Shadow Lass

I think she was always insecure about herself, and the fact that Talbot actually wanted to marry her--of course he did it for her money, but I think she made herself believe it was for herself--made her overlook his indiscretions. And of course he supplied her with her drugs! After all, he did come home, and they had two nice kids...can you imagine what happened to those poor kids? Dad's in prison, Mom's been outed as a drug addict... I always enjoy "Extra Man" because I vaguely remember the guy who passed himself off as a Rockefeller for so long. Wealthy people on this series really get raked over the coals!

I was sorta-half watching Law & Order yesterday evening and there was one episode with Serena Southernlyn with Jack McCoy. The case had to do with a Black rap artist, and Arthur Branch wondered if Ron Carver shouldn't take the second seat with McCoy. I didn't know Carver had been mentioned on the Mothership, so that was kinda cool.

Bobby never turns down the chance to eat something. The peanut bowl scene is hilarious, too.

I don't know if I've mentioned it here before, but I was just rewatching "Undaunted Mettle" and love the symbolism of the display on Laurette's desk--the three red apples set in a row on a tray. But voila, once the confrontation scene comes with Meredith, there are now three green--presumably sour!--apples lined up on the tray instead. Talk about unmitigated gall, THREE wives and still fooling around with the blondes in the office!

Watching the end of "Smothered" and chuckling through the scene where Roger Jameson and Goren are having their "eye duel" (it's when he's talking about having scars on his genitals from torture). Just the posturing they do with their eyes and little flicks of expression.

Honestly, it just "got" me yesterday for a silly reason...I wouldn't write any Goren/Eames fanfic until I knew all the canon about both, and then I somehow missed that scene...more than once??? Still don't understand! So the family relationship in my fanfic is cousin, not niece. (Although if he is her uncle, why doesn't Molly call him "Uncle Robert" in the letter?) And so that bothers me because I'm anal that way...LOL. On the other hand I played really fast and loose with the "Nicole Wallace resurrection" episode ("The Catacombes") in JO, too, so I have no room to talk. There is a long fic where Bobby finds a half sister who's the daughter of Mark Ford Brady, but I can't read it because the author tortures Bobby physically and psychologically through the first fifth of the epic, then he's messed up so bad he ends up in a mental institution after trying to kill himself, and I can't do that stuff...messes with my head. The parts I have read have creeped me out enough. Now that I think about it, I can work a scenario where Molly is Frank's daughter, and make it logical: say Molly's mom (let's call her Jane Fry) gets that "call" that a lot of people get: they want to leave the country/the Midwest/the Bible Belt, etc. and go to the big city to become a singer, an actor, a dancer, or she's just bored with the "Green Acres" life and wants some excitement. Jane's a little older than most, but does just this, and somehow runs into Frank during one of his "good" periods (we see this in "Endgame," where Frank's nicely dressed because he made good at the horse track). She falls for his good looks, charm, and excuses (just like Evelyn Carlson did--it's not his fault, Bobby doesn't understand him, Mom always liked Bobby best--which of course is a damn lie, Bobby poisons Mom's mind against him, yadda, yadda, yadda) and eventually gets pregnant, only to have Frank relapse into his old ways. She eventually decides neither Frank nor NYC living is for her and goes home. Molly grows up on the farm. Bobby reconnects with them after Frank's death (maybe Bobby finds a note from Jane in a search of Frank's apartment and a pic of Molly), so we get the scenes in "Faithfully."

I watched "Lady's Man" today, because it's a favorite, but also "Faithfully" because I've watched it maybe three times and wanted to see the episode they were supposed to lead off eighth season with again. And I was totally flabbergasted by something... I've always complained about "Faithfully" not explaining about Molly and her family, and I only recalled the two scenes: the dinner table scene at the beginning and the photo scene at the end. Today I noticed a scene I swear I had never seen before--which I don't know HOW--and I was baffled. It's just a few seconds: Eames walks up to Goren where he's looking at a photo of Molly on his laptop; he says to her that this is his niece and she's nine years old. So I'm completely puzzled now. I can understand why the LOCI Wiki says Molly is Donny's sister--it's a logical reasoning, but she can't be. Evelyn Carlson definitely didn't live in Michigan, and why would Frank have been in Michigan? Is Molly Frank's child? Does Bobby have a sister or brother he doesn't know about? If they'd filmed a full season instead of only 16 episodes, might we have gotten an answer to the mystery? Theories? Comments?

I watched "Lady's Man" today, because it's a favorite, but also "Faithfully" because I've watched it maybe three times and wanted to see the episode they were supposed to lead off eighth season with again. And I was totally flabbergasted by something...so I'm going off to the eighth series thread to talk about it.

Watching "The Consoler" with the creepy Monsignor now. Another "Eames gives Goren a look that would kill" episode after he disses Joe Hannah.

Olivia, Declan (which I'd never heard until I watched L&O shows), Robert, Alexandra, Nicole...

Me, too! I didn't mind Nichols with Wheeler, but God, Stevens...don't get me started on Stevens. I liked Nichols and Muller trying to outwit each other. The story could have easily been done with Goren.

Watching season 2 today. Already watched "Bright Boy" -- I always bleed for poor Robbie. He was smart, but not a genius, and just wanted to be a normal kid. I hope he had a better life with his uncle and aunt. And of course "the Polaroid episode" (LOL). Watching "See Me" now -- it's possible to be repelled by what Dysart did, while also feeling sorry for him -- and next is "Probability," one of my favorites.

I really wish we could see the Toronto series! I saw the promos and it looks interesting.

Watching Charge! and "Posthumous Collection." Waiting for Alex's portrait session, still not looking forward to Spencer's horrible sister's tale. Talk about characters whose rage you understand...

I don't know if Zainer was social climbing as much as he was obsessed by getting his kids into a good school (shades of "Kissinger" later on). People do weird things to get their kids into a better school. The lady across the street from us lied about where she lived and then when she got found out, the whole family moved so her kids would go to a better rated school.