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Obviously, we’re supposed to believe Becca jumped to that conclusion. My issue is her OTT reaction to the shirts. As if she couldn’t live with the fact that they were in that drawer.

Can’t wait for season 3. I’ve finished all the books written by Tony H. and just finished the first Leaphorn/Chee written by his daughter, Anne. She has continued the great storytelling he started. Are there enough fans of the books to add a book discussion topic?

Well, after next week, we’ll have seen all the sibs as adults..now I want to go back to the first few episodes and see them as kids again.

I didn’t rewatch, but here’s what I think: Miss H met the young man while working together, became friends and met his family. They did things families do together and invited her along. More developed between them and it was his father’s family who insisted on adoption and found the adoptive family. When the boy became an adult, the adoptive family helped him to find his bio parents. I suspect that the biological paternal grandparents shared the slides with him and directed him to England and Miss H.

Teddy. I’d agree with that as long as they did the preparing privately, within their own hearts. The point was to give May a sense of stable, loving security, and not allow her to worry about the future (that’s the parent's responsibility). Developmentally, kids develop problems without that, and they manifest in all sorts of behavioral ways. Age wise, Timothy was the only sib old enough to handle the possible loss, and he’s been aware of it all along.

Yes. Even though he was ill, all those years of not knowing…finally to find out he’d had a good life. Plus the added bonus of a daughter-in-law and a grandson. Best story of the lot.

Interesting as the story is, I have absolutely no idea how to relate, or empathize with Becca and Ros. I grew up in a house with a mother whose most frequent utterance was, “It’s none of your business.” That said, I can relate to the antipathy between the two sisters and I’m curious to know the age difference. Why the issue of the men’s shirts in the drawer? Maybe they belonged to Joan. As far as the drug thing goes, I don’t think it’s limited to marijuana. Channing’s character was missing pills/liquids from the cupboard and she seemed to be searching for the same in the bathroom when she visited the daughters. I’m thinking the group picture on the beach are friends who help older, sick people in communities on the island. Becca is an idiot. Parents lie to children as a matter of course, for all kinds of reasons, including their safety.

Conjecture: We’ll see Trixie back from NY the next time a new episode is aired. The next should be the Christmas special, no?

I really loved that! Just proved that he was so deluded by his need for self-aggrandizement he was too stupid to realize he was indicting himself by displaying “his” pay packet. As if the whole community wouldn’t recognize or read it. Pride (false as it was) goeth…… Had to laugh at continuity, though. Minutes after seeing her pulling her pajama pant legs away from her sore wounds, she’s sitting comfortably with legs crossed having a heart to heart with her brother.

It happens frequently, but this time someone above confirmed that it did air on the original Hallmark channel. I suppose all programming could be considered new, as they have officially changed the names of all 3 channels.

I get it. Danny is a nudge. He says provocative things, pushes people verbally just to get a reaction. Actually he’s tempered it a bit with age. It probably comes from his position in the sibling pecking order.

No, and no. I remember the story, but was not entertained enough for a rewatch. Thank you. I’ve begun to think I’m imagining things. It actually was such a snooze, maybe I was dreaming.

Ok, I’m getting really tired of Hallmark’s false advertising. I paused the movie I’m watching to come here and complain. It goes: “Countdown to Summer All Month Long” with a new premiere movie every Saturday night in May. The first one (tonight) is from 2023, and I saw it last year. I can tell you the plot and resolution, but I won’t lest someone tells me to tag my spoilers! (But it has already aired)

He kind of did sitting in her office. She justified it with “the really goood deal” and added he’d be out in 2 months anyway. Now, then, what’s the difference?

Yes. The designated room looked pretty lame, though. There was no discussion, they just threw it in as a visual at the end. Probably worked out better for the nanny because I imagine in addition to a salary, she may have been offered some benefits. Only touched the quote button once, but such is this hoppy site. I can only read 3-4 posts before it “reloads” due to some error.

Ten or so years ago your deductions would probably be accurate, or at least related. These days, with diminished attention spans and multitasking (BS), topics, plot lines, even dialogue jump around like fleas.

He sent something to an outside agency/lab for testing. At the beginning of the episode, he was on the phone looking for results. Then he got a phone call from them revealing the results (he seemed disappointed). He just asked for the results to be sent to him. Must be something to do with his own condition and wanted the confidentiality of an outside lab.

Fred is like Lucile Ball, always scheming. It’s fall, turnips are harvested, he’ll sell some (yuck). It backfired. Remember the zucchini (“courgettes”)?

Season 13-are they making each story depressing because of the number? They’ve all been real downers. Seems every character is having to deal with jeopardy. They telegraphed Allison’s abuser the moment she arrived home early in the episode. Interestingly, when her mom announced the imminent return of the stepfather, Allison just stared at the little female sibling at the table. Best that can happen for Joyce will be hubby aggravating someone into violence against him. Nancy seems to think he’s capable.

It was gratifying to see that 93 subpostmaster convictions were overturned, but sad that those were far fewer than the 200+ convictions that were reported. And who paid the court/attorney fees to accomplish that? Sad, also, to see that quite a few of the plaintiffs passed away before seeing the victory.

Dynamite pairing, whether writing or acting together.

All the bad guys got their comeuppance, according to BB formula, and Frank got to play Ward Cleaver. One thing though, when I was a child, my parents periodically attended “smokers”. A sort of social gathering where there were drinks, food, card playing (gambling-poker, black jack). Usually these parties were organized to raise money for various charities/community benefits. Never heard of any boxing, and the venues wouldn’t support a ring. Forgot to add: sometimes these were men only. If women were included they were called “mixed smokers”.

Apparently, they can write Shelagh out of her habit, but not the habit out of Shelagh!

Even though I find her to be rather cold, I think I understand her reticence to say the vows. She’s taxed out from the attempts to get pregnant, and worried they’ll end up hating/blaming each other. She’s much more relaxed and happy this season, now that the pressure is off. Who knows? Maybe the season will end in a wedding. I agree, they’re involving themselves in the community more and that community is the main reason I’ve come to love this show as much as DiP-the quirky inhabitants!

Via dialogue, we know that she hasn’t sought government help. Between Cyril and the efficient Miss Higgins, I think we’re supposed to believe she’ll access benefits and be able to raise her children.