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I have no particular insight into how Netflix makes its choices, but it did feel as though this series was written with the idea that this would be it. There is a definite conclusion for the person who has been a constant in bringing others together throughout all the various seasons.

I've been catching up on past seasons, and I'll admit to laughing every time Nate and Jeremiah talk about how the LA house is going to be their forever home. I guess forever lasted what, two years?

Yeah, besides, they seemed to imply that Miss Higgins and the Sgt were getting together as a couple.

There are major differences. I personally never bought the idea that Mary Ann would have walked out on Shawna in service of her own ambitions (this is something that happened in both the books and the movie). I can believe she would have divorced Brian, but not that she just walked away from her daughter and never looked back. It was too cold and heartless, and did not seem to mesh with the character from the first few books.

Yeah, that was the sign that Bonnie's mom is not there to help. Though maybe Nathan is smarter than he is given credit for, and used Bonnie's mother as a way to drive Bonnie back to him. I couldn't believe that Celeste was telling Mary Louise all this stuff, when you just know that Mary Louise will use it later as ammunition. The moment that Mary Louise started pulling her "well, why didn't you go to the police," and completely dismissing the idea that Perry could have sexually assaulted someone, she needed to be gone.

Why can't they? It might be donated or sold at a discount, but it's still a gift to the homeowners as they aren't paying for anything beyond their budget. I think you have to pay taxes based on the market value of the gift. Think of it kind of like winning a prize on a game show. You have won the new car, but you have to pay taxes based on the market value of the car, as your winnings are counted as income. Now maybe they don't pay taxes for the services rendered, but they do pay it on things like the new furniture or appliances that can be priced out. My guess is that the homeowners have to sign contracts before the renovations that spell all this out, so there are no surprises.

I think they are both on YouTube. You should look for them under the titles More Tales of the City (season 2) and Further Tales of the City (season 3).

I think I had read here or in an article about the show that the homeowner had to pay taxes on however much was spent on the renovation beyond the homeowner's original budget. I was curious if that was actually true. Does anyone know?

I think he was confrontational. I think the one guy got upset because it's pretty obnoxious to tell someone who lived through a time period where his mere existence was illegal, followed by the anti-gay backlash of the late 70s (heck, Anita Bryant was a huge plot point of the second series) and AIDS crisis of the 80s and early 90s, how privileged they are.

I think I would try to read the room before I decide it's my job to start correcting strangers. If the people truly offend me, I probably would not see them again. I'm sure there are scenarios where someone uses extreme language that might make me say something in the moment, just like I'm sure there are scenarios where I might decide direct confrontation is a bad idea. As it was, it didn't seem like Ben convinced anyone, and he took away the wrong message from his confrontation.

It's interesting, I viewed it from the opposite perspective. They are having a dinner party, and a complete stranger feels the need to lecture them on language. I understand Ben's perspective, but I also understand the "and who exactly are you?" response he got. To me, it's telling that Ben's decision on how to handle things was to essentially run away, and then go into "how dare they" mode where he attempts to use his race as a way to one up their suffering with his.

Just looking at the schedule, it looks as though the "vintage" episodes of cities that were aired originally in 2005 start up on Monday.

I wanted to tell her three things. 1) Wash your hair, 2) get a haircut and 3) stop wearing that gross hat everywhere. This. For people she regularly referred to as her family, Anna didn't seem to give much thought to what would happen to them when she deeded Barbary Lane to her old acquaintance.

I've been rewatching the show on Amazon. At some points, the show is just awful and really dated. Lindsay basically sets the womens' rights movement back 50 years by throwing what can only be described as multiple emotional tantrums in front of Judge Heller when she is trying to get her former law professor's sentence reduced. I also find it fascinating that in 1997, the show has Jimmy arguing in court to allow his lesbian mother to marry her partner in Massachusetts, approximately seven years before it was legalized there. Mind you, Jimmy spends most of the episode saying horrible things to her about her sexuality, and the court entertains arguments with regards to gay marriage that would never pass muster today, but it's interesting the show was so far out there on the issue.

I wouldn't say it is bad. It does feel a lot like they aren't quite sure what they want to say. Further, there is so much unexplained backstory between Brian, Maryann and Shawna (I know it is explained in the books, but it's not clear what is supposed to be canon from the books and what is not) that I don't know you could make much sense of it if you haven't read the books.