CeeBeeGee

Taking my reply to the history behind season 6 thread.

Murder in Boston by Ken Englade, and Deadly Greed by Joe Sharkey are the two I remember. (It's been a few years.) I believe the latter goes into incredibly thorough detail about the Stuart, DeMaiti and Bennett family backgrounds.

Yes! What was up with that?! It looked super creepy and his teeth are...not great. It was like Austin Powers was cosplaying as the PM.

I read a review (maybe in Slate?) of this series and it said something like "instead of focusing on the bland, unimpressive Chuck and his marriage, it focuses on the racial fallout." This jibed with my bewilderment at how much the press (and everyone, except of course the Black community) were NOT questioning his story. The only thing that gives him any credibility is how badly he was wounded. Everything else makes him look guilty--where they were (not really on the way home from B&W Hospital), that his small, pregnant wife was killed from behind and he was shot from the side, the drama queen "I'm blacking out" nonsense, his creepy affect at the hospital which is why the first two detectives were immediately suspicious. Michelle Caruso's analysis of the details was terrifically intuitive--she points out that in the photo of the two of them in the front seat, Carol was completely relaxed when she was shot, she didn't see it coming. And I loved her pointing out "who says they're blacking out?" She would've been a great detective herself. And another reason for my bewilderment--how many people did he tell or hint to to that he was going to kill someone? What a moron. Of course the story was going to get out. Not exactly a genius. (Even if he did "attend Brown on a football scholarship." Snort. Someone as smart as Carol had to have known that was a lie.) I'm also wondering why that first night the police didn't swab his hands for gunshot residue. (Did they do that back then? Maybe that's more recent technology.) After shooting himself, he would've been in too much pain to do it, I think.

After the episode, I looked up her name because I was sure she was some young relation to Foy. This episode was devastating to me. The idea of the long goodbye to your constant, lifelong companion just--brings up all the feels. And watching her become sicker and more debilitated. And the bathtub scene--I had to put up my hands, I felt so terrible for her. When it switched from young Margaret to Leslie Manville telling her "I will always be by your side" I burst into tears. Great, great episode. The flashback was so much fun as well.

That was a cool moment, especially because Lola (a fictional character, I looked it up) hadn't impressed me so far. SAME. Constantly being asked for his autograph--which, actually, I think protocol says he's not supposed to do (or pose in selfies with fans)--had to have been incredibly annoying. Overall, kind of dull.

That really bothered me. Look, the name of the episode gives it away, it's going to focus on William. But you can have a moment or two of Harry struggling--a quick take to him, a long shot with him in the background. If someone is mugging around like that in the way of such a devastating event, there's a reason (denial, relief from grief, etc.). It would've been nice to show even a glimpse that Harry too was grieving and struggling. Maybe their self-medicating was supposed to hint at that. What's a SORAS? And yes, the scene at Diana's grave was lovely. My thoughts as I was watching: For the love of God Dominc West, can you please, please go five seconds without making that stupid moue with your mouth? Debecki had tics as well, but they were at least recognizably Diana's tics. You're already wrong for Charles and every time you do that thing with your mouth, you just remind us that you're Dominic West and not Charles. The directors/showrunner really should've put a stop to that. "Tears and self-pity.." Oh my God Elizabeth, what the hell is wrong with you???! What a callous, dismissive thing to say! Why didn't these poor kids get therapy????? I love those green velvet-accented upholstered chairs in the scene where Charles surprises William at tea at Windsor. Damn. William with the truth-bombs. In a way, it's rather a sequel to Paterfamilias, one of my very favorite episodes of The Crown.

It's a fantastic documentary. I've always thought American Crime Story should explore this horrific crime. There are so many angles to explore--obviously race and domestic violence but also class--Chuck was working class but extremely aspirational, Carol was middle class but also trending upward. In one of the (many) books I read about this case, there's an anecdote about Chuck wanting to decorate their Xmas tree with these incredibly tacky NFL decorations and Carol said something along the lines of "Chuck. That's so...Revere" (the working class area where he grew up). In another anecdote he worked out what their combined income was and said "My God--we're yuppies." I hate to say this story is fascinating because I hate it when people get caught up in the "drama" of true crime and forget about the victims. But there is a reason I keep coming back to this story and re-reading books about it. They made a TV movie about it called Good Night, Sweet Wife. For a quickie TV movie, it is surprisingly good. And interestingly, one of the people interviewed in today's episode, Michelle Caruso, is one of the main characters in the movie!

It's a well-known trope, but having suffered three deaths in the past year--none insignificant--it rang very true to me. I'm still talking to my 17 year old cat who passed just after Christmas. Both of them were hidebound by protocol. Diana had divorced--therefore they had no responsibility to her, as they saw it. They were incapable of appreciating how huge this was until after the PM and Charles had pushed them hard. I saw that on Broadway--I didn't realize they'd filmed it! I'll have to check it out, I quite liked it. Especially Kate's Lady Macbeth characterization. And blonder! He still had all that lovely blonde hair through college. I thought exactly the same thing! I was yelling at my laptop "Spectacle is all you do anymore! That's literally the reason you're still around, you put on a good show." Otherwise Kate and William would've been quietly married in a local C of E church. I love this whole post, especially the unicorn diary and the purple sparkle pen 😂 And I thought that too, like--what? Why is he a hero? My thoughts as I watched it: Philip and HM not wanting to use the "Queen's Fleet" to retrieve Diana's body because she was "no longer" a royal or an HRH--the first of many unforced blunders. They simply didn't have the imagination to see this terrible event for what it was, nor what the English reaction would be. I'm not a Charles fan but he certainly did, from the jump. I'm no fan of Mohammed but his grief was quite moving. As little as I like him, he didn't deserve to lose his oldest son so violently. Well done, casting! The actress playing Lady Sarah McCorquodale is a dead ringer for her, from the red hair down to that Spencer jawline. God, I'm banging my head against the wall at HM's obdurate idiocy. Morgan's movie The Queen explored this very well, but she's just being so obtuse. Charles was absolutely right in every respect. And yes, you did insist on a divorce after the Panorama interview, after doing nothing to help Diana hold onto her marriage. (Small note--absolutely right except for insisting the boys walk behind the caisson. I don't think anybody--i.e., the public--expected or particularly wanted that--it seems terribly cruel. They were children. Harry wasn't even a teenager yet.) Why would the muezzin address the crowd in English and not Arabic? I wrote about this week in my history blog (there are historical spoilers in the entry).

This, definitely. Her lack of boundaries with the boys has always bothered me, as great a mother as she's always seems in every other way. Some of it I'll chalk up to how very young she was when she first became a mother. Charles: Love, Mummy? Love? Queen: I don't want to debate this anymore. I'm going to be in Darbyshire. Utterly savage shutdown. And part of me is thinking--Charles was on a tear here. Nobody (except his wife, of course) had any problem with his carrying on--discreetly, of course--with Camilla. But Charles wanted to have his cake both ways. He didn't just want to be with Camilla, he wanted to win. He wanted everyone to acknowledge that he was right, that he had won. By God, he was going to rub him and Camilla in everyone's noses. And all to avoid being forced to acknowledge that he'd married Diana under false pretenses. Mohamed: "For putting her on a plate for you." GROSS. "Goodnight, Lillibet." I love Margaret ending the phone call first. Margaret is a favorite of mine. I fully acknowledge I doubt I would've liked her if I'd met her in person--she was faaaaaarrrr too rank-conscious--but I love her as a plot device. "I don't want partial victory. This is war." YEP. Just like I said. Charles finds it offensive that Diana grabs headlines the day his paramour turns 50. He didn't just want to be with Camilla, he wanted to win. God forbid he admit he'd fucked up Diana's life or acted completely selfishly.

Great article about systemic abuse in NCAA gymnastics.

And the mentally compromised (for lack of a better word--in Shock Treatment Tibby and the others could see him, right? Or was it just Al they could see?). I still don't know why Bakula didn't get the Emmy for that episode. He played like seven different characters!

This whole situation is disgusting. These fans should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. What gives them the right to destroy a man's relationship, simply because they like his skating? It's appalling.

I knew they recruited enemy scientists but only knew the project name because it’s a key plot detail in Marvel movies. Also in The X-Files.

One of my favorite episodes. The Horta is such a sweetheart, skittering nervously around Kirk and Spock.

You mean the guy who's a dead ringer (albeit non-Asian) ringer for Ben? She sure has a type.

What a gorgeous program! I adore his loose, throwaway energy--and what a terrific application of a blues piece to the ice! And yes, that background--chalet, mountains--is spectacular1

So well done!!!! So absolutely thrilled for Simone! She is unquestionably and officially the G.O.A.T., with 34 combined Olympic and World medals!!!! (And beat out scumbag Vitaly Scherbo 😆 ) And I see Shilese has continued the tradition (Kyla Ross, Larisa Iordache) of following up a Worlds silver AA medal with a bronze 😃

I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM!!!!!!! So well done, US ladies! You've made history!

They'll beat China--they are currently tied for most consecutive team medals. Go, US ladies!

Is that a nickname?

So thrilled and happy for them! I wanted to post this on the USAG FB page but apparently I've been blocked from commenting because everytime they posted about Brody Malone, I would comment, asking if he was still a Q-Anon nutter 😁😁😁 I guess they didn't like that!

Don't forget McCoy's coolly teling Khan (when he's holding the knife to his throat), "It would be most effective if you would cut the carotid artery, just under the left ear." I like to think of that being the moment when McCoy earned his opening sequence credits that he was granted in the second season.

Same! Yes, yes, YESSSSSSSSSSS! *Summoning Meg Ryan at the booth in Katz's* Sooooooo glad our Jonathon is back and the porkpie hat is GONE! Buh-bye! I am beyond excited :)

Sorry, I didn't realize it looked as though I was singling you out--I just replied to two posts, not realizing the same poster had written both of them 😀 nWhat I meant was, it seems as though (from how she is acting) that KC thinks SJP is at fault, from her very personal reaction to her in the media and on social media. I agree KC was treated badly in the movies--if she left the franchise because of that (or for other business reasons), more power to her.