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And why would he take her word for it? Seems it's time to get a warrant.

This is one of the examples why this Rashomon-style he said/she said convention doesn't really work. We are left having no idea if any of it is "what really happened," which I find supremely frustrating.

It is possible that Alison is conveniently standing under a streetlamp, which would make her visible. But why would Noah suddenly look out the window and see her there? If she wasn't there, what plausible reason does he have for suddenly wanting the curtains closed during the family hug? Are the curtains usually closed but since they just got back in town 24 hours ago they are uncommonly open? That was puzzling.

I'm not sure why Noah thought even for a minute that 10k would make Oscar go away. Somebody like that is going to grate into you like an infected splinter until you're destroyed. He was wise to neutralize his threat by telling Helen as she was getting wind of it anyway.

Helen has had Alison on her radar for a long time, perhaps because she keeps turning up, i.e. Butler party, at the ranch, at the Lobster Roll during the lunch with "Uncle" Max (not unusual as she works there), plus that question after Oscar's comment ("Ditch Plains"), so having her walk into the store was kind of the last straw and I rather expected a confrontation but she kept herself in check. I think the glasses signify, since we are in Alison's POV, that she sees her rival as having a kind of bookish, nerdy quality.

Early in the show it's established they live in the East 60s (64th I think) near Fifth Avenue. It is strange that often she is seen coming out of Central Park when she is supposedly coming from either Elena's or her father's who are both on the East Side as well. (Spanish Harlem is actually on the East Side).

Better a business meeting than a date!

I felt the same way about a hand job in Sharp Objects. The eek factor was worse for me than if it was straight out sex being depicted.

I agree. I think the story was kind of unfinished. I wanted to know more about Elena and whether she was really crushing on Grace or if it was part of a mind game.

It is? I didn't hear that. I thought it was Grace, symbolizing that her innocent beliefs are an illusion.

I was hoping there were people still watching this show. Not sure I will make it one season, much less five. Not a fan of spoiled rich kids who don't appreciate what they have, and my friend tells me they become more prominent as the show progresses, ugh! Also I hope the Rashomon thing isn't going to continue.

Yes and I was pleased it was one of the pop culture references they did that I actually got for once!

Miguel is a scholarship student. At the fundraiser they mentioned that the auction funds these programs. She painted the portrait because she was weirdly obsessed with Grace.

He said "Munster" and the image of Fred Gwynne appeared.

He never knew that his father did it, he just hoped that he didn't. I think it's reasonable for a child to want to believe his father is not a murderer, until confronted by unassailable facts.

Truthfully, she was given very few lines so it was hard to discern from her speaking whether she was Latinx or non-Latinx.

Hmm, interesting. I was a criminal defense attorney for 10 years and we never called it "The Rule," we just didn't do it. But then like everything with the law, it really depends on the jurisdiction.

Yes, I noticed that as well. I guess they are supposed to be in their early 40s unless each is on a second career which is unlikely. They showed him playing with a frisbee or something similar and he threw it and it got lodged in the bricks of the fireplace and he was trying to fish it out when he came upon the bag with the weapon. I think it was me that said that. It's not that it's necessarily a steadfast rule that could be enforced, but any lawyer who plans to call a witness would not want him/her in the courtroom prior to them taking the stand because the other side is going to point that out on cross- examination that the person was sitting in court the whole time and heard the testimony and was tailoring their testimony accordingly. However this "rule" is frequently broken in TV shows and movies. In retrospect, I don't understand the connection between those two stories. If he didn't want a dog, he didn't need to make up a story about having accidentally let his dog get killed as a substitute for the real truth of accidentally getting his sister killed. He could have just said he was allergic or didn't like them.

He thought she was running for him? I didn't get that. Will have to rewatch.

Yeah I think she's saying you didn't cover your tracks and that's why Grace suspects you now.

To find out at the beginning of this episode that last episode's cliffhanger was totally bogus seemed like a cheap trick, IMO.

Did anyone notice when he walked out the door after the murder he left his fingerprints on it? Also, did he just go home with his bloody clothes on and wash them in the sink before getting in bed with Grace? What if she was awake when he walked in? There are enough plot holes to drive a truck through. And we still don't know what the whole Cleveland deal was about.

You are correct, it is a total misuse of that particular hearsay exception. You would think they'd have a lawyer consultant look over the script. What should have happened after the Defense rests (which it presumably did at that point) was the prosecutor asks for bail to be revised in light of the higher flight risk. That seemed an odd bit of dialogue to me.

A great scene in the movie JFK is ruined by the same string kiss between Kevin Costner and Sissy Spacek. I haven't been able to get that image out of my head for literally 30 years.

Is tomorrow night an extended-length episode? Because I don't see how they're going to wrap this all up in an hour.