MicheleinPhilly

I had NO idea she is from Philadelphia! Now I love her even more! 😊

I hate Rosie O in this role. With the exception of A League of Their Own, I've never thought she was a particularly good actress and I think she and Laurel Holloman have ZERO chemistry. I feel like they keep hitting us over the head with these anvils that Bette and Tina are the OTP (and I wholeheartedly agree!) and so I wish they would just get on with it. Stop with the placeholder girlfriends for both of them. As an OG lover, I still find it hard to care about anyone that isn't Bette, Shane, Alice, Tina, or Angie. And was I supposed to be pleased by the return of Arquette? (I forget her actual name and her character's name.) She was such a non-entity in the original. Give me Sarah Shahi, damn it!

I've always found Michael Shannon to be kind of creepy - probably that Bug movie I saw with him and Ashley Judd years ago - so seeing him play this dorky dad has been a little off-putting. I mean he's doing it well but there is a disconnect for me. I think the show may have benefited from doing, what are they called, bottle episodes? Capsule episodes? Where they focus primarily on 1 character or family each week. But then I guess we wouldn't get Melissa and Bobby each week which frankly is what has been sustaining me. I totally laughed when Masha thought that Zoe seeing her brother was evidence of some breakthrough. Countless people who have lost loved ones have experiences where they "see" or "talk" to that person. It's a well-documented psychological coping mechanism so this idea that Masha thought she played any part in it was 🙄. I'm still thoroughly perplexed as to what the influencer couple is doing there. Is it to revive their sex life? OK, mission accomplished. I'm not familiar with either of the actors but their characters just seem like filler to me.

SAME! I actually squealed out loud when I got the email notification from BritBox. I've so missed her.

BINGO. She's also been optioning the books these series are based on precisely for the purpose of developing into series. I remember hearing that she had optioned this novel before it was even published (I believe she and Liane are friends). I don't think I knew that she intended to play Masha though. I'd like them to dig more into the psyches of each of the guests as individuals because for me, what I've seen thus far from Melissa, Bobby, Michael, and Regina have been the highlights. I'm more interested in learning about them and their issues than the "intrigue" of Masha.

I read this when it was first published and HATED it so my expectations are low. I'm tuning in mainly for the actors. And given how they changed things from book to series with Big Little Lies, I'm hoping they do the same here. I think Nicole Kidman is a great actress and I normally gravitate to her projects but I find her to be woefully miscast here. There is nothing about her in this first episode that would compel me to sign myself over to her for 10 days regardless of how beautiful a retreat it is. I did laugh though at the disparity between Melissa McCarthy's room and Michael Shannon's considering he went on and on about how they received a super discount. Indeed. 🤣 I recognized the theme song immediately as it was used in a very pivotal scene in Killing Eve. Speaking of KE, Nicole should chat up Jodie Comer for how to convincingly do a Russian accent. I will 100% follow this through to the end given the caliber of the talent, but I'm not expecting greatness. YET.

I completely agree. I do think her cooperation helped her in terms of the length of her sentence. I wasn't confident that she would spend more than a few months in prison so 3 years was a welcome surprise for me.

3 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. 😂 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/allison-mack-nxivm-sex-cult-sentence/

This is laughably ridiculous. But then again, so is The Daily Mirror. 😉 In all seriousness I can't imagine a show "insider" would leak ANY details about any upcoming storylines so I will take this with an entire shaker of salt.

I don't exactly think this episode was necessary for us as viewers, but it was very satisfying seeing the victims get closure. Watching the video from his cell and then seeing his "performance" during his court appearances was INFURIATING. I hope he lives for a long, long time.

YES. And that woman with the overdose patient. "You need to give him mouth-to-mouth!", "Do you want me to squeeze the airbag?" Um, no. Just stay over there.

BINGO. In reading about the inner workings of the HFPA this year, I was a bit surprised to learn that a large percentage of them aren't even working journalists and they get paid to sit on various HFPA "committees" that seem to serve no purpose whatsoever. Hell, I'd like to join the HFPA.

The Tourist's nominations were a total headscratcher. I always just assumed they were to ensure that Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp would show up at the ceremony. The HFPA are MAJOR star-f***ers.

Of course they were. I can't recall if it was discussed in this thread and I'm too lazy to go back and look, but just this year the HFPA was treated to a luxury junket compliments of the team behind Emily in Paris. Stars and studios have willingly played this game for years.

This article contains some interesting tidbits from talent managers and publicists: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/golden-globes-cancel-nbc-hfpa

That entire choking incident gave me so much anxiety. I found myself yelling at the screen "Cut your damn food!" after they revealed the size of the lodged piece of meat. My heart broke for that woman that was trapped in her house like that. Even if she didn't want to call 911, I wish she had been able to get in touch with a family member or neighbor who could have assisted. 😟

I haven't seen any of the nominees so didn't have a horse in any of the races aside from liking people personally. I thought the show itself was...fine. Given the pandemic restrictions I think the producers made the most of it. I certainly thought it was way more successful than other pandemic era award shows I've seen. But agree that the lack of clips was a glaring omission. I had thought that given the producers, an opportunity to highlight the nominated work would have been a priority but 🤷‍♀️.

Season 2 showrunner Emerald Fennell won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Promising Young Woman. ☺️

I've always enjoyed the drunken spectacle of the Globes but the idea that this small handful of people sets the tone for the awards season has always baffled me. And yes, I recognize that it is all a highly frivolous enterprise but it has always been entertaining to me. But for all of the poo-pooing that the Hollywood glitterati have been doing for months now, they could have taken a stance this year by simply refusing to participate. (It was an awful "ceremony" anyway.) But they all "showed up" after posting about how outraged they were by the HFPA's practices. 🙄

They did not. They gave updates on the baby, the man with COVID, and the woman with the broken leg. I'm always curious how they decide who to include/exclude in the updates.

I agree with all of the above. I truly thought they were going to end it with 5 (and had hoped PWB would come back for the final season.) I can't help but feel like the COVID shutdown forced their hand a bit and wonder whether season 4 is now being rewritten to account for the fact that it is the end. And now I'm even more salty that season 3 wasted so much time keeping E and V apart and focusing so much on the newbies. 😒 I have no interest in a spin-off either. I think it's a horrible idea. Who are they going to follow? Irina in prison? Konstantin on a beach somewhere? Kenny in the afterlife?

https://www.primetimer.com/item/Killing-Eve-ending-with-Season-4-but-spinoff-ideas-are-being-considered-jnSJNm 😭

It will most definitely work on me, unfortunately. If they don't continue posting the episodes to YouTube, I'll likely just wait until all of the episodes have aired and then sign up for a free trial.

I was just able to watch the premiere on YouTube for those who don't have Paramount+ (I'm sure I'll sign up eventually if they don't continue posting episodes here.) I alternated between smiling and getting weepy for the entire episode. It is amazing to me how I can remember some of these scenes from 30 years ago like I saw them yesterday but if you ask me what I had for lunch yesterday, 🤷‍♀️. I'm looking forward to them diving into some of the discussions they had way back when and seeing how they've evolved over the past 30 years.

AAAHHHH. Thanks so much for clarifying! I haven't yet watched that and just thought it was the delightful Sandra Oh being delightful. 🙂