to their noses, because nothing makes flaws jump out at me faster than people bragging about themselves. Similar dislike for John Rocker's Alpha-loving Beta-Female who was out to show the world she was more than boobs, minutes before showing the world all the boobage that is legally allowed on TV. My favorite show is back!

That part was so sad, where the daughter said she had changed her name over the fact that her father had included her picture in the hit package. If a man who earns that much money was ready to kill his ex-wife over the relatively small amount of alimony she was asking, I guess he wouldn't have minded eliminating his daughter before college tuition came up. Sometimes it seems like the more money they have the more every penny means to them. These shows often have me quoting Marge Gunderson at the end of Fargo. "And all for a little bit of money."

Oh I enjoyed that one, too. I watch for the opportunity to visit other towns and snoop around in other's lives a bit -- I really don't want to see children hurt or gruesome torture -- so this tale where no one was murdered but bad people got punished was perfect for me. I loved the way Morrison was slyly ridiculing the secretary/mistress. Criminals who attempt to use the name of Jesus as a, literal, get out of jail free card, irritate me. What better revenge for the wife than a stand-up career making fun of the cheating, murdering, buffoon of an ex-husband?

All this time I thought something was wrong with my dag-gum computer.