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I quoted your whole post because there are no reaction emojis below it (maybe because you are a "Guest"), but I want to applaud it. I just discovered this show on Netflix a few years late and really enjoyed the first season, but now in the second season it's getting harder to stick with it for the reasons you give. I'm especially sick of Beth and her being angry at Ruby for trying to protect Stan and her children. Although they've all made stupid and bad decisions, I feel that Beth is most responsible for the danger they are in now from law enforcement because she has chosen to get them in deeper as she has "broken bad." I'll probably keep watching but not as enthusiastically and with as much enjoyment as I did with season 1.

I loved this!

No, she caught it but decided it was better not to reveal it to the wife/mob boss at the time--Charlie explained this later, I think when she was talking to her FBI friend.

I can't answer your other questions, but I think the foot (and bottom part of leg) was lost as the result of the car accident that killed their father. IIRC, Felicity was in the car with him.

Although it's fun to see all the guest stars this season, it is a bit distracting to the plot when they are so well-known. In this episode, it was hard to think of John Mulaney being anyone other than himself, acting the way he normally does as a comedian. And Richard Kind is always Richard Kind, with his distinctive way of speaking and acting. In contrast, although Rhea Perlman is also well-known, after the initial introduction of her character (when I said "look, it's Rhea Perlman!"), she gradually grew into the role.

Thank you! Her face was so familiar but I couldn't remember why. Although Cynthia Erivo did a good job with the multiple roles (though of course different hairstyles and wardrobe helped), overall the episode seemed weaker than most of those in the first season. It relied too much on gimmicks, including the multiple identical sisters, the artificial leg/foot, and the bad guys constantly finding and shooting at Charlie but always missing their shots. Hopefully the rest of this season will be better. Minor complaint--the adult sisters did not resemble the child/teenage sisters at all. I understand that people's features change as they grow up, but not that much. Casting should have done a better job in finding a young actress who could plausibly be a younger version of Cynthia.

My husband and I decided to keep watching the series even though it's like nails on a chalkboard every time Michael is talking (which is entirely too much of the time). I'm glad we did because the first couple of episodes of Season 2 finally show the truth of Natalia's age and the fact that the Barnetts knew the truth, which makes their treatment of her even more monstrous. And I don't excuse Michael from the monster allegation just because he comes across as a self-pitying idiot--even if Kristine did most of the physical abuse, he did not make any attempt to stop it and participated in the abandonment. The production of the documentary is still shoddy though.

I like the original (and gorgeous) setting for a TV series and the natural incorporation of indigenous language, customs, and dress. But I don't get why a white woman is in charge of the town (unclear what her job title is--maybe town manager?). It keeps taking me out of the story. Ting is obnoxiously narcissistic and selfish, I'm surprised it took Siaja so long to end things. But I guess she stayed because of their daughter and community expectations, as well as a lack of options to be independent.

I agree and would like to see Sass have a good match. But I don't think Shiki is that match either--she just does not seem particularly likeable to me, and I didn't see why he was in love with her. Overall I enjoyed the episode because it opened up new comic territory with someone other than Sam being able to see and talk to ghosts permanently. I hope Kyle can be brought back at least occasionally. I'm predisposed to like the character because I've loved Ben Feldman since he was a guardian angel in Drop Dead Diva.

My husband and I just started watching this after watching the more recent Hulu series Good American Family, which was based on the true story but dramatized with actors. We were hoping that this documentary series would help clarify who was telling the truth, but we are 3 episodes in and very frustrated at the way things are being presented. Not sure we should continue with this. What is especially frustrating is the way the interviewers let the neighbors from the first apartment allege about inappropriate sexual behavior without real evidence, and in at least one case based only on a young boy saying something like she leaned on his chair or was too close to him while he was playing a video game with a friend. There has been no attempt by the interviewers to question the reliability or interpretation of these allegations. For example, the first thing I thought of about what the boy said was that Natalia wanted to join in the video game playing or even just be in the company of other kids, and his reaction was based on annoyance, nothing to do with sexuality. I'm also suspicious of the various people making allegations about sexual talk and behavior while refusing to be identified--both neighbors and employees at the mental hospital. Even of those who were identified (Sue, the neighbor with the grandson who was playing video games, and the younger couple who were neighbors), their main complaint originally was that she bothered them by seeking their company and wanting to talk to them a lot, and that she would come in their homes and look for food. From there these neighbors concluded that there was something really wrong with her and apparently evil. They either didn't consider or didn't care that she was a disabled and lonely person (regardless of age) who acted the way she did because she was abandoned by her family. Overall, it seems to be a very poorly constructed documentary, which is a shame because this story really needs a good and truthful documentary.

I think she was forced to because the judge's rules said that no mention could be made of anything indicating that she was a child at the time that the Barnetts did the things they were accused of. That would include her real birth year. The other possibility is that she gave that birth year on the stand because she had given up, realizing it was hopeless to continue the fight for justice.

This is what I keep coming back to--whatever her actual age, as her guardians Kristine and Michael had a responsibility to find her a place to live that was accessible to someone with that type of disability and to help her get food and other things she needed. Since they just left her and moved to Canada, why couldn't they be held accountable for neglecting these basic responsibilities of guardianship for a disabled person? But maybe I'm wrong about what those responsibilities are.

I was happy to see Marienne again and to see her working with Kate and Nadia, and I'm glad Bronte/Louise finally woke up (though I don't trust that Joe won't pull the wool over her eyes again). But I was pulled out of the scene by the ridiculousness of the bookstore going up in flames and not one person in the vicinity called the fire department.

She did see the book cage. Thanks for sharing this useful summary! I had forgotten pretty much everything about Karen except for being a short-term girlfriend who did not get killed.

I shouldn't focus on the little things when there are so many big things that are unrealistic, but why didn't the police come to Teddy's apartment after he dialed 911? I didn't even hear sirens, and we only saw Kate's private security people come in the apartment. Joe should have been arrested for assault and violating a custody order, if Teddy was willing to say what happened. Another thing: it was foolish of Kate to have Henry stay with Teddy, even if it was a new apartment. She should have realized he could find out where the apartment is and track them. Even if he hadn't put the tracking device in the book for Henry, he could have just lurked outside the school at closing time and followed them to the new place.