zoey1996
-
Posts
2.1k -
Joined
Content Type
Blogs
Gallery
Downloads
Discussion
Posts posted by zoey1996
-
-
In the episode Faith, when Claire goes to ask for Jamie's release from the Versailles, I thought the palace looked like the one that eventually became the Louvre, but there was mention in the thread about Versailles. Where does the encounter take place?
-
The website says 60 minutes, but my tv schedule shows 2 hours. Guess we'll find out!
-
On 5/17/2016 at 9:15 PM, Sandman said:
Backdoor pilots always look and feel like exactly what they are, don't they?
I didn't know there was another possible spin-off, so I didn't even consider that this might be a pilot or trial balloon.
I liked the episode, but then I like Burgess. Burgess & Roman together, not so much. Just stay friends, not romantic partners!
-
On 5/16/2016 at 11:21 AM, BusyOctober said:
I don't remember if he had a relationship with his daughters. Harry Selfridge was thrown out of his company by his board for mismanagement and for racking up huge debts and playing with the books. He died penniless, which is sad considering the vast wealth he had accumulated.
While I have enjoyed many of the characters - all the store employees - I haven't liked ANY of the Selfridge family members since the beginning. I'll keep watching til the end, but I don't enjoy it like I did the first season.
I read somewhere (can't find the reference just now) that he lived with Rosalie and her husband when he died. He also had a relationship with Violette.
I very much liked Rose, his wife, and have read that the philandering, gambling, etc. were held in check while she and his mother Lois (liked her too) were still living. I also liked the children as portrayed, but not all the time. As with many details, they've played fast and loose with Harry and Gordon's relationship after his marriage. I've read that Harry had never met his daughter-in-law, nor did he meet any of the children from that union. Sad, especially considering his own father abandoned him and his mother.
-
2
-
-
Hamburger Mary's Bar and Grille co-owners Ashley and Brandon Wright work undercover at their LGBT-friendly restaurants.
Do people really get fooled by bad disguises? I guess not everyone watches UCB, but it boggles the mind that they are still able to go undercover and nobody suspected a thing!
Interesting episodes - one of the best I've seen for a while. Not sorry to learn that Tristan is no longer with the company. Other two workers were decent, but only one stayed with the company.
-
14 hours ago, maraleia said:
They cut four scenes- one of the women getting ready for their rounds in the prep room, a Sister Julienne and Mary Cynthia talk about MC's strength, the first part of the clinic scene with the various patients getting cared for and the sick mom, dad, baby and Patsy going down the stairs. Those scenes helped me understand the entire episode so why they cut them is beyond me. PBS needs to stop.
2 hours ago, Sammich said:My PBS station did show all of the four scenes. Before this season, my PBS station consistently showed the cut scenes. This season I have noticed some of the pivotal scenes cut, but not this week.
My PBS station also showed all the scenes, and like yours, Sammich, in prior seasons had not cut scenes. WHRO is the station.
I really liked this episode. I knew a little about pre-eclampsia, but didn't know it could manifest after delivery. (Since Sybil died in childbirth on Downton Abbey, I thought it was because she had the condition prior to delivery.)
I liked this episode as much as any of the others. Specifically, Patsy and Delia, Tom and Barbara, Trixie at the AA meeting (though I do like maraschino cherries), the husband coming round when he realized he could lose his wife and baby, and the bravery of all those who went out in the storm to help others. And bonus - Sister Evangelina is back!
It took me a moment to remember which one was Sr. Winifred. I admit to liking and missing Jenny, and Chummy, but the ensemble cast is so good together, and either of them being back will change the dynamics.
-
2
-
-
In the beginning, Mr. Grove was cheating with Miss Mardle when his first wife was an invalid. When she died, Mr. Grove jilted Miss Mardle in favor of Doris, who was young enough to have children, but asked Josie (Miss Mardle) to be his mistress on the side. She declined and was very hurt because Mr. Grove had more or less promised to marry her when his wife was gone, but then reneged. I think Josie was aware Roger (Mr. Grove) was married in the beginning, but I don't recall with certainty. In any case, Josie was in the wrong to be with a married man, but Roger was wrong to be with Josie while his wife was ill. It was when Roger jilted Josie to marry Doris that I began to think that she deserved better.
I don't recall the motivation for Josie being friends with Doris, but they really did become friends. The youngest son was the result of an affair that Doris had, and Roger was very judgmental about that even though he'd also had (at least) one affair. Josie tried to get Roger to accept the youngest and continue to raise him as his own.
Somewhere between Season 1 and Season 3, Josie inherited a house in London as well as the means to live well as a single woman. She fell in love with a much younger tenant, and had her heart broken once again. (I seem to recall Florian went off to war and died.) I have a lot of sympathy for Josie due to all she's endured.
-
8
-
-
The premiere was really good, and the Q&A w/Samuel Roukin (Simcoe) so interesting! That's all I'll say for now. Enjoy the show!
-
Katey did say that she knew no one who knew her parents (mother) before they were married and had children. I still know people who knew my parents when they were younger, and I have heard some stories from them. Most of my parents' generation have died now though.
I got excited when some of Katey's relatives were from State Center, Iowa. My maternal grandmother was born there in 1893, and moved with her parents to Kansas when she was about five years old. Her mother was of Swedish heritage.
-
Turn: Washington's Spies returns Monday night.
In the third-season premiere, Abe covers up a murder with an unlikely accomplice. Elsewhere, Benedict Arnold abuses his power as he settles into a new home in Philadelphia.
I'm happy this show is returning, and excited that I will get to attend a premiere at Colonial Williamsburg's Kimball Theatre tomorrow (Thursday) evening. Scenes set in Philadelphia were filmed in Colonial Williamsburg and, if you're familiar w/CW, some will be recognizable. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A.
-
4
-
-
QuoteLights, camera, action! As the Dolly sisters film their big break in Selfridge’s, the reality of Harry’s lavish living comes crashing down. Will Harry be able to keep the store he loves out of the crossfire? Meanwhile, as Kitty and Frank have their reckoning, Grove and Mardle face their future.
It's so sad to see the Selfridge we knew - brash, bold, big ideas and big changes - come to this, a man driven to take big risks and spend lavishly, which we know will eventually lead to his downfall.
Loved seeing Miss Mardle, but why does she take up with Grove again? It's hard to see their relationship as one of love, considering how badly Grove treated he over the years.
Poor Kitty - her realization that Mr. Edwards cheated on her whilst he was in France was heartbreaking. He's acting like such a tool!
The noisy parties are too much for me! After the show is over, I am happy to turn off the TV and hear...nothing!
I'm sticking to this show until the bitter end, but some parts are just difficult to watch. Still like Mae, and Mr. Crabb, and as mentioned above, Miss Mardle.
-
2
-
-
I feel sorry for the actress who played the landlady. What a beeyotch! Whoever dropped off the vitamins needed to be a bit more circumspect.
The landlady became suspicious when she heard Miss Whitmore vomiting in the bathroom, and found the vitamins in Miss Whitmore's room. She'd gotten them when she had the exam with Dr. Turner. Huge invasion of privacy there.
I was born in 1951, and it was a huge deal when one of my (married) teachers continued to teach after she was showing. She took leave about 6 weeks or so before her due date. I remember an aunt told me that back in the 50's, when she worked in a doctor's office, she wasn't allowed to keep working after they knew she was expecting, and she was also married! So much has changed for the better since those times.
-
5
-
-
I just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading the comments in the various episode threads. It seems like we're all watching because it's such a terrific show, and nobody seems to have the need to nitpick it to death. So refreshing; in some of the other shows I follow and read about, nobody who posts seems to like the shows and never seem to find anything they like about them.
So thanks to all that post here!
-
4
-
-
I was delighted to Mr. Mason (my favorite character in Downton Abbey) reincarnated in Mr. Smith. Poor dear man, what a difficult life it is to live with someone with dementia.
...
What can one say about the story of the young couple? Just thinking of it has me blubbering. On a practical note, the make up team did a great job on the dying husband.
It would have been fun to see Lesley Nicol cast as Mrs. Smith, but I think she's much too young for the role!
The husband having leukemia and only days to live was awful. I knew something was wrong when his chronic tiredness was brought up, but I was hoping it would be something that could be remedied. So sad for him and his little family.
-
2
-
-
Harry on the show seems to have accepted Gordon's marriage pretty well.
Anyone remember or have a link to the PBS special about the true story of Selfridges?
I remember the Gordon's children saying they had never met their Grandfather. I think they talked about Harry not knowing about their existance? I'd like to find their true story.
Are you referring to the Secrets of Selfridges? http://www.pbs.org/show/secrets-selfridges/ It's available on Netflix DVD, but doesn't look like it's currently available for Netflix streaming.
-
... that backward fall was horrific, but he bounced-right-back pretty much like the energizer bunny which has been one of my problems -- even if it's an accurate protrayal of Selfridge's overbearingly American personality in all it's positive-thinking can-do glory or Priven's "interpretation" ... it's one-note.
I didn't think he bounced-right-back, but rather he withdrew to his home near Bournemouth, at Highcliffe Castle. When the newspaper story implying that he was stepping back and turning it over to his son was printed, he was determined to be back at the store. He returned too early and didn't look all that well or comfortable to me.
Very sad that he found his mother dead, but in real life, she'd died in 1924. This portion of his story follows some of the events, but is also highly fictionalized.
I missed this episode, but caught up by streaming from my local PBS station. I find the story as portrayed quite interesting, but with the amount of time between the last episode and this one, I couldn't quite remember who everyone was or how they fit into the story. I am looking forward to the rest of the season.
-
1
-
-
Every week I hope that someone will get eliminated BECAUSE they helped someone.
Like last season, when Team Texas were chivalrous to the Cheerleaders, came in last on a non-elimination leg, and were eliminated the next week due to the killer speed bump?
Blair + Brodie = Blodie? Blrghh.
I googled Broken Chair, and saw a picture of the chair with a broken leg, which wasn't obvious to me during the program. It symbolizes opposition to land mines and the like.
-
2
-
-
Quote
The team scrambles to crack a murder case with explosive consequences. Meanwhile, Angela resists Ron's offer to take her on a romantic getaway.
Is it too much to ask that Angela falls in love with Paris, and doesn't come back to Boston?
I like that they're sticking with a COTW along with the ongoing Jane story line - it works well for me. Not every case will be solved in the time slot alloted for the show!
I hope Korsak stays for the end of the series.
-
4
-
-
I'll read through all the comments later. For now - a satisfying ending, if a bit too all wrapped up with happy endings all around. Some lovely touching moments throughout. Not a dry eye in the house, indeed!
-
1
-
-
"Pomp and Circumstance" -- when I was in high school in some previous century, someone had put words to it, starting with "My reindeer flies sideways, your reindeer does not." We sang that at rehearsal for graduation, but we were told not to at the actual graduation. Has anyone else heard these lyrics?
I hadn't, but the lyrics sung at my high school, nearly 50 years ago! Yikes! started, "I want to get married. I want to be a wife. I'm so sick and tired of this high school life!" I'm sure there was more, but I don't recall now.
-
Some good parts in this episode. Kent is growing on me. Liked Maura's poetry at the end. Is Frankie getting a real girlfriend? Liked the case of the week, even though eastern European mobs are becoming cliche'. Korsak and Jane talking about his eventual retirement was poignant.
Not so much. someone setting up an observation point in someone's apartment who is so easily distracted could blow the case. Angela and her remedies.
-
1
-
-
A gun battle rages in a usually quiet neighborhood, leaving one dead and leading Jane and Maura into the shadowy realm of an Eastern European gang. Meanwhile, Maura develops a fever, with Angela and Kent's home remedies having an unexpected effect.
-
And Mother of God, do we have another London detective hanging around trying to pin something on Mrs. Patmore? Is she suspected of some crime we haven't yet heard about? Buying black market sausages? Serving tea without real cream? Scones without sultanas?
Everyone knows you never serve tea with cream, only milk or lemon :-). A cream tea is an entirely different thing, and delish too!
-
1
-
-
I haven't watched the second episode yet. I wonder if Maura gave us a clue when she asked her kidnapper why her and not one of Jane's sisters. Did I hear that right? From his reaction, he didn't know that Jane had only brothers.
-
6
-
Ask the Outlanders: Questions for the Bookreaders
in Outlander
Yes, I wrote Versailles but meant Bastille. And yes, I thought the building was the palace that became the Louvre, but I'm uncertain. Thanks!