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Long breaks for serialized dramas like Gray don't work It is one of the reasons why most of the shows I watch that have long plot lines I stream and typically wait until the last episode drops to start watching. This show was egregious in terms of the length of the plot lines that were left hanging as I had no memory of anything. I stream on Hulu so I fast forwarded a bit of the prior episode to give some sense of who these people were but I had zilch emotional stake in what occurred I am also disappointed that the show doesn't seem to have any surprises as there no longer seem to be any bad outcomes - the heart girl lived and wasn't paralyzed; the residents weren't injured; Jo didn't actually go into labor and lose the babies.

Snooze of an episode as it seemed like they had gotten bored of all of the plot setups and so resolved them as quickly as possible. I am not an pregnancy expert but I don't think an at risk pregnant woman would return to a job that is physically as demanding as being an OB/GYN resident. Even if complete bed rest wasn't necessary you couldn't safely have that level of physical exertion which is significantly higher than someone working at a desk or even a physician with an office practice.

Just adding that I do NOT believe that she didn't view the footage until the trial which was a stupid attempt to exonerate herself from denying all season that she was drunk. Because no one could possibly view the footage and not think the woman was "filled to the gills" - to quote the Judge :-) And Ray was actually there at the scene and would have known how inebriated she was. I think she saw the footage and in her entitled delusions thought that it would be excluded which was what the motions were about. I don't know why she thought they would be excluded because she didn't make any incriminating statements per se - her entire demeanor was evidence enough :-).

My word but that performative skit by Ray and Karen was embarrassing. Insulting to the intelligence of most people but I guess you can fool some people all of the time. I do have an issue with the easy excuse of "self medicating". Aren't all addicts "self medicating on a certain level. Also I am very confused by what anti-depressants she was taking because "anti-depressants" don't actually make you feel good in the way that opioids, alcohol and other similar drugs do. They are prescribed for depression and if the psychiatrist determines that the particular dosage or actual drug isn't working, then they adjust. But you don't get "high" from anti-depressants. So I am assuming that anti-depressants were really either opioids or something like Xanax which does make you high but isn't classified as an anti-depressant. Also I wouldn't be surprised if Karen used Aderallal to control weight because that also creates a feeling of euphoria. I also am confused as to why Stacey thought she needed a fake boyfriend. Her story was interesting without TJ and the only added interest was negative interest in terms of wondering why she was with such a douche who treated her poorly and/or why anyone thought two middle aged people would have a celibate relationship.

I don't understand why Stacy would feel the need to hire a boyfriend for a storyline - especially one with the ridiculous premise of being celibate. If anything that storyline of celibacy probably predisposed viewers to thinking she was an imbecile when - at least based on her behavior at the second Reunion - she actually could have been an interesting housewife instead of a Ms. Milquetoast. Stacy's life is not uninteresting just being a woman navigating a divorce who had a career with QVC for awhile. She could be be dating like some of the other women use. Her daughter was on the screen so there could have been more moments with the daughter including ones that are orchestrated with other kids in the franchise.

I don't disagree as I think we are saying the same thing. But even if true, I don't think any responsible parent would not ever for any reason put that on television. It is the child's story to keep private or disclose forever - even as an adult. But I also can't imagine a sane mother disclosing on television that she was screwing a lover while she was actively attempting to get pregnant with her husband. But then I have never aspired to lead a Jerry Springer kind of life.

Why would you even have a discussion with a child. Clearly there was no doubt ever and it would be very simple for a parent to get a child's DNA tested without the child knowing it if for some reason paternity was actually in doubt. If the child was Gordon's then it should never be spoken of again - least of all to a child. Why would a mother want her child to know she was screwing another man when she was actively conceiving with the husband and the kid's father.

Ripley didn't get fired because he was in a fight. He got fired for treating the patient as he should have not participated in any treatment once he recognized the guy - let alone vetoing what should have been the treatment for the guy based on his "guilt" rather than medical judgment.

Because at this point they don't have the kind of wealth in which your children have trust funds so it is pretentious. She probably has set up 529 funds for their education The kind of trust funds she is intimating that she has require multi-million dollars for the parents to have. Five million in net assets or even ten million doesn't merit the kind of estate planning where you set up irrevocable trust funds with bonuses. At most what they have set up are so-called Revocable Trusts in which instead of a will you put all your assets in a Trust to avoid probate (not taxes). Most middle and upper middle class people have these kinds of Revocable Trusts because it avoids probate. However during the life of the parents they are free to use all of the money in the "Trusts" for their own benefit so they are generally used to fund people's retirements. On the death of both parents, what is left (if any) is distributed according to a document that is equivalent to a will and typically the children would get equal shares of what is left. When there are minor children who are the beneficiaries you set up a Trust if they inherit while they are minors and generally these Trusts can be set up so that the kids don't get all the money at 18 but at certain ages. The Trustees control the funds for the kids but have the ability to use the money for the kids and often they can invade the corpus of the Trusts for education or medical needs. ETA These "trusts" for minor children when both children die are in conjunction with the Revocable Inter Vivos Trusts but the corpus of the Trust isn't distributed to minors but used for their benefit by the Trustees appointed by the dead parents. But these kinds of "Trusts" are for when both parents die and not the kind of Trusts that people think of when discussing "Trust Fund Kids" My good friend has very significant wealth - probably $100 million or so and her kids have all kinds of Trusts. Some were set up by the grandparents to avoid taxation if their children inherited as the corpus wouldn't be taxed twice for example. These kinds of Trusts are irrevocable and can't be used by the person setting up the Trust - unlike Revocable Trusts. That is why only the extremely wealthy have these kinds of Trusts because even relatively wealthy people don't have millions of dollars to give away until they die.

Why wouldn't she buy it - or really any other rational person since it was being sold at a discount. In California you have to disclose any death and so she would have known someone died but the police report said it was a suicide. Scratches on white tile wouldn't have been noticed by many prospective buyers as they were a very slight cosmetic defect. The point was that the over-critical mother noticed them but most "normal" people wouldn't have.

Wendy is friendly with April Ryan and my understanding is that she helped broker it. Wendy has appeared on CNN and other networks as a talking head. She isn't much in demand but she does have some what of a legitimate media presence The Press Secretary isn't an enormous "get" in terms of an interview and so it was a chance to have a low stakes interview with a "friendly" media presence I don't think it was the Dr. Wendy podcast that was what they wanted but a broader audience that watches BRAVO shows that might not watch legitimate news media

Yes of course The problem is that this is what she should have done immediately Been incredibly contrite and accepted some kind of plea deal which included rehab. This is what both Shannon and Gina did on OC. Shannon was shown learning how to use the breathalyzer on her car last season. Gina discussed how difficult it was to not be able to use her car to run even errands. They accepted their fate and by and large most of the viewers accepted them as having done something wrong but not attempting to minimize their behavior as Karen has done all season. I can't begin to imagine what kind of thinking would enable someone to think that they would be completely vindicated in terms of it being a misunderstanding. She and her attorney would have viewed the cam recordings well before the trial and that should have motivated an immediate request for a plea deal of some kind She might shave off some jail time based on rehab but typically if you make it go to trial you are going to receive a harsher sentence than if you do a plea deal. The government needs an incentive to make plea bargains attractive and "deal" is the operative word - if you plead guilty and avoid having the DA spend valuable legal time plus money plus the money for the actual court room trial when trials are generally backed up - you are going to have to face repercussions for that decision

My god but that shot of Karen calling into the reunion was ridiculous. She must have deliberately made herself look as "sick" as possible because these women glam themselves up when they wake up and call someone on the phone. I assume she is still being delusional about garnering some kind of sympathy. I have never liked her although I found her delusions to be amusing through the years. Therefore I can't help but experience strong feeling of schadenfreude as the other women she has tyrannized throughout the years must also feel. She really seriously opted for the wrong approach by going on television and acting as if this was some minor misunderstanding which would be cleared up at the trial - knowing what was contained on the tapes. And knowing that most of the women know that the act she has done is a complete sham - she was well known to them to be a drunk as well as having affairs - all the while putting on much more of a facade than any of the other women. Ashley came close but she was only lying about Michael in terms of defending him but always presented herself and her marriage as not being "traditional"

It also infuriated me in terms of her disclosure being treated as some kind of exercise in feminist moral courage. Just an example of rich privilege as even in the bad old days she would have gone to Puerto Rico.

I meant value to Balenciaga as they can't really sell it in their store as a new garment. It isn't "worth" $1500 to Balenciaga as it has limited value to them at this point. Wholesale was no more than 50% and actual cost of materials - I am assuming this was Terry cloth and not cashmere would have been relatively low and certainly this didn't require exquisite tailoring by artisans.