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Finally we got to see some fashion, and some fashion insider / history. I don't know why I had expected more of that and less of the ... other stuff? I don't know. I certainly didn't expect all that stuff about Coco Chanel - whose story actually got more screen time? I did find Catherine's story fascinating and moving. Also fun was Glen Close playing her 'Devil Wears Prada' character's precursor. Note to showrunners - next time more of whatever the title of the show is about, and if you're going to make a show about a famous fashion person .. maybe show some fashion? Would have liked a lot more of what was in the last episode and / or showing more of the creative process.

So much to rag on in this show... One thing I did like though was acknowledging the CA wildfires. They typically don't bring in a lot or real world problems (seriously these characters have enough problems!) so I thought it was good to bring that in.

OK so someone upthread asked if there had ever been a black woman winner, and I believe someone replied correctly that there had only been one (Amber Riley). There have been three non-white female winners (Nicole Scherzinger, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Laurie Hernandez) who were not black. This all sent this retired statistician down a rabbit hole exploring the demographics of DWTS winners, and then including 2nd and 3rd place (this list is readily available on Wikipedia). Overall, the largest share of winners have been white women (39%). For winners only, the next largest share is black men (19%), followed by white men at 16%. For either gender, there have been 3 Asian winners and 3 Hispanic winners (10% each) and 1 (Jordan Fisher) of mixed race. Looking at the top 3 places combined, still 39% white women but now 28% white men for a total of 67% white. 18% black men and 5% black women for total of 24% black. This is not too far off of the overall US population (75% white, 13.6% black). Hispanics seem somewhat underrepresented (4% of top 3 but 19% of the population) as do Asians (3% vs. 6.3%). Take all this with a grain of salt - it's based on me looking at the list on Wikipedia and making some assumptions about race and ethnicity (and gender in a couple of cases - here I'm going with 'sex assigned at birth' which is what we were using in studies that I was working on when I retired this year). So if we used race and gender alone to predict the winner, bet on Ariana or Alyson. An Xochitl win would improve the Hispanic representation so that would be nice. Jason and Charity hard to say. Personally, I think I'd be fine with any of them although while I like Alyson she is not the best dancer in the group. Maybe I'll actually vote in the finals... Ask me your DWTS stats questions, apparently I have nothing better to do (or miss analyzing data more than I thought I would).

Yes this was a James Taylor song. I recognized it immediately - I have this album (yes on vinyl) and listened to it practically every day for a while when I was in high school in the late 1970s - was it really that long ago? Yikes. Loved hearing this song again, and I thought Grimes did a good job with it. My only disappointment was why weren't Clare and Isaac dancing to it?

I watched that! I think there were only a handful of episodes.

I would watch that! How fun would that be to follow a matchmaker around? Different story every episode built in. And more Rose with the fabulous clothes!

ON 12/20/2021 AT 12:10 AM, MISSL SAID: I really do enjoy the show but I’m completely confused by the mythology. Maybe because I don’t remember the first season that well? Who are the nilfgauard again? I have no idea wtf is going on probably 75% of the time, but I'm still watching! I can't keep the names straight, I can't tell who is good and who is not... The finger snappy fire guy, Ciri's dad, the bearded dude running with Yennifer all look like the same guy! Still watching! So much this! Never played the game or read the books, but we're watching anyway! I get help from this forum and on the Witcher Wiki they have recaps with links to different characters stories https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Witcher_Wiki. I go there when I'm feeling particularly confused.

So does Demerzel not have the three laws? And if she does how did she poison almost-high-priestess lady? I suppose Foundation was written before the I Robot series but still. If you're going to just pull stuff willy nilly from various Asimov works should be consistent. That needed explanation. Glad there are only 2 episodes left. Hope it gets better next season.

Just watched last night and am also hearing "Jamie Tartt" in my head! I think it's how the kid picked it up immediately and was walking around singing it. Disappointed Jamie had to disappear, but glad I waited until now to watch the show so I won't be in suspense about it for long.

I see a heartfelt conversation between Bob and Dele coming up. I think he is the only one who cares more about Dele's preferences than what is 'best'. Hard to say what is best in this case anyway. High pressure school but also time with sisters, vs being a standout student at a city public school and existing friends. Dele would be a great candidate for a top US school and you know Bob would help with college expenses. Hope he comes back to the US I think he adds a lot to the show.

He had a major role in Big Little Lies, playing a very different character and knocking it out of the park. I recall being surprised when I figured out they were the same person! I think he'll do fine. He is indeed very talentedl

I'm all for a recast. I like the character. Didn't know all that about Gina - just wow there's a line and she crossed it. I would love to see a woman of color in the role.

I didn't think of her as a trophy wife either. And I thought it seemed that both she and the half brother knew about Grey so I have to give the Dad some props for that. I fully expect the half bro to turn up at the Bad Alibi for some reason in a future episode.

I wanted that too. If the genders were reversed, that would have been way inappropriate. His only 'offense' (that we know of) is liking a different girl.

Yes! This is what I thought of too. Could not remember the name of the movie thank you for that!