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9 hours ago, Umbelina said:
3:05 there is a girl who could have doubled for a young Elizabeth!
She is a dead ringer for a young Elizabeth!
6 hours ago, Trillian said:You're not the only one. I got a kick out of seeing Martha - and yelled like everyone else - but I'd be quite happy if that was the last glimpse of her.
I agree. It's great to see that she's alive and have some idea of what kind of life she's leading. If they show her again and give us more details, I would be okay with that. I would be equally satisfied if this is the last time we see her.
2 hours ago, shura said:Which reminds me, what exactly was Oleg trying to get out of that store manager? Learn who brought the goods? Normally, they would be delivered absolutely legally, it's just that most of them would never find their way on the store shelves. And if anyone asked, the store could always claim that it sold out quickly.
My understanding is that Oleg was trying to find out who her supplier was. He thought she was bribing someone to get the best quality/rare food. He wasn't interested in what she was doing. He was after the bigger fish, the person accepting the bribe.
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2 hours ago, Chaos Theory said:
And the entire internet screams a single word "Martha."
So true.
2 hours ago, AimingforYoko said:Not gonna lie, this was my exact reaction.
Mine too.
2 hours ago, Umbelina said:Oleg! A bit shallow there, because I love just watching that man walk. Aside from that, this is another story that interests me. I feel so bad for him, guy did the right thing, and now he's screwed no matter what. Run Oleg, tell mom and dad to go "on vacation" then meet them somewhere and start a new life, at least by the end of the show.
You make me feel so much better about having a bit of crush on Oleg. It feels kind of wrong, but I can't help it. Oleg is one of the characters I want to see survive and get whatever passes for a happy ending on this show. I just want him to be okay.
1 hour ago, gwhh said:You think they let Martha shop at the Soviet Union elite special shops? You know the one for the party elite. Hope she got a nice place. It can't be any worst that her awful single woman place in DC.
Could someone explain the elite special shops? How did they knew who to let in and who to keep out? Were there special cards? How did this system work?
1 hour ago, sistermagpie said:Oleg is great. Poor guy never realized one day he would be Nina. That's a guy who's really in trouble.
How bad is his situation? Is he in too deep for his father's connections to rescue him? Have we seen his father on screen yet? I think his father is still alive. I wonder if we will see a father son conversation at some point this season.
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"Manhatten Queens" is one of my favorite episodes because Baker gets an actual storyline. I wish the writers would do more episodes like that for her. I am pretty sure Garrett has never been an officer and is someone from outside that world, as opposed to Frank or Sid.
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On March 19, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Lillybee said:
I would love to see it if Jamie decided to become a public defender if only to mess with his family. Imagine the drama.
It would be great to see an episode where Nikki shadows a public defender for a day or two as part of a class assignment. She did not get to pick the role she would be shadowing for a day, but she's not upset with it. The episode would include some time in a courtroom, where Nikki sees the public defender up against Erin.
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On March 12, 2017 at 11:19 PM, methodwriter85 said:
I know that Newsies would never happened, but man, that would have been great.
Newsies Live on ABC would be fantastic. Does ABC do the live musicals, or is it just an NBC thing? If ABC wanted to get in on it, Newsies would be a good choice.
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1 hour ago, henripootel said:
Over-reacting is not like them, and even if the Center (and Gabriel) find this plausible, I'd hope cooler heads would prevail.
Elizabeth tends to overact, but Philip is a calming more level headed incident. After Regean was shot, Elizabeth was sure it was a coup of some kind, while Philip took a more wait and see approach. He also suspected it was more a lone gunman/nutcase scenario (although it's been awhile since I watched the episode).
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On March 19, 2017 at 10:49 AM, nodorothyparker said:
It's incredible to me that we're four episode into an eight-episode run and we've still seen almost no movement in the story of what would give Sun its place in history. Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee are still off doing their own thing and Elvis hasn't done more than make a delivery and continue to moon after a girl.
Here is my prediction for where the series is heading episode by episode. This prediction is based on the end point/episode 8 being the Million Dollar Quartet session in December of 1956. I could total see a version of this miniseries where the last image is the actors recreating the Million Dollar Quartet picture. It changes to the real picture, and then we get title cards with a brief summary of carreer highlights of the lead characters.
Episode 5: Lewis attends Southwest Bible Institute. Elvis makes the record for his mother. Johnny Cash is discharged from the army and marries Vivian Liberto.
Episode 6: Lewis is expelled from Southwest Bible Institute. Elvis starts recording for Sun. Cash moves to Memphis.
Episode 7: Lewis starts recording for Sun Records. Cash starts recording for Sun Records. Elvis signs with Colonel Tom Parker.
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35 minutes ago, Artsda said:
Why unemotional Walter would be running around trying to win being best man seems unlike him.
I think it's like the chess game. Walter is competetive and wants to win.
It will be fun to see silly weddiing subplots this season. I'm also interested to see how the big wedding doesn't happen and instead ends up being the team in the garage, or some crazy location due to a mission.
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On 3/15/2017 at 10:52 AM, Kathemy said:
My feeling is rooted in the fact that I see Oleg and Stan as very similar people. They both have a private "sense of honor" and seem to really want to "do the right thing". Oleg did that when warning Stan. I could see Stan returning the favor in some manner.
I agree with you. Stan and Oleg see each other as equals. It's a worthy opponent type scenario. If the roles had been reversed, Stan would have done the same thing.
On 3/15/2017 at 11:49 AM, tennisgurl said:Poor Oleg. He is all kinds of screwed, just for trying to do the right thing. He is smart enough and decent enough to actually make a real difference in his government, but now, with the CIA looking to trap him, it looks like this isn't going to turn out well for him. "Hey Oleg, we totally appreciate the huge solid you did us. Now, could you please continue to help us unwillingly, or we will make sure you and your family get a one way trip to the gulag?" His poor mom. She will probably lose both her sons to political bullshit now. Also, shallow, but Oleg has somehow gotten even HOTTER this season. Damn.
I appreciate Stan trying to have Oleg's back, even though it looks like he wont be able to help much. It also seems like his bosses just don't Get It. They seem to think Stan is making a big deal about Oleg possibly getting killed or worse because he's trying to make a power play, or because he's pissed at his new bosses, not just because Stan really just respects Oleg and doesn't want to see him get killed for doing the right thing.
I'd like to think that Oleg is smart enough to find a way out of his problem. It is shallow, but Oleg is hot and one of my favorite parts of the series. There is a great deal of respect between Stan and Oleg, which is part of what makes their scenes together so great.
On 3/15/2017 at 0:06 PM, RedHawk said:I laughed to myself that maybe Bennigan's decor is ALWAYS St. Patrick's Day
Bennigan's is Irish themed, so it's possible that the decor makes it look like it is always St. Patrick's Day
On 3/15/2017 at 0:49 AM, Umbelina said:kids of Paige's age had parents that lived in the sixties, free love, birth control pills, and all that. She wouldn't be the only parent around in the mid eighties that could talk frankly about sex, and not be freaked out by the natural horniness of teenagers.
I was surprised they didn't mention some mention of birth control like pills, condoms, or something else as an afterthought.
On 3/15/2017 at 5:44 AM, Umbelina said:Henry broke into a different neighbor's house, and has his secret box of stuff carefully secured under floorboards. He's a born spy!
Henry is also the one who figured out they were in dangerous situation while hitchhiking home from the mall and was not afraid to use violence/physical force to get away. The KGB is going after the wrong kid.
On 3/15/2017 at 5:33 AM, shura said:I am wondering about Oleg. He is a spy, he must be aware that the CIA is going to try to develop him in some way since he has exposed himself by committing treason. Was his plan simply to go to Moscow and not think about that anymore?
Oleg's plan was to go to Moscow and get some distance between himself and the FBI. He probably figured the move would give him some distance and some time to figure out some sort of plan, but he didn't have enough time to come up with one.
On 3/15/2017 at 10:22 AM, Kathemy said:I am starting to wonder if the real shocker twist of this season will in fact be Stan turning on his employers.
This would be an amazing twist. I would love to see what would happen to make Stan start actively working against the United States and for the other side. The poltline would work much better in the final season as opposed to this season I completely agree with you on this.
On 3/15/2017 at 5:39 PM, Cosmosgravitation said:Henry has always seemed more suited to spy work, but maybe that is exactly why the writers decided on Paige.
I know the show won't go this far into the future, but it would be fantastic if Henry decided to become an FBI agent all on his own. Between when his training ends and he starts his first assignment he goes home for a visit. Elizabeth and Philip tell him they need to have a serious talk in the laundry room.
On 3/15/2017 at 6:15 PM, zibnchy said:If I was P&E I'd be way, way less worried about Matthew and way more worried about the first time Paige gets drunk with her friends and the conversation turns to whose family is the Worst. "You think your mom is bad, mine is a Russian spy and let me tell you about this one time she killed a guy in front of me. That was soooo embarrassing!"
Why did P&E have Henry? Wasn't one child enough to reinforce the fiction of happy, little American family. Couldn't the Center have gotten them a Tuan of their very own if they needed another kid?
I need to see proof that Martha is still alive.
But Paige could always get out of it by saying she was drunk and didn't mean it. Her cover lie might be something like, Henry and I were watching a spy movie, or she was reading an espionage thriller for fun. Elizabeth and Philip had sex resulting in a pregnancy. They decided to keep the baby instead of terminating the pregnancy or putting the baby up for adoption. I would love to see what Martha is doing in the Soviet Union, assuming that she is still alive. It does not have to be a season long story-arc. I'd be happy with a single scene.
On 3/15/2017 at 4:08 PM, sistermagpie said:Stan saying "She knows more about sports than you do!" We know Philip follows sports so I don't think Philip's sports knowledge is actually lacking,
My theory is that she is some type of agent (but I have no idea who she might be working for). They know exactly what type of person Stan responds to and what his interests are.
On 3/16/2017 at 0:37 AM, gwhh said:Maybe the KGB working on Henry with a honey pot trap like they did with Jared. Would explain his absences this season.
Makes you wonder where Henry is and what he's really doing when Paige says he's at the arcade. Personally, I think he actually is just playing video games at the arcade.
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As for the project as whole, I think the opening number "Bye, Bye Birdie" is rather harmless. It doesn't need to be there, but I won't be upset if they include. I will be yelling and swearing at my TV if they use the stupid subplot about the Russian Ballet. That whole subplot is the reason why I thought the movie was so much longer than it was.
On 1/29/2017 at 10:14 PM, methodwriter85 said:I could see Ross Lynch. I don't think he'd be right for the part, but I can see him getting cast.
Ross Lynch would be perfect for Hugo. He's about the right age and has that bland perfect boyfriend/boy next door quality that the part of Hugo requires.
On 10/28/2016 at 4:18 AM, methodwriter85 said:I'm kind of surprised they're sticking to a 50's/early 60's theme. I kind of thought they'd do something modern, or go for another period.
Once you've picked "Bye Bye Birdie," you're pretty much locked into a specific time frame. I can't see "The Telephone Hour" reworked for the age of social media. Do you replace the part about Ed Sullivan with Conrad Birdie's YouTube Channel? There are some works you can easily adapt and change the time period/other elements. This show isn't one of them. Also, they didn't change the era "Hairspray" was set in, so why would they change the era for this production?
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2 hours ago, Badsamaritan said:
I was glad that they addressed the possibility of Stuart and Raj sharing an apartment because I was thinking the same thing. And it would be kind of nice if they found an apartment in the main building. Maybe one floor above either Leonard & Penny or Sheldon & Amy.
This would be fantastic, because it would be the perfect set-up for a super cliche sitcom plot that I love. Here's what I'm picturing. Stuart and Raj live directly above Leonard & Penny or Sheldon & Amy. Stuart and Raj overhear something (maybe they mishear a conversation, or maybe they only hear part of a conversation.) They leap to the wrong conclusion. This leads to Raj and Stuart ultimately talking to their downstairs neighbors about the issue. Stuart and Raj think they are talking about topic X while Leonard & Penny or Sheldon & Amy think they are talking about topic y. I think it would be wonderful.
1 hour ago, Chaos Theory said:Penny didn't strictly live within her means she was a mooch but I always though she and the group worked on a bit of a barter system. I know friendship systems that work like that. Actually most do.
That is absolutely true. In college my roommate and I would order take-out, and we didn't always split the bill exactly. Usually, we would just pay for what we ate, or split the bill depending on what we ordered but if we didn't have the right amount, one night one of us would just put in a little more, and another time the other would just put in a little more. We're talking about sums under $5. We called it roommate economics.
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37 minutes ago, Bronzedog said:
Interesting that Amy and Penny, (who was a waitress and sporadic actress with lots of debt), could afford to live without a roommate but Raj can't?
Amy and Penny were living within their means, while Raj was living well beyond his means. Raj has massive debt that Amy and Penny do not. Penny may have done some stupid things with money, but she was never as bad as Raj.
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On 3/2/2017 at 0:51 PM, LoneHaranguer said:
If they were to do a reset, I think it'd have to be that they've all moved out and you have somebody leaving the original apartment for the last time when the two younger nerds who now occupy it see the new tenant in the other apartment show up. It'd be great if they gender-flipped it.
I love this idea. There would be two geeky girls in what was Leonard and Sheldon's apartment (now Penny and Leonard's). One of them would be more into science/sci-fi and the other would be more into fantasy. This is easy to show through t-shirts/props (one of them is wearing/carrying something "Star Trek" or "Firefly" related and the other is wearing/carrying something "Harry Potter" or "Lord of the Rings" ) They would see a totally hunky guy move into the apartment that was Penny's (and is currently Sheldon and Amy's).
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40 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:
Did anyone else get the feeling that Oleg got a really crappy position? When the guy was describing it, I got the feeling that this is not a good position. You are likely to step on some toes and you might go down over this.
I'm wondering if it's more than what it seems. There may be something else going on here that we are not aware of. On the other hand, I'm the same person who thought that Oleg's father wasn't actual the Minister of Transportation and that it was a cover for something else. Either the assignment isn't what we think it is/what we've been lead to believe, or Oleg just got a lousy assignment.
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2 hours ago, Chaos Theory said:
Stan is waaaay to forthcoming about what he does for a living.
This is only a guess, because I have no idea how the FBI actually functions. If someone is an undercover agent for the FBI, they are most likely not allowed to say what they do (because of the whole undercover thing). However, once they are no longer an undercover agent and are going to be spending the rest of their career behind a desk in headquarters or a field office, I would assume it would be okay to tell people you work for the FBI, just not reveal anything specific about what you do or any state secrets/classified information.
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6 minutes ago, Inquisitionist said:
He looks great in nothing, too.
Agreed, but I didn't want to sound like a perv or creepy. More scenes of Oleg shirtless would be greatly appreciated.
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11 hours ago, gwhh said:
Someone needs to tell Paige the guy mom killed was going to rob, rape us both (twice) and than kill us.
I think Paige knows that, but that doesn't make what happened in front of her any less disturbing or scary. In her mind, she could be going back forth between the awful thing that actually happened (her mother killing their would be attacker) and the awful things that might have happened (assault, rape, murder) if Elizabeth had not reacted so quickly.
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16 minutes ago, mwell345 said:
Overall I felt the episode to be bland, but I give them a pass because they're setting up the season.
I had almost the exact same thought. It felt like table-setting, which is okay because it's the first episode of the season, and they have to introduce the new characters and plotlines. That being said, I am intrigued by what they've set up and can't wait to see where it goes.
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12 hours ago, vb68 said:
So excited and glad the show is back!
Surprised Pasha's dad made it through the episode.
I'm not. He is going to be a season long story-arc/character
10 hours ago, PinkRibbons said:I could have done with about five minutes less of digging.
Me too! I felt the scene went on too long.
6 hours ago, shura said:What's the story of this Department of Agriculture consultant guy? He didn't seem like a defector, was he allowed to emigrate with his family somehow? I wonder how. Not that I think it's implausible, I just want to know the details.
I don't know exactly how this works, but if ambassadors can bring their families, then maybe people who doing other types of government work can as well. It seems like he is a memeber of the Soviet counterpart to our Department of Agriculture.
3 hours ago, ChromaKelly said:Oleg looks hotter for some reason. I hope his in-country storyline doesn't drag like Nina's did, only to end with a bullet in the head. I would like an update on Martha.
Oleg looks great. I'm not sure if he looks better than usual, but I am thrilled we got to see him. I'm totally okay with a season of Oleg in the USSR. As long as we get to see him on a regular basis, and not always in a suit. He looks great in 1980s casual wear.
1 hour ago, sistermagpie said:So that soup that was hot water with onions...is that the one Philip told Paige he liked? I like the idea that the reason he paused when she asked if his mother was a good cook was because they just didn't have enough access to food for him to really tell or consider it.
I hadn't thought of that but it makes perfect sense. What a great catch. I love being able to talk about this show with smart fans.
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On 2/6/2017 at 7:11 PM, Joan Firewood said:
I would personally like to see a bit more of same-sex relationship.
I always thought it would be great to see a storyline involving one of Danny's sons and a gay student. Not a romantic relationship, but a friendship that involves some of the boys teasing Jack or Sean.
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1 hour ago, HoneyBadgerJr said:
If someone who is ace is aromantic as well, they may not face many of the challenges faced by allosexuals, but if one is ace and homoromantic, bi-romantic or pan-romantic, there is the potential for the same conflicts as if they were allosexual.
I had never heard of homoromantic before, so I looked it up. They would face many of the same challenges as homosexual couples, and so including them in in LGBTQ would make more sense than I realized. Thanks for opening my eyes to the range in the asexual community.
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8 minutes ago, Silly Angel said:
ah, Indiana--http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/16/total-abortion-ban-proposed-indiana/93954670/ steps as well.
You're welcome. Fun/scary fact-Many of the laws like the one you mentioned are proposed knowing that the bill will probably not pass or even make it very far into the legislative process. They are introduced so someone can run campaign ads saying some variation of "I introduced legislation to..."
I haven't heard anything about a DVD release, but I hope there is one. Maybe it can include the special that ran before one of the parts featuring interviews with the real people who inspired the miniseries, and a coupon to buy any of the books it was based off of.
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On 12/23/2016 at 4:59 PM, ramble said:
I like watching Ralph & Cabe interact also.
I love watching Ralph and Cabe together and want more scenes of them interacting. I posted this in another thread, but I hope it's okay to post it again here. I would love an episode where Paige is supposed to chaperone a field trip, but on the day of the trip she is horribly sick, so Cabe offers to take her place because it's his day off. Something goes horribly wrong and it's up to Ralph and Cabe to be the ones in the field to save the day while the rest of the team provides support.
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23 hours ago, Silly Angel said:
Abortion was not constitutionally illegal in all 50 states before Roe v. Wade
Correct. It varied state by state. It was illegal in Texas, but legal in New York. What Roe v. Wade did (or was supposed to do) was create a uniform guide/code for all of the states. The decision was supposed to indicate what kinds of restrictions were constitutional, and when during the pregnancy limits on abortion were constitutional. You skipped Casey where the standard became "whether a state abortion regulation has the purpose or effect of imposing an "undue burden," which is defined as a "substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion before the fetus attains viability." (https://www.oyez.org/cases/1991/91-744) The most recent case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, created a new standard. A restriction on abortion must have a medical/safety reason for existing. The regulation must in some way exist to protect the life or health of the mother, not just exist to make it harder to have a legal abortion .
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S05.E03: The Midges
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I love how almost everyone seems to have had the same reaction of shock and excitment at seeing Martha alive. It's also a great tease for the audience, because now that we know she's alive that means there's the potential to see her again. It lets the audience play a guessing game/debate whether or not we'll see her again.
100% Yes! He's got this whole troubled brooding weight of the world on his shoulders thing going on, and he's still incredibly attractive. My guess is that Oleg may take refuge in his work. He may be the type to put all of his troubles aside and focus on work as an escape. Also, maybe he hopes he will find something during his investigation that will give him leverage/an ace in the hole. I agree that Oleg isn't after the store manager, but instead is trying to use her to get to bigger fish. I'm not as convinced as others are that his story will end with him in the gulag.
Agreed. What Oleg is doing reminds me of the way law enforcement agencies in this country go after drug kingpins or organized crime. They try to build the case step by step and go up as any many levels as they can to ultimatley capture and punish the highest ranking member of the organization that they can.
That sounds right to me. My guess is that for Stan it's a low priority investigation and on the back burner for now.