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How did Kevin keep them apart?

That wasn't their first time. The restaurant scene where she kisses him is the first time he's been in the area in many years. Then we see them in bed. But it's many months later. She says he should relocate his job to Pittsburgh. He says that he could buy a house with what he's been spending on airfare over "the past few months." So it seems they've been doing a long-distance thing for a while.

I just re-watched the bed scene, which leads into the Thanksgiving reveal scene. I absolutely love Jon Huertas' acting in that first scene. His face changes as he's about to mention Jack (not even by name though, they just know) and is sad and worried. And when Rebecca says she thinks he'd be good, there's a tiny little smile. He's so real and vulnerable and it's a conversation they needed to have for their relationship to go forward. Then there's the reveal to the kids. During my first watch, when Rebecca said "we have to tell the kids," I wondered to myself "which kids?" The last time we saw the kids in this timeline, it was the teen/college versions. It's 8-or-so years later, so we now get to see the "youngest" version of Sterling/Chrissy/Justin. This is BEFORE we first met them at the beginning of the series. They weren't necessarily great people then, especially Kevin. And they've just been told that their mother is living with their dad (sainted) father's best friend. They're allowed to be a little pissy, in a very similar way to how the audience first felt when we found out that they were together in S1. Kate seems to take it the best and shouldn't have really been surprised. When Miguel leaves for Houston and Rebecca is crying on her bed, it's Kate that comforts her when she says "he's gone." This was a great episode and gave a character we've known since the beginning the life-story he deserved and finally filled-in a missing part of the story we've been following. There's not much left to find out, everyone seems pretty settled down their respective paths.

Someone running for State Senate in my district is named "David Alexis." Is it wrong I want to vote for him just because of that?

Stars in the House did an 11 hour telethon on Saturday to raise money for the International Rescue Committee's efforts in Ukraine. The whole thing is wonderful, but I thought you might be interested to see Rachel Bloom reading donations at the 1 hour and 12 minute mark. But more importantly, to watch Santino Fontana and Daivd Hull (White Josh) sing "Love Is An Open Door" together at the 7 hour and 57 minute mark. Donna Lynne Champlin is there as well.

Just passed these episodes in my umpteenth rewatch and I can confirm that a week passes between seasons 5 and 6, and that is mentioned in both episodes. In S5E14, Moira asks Alexis when she and Ted are flying to the Galapagos. Alexis responds "Ted leaves tonight, I leave in a week." To which Moira responds "poor planning" and Alexis has to remind her that she's in Cabaret, lol. Then Cabaret opens, Moira gets her bad news and crawls into the closet. In S6E1, Moira is mentioned to have had a "relapse" and to have been in the closet for a week (and is wearing a different outfit/wig than when she first crawled in." Stevie is still wearing her show makeup and reference is made to the "wrap party" (though that's more of a TV/movie term and it would be a "closing night" party in theatre). It also makes sense that it would have taken David a week or whatever to find the venue and setup an appointment (and invite Johnny and Moira to view it). There are a number of continuity issues that this show has, but the timing of these two episodes is not one of them.

I realize I'm replying to this a year and a half later, but I somehow missed this when it was first posted. I believe that "Cabaret" ran for a week (or 2 weekends, maybe?). So Season 5 ends with opening night, and the after party at the hotel. Then Ted leaves and Moira gets her bad news and crawls into the closet. A week later, the final performance of Cabaret is given and there's a closing night party (I believe this is referenced). The next day is the day we see in this episode.

I have no idea what this is referencing, but I wholeheartedly agree. She deserved a much better career than she has had. Watch her performance from Rags at the 1987 Tonys, that last note is KILLER. The fact that she also sang Cosette the same night only adds to my admiration of her.

My favorite part of this Tony Awards is the lack of pandering to people who have no interest in theatre and aren't watching anyway.

I just finished this series. It made for great subway viewing. It was fun, and I hope there's a season 2 with Holly coaching at Carlsbad. But of course, I have some criticisms. Destiny's mom/aunt storyline seemed so over the top and unnecessary. I know that it was Keala Settle's speech about it to Coach that helped turn around his decision to leave, but I wish they had found another way to get him there. First of all, the actress playing Destiny looks so much like Keala and nothing like the woman playing Angel. Also, back in episode 1 or 2, we learn that Destiny's father died when she was young and that's a big part of her arc. But now we (and she) discover that that man wasn't even her bio-dad. Not that it should matter, of course, he's the one who raised her and who she loved, but it just seems weird to put these 2 major family issues on 1 girl, but also never comment on how they intersect. And she gets over this shock pretty quickly and everything goes back to normal. It just seemed weird all around. My other problem was the actress playing Emma. I just think she's not that good. Everything was whispered and mopey. And Harper was CLEARLY the better choice for Beth MacBeth so why was Emma being such a bitch about it? And finally, perhaps it's my anti-sports bias, but in the first conflict with Ms Grint, I was totally on her side. Yes, they turned her into a shrew afterwards (speaking of, did you all notice the posters for other doctored shows the drama teacher has put on? "Empowering of the Shrew" lol) but missing 1 practice to participate in a unique academic event seems totally reasonable to me.

I'm watching too! And I just had to write an appreciation post for the last episode. I suppose that it is a wonderful sign of the times that gay storylines are included on TV shows without much fanfare. But I couldn't help but marvel at one gay kid singing a love song to his boyfriend, accompanied and supported by his straight friend, with no drama other than teenage insecurity. Schitt's Creek did it first, but not with teenagers. Love it! And since I'm making a post here, I also have to mention how thrilled I was that Ashlyn was cast as Belle. Besides that new girl being a bitch, she also was CLEARLY A LESS TALENTED PERFORMER. Ashlyn has a beautiful voice and gave a much more heartfelt and nuanced performance at the audition (and continuing through the other episodes). Bitch girl was over-acting and "emoting" all over the place. As a performer who looks like Mrs Potts but sounds like Belle, I'm really appreciating this storyline.

This post was inspired by another user who is currently watching for the first time from the beginning and just finished Season 3. They posted this in relation to David and Patrick's relationship - "I figure that since they took time with it, this is going to last a while, and I look forward to it." I wanted to respond in that thread but feared saying spoilers for future seasons, so I'm posting here and hopefully they will see this post when they get through the series. So Bastet, I hope you're reading this a few weeks from now. One of the reasons why I love this relationship so much is that it is unlike any other romantic relationship shown on TV. It's not will-they-won't-they. It's not unrequited, but then the other person realizes they were wrong. It's not on-again-off-again. All of these are ways to draw out relationships for dramatic purposes, but not terribly realistic. With David and Patrick, they manage to draw out the steps of the relationship in a way that makes it seem real. It takes them a half season to get from meeting to the first kiss/confirmation of interest. Then another ENTIRE season to say "I love you" (halfway through, finally saying "boyfriend"). Then ANOTHER season before they get engaged (with a misunderstanding along the way of if they were ready to move in together). And through each of those seasons, there are things that challenge the relationship, but never in a way that truly threatens it, and they are constantly growing stronger together. There is drama in all of this, but it is so much more interesting than a Ross/Rachel-type merry-go-round.

Yes. Dan had the original idea and brought it to his dad and together they fleshed it out into a TV show. Initially, they were co-showrunners but I believe Eugene stepped down after the second (?) season. Dan hadn't acted much prior to this. He had been a personality on MTV Canada and had hosted a The Hills after show.

I believe they were very intentional about casting people who were queer in real life and/or have disabilities (as the role indicated). In the background of the prom scene, I saw Joshua Castille who I know to be a Deaf actor (he was in Deaf West's Broadway production of Spring Awakening). Even though he had no lines in Special, and one would never know that he is not just a hearing background actor, they made the effort to cast as many people with disabilities as possible. For all I know, every actor in that scene had a disability, even if that fact is not obvious.

You mean Dan Savage.

Well, she has been messing with things, and seemingly to keep the Hex going. In the 80s episode, Vision was starting to get through to Wanda and if he had, she might have ended the Hex. So Agatha sent in Fietro to make sure she kept it going. She also has been trying to keep Vision suspicious of Wanda and push him away from her. And it seems pretty clear now that she wants to know how Wanda is doing this so she can do something similar herself. And that can’t be something good.

Regarding Fietro, now that we know that he is a construct of Agatha's, and definitely not being pulled from the X-Men universe, I had said previously that the reason for casting Evan Peters was to mess with us. But now I think it's that, but for a really good reason. When Wanda sees him at the door, she recognizes him AS Pietro. Something about him is telling her that he is her brother. If they had cast a different actor, we the audience would have NO reason to believe such a thing and would be immediately super suspicious the whole time (instead of just a little suspicious, lol). But casting Peters gave the audience the same plausibility that whatever Agatha's magic gave to Wanda. Everything about this production is so well-done and immersive.

Some people here are saying that the house was torn down. I don’t believe that’s the case. I think the house is not-yet-built. The map just says “lot”. So I think Vision’s plan was for them to build the house together. She gets there and sees what would have been the potential for a happy life, and then manifests it.

Neither was Norm or Mr Hart. I don’t think Dottie is anyone special.

Also, the Hydra scientists said that other people had died when they exposed them to Loki's Staff/the mindstone. The fact that she (and Pietro) survived means that there's something special/different about them already. Also, regarding the Hydra scene - when they were reviewing that security footage, there was a cut in it. It jumped to her on the floor. Very similar to how the Westview TV broadcast had jump cuts during the times that Wanda rewound the reality.

What's with the Carol hate? She has not been on earth since the events of Captain Marvel (my assumption). Like she says, there are other planets in the universe that needed her help, and Earth had all the rest of the Avengers. You're ragging on her for not fighting in Infinity War? She didn't even know it was happening! When it was over, and Thanos snapped, and Fury started to dust away, only then did he use the pager to call her back to Earth. And she did! And found Tony floating out in space! And brought him back! And helped the remaining Avengers find and kill Thanos! Then went back out to deal with the resulting issues in the rest of the universe and kept in contact. How can you be mad at her for not fighting in a war she had no idea was happening?

2 youtube breakdowns that I watched today mentioned the following. The "Previously on WandaVision" voiceover that we hear starting in episode 2 is "Wanda" (not Elisabeth Olsen) and each episode she gets progressively less energetic/lively. Another sign that she is being drained (probably intentionally) by whatever is truly happening here. Genius!

Oh, I didn't realize. Why would anyone make a fake trailer? That's so weird. Should I take down the post?

I think the difference between the 2 different wake-up reactions is that they have had very different experiences. Norm (or the guy who "plays" him) is just a dude who lives in Westview, NJ who is very concerned about his sick father (I think?) and all of a sudden is being puppet-ed around in another life, through different decades, and with someone's pain (I think Wanda) in his brain. Darcy is a scientist who understands the Hex (sort of) and knows that the border enveloped her a few hours ago. So when Vision wakes her, she knows exactly where she is and exactly what's going on. No mention about feeling the grief, though. I wish there was.