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I just found this Washington Post article that breaks down so much of the effed up media coverage in the mid-aughts. Highly recommend reading if you are wondering why the episode was set at that time. ‘Reading the story today makes me cringe’: Female stars and the media machine of the early 2000s

I'm not sure if you were around in the mid 2000s but they were an especially vile time for tabloid press. Famous women were constantly subjected to misogyny, slut shaming and body shaming. Here's an a recent article from The Guardian reflecting on that time: 'I was worried Lindsay, Paris or Britney would die': why the 00s were so toxic for women

Not really a fan. As soon as Lana suggested David use the link I knew he would develop a thing for her and guessed Lama was unlikely to survive the episode although I figured Cliff would kill her. I guess not involving Houston/Mission Control was to keep the characters so alone and isolated but it was weird as hell that David could watch his family's funeral from space but nobody from altNASA even checked up on him. I also got For All Mankind if it went completely dystopian vibes from this.

No comments? This makes me so sad. I think it's safe to say, given all the behind the scenes issues, and lukewarm reception that we will not be getting season 2. I'm trying to understand EOD and impulse control. Like I don't think Margot made a conscious decision to zap Danden. She just reacted. The journalist, whose name escapes me at the moment, was really rediculous. Dude has a Pulitzer but can't grasp that being rude to the people he's crossing a river to see, who can conduct electricity is a bad idea.

I'm so relieved there was a trailer for next week at the end. Wikipedia says there are only 8 eps so I thought this was it. Tunde's hubris really came back to bit him in the ass. I don't understand why he's filing/posting videos while still in a hostile country. He really is not very smart. Damn Tatiana. Why Do I feel like she has (understandably) been plotting Viktor's murder for years? And the fact she did it without using her EOD. Although, wouldn't Viktor have a panic button or something?

I am disappointed they didn't mention Order 9066 which forced Japanese Americans in internment camps at all. I understand the show had to get through a ton of material in the last two episodes but with all of Eleanor's work fighting for human rights her whole life including objecting to the camps. It was an odd thing to leave out. Time Magazine: How Eleanor Roosevelt Worked to Stop Her Husband Approving Japanese Internment Camps During World War II

I would be so incredibly bored watching a show where "USA= big heroes and Russia = big villains absolute binaries. Mikhail Mikhailovic was totally on when he pointed out the American bodies and fact that no one owns the moon. I'm really glad they didn't go for Russian sabatoge because they would be so easy and cheap. I'm confused what happened to Aleida at the end? Where did she go? I imagine Margo would have a little more willing to help if she knew about her losing her place to stay but it seems like the INS or whoever raided the place would know Aleida was so it wouldn't be like she could just go stay with Margo, even if she did change her mind. Are we jumping into the 80s with season 2?

I'm really curious what happened to Shane. The end felt like a fake out but if he's really dead or seriously injured I'm not sure how NASA will cope. It isn't like they can get him home any sooner. I suspect NASA would keep him in the dark and I imagine Karen would go along with it even though she shouldn't.

Sooo....not to dredge up an old fight but does everyone see the point of mentioning the power issues in Gaza back in ep 1? Given the UK now is dealing with constant power outages? This show has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer but the point they made with that seems pretty obvious.. It's been a while since I watched the whole series but I was thinking about Edith protesting Roe vs Wade being overturned in the USA and being banned from the country. The way the newscast presented it, it made it like every person in the UK understood what "Roe vs Wade" meant. Is it that widely known over there or was this just a tv thing? It's a British series so I assumed it would be written with the UK audience in mind,

I've seen the entire series so I'm not sure if they have said on screen but Rosie has spina bifida. Some people with it do have paralysis of the legs but not everyone does. She can walk short distances if she has to.

Someone using a wheelchair does not mean they are unable to walk at all.

The panel mentioned a fact that is true in reality. Gaza really only has power for a few hours a day. That's not whatever the hell virtue signalling is.

I watched this last week but I'm pretty sure the Israel comment was about Gaza only having power for a few hours a day...which is true in reality. I didn't see her response as evil because she didn't care this was happening but rather just how evident how nationalistic she was. She doesn't know or CARE to know anything about the middle east. Her whole schtick is that she's worried about every day problems Britains face. Also, this scene will make more sense later only but anything else I'd say about that would be a spoiler.

What Israel bashing?

This doesn't get its own forum? :( I meant to only watch the first few episodes but I ended up marathoning all 8. I was watching for Gillian but it wound up being a really good show. Maeve is awesome and needs some good things to happen to her. Eric was a great character and I wasn't thrilled how Otis treated him. Doesn Gillian have a clause in her contract that she always has to be put in the most awful wigs possible? Because it keeps happening. Note: Trigger warning for LGTQ violence in episode 5. I don't think any press has mentioned that.