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I was confused about how the old man who got booted from her facility ended up in the pool. Was that also a hallucination? What she saw in the restaurant was middle-aged boring "romance," including couples who weren't speaking to each other. She wants something hotter. I think Tom Perotta is a great writer but I found the novel vaguely sexist and I'm watching this in the hope that Katherine Hahn can assuage my doubts.

I'm pretty sure he played a government intern on The Americans whom Elizabeth seduced. He found out and she let him live. I thought he was pretty great in that.

When she hallucinated that he was in the delivery room I realized how in I was because I thought it was moving rather than really creepy. I kept wondering why they didn't date. And I also wondered where her parents were.

I felt like the playing around with genre--musical/Mary Tyler Moore show--was a blatant ripoff of Crazy Ex GF. But Hathaway did win me over. As was the case with Friends, I also found myself wondering where she got that amazing apartment.

Queer is totally mainstream in the academy, and in popular culture--Queer Eye for the Straight Guy anyone?

Her penchant for talking about herself in the third person is a dead giveaway.

I have no opinion on whether or not Iris is gay or straight or asexual, but I did think that there was a better rapport and more emotional closeness between her and Amber than we were shown between her and Keith. I remember being struck by them going off for a walk alone at the couples weekend. Amber even gave Iris a Bachelor handshake when they got together for the final barbecue!

You need to tell George Carlin about that last one!

totally agree, but then she would have lost camera time.

I thought Katie's successful handling of Chris's near freakout/breakup was really authentic and moving. She seems much saner than I thought she was early on when she couldn't tell someone she didn't want to date them without crying.

She is also only averse to PDA with women because, as became clear the longer she talked, she is still worried about what other people will think if she comes out. A lot of this was scripted but I think there's some truth to this part of it.

The Vulture recapper, who is brilliant, calls Connor "long Michael Cera."

That is definitely true. But I saw JPJ at LAX last week and his bag was pulled for inspection. He waited patiently and chatted pleasantly with the TSA folks, which is more than I would have done. I have seen many celebrities over my many years living here, but given that I was literally discussing his antics the night before with my husband and son, this one took the cake.

They are real and they're spectacular.

The venomous way JPJ kept spitting out Derek's name made me think of Pete in Mad Men: "not great, BOB." I was actually pretty impressed with how Derek kept his composure and tried (futilely) to reason with him. Tayshia was crying as if they were coming to blows.

I have always found Dean hot for all the reason you list, plus bone structure. The twinkly eyes also indicate that he has something going on upstairs. But I am not into hyper manly men.

I remember when flings were what BIP was about! I miss those days.

I'm not understanding why Deonna is being portrayed as a withholding iceberg and Greg as a saint. I love them both. I also think she really loves him. She is less comfortable with the cameras, but you can see she is glowing and when she looks at him, it's real.

so much word to this!! "women should support women" in this case translated to passive aggressive manipulation. I' pretty sure Kristina made a comment before Caitlin approached her about how much all the girls "loved her." She knew what was coming and she already had her back up.

I was also amused to see that Hannah B. seemed a bit surprised that John Paul Jones wasn't rushing over to embrace her the way Mike did. He has moved on!

That mustard color strapless dress she had on last night for the rose ceremony was a miracle of engineering. I was sure I was going to get flashed any minute.

I noticed when Demi finally talked to Derek about it, it became "someone I was dating casually."

I agree and I have noticed that over the past two years, Kristina's language has gotten a lot more colloquial and cliched. She has all the catch phrases of a "strong woman" (TM Hannah B) but doesn't act like one.

Her face is like an anime character.

It's becoming increasingly clear that Elizabeth is an exhibitionist who is perpetually starved for attention. There is no depth there and nothing seems to be real unless she's performing. Jamie doesn't seem to really exist independently from her needs and self-image.