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I am exactly Monica's age so had other things going on when this was all happening, but my mom was absolutely obsessed with this story. There was something about the Hlllary/Bill/Linda/Monica dynamic that made her hate every single one of them with a red hot passion. She could not get enough of it and would call me multiple times a day wanting to discuss some new tidbit that had made its way to her. She wanted to see them all burn. Now that I'm the same age as my mom was then, I'm suddenly getting why it appealed to her at that stage in life. There was a stand-in in her life for every one of those roles and it was Super Big Time Projection. At age 23 or whatever I just didn't get it. I knew this show was going to be amazing when Molly Jong Fast said she was obsessed with it during a podcast interview with George Conway, who seemed super benign about how he was being portrayed - although that was based on maybe one or two episodes that had aired at that time. I barely recognize Sarah Paulson and as someone who watched it unfold, Beanie Feldstein inhabits Monica in a way I didn't expect. She's great.

Interesting, I watched the first episode twice (excellent each time) and it took me to the 2nd watching to realize her name was Sophia and not Sapphire. I just loved, loved, loved this!

There are few scenes that make me sit up in an empty room and say OH MY GOD NO NO NO NO out loud, but Jessica's drunkenly getting into Amber's face and Amber threatening physical violence over someone she's known for barely a month ... that did it This was so many levels of bad, the best kind of bad

Nick had a look on his face like "Hey I'm working again" and Vanessa looked like, "Look everyone he's still with me and I'm working too" and you are correct.

Those boots were probably the only thing worse than head-to-toe black leather to wear to meet someone's parents. She comes across as someone who has been a dancer. Also, Amber has the same doe brown "please buy me" eyes as that scrappy 96 pound flyer cheerleader at East Navarro.

I didn't even specifically know this was a Ryan Murphy show until I had watched the first episode and had a good guess (I have stuff on in the background and miss the credits sometimes). I'm truly enjoying how they've worked Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the Menendez brothers into this, plus a lot of other references I haven't spotted yet. I'm iffy on Ryan Murphy, sometimes things go too far but if he and Brad keep a ceiling on the shock and the camp, I'm here for it. Edit, omg it's the Winklevoss twins, not Menendez nicely done

I am really enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. They are hitting notes that hit the right spot for me. They have really thought this out. OH I forgot my other 420, they're preparing for Tori's and Brian's spouses to leave them for one another. Mirroring one of the things Tori got skewered with a bunch of years ago where she left Charlie Shanian and Dean left his wife and their kid(s).

Re: the stalker, I like the Jamie Walters theory, but since I just watched ep. 4 while getting baked, here's my 420: I think it's the girl who won the role of Jennie's daughter. As another poster said, something looked "off" about her ... and there was possibly something about her acting that may not have been acting. "I WANT YOU TO SEE ME." Now, I'm going back to when Shannen was still on the OG 90210 and everyone on the old tyme internet was just learning how to snark. They hated Shannen and "the demon of her uneven eyes." I'm just saying, that girl who won the part looked pretty uneven, whether they intentionally made her up that way or not. And Jennie did say something along the lines of how crazies come with the territory, you learn to ignore it all. Maybe she shouldn't have ignored it all?

This is right up there with Red Oaks in terms of a series that made me laugh and feel good the whole time. I've already run through both seasons twice because there's so much you can miss due to the accents and different vernacular if you're not paying close attention. Love Sister Michael & the Father with his own soundtrack clip. All the clothes, the songs, the hair, it's all terribly genuine. Series 3 here we go.

I might need to watch this episode again. I know my blood ran cold at the first Emergency Alert. There's something visceral about how your body is trained to react when that sound comes on over your media. If it ever comes over the internet like it did when they tested the ability of the White House to reach every working phone, I'm just going to declare it over. That said, I like how this series takes time to make you realize how much we as the audience automatically perceive characters vs. who they actually turn into. Trying not to spoil, but for me it's the mom with alternative access issues plus her youngest child. I have children who are not my same race and it's been great over recent years just not to have to explain everything to everyone because now they automatically assume, or just don't even bother to assume anything because who cares? Families are made in different ways, wake up and get used to it.

This was a nice binge for a day, I did both S1 and S2. I thought this was so well done. So many moments where they make a pivot away at the very last second from where you think a joke is going. Two moments made me burst out laughing: Kristin Scott Thomas getting the 'award' and the stepson playing another bassoon song titled "where's Claire." I was dead.

I actually didn't mind this show, it has some good talent and the story is sort of interesting if you just buy into it. The Sasha actress is not the greatest, but visually she's very watchable, which I guess works for this part. I liked the twist at the end. I'll watch a 2nd season.

Matt is a career criminal. I shudder for the woman who marries him and has his kids, that's going to be a hard life alone with very little to show for it. I hope it's not Caitlin who sticks around for him, though I can't say I expect her to have much better judgment with the next man. She's so vulnerable it hurts. What can I say, Lizzie terrified me. She is a pathological liar, world class manipulator, and a sociopath. I say pathological because it seems her default is to put out the lie of convenience first, and then figure out how to fit it into the narrative, which for her is constantly changing depending on where she sees the money coming from next. I see her as someone who comes into any job like gangbusters, bringing in cookies and taking younger ones under her wing, moving into positions of trust only to get handed the keys to things. I hope that woman who "interviewed" her figured out right then and there to keep an eye over her shoulder. Lizzie is someone who deeply scares me because she is like a hawk, constantly looking for new marks. We haven't heard the last of her, legally. My take on her not being happy Scott has a new girlfriend? I suspect it's because she thought, "hot damn, there must have been some money I missed."

The baby drawer thing freaked me out! I know they had it when my mom had me - she told me about it. But the way they were slamming the drawer back and forth I got the shivers. The moms were in bed turned away from the nursery window. I got flashes of a nurse reaching in for an infant only to have the door yanked shut on the baby's head or the nurse's hands ...

I wouldn't mind the series ending much like Mr. Saturday Night did - that would also be a natural next step. When you're hot you're too busy to realize it, you choose the audience over your family, and sometimes once the audience has left, the family isn't there anymore, either.