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I'm glad Agnes is finally on board with partying in Newport with Aurora and the other ruined women and women of ill repute. "At least we'll have wine."

They kinda both were. After dramatically running away, Agnes wimped out when Bertha sent her to the carriage without even getting in a word edgewise. If I'm Billy and Billy's mom and I see that, no way I'm wanting Bertha as my in law.

But have either of them signed the temperance pledge?

Oscar cared about his boyfriend, but that didn't end up so well.

I seem to remember that Bertha and George had a deal. He got to raise Larry as he saw fit, and she got to raise Gladys as she saw fit. I don't think she'll interfere much with Larry unless he's involved with someone outside the social norm, like the young widow whose house he was redesigning. Marian is acceptably non-troublesome. Mr. Van Rijn was a banker, and I think Oscar worked for the same bank. He had a cushy life and could have become an eternal bachelor and just waited for hs inheritance, but he got greedy.

I feel the same way! The best thing about Aurora's husband is Aurora, and he is a fool! Aurora saved his ass with George, and saved their finances, by reaching out to Bertha. She not only opened doors to society for her, she did it graciously and even had fun with her. His new wife that people already gossip about won't be nearly as helpful. I am very interested in Bertha and Gladys, and Bertha and George this season. We saw her rise in society to beat Old New York, but she never really had a worthy adversary to play against, but now she's up against George. And I'm fascinated by Bertha's blind spot with Gladys. All her desires for Gladys to wield power in society are laughable to anyone who's ever met Gladys, but Bertha has convinced herself Gladys is still just a child who will grow into the woman Bertha wants to be herself. Let the sparks fly and the chips fall where they may! Ava's way of speaking has always grated on me, but now that she's immersing herself in the temperance group and she's talking about that, it's even worse and more affected somehow. A few posters said she seems like a teenager, and I feel the same way. She met, fell in love with, married, and was widowed in what seemed like the blink of an eye, and now she's all over the place. I still love Agnes, and I still think Marian and Larry are cute together, but boring. I guess waiting to tell anyone about their relationship is the big drama and tension in their relationship this season? After Gladys ran out of her house, I saw her shadow crossing the street. It almost looked like she went to the Van Rijn house, but the shadows were too dark to tell. Could she have run away to Marian for the night? Did anyone else notice?

I laughed and laughed when she said the neighbors were going to love the pickle ball court. I guarantee they will not. You get a bunch of weekly renters there thwacking and ponging LOUDLY all day, every week, and the neighbors will burn it down.

Same, and same. I keep waiting patiently to see the transformation, and am disappointed every episode.

This is the thing. Kyle makes a big show about "I didn't SAY infidelity! I never used that word!" But she acts like there is infidelity, like searching through his DM's. People not worried about infidelity don't do that.

We see her shocked expressions often. A lot of times it includes an open jaw, plus a head and hair swing to look at someone as if wondering, "did you just hear her call me a liar?!" Shocked! I'm sure she practices in the mirror.

Not gonna lie, I'm interested in that designer's makeover of Erika's house. Erika's style is wrong for that house. She's currently stuffy formal and wants freedom and sexy, while that house needs some fun and whimsy. Eagerly awaiting the transformation! Other than that, I got nuthin'.

I think the "shift" red is just showing that fewer Democrats voted this time over 2020. Trump got about the same number of votes he got in 2020. If fewer blue voters show up everywhere, it looks like there's more red voters, but they stayed the same.

I agree with you. But I think all they "heard" is that she is a black woman and too many Americans couldn't handle that.

On Wedding Wonderland, I thought it was odd that they didn't make one the bathroom in the bridal suite bigger, with a large mirror and space for a stylist to do hair and makeup. There wasn't even a full-length mirror in the room where they had the wedding dress hung up. I also wondered where wedding guests would go to use the toilet. With a 100 people in the barn, I don't think using just the house would be enough. Port-o-potties?

There was a tv, but it was in the small front room with the two non-cushy chairs, so not at all conducive for a family watching tv.