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Bridgerton presents such a lovely picture of a thorougly integrated society that you can't help but wish it would have really been that way. Say, maybe because of rumors that Princess Charlotte was "dark" they had really elevated some wealthy "dark" British families to attend upon her. (Were there any such rumors about her other family members, but only about her?) Even so, seemingly within the lifespan of a single generation, could it really have happened that way? The easy mingling and associating, the easy intermarrying, with no one anywhere saying a word, not even members of the "older" generation? It would have been wonderful if it could have been like that, but could it really have been? What an effect it would have had on the rest of the world, especially the southern US of the time. Ah, well, we can only dream, can't we?

AHHHHH........"Secret Agent Man"!!! Darn, the Sixties had good theme songs. Looking up the show on Tubi. So, did all the other Fives in the Subway Deli survive as well??

How did this series play in Asia, which I presume was its prime market? I loved the headdresses of the Mongol women, all beautiful, no two alike.

So, since we're not getting anything more of this show, does anyone know the real history of Kublai Khan?

We've just finished watching Series 24 of Midsomer Murders on a DVD set borrowed from our local library. (We don't have either Acorn or Britbox, so this is the only way we can watch it locallyl) We liked all four episodes, found them twisty and mystifying, up with the best of them. Of course we found the "Texan" ridiculously over the top, even for a British show, but we thought maybe that that was being done on purpose, Turned out we were right. Wish the show would come back to Masterpiece Theater on PBS.

What did they do to the baby? I know they killed it, but what did they actually do?

British humor is much darker than American humor. After watching episode 2 my husband was muttering "That was NOT funny!" (It sort of bothered me, too.) I am sticking with it, but at times it is uncomfortable.

This is beginning to remind me of the Ruth Galloway books series by Elly Griffiths; a heroine, a forensic archaologist, having an unplanned child with a married DCI officer with children. He knows, but his wife only deduces it somewhat later on. Great book series.

Hey, was that the Jersey Devil??

Does anyone know anything about the supposed Joe Pickett series that the author CJ Box pulled the plug on before this series was developed, because he didn't like what they planned to do with the characters? Was it an executive decision to change the ethnicity of Nate Romanowski, or was it that this actor simply turned in the best audition for the role? Just curious.

I don't know how long ago this was written/filmed, etc., but it was probably some time ago, presumably well before the writers/actors strikes became serious possibilities. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have left it on a cliffhanger otherwise (at least I hope not). All those special effects take time to work in.

I don't think that Gilead lasts for a very long period of time. I've read The Testaments, and Aunt Lydia is very much alive and active during 99% of the book. Now I know she is a formidable lady, but she's not immortal! She does die, eventually, and at that point Gilead is beginning to crumble, with widespread leakage of secret files, actions, and events, both outside and inside Gilead. At the very end we are informed that certain characters we are familiar with lived long and happy lives after the fact. I don't know if the United States is ever actually restored, but certainly something much better than Gilead was replaces Gilead.

So who exactly did Lady Lydia get engaged to? She announces a surprise engagement, but to whom?????

It seems Gilead "wives" have absolutely no maternal instincts.

We're the valets real people, or just fictional?