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I watched the first two eps, and I'll keep watching. Unlike most, I never watched the original, for some reason, tho I've always been a true crime junkie. I think I thought it was a show 'old people' watched or some stupid thing, I don't know. The first one, Rey Rivera...that one really creeped me out. There is just no way he jumped from the hotel roof, none of the trajectories worked, and just no explanation otherwise, either. And that note....that literally sent goose bumps all over me. Even given his habit of writing disjointed thoughts and ideas...wtf WAS that? and why was it miniaturized and hidden behind the computer? And the Freemason quote....it's SO creepy. And yeah, my first thought on seeing his friend, even before suspicion was cast on him, was that he looked like a frat boy rapist type, so I'm all on board with thinking he's involved, and it seems far reaching, even to the cops. And yeah, it's somehow about money, or powerful men, or both. I felt so sad for his widow. The Patrice Endres case was also so sad, her son is so damaged, and her husband is so...again, creepy. I guess I don't think he killed her, tho a hit for hire still might be a possibility, but he's an awful man. Locking the son out of the house, at 15, after he's just lost his mom...his house, with his stuff...he just was able to not allow him back in because he 'didn't like him'?? What a POS. And then his request to have her bones laid out and carrying around her skull, and then sleeping with her cremains? OMG. My jaw was literally agape with horror while watching him.

I've read a million true crime books, but I still was terrified reading this one, and tried to remember not to read it at nite, cuz I couldn't sleep after if I did. I watched an Oxygen special about it, at night, couldn't sleep after. I told myself I was familiar enough with it all to not be sleepless if I watched this before bedtime; I was wrong. It just plays into some our worst fears, I think. The imagery of being awakened from a peaceful sleep by a presence and then a blinding flashlight beam...it's the stuff of literal nightmares. (I once awakened in the middle of the night to see two men slinking into the bedroom I shared with my then-husband; fortunately, they only had burglary on their minds. I pretended to remain asleep, I could feel one of them standing beside me just watching for movement for a few seconds. They were only there for a few minutes, but it was the longest few minutes of my life. I can only imagine the utter terror of finding a sexual predator in your dark room.) The girl at the piano...so terrifying and heartbreaking. Also heartbreaking, of course, that Michelle died before seeing what she'd helped accomplish. And yeah, though I know Patton has evidently happily remarried, his love and affection and respect for Michelle really is palpable. It just adds such a shadow of overwhelming sadness to this series. That old man in court--even seeing him appearing to be frail and ancient--I'm an utter pacifist, but I could smash his fucking face in.

I think the case could definitely be made that removing that condom, without her consent, aka stealthing, was a form of rape. I believe it HAS been argued, legally, tho I may be wrong about that. Zain is shady AF, and I don't believe for a second he thought it was okay with her. I hate that she accepted it so readily and is still feeling flirty with him. I think that may change. He also had contempt for her writing success, and feels he's a better, more deserving writer. It was a complete power play on his part. I admire how realistic this show is in dealing with Arabella's need for constant company, and also in how quickly she wants to reassert her own sexual agency. At first, the hookup with Zain kind of baffled me; they didn't seem at all into each other, there didn't seem to be any actual attraction on either part, and the sex, creepy stealthing aside, looked merely serviceable, something to get over with. But I also recalled, having gone thru a similar--or anyway, somewhat adjacent-- situation as Arabella back when I was 19, that throwing yourself back into sexual situations where YOU feel in control is a common defense mechanism. It's heartbreaking that the first time she does this, she's met with more sexual betrayal by a predator who looks like a nice guy but definitely is not. I really also didn't get what was going on with Kwame and his new friend, who seemed into him, but hesitant, and despite what he said, a little scared. I'm not sure I get why Kwame immediately thought "threesome with a stranger is a good way to ease this guy into things!" Was it strictly logistics, as they had no where else to go? I'm also not entirely clear on what happened with the Grindr hookup guy...did he actually rape him, was there penetration, or did he just get himself off using Kwame as a sex toy? Either way is heinous, indefensible, and an assault; I'm just unclear on the details. So really, with Terry's dubious threesome that she believed was consensual til she realized she'd been set up by the two guys...she, Arabella and Kwame have all experienced different levels of deceit and assault regarding consent and their own sexual agency. This show is brilliant, and so, so hard to watch.

My BFF and I, at about 18, 19, decided to go to the Knoxville World's Fair (you can do the math, I'm old). We'd recently quit our jobs and gone to Tucson to crash with friends for awhile, then came back to Kentucky, and with our last remaining $$, drove to Knoxville. No reservations, no idea where we'd stay, during a world's fair, but whatever. We lucked into a condo in a nearby small town, got dolled up, drove into Knoxville at night looking for something to do, looking for the strip of college bars we'd heard about. Wound up on UT campus, driving around, came upon two cute boys jogging, asked for directions. They told us if we'd give them a ride back to their dorms, they'd get changed and show us the town. We did, they did, we spent the evening drinking and dancing and making out in various little bars before chastely depositing them back at their dorms with the promise of picking them up the next day to go to the Fair together. We stopped to get gas on the way back to the condo and two cute, slightly older guys started talking to us. Told us they were in town for a wedding but hadn't realized there would be such problem finding rooms. Without even really discussing it, we invited them to crash at our condo. They followed us in their car. (we did, at least, pause to wonder along the ride if they might be serial killers and if we should try to ditch them, but we didn't). A lot more drinking and making out/hooking up went on, but it remained fairly innocent, and nobody murdered us in our sleep. Next day, they left and we went and picked up the other 2 guys at their dorm and went to the Fair. We were idiots (I read serial killer books voraciously, including the one Ann Rule wrote about Ted Bundy, when I was hit with the realization that if he'd asked me to help him out at some lake I'd have been dead meat cuz I'd think he was cute, and yet I STILL did all this shit) but somehow it all turned out okay and we lived to tell the tale.

Augie's def the cutest, but it's a little shady that he's cyber-stalking her IG while with his new girlfriend. I dug the three eps we've seen so far. Sure, it's SATC-lite (is that even possible?) but Kendrick is always appealing and I like the supporting cast. I'll keep watching.

I am so happy!!!

well, I'm sad.

I just can't cut him the slack you do, just because of the times, or the culture, or whatever. He beat Ada once, I don't see any reason to believe he wouldn't keep beating her any time she got mouthy or didn't have dinner on the table on time or whatever. I guess I appreciate that you're trying to see this thru an unmodern lens, but I can't do it any more than I can defend racists and slave owners and Nazis. He's perhaps a victim of his culture, but he's still a childish, violent bully. I sure don't wish him any happiness.

I admire this show, but there's just a huge remove between me and the characters...I can't seem to love any of them. The men are so terrible, the women often not much better, and our 2 protagonists both infuriate me. Still, tho I don't love Lila, seeing her in that horrible sausage factory was dismaying, tho still preferable to watching her get raped and beaten by Stefano. And I knew, the second we saw that fire, that Lila would toss her lovely little book into the flames. But I don't seem to FEEL the love between the 2 young women like I'm supposed to. Lila has been so awful to Lenu, who just allows it...I don't know, I think they're toxic to one another. And now beautiful Nico shows back up with a stupid straggly beard, and Elena's gonna torpedo her relationship with the nice guy for him. It's all so bleak. Stefano is a POS. Period. The end. Poor stupid Ada.

The whole episode fell kind of flat for me. The urgency and desperation that should have been present and palpable when Bobby and Co. were racing to save Athena just wasn't there. The truck didn't even seem to be going terribly fast! And I love Peter Krause, but his micro expression-face just didn't work in this scene, he didn't appear distraught or anguished. I don't know. Maybe it's me. And I didn't blame Karen much for leaping to conclusions: Hen cheated. It's pretty easy to believe "once a cheater, always..." when you find suspicious stuff and your partner flat out lies to you. But while it was funny to see Karen and Chimney interact, neither one of them played a convincing drunk person. Connie Britton! Why does Abby wear such bad eyewear?

This show is beautiful, and I'll see it thru this season, but it's also so ugly and brutal and maddening. There is no one to root for, really, not even Elena, who is just so passive and mute. There is not, so far, one single redeemable male in all of this particular version of Italy. And yes, why is every single man she meets in love with Lila? I fail to see any reason. I've read some synopses of the future books, and it just seems like it all gets even bleaker. I don't know if I can hang.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xh3rCj0gk/ I like Chris Meloni, but I'd rather Walton Goggins make me cocktails https://www.instagram.com/p/B-da68wDjQO/

I never took that joke particularly seriously til I saw this dress. I'd totally forgotten what Will was doing for a living now. He's a professor? I don't think I even remembered/knew that. Thanks.

Grace was wearing a $700 dress, but all I could wonder is if the wardrobe person hates her as much as Megan M. supposedly does. And gold spike heeled boots with it? wtf. I kind of hate them leaving NYC. but that house is cute. How are they going to support themselves? What does Will even do now, anyway? I know you can be an interior designer anywhere, but I'd think opportunities would be a lot less lucrative and frequent in a small town. Or maybe she'll still do NYC jobs..it's not that far...I'm thinking about this way too much.

I'm all for female-empowery bonding and howling at the moon, but that kind of touchy feely weepy gathering would make me run screaming for the door.

I hate all of those characters mentioned. Loathe them. I couldn't wait for Walter White to die. I admire the skill involved in the acting and writing but I am actively ultimately rooting for Wendy to die and Marty to get locked up forever. Or die. At the end of the series run. In no way do I root for them, no matter how cute I think Jason Bateman is. I CAN root for the bad guy. Two of my biggest TV crushes are a handsome cannibal and an erudite Kentucky criminal. Though ultimately I even wanted them to get justice. I'm rambling with no real point. But I was really moved by Ben, and by Tom Pelphrey's performance, and ultimately I want marty and wendy to pay dearly for their crimes. Ruth, tho. I do still want Ruth to come out of all of this somehow. I don't see that happening tho.

Johnny giving Stevie the key to Room 7 for turndown was symbolic. It was the first time that room would be vacant in five years. That might have killed me more than anything. Emily hampshire posted this last night. they all also watched the show together via zoom or whatever. This cast really does love each other. I would have loved MORE. I wanted to see inside David and Patrick's house. I wanted to see where alexis was going to live in NYC. I wanted to know what Stevie's new job really entailed. I wanted a flash forward to wrap things up a little more. But Dan has said he's open to a movie or something down the line, so I'll just hold out hope. I could have lived without the happy ending thing, but the rest was very sweet. I kept waiting for Moira, in her crazy bridal regalia, to say "Mawwage is what brings us together today." Alexis looked insanely stunning. I'm really going to miss them.

The special made me cry far more than the finale. I'm really going to miss this family. I loved this journey.

The restaurant was Arnaud's. I'd think they just might use the real maître d from there, as they used some other real life New Orleans denizens, but I have no idea. It's New Orleans. It seriously instills some kind of magick mojo in even those of us over 50, at least for a day or two. I don't like that guy. I remember his smarmy face from a previous episode or season but not really much else. He left his girlfriend or wife at the hotel to go trawling for Sam? Gross. I don't like her being okay with it, either. But apparently, in New Orleans, most men are hot for Sam.

I have no problem separating the character from the actor. The evil people of Ozark are the ones who are intolerable to me: the remorseless murderers and criminals. A mentally ill man who makes bad decisions isn't the one who most inspires my contempt.

Yeah, really. His performance was intuitive and committed and devastating. Ben was self sabotaging but he was also mentally ill. What's the excuse for all the actual human monsters on this show? Wendy, Marty, Helen, Darlene....They're like a pit of vipers. Ben was an innocent. We needed SOMEONE with some humanity.

Ben broke my heart. Give Tom pelphrey all the awards! He was devastatingly good. I cried my eyes out for him.

Lori looks 10x better and younger with the bob. Her haircut before just wanted to speak to a manager.

Kevin having more than one set of twins is a kind of maddening idea. like one the writers would have cooked up just to keep us guessing and on our toes and omgoshsoshocked! I hope that's not the case.

Popular wisdom seems to think the Astronaut is Hunter Hayes, but i'm kind of getting a Joseph Gordon Levitt vibe from him too. I'd think he's too big and current a star to do this dumb show, but it also seems like exactly the kind of cheesy, silly thing his adorkable little ass would love.