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I think the landscape for older actresses has significantly changed with the advent of cable and streaming services. Yes it is still unfair that you can have an old actor have a love interest with a 20 year old actress but television and streaming seems to be offer a lot of opportunity. Most obviously the remake of Matlock with Kathy Bates seems to be a major hit on a broadcast network. But the streamers have so many really excellent shows for woman of a certain age - Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Anniston and Witherspoon. A slew of others especially British imports like period dramas or mysteries like Magpie Murders. I used to go to movies quite a lot - even well past the age when theoretically I wasn't the "audience" but I look at current movies and there is literally nothing I want to say - lots of comic books and fantasy or equivalent.

The problem was it wasn’t surrealistic as it was futuristic which is entirely different. Erika absolutely nailed it. Sutton should have worn vintage Schiaparelli as she did some authentic surrealist clothing back in the day.

Calling Kyle's appearances a career is too kind :-) She had some jobs as a child - nothing major and she was essentially an extra as an adult. Any jobs she has had are recent and are pretty stunt casting because of her actual "career" as a BH housewife. Garcelle was a legitimate working actress who had real roles. I rewatched NYPD a few years ago and she was a DA with an actual storyline who appeared in multiple episodes. I am sure there are others but that is the one that stands out because she was excellent in the role and because she was so f'ing gorgeous.

The scene at the Pacific Design was odd in so many ways. Obviously the *normal* thing would have been to meet for coffee or drinks. But staged so that 1) PDC and what shop they went into could get some kind of promotional consideration and 2) Erika could slip in the "moving on" scenario The PDC is essentially on its last legs with loads of empty store fronts. I am not BH housewife rich but I did decorate with the help of a designer when I did a gut remodel and redecorated. I went there a few times with her and it is like a morgue with only a few places still open. For whatever reason we went to look at closet interiors for storage ideas- in my next life I will come back with someone who has a dry cleaner's moving rack in my closet. And I ordered my bathroom fixtures there because she had a long standing relationship with the owners and could get a good deal. But people don't go there without their designers because what few stores are left are to the trade only.

Tangnential but at one time the State and New York City did have excellent programs to provide housing from middle class people. Coop City in the Bronx - for example - were built through the Mitchell Lama Program and if your income was within certain limits you were able to purchase an apartment very inexpensively. There were some smaller projects as well like Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn. Also the unions also financed housing for the working and middle class. My friend lived in a coop on 23rd Street.

I realize that the Skye tops were so ubiquitous to the first season of OC but at least they actually resembled tops that regular women were wearing at the time. I literally don't know where the clothing worn by the Potomac women is sold. It isn't fashionable - it isn't attractive - it isn't trendy.

I ask this seriously - where do the woman get such incredibly hideous clothing. It doesn't resemble any clothing I see or even clothing that is worn by "celebrities" when they are shot in various activities. It is just ugly and tacky and often ill fitting.

These are my friends wiho are a couple who inherited extreme wealth - like $100 million or so. They both worked - she has an MBA and he has a law degree but at a certain point it made no sense for her to continue to work when she could be a full time parent. She did a lot of community service type things as well as living her best life. Her husband continued to work but he was also much more able to pursue his passions for writing without worrying about income stream.

He practiced law in Utah. That is where he met Emily who was an attorney in the same firm. They moved to California and parents bought their house across the street. I don't find extremely wealthy people paying for childre to be objectionable. My best friend has that kind of wealth from husband's parents. They are both lawyers but salaries wouldn't support their lifestyle. They bought a home for both their daughters in very expensive Los Angeles and the kids live on trust funds but also got law degrees.

I have no issues with wealthy people supporting their children. That is what rich people do - they set up trust funds because there is no reason not to provide financial support instead of waiting until you die. Where is is counter-productive is when the kids turn into wastrels. Shane and Emily were lawyers and so would have been capable of supporting their families in an upper class manner without any money from parents. And the children of some of the richest people all seem to have expectations of going to college. Heather, Sutton, Kyle have children who had expectations of going to college To me it is quite a bit different than Jenn's situation in which she has no ability to support herself and went from one situation in which she was solely dependent on a husband to another in which the source of funds appears to be shady at the very least. This is hardly the same has having parents who can subsidize one's lifestyle.

I think the jeweler was fine with driving from LA to Palm Springs for what is a substantial client. It isn't that long of a drive and it is probably the only time that both the Bronwyn and Todd would be together that close. People who work on commission work a lot harder to make a sale and accumulate good will. I think Todd has serious money. He was a CEO of Palm as well as an EVP at HP. Anyone with half a brain would have accumlated a substantial stock portfolio and he seems to still have skin the game based on his travels I was surprised by her choice of jewelry because aesthetically they were very boring - not much design as they were just diamonds.

I don't understand why someone has to physically leave in order to be at a surprise meeting on Monday. Almost everything can now by done by Zoom

The writers have essentially decided to write whatever crap is easiest. The only reason I continue to watch is because it is somehow soporific. The Henry storyline was ridiculous. Any defense lawyer (or prosecutor or plaintiff's attorney) has prepared every witness by asking them the questions they would be asked on the stand. They don't have someone go on blind. Why would Erin - who is theoretically a top DA be prosecuting a petty misdemeanor especially when it involves the police department. It would never be assigned. The kidney story was ridiculous. Starting with the premise that someone arrested for that kind of petty crime in New York would have been out on own recognizance in term for the operation. Another boring story about how the Commissioners have to take a "bold" stance against a mayor who has to balance competing issues among the population. I am reasonably certain advance teams would have arranged the services so they weren't competing against each other.

Slade worked in the mortgage business and was definitely involved in the shady financing of that time but I don't know if he worked for Countrywide or another of the sleazy companies. Jo said she worked with Ryan and I don't know if Jo worked with Slade or just in the same business.

Sometimes people will get immunity who aren't guilty of anything as an extra precaution against something coming back to bite them. I have no opinion on Ryan's guilt although I do think he knew there was something not quite on the up and up The guy was employed on some level at Countrywide Mortage for god's sake which was one of the worst of the mortgage companies that were responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Nobody working at that company had clean hands. They chiefly did subprime loans to unqualified buyers with no risk assessment - the NINJA loans and also exploited gullible mortgage seekers by giving them high interest junk mortgages when they probably could have gotten standard loans. Am I the only one who assume that engagement ring was fake. When you get a diamond that size it isn't believable unless you are Kim Kardashian who could believably afford a million dollar or more ring and is vulgar enough to actually wear it.