Rosebud1970

Why is no one looking to break up the showmance? Especially one as toxic as this one is? And especially when it can be done anonymously? Don’t anyone here know how to play this game?

And that’s a problem because…?

I've had a lot of exposure to alcoholics. My sister is an alcoholic; I am not. And neither is my brother. Sure, I like to drink as much as the next girl, but my sister has this pathology that makes her dependent on alcohol and she only knows that she has to drink to excess and she can't get through her day without drinking. Everyone in her life has begged her to get help and so far, she refuses. One of my college roommates is an alcoholic who periodically promises to stop. And then goes right back on drinking. My best friend was an alcoholic; got sober with the help of AA. She understood what was going on with her and got help. Another friend quit drinking on his own, no AA. Never addressed the underlying pathology that caused him to drink in the first place. He's what is known as a 'dry drunk'. My college boyfriend literally drank himself to death. As did a co-worker whom I liked a lot. My point is, that alcoholism is a disease and you don't just give yourself a disease by drinking to excess. The pathology must exist for you to be an alcoholic. Garcelle has no idea what she's talking about when she makes statements like, 'Erika is going to give herself an alcoholism by drinking so much.' Erika is either an alcoholic or she isn't. She's not going to drink herself into a disease. Alcoholism is a pathology, not a learned behavior.

Here’s the thing. A person doesn’t become an alcoholic because they drink too much. Or because their drinking is out of control. A person’s drinking is out of control because they are an alcoholic. Garcelle keeps saying that Erika is going to ‘give herself alcoholism’ or some such nonsense. That’s not the way it works. That’s not the way any of this works. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I actually prefer, Sicilian Widow. Maybe Sicilian Widow Goes to Confession, especially with that mesh peekaboo business. YMMV

Someone the size of PK will not blow a .81 on the breathalyzer after one glass of wine. Unless it’s a really, really BIG glass of wine. Like one of those that can hold a full bottle of wine.

Can we talk about Julie’s dress? Please. That fringe, top and bottom. That purple. She looked like one of those dolls who have on grass skirts that you see on a car’s dashboard. I have expected her do do a shimmy.

Rinna’s mother dies, but Dorit insists on making Lois’ death about HER. Sorry, Dorit. Your 15 minutes about your fake trauma is, like, you know, over. Lisa has lost her mother, her last remaining parent, for realz. And you, Dorit, are still dining out on the alleged ‘robbery’. Please stop. This isn’t The Dorit Show.

My thoughts? [But then, again, I’m that kinda person]. I go all the way back to that scene in Seinfeld when Elaine tells Jerry she faked her orgasms with him when they were having sex. ”Fake.” “Fake.” “Fake.” Everything about this so-called robbery screams fake/insurance fraud. It’s total garbage that she didn’t set the alarm because of her kids or whatever. Alarms have ‘Home’ and ‘Away’ settings. I call shenanigans. Dorito is looking to win an acting Emmy.

To be completely fair to Kyle, She had a legit burglary not long after they moved onto their current house. No one was home and she lost things that were her mother’s. I can see how this ‘robbery’ at Dorit’s would dredge up some very unpleasant memories for Kyle.

Anyone else think the whole thing was just a set up? No real robbery, just a bunch of theatrics. Grifters gotta grift, after all. Most of these big houses have interior cameras, as well as exterior cameras. I didn’t believe it when I first heard about it and I still don’t. But that’s just me.

Zippers! Once seen, cannot be unseen. For the first time, seeing the backs of some of the costumes, I noticed what appeared to be zippers. Discreet zippers, but zippers nonetheless. Took me out of the episode. Zippers were not used in clothing until 1925. I can understand why they would have used them in crafting the costumes for this show, but did they have to show them to us?

Nathan Lane! He never disappoints. Looking forward to seeing him as Mrs. Astor's guard dog. WRT to Turner. She had better hope that Russell never tells Bertha what she tried to do. Bertha Russell is as cold as ice (she got rid of Gladys' governess for a very minor infraction without so much as a faretheewell). But if she ever learns of Turner's night time incursion into Russell's bed, not only will she fire her, she will either have her killed or disfigured so badly that no one else would ever hire her for anything. I'm getting a whiff of Ethan Frome here. But without the love.

From the time the show started, an ashtray full of butt was ALL I could see. In fact, I still think that’s what it is. 😉

I’ve gone from simply disliking Melissa to actively despising her. Stay in your lane, Bish! People need to play their own game, not yours. Who does she think she is, The Rock? Smell this!