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I believe what we've been told is that the series totals 6 hours of material. The first 6 episodes were approx 30 minutes each, so (prior to today) we knew to expect 3 more hours of material over 3 episodes. Some thought that the final 3 episodes would each be an hour. But now that we know that's not the case, most likely next week will be approx 30 minutes as well, and then a 2 hour finale.

To f***with us. But the fact the audio description said in that scene "Wanda stares at the version of Pietro from the X-Men films" so I think that's a little more definitive. I still don't think that's the big cameo, though. I'd never even heard of that actor till this week, and also we still have 4 more episodes to go.

No, the colors and furniture were definitely Family Ties. The kitchen was on the other side of the living room, but the door window, dark wood stairs, and couch all screamed Family Ties to me.

She's never been referred to as Scarlett Witch in the MCU. I don't know where that name comes from in the comics, but I don't really see herself (or anyone else) giving her that name based on the story that we've seen in these films. This has no real meaning beyond trivia, but I am certain that the voices singing the theme song this week are Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez. They are also the writers of this, and all the theme songs in WandaVision (as well as Frozen/Frozen 2 and the Finding Nemo musical).

I don't think there's really anyone left who COULD make a breakthrough on an emotional level. Think about who she actually spent time with across the films: Spoilers if you haven't watched Infinity War/Endgame (but if you haven't, why are you even here?) Is there anyone else she's even met?

I don't think we know for sure that #2 is Wanda's doing or even if she is aware of that fact.

Putting this under a spoiler tag, but talking about an unused post-credits scene in Endgame

I think people are getting a little too hung-up on separating each decade and episode and what Darcy meant by 1950s sitcom when she was CLEARLY watching the 1960s episode. I looked up the run years of all the shows that WandaVision is pulling from: I Love Lucy - 1950-1957 Dick Van Dyke Show - 1961-1966 (entirely in the '60s, but the first WV episode had tons of references to it) Betwitched - 1964-1972 The Brady Bunch - 1969-1974 Partridge Family - 1970-1974 The shows don't necessarily line-up with a decade, or with the episode decade portrayed in WV. If a 2023 woman saw a show in B&W with period costumes and styling, I think calling it a "1950s sitcom" is very likely, even if the styling is a little off. Also, she's not bringing the expectation that we all have that "each episode takes place in a different decade."

I re-watched episode 4 to try to some timing questions I had. Yes, Monica's drone and the helicopter that Wanda finds in the bushes have the same number, so I think we are supposed to assume that they are the same thing. When SWORD shows up, they start sending in more drones (that don't have the helicopter look). The thing that doesn't make sense to me is the timing doesn't line up with the sounds in the original episode. In Episode 2, Wanda hears a number of "bangs" while in bed. It is eventually revealed to be a branch banging on their window. But, the next day she hears the SAME BANG and goes outside to investigate. That's when she finds the helicopter toy. It seems odd to me that a real branch hitting a window makes the exact same sound as a drone entering the bubble and transforming into a toy. But if the multiple sounds are supposed to match the multiple drones, it doesn't make sense for the helicopter to show up after the last of them (because it was the first thing to enter the bubble).

In Civil War, comparison is made between the super powered beings (Thor and Hulk specifically) and nuclear bombs. So I think "sentient weapon" means our dear Avengers and the like.

Having a threesome when your partner is one of the 3 is not promiscuous. Nor does it indicate anything regarding your devotion to each other or the sanctity of their relationship. It would just be a fun sex thing that they did together.

I started a new binge on NYE and am almost through Season 2. This is probably by 6th or 7th (or more, since first discovering it after Season 4) binge. I know it's the third since the pandemic started (after the series ended, I did full binge #1 and then to celebrate the Emmy sweep, I did binge #2). I am still finding new funny lines that make me laugh. The humor in this show has so many nuances, I just love it.

Not only is she tolerant of the Roses, she knows how to manipulate them. Especially Moira. She handles her extremely well.

Laurie Metcalf was on the web show Stars in the House today. She confirmed that her gray hair and John Goodman's long hair are what the actors naturally had after the 7 month lockdown, and they decided to keep it for the show. Lindsey Mendez (who plays the court reporter on All Rise) was also on the show and mentioned that they are all doing their own hair and makeup, so it is likely that that is the case on The Conners and other currently-shooting shows.

Regarding Louise, this TVLine article confirms that she IS living in the house with the rest of the Connors. They probably decided that it would be best to quarantine together (though Jackie lives elsewhere and still pops in and out, so their Civid-Bubble is awfully large and multi-located). She still has her apartment, because this is a temporary situation and they were not at the "living together" stage. https://tvline.com/2020/10/18/the-conners-season-3-louise-moves-in-katey-sagal/

I would have preferred the Clooney line without the actual flashback. If Jackie had just mentioned that he looked like George Clooney, it would have been funny. But I feel like they put in the clip to show that it was ACTUALLY George Clooney, but most of the viewers know that already (and would have gotten a chuckle at the line) so the clip was unnecessary. Overall, I really loved this episode. And seeing Becky and Darlene back at Wellman, looking like Roseanne and Jackie from 20 years ago, was extremely poetic, if not horribly depressing.

Looks like Netflix has "Best Wishes, Warmest Regards" (the after-show documentary) as a separate offering from the series. In case anyone is looking for it.

Season 6 is available on Netflix! This is not a drill! Season 6 is already available on Netflix!

I have to disagree with you. Remember, they were considering "having a whiskey" with Jake earlier in the season. Also, David had sent Patrick off on that date with Ken (with the pointy but squared-off shoes). It's not unheard of for gay male couples to have a more casual interpretation of monogamy/faithfulness and a "happy ending" that you thought your partner knew about wouldn't really be a betrayal. Also, once Patrick realized that he had sort of set the whole thing in motion (and that David thought that Patrick knew that that was going to happen), he couldn't really be too mad. I thought Patrick was adorable, though, asking if the guy was good and then not wanting to know.

THIS It would have been so much better if they had really established each person's magical abilities and limitations. Also, where does magic come from? Rumple gets and immediately understands magic when he becomes the Dark One, Emma has magic because she's the product of true love (does that mean that no once else on the show is the product of true love because they don't have magic?) and needs coaching from Regina, Cora and Regina both "learn" magic but Zelena has (and uses) abilities from birth (is SHE the product of true love? I don't think so) though needs Rumple's teaching to help control it, and Blue Fairy (all fairies?) has magic because she's a fairy, but has all sorts of rules (sometimes only dark magic can counteract dark magic, sometimes only light magic can counteract dark magic). But all of them seem to have similar (unlimited) abilities, with occasional limitations when the plot calls for it.

I really like this idea. One of the things that I loved in Season 1 is that, until she kills Graham by crushing his heart, everything we see of her in Storybrook is completely "normal." If we weren't also watching the Enchanted Forrest flashbacks, there would be no reason for the audience to think that Henry was right. Rumplestiltskin could still "wake up" when he heard Emma's name, and could spend the season coming up with ways to get her to break the curse (that's why this whole thing happened, so he could get to the Land Without Magic and find Baelifre). They would all fail until the last option, seriously injuring or sickening Henry. With Henry at the brink of death, Emma would embrace her love for him and give him True Love's Kiss, breaking the curse! S2E2 is called "We Are Both" and David/Charming gives a huge speech about how he is both the shepherd-turned-prince and David Nolan, and Snow White (the fierce bandit and princess) is also mild-mannered school teacher Mary Margaret, etc. And they seem to treat them both as valid. The characters are called by both names, depending on the situation/land. So Mayor Mills (who maybe isn't a horrible mother?) realizing who she used to be, but wanting to be the person she was in Storybrook, for Henry, could be an interesting journey.

Thanks for chiming in on my Frozen issues. That's interesting that Disney had so many restrictions regarding those characters. I still maintain that keeping the outfits the same was ridiculous and impractical. Also, Frozen 2 has shown us a different parent-backstory and a different future for the characters (as well as them WEARING DIFFERENT CLOTHES (that I love, btw)) so it makes watching those episodes now even more bewildering. I've finished Season 4 now, so I'll add my thoughts on 4B. It's a mess. The "villains coming together" concept could be fun, but those three (plus Rumple) do not mesh well together and the story becomes very disjointed. Ursula is basically a non-entity and exits the story about half-way through the season. Since we've seen Maleficent before, it's good to give her a larger part but the whole baby thing/Snowing taking the baby/the baby being Emma's friend Lily is too convoluted (who was her father/why have the shows ultimate "heroes" do something so despicable/Lily disappears from the story and is never spoken of again). All that said, I love Maleficent's 30's lesbian costuming. The reason I was so down in the inclusion of Cruella is that her Disney version seems completely out of place with the rest of the characters. Everyone else comes from a "fairy tale world" but Cruella comes from a story set in non-magical England. I realize that OUAT changes all of her backstory, but that even further distances her from the source. One thing I did realize was that she is the only villain that doesn't have a sob-worthy origin story. She was born evil, and she stayed evil, unlike Regina, Rumple, Ursula, Ingrid, Cora, and Zelena. It is maybe because of this that she is also the only one who truly-and-forever dies (is killed, even). The final 2 episodes are the best part of the season, similar to the final 2 episodes of Season 3. Throwing the characters back into a "fictional" land and playing around with who they are/what they know is what the show should have been built around, not battling increasingly-dangerous villains each season. Ultimately, my problem with the season is that it is entirely inconsequential. Finding the author, defeating the 3 villains-of-the-season, defeating the author, none of it mattered in the end. Our main characters ended the season exactly where they started EXCEPT for Emma becoming the Dark One. But that only happened because Rumple's heart was dying, which had nothing to do with the rest of the plots. Also, after a (half) season of drama over "Emma turning dark," she overcomes any dark impulses she has, only to then become the Dark One! If it was foreshadowing, it was clumsy, and if it was disjointed plotting, then...

I mentioned it in the "Merry Christmas Johnny Rose" thread so I have to mention it again. Victor Garber played Jesus in the (now legendary) Canadian production of Godspell that also featured Eugene Levy (and Martin Short, and Gilda Radner, etc). Even though they didn't share the screen together in this episode, it was another long-time reunion!

I'm currently in the middle of my first re-watch of the series. I had originally binged it during the summer before Season 7, and then finished the show as it aired. I'm up to the middle of 4B and...I have some thoughts Season 1 is mostly great. There are a few backstories that we don't really need (Dreamy/Grumpy and the fairy we never see again come to mind) but for the most part, it is solid. Also, while some of the stories featured are from Disney movies (Snow White, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast) they are not depicted exactly as those movies are told and there are also other fairy tales included (Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel) and completely made-up stories (Charming's backstory, Regina's backstory) (unless these come from stories I'm not aware of). Season 2 starts well enough and Emma ending up in the Enchanted Forest is a great juxtaposition of the first season. Adding Cora (essential to Regina's story) and Hook (essential to Rumple's story) to the "present" makes sense, but adding other characters (Lancelot?) and world-building and world-colliding starts to get silly. (as much as I love the scenes of Neal and Emma reconnecting, and Neal realizing that he has a son, I don't like that Rumple's son is Henry's father. Also there is no way that the Bae the kid grew up into Neal the adult. Where did the NY accent come from?) One of the overall arcs of the series is Regina's redemption from villain to hero, through the power of Henry's love/her love for Henry. I think it would have been a much better story to have Regina kill Cora outright (not being tricked by Snow) because she realized that Cora was a threat to Henry. That would have been a beautiful first step/choice to becoming a hero. I liked the addition of the Greg backstory and him coming to town now. The whole "get rid of magic" thing was too much though, finding/avenging his father would have been enough. But Tamara was ridiculous. Her backstory (why did she despise magic, anyway?), the fact that she was with/playing Neal, the fact that she and Greg were "not only partners," her entire existence seemed pointless. And their "home office" being Peter Pan was just ludicrous. The whole group going to Neverland (and Regina starting to work with the "heroes") is a great re-set for Season 3. (and of course Peter Pan is a Disney movie, but very different from the story being told here) But Pan being Rumple's father is RIDICULOUS! Rumple doesn't need more backstory, we don't need to waste episodes on him moping around with that doll, ugh! The whole Pan/Henry plot goes on a bit long and the body-switch/Pan in Storybrook ending seemed unnecessary (except it served to "kill" Rumple, which I guess they needed to do). Though I like the resolution of 3A where Emma and Henry go to live a "normal" life with false memories and everyone else has to go back to the Enchanted Forest. 3B is just...I can't. Wizard of Oz is not Disney/fairy tale. Zelena is a stupid name (her name is Elphaba!). Zelena's entire Oz story is convoluted and stupid. The Wicked Witch of the West being Regina's sister is another example of too much world-colliding. Zelena's plan to time travel, effectively erasing most of the characters/stories from existence, just...no. But the last 2 episodes are 2 of the series' best. Emma and Hook travelling back to EF and interrupting Snowing's meet is fantastic, fun, touching, and exactly the kind of "fish out of water" stories that the show should be playing with, not dealing with villain after villain, curse after curse. I remember disliking the Frozen storyline of 4A when I first watched, but it's actually pretty solid and the plot fits with the rest of the show. Also, Frozen was based on The Snow Queen and that Queen was supposed to be a villain, so adding that character as someone other than Elsa and making her a villain was a good use of that story. But my main issue with it is that Anna/Elsa/Kristoff/Hans (where's Olaf?) are EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE MOVIE. It is clear that these characters just experienced everything that we saw in their film, and even their clothes are exactly what they wore in the film. This is a total departure from how everything else has been treated up 'till this point. Also, those capes of Elsa's and Ingrid's dragging on the ground kept irritating me. Not to mention the fact that Elsa never changed her clothes when she was in Storybrook? I'm now in the middle of 4B, so I will reserve my thoughts until I've finished the season. But...Cruella? Really? I guess that's a lot of complaints. Why am I using my time to watch this all again, I guess I gotta do something on the subway! And I am enjoying it, especially knowing how some things turn out. Thanks for letting me vent!