Bcharmer

I hope she isn't pregnant by Oscar, but not for obvious reasons. It's because I really, really hate it when one-night stands on television result in a pregnancy. Magically, their tryst is timed perfectly with the women's menstrual cycle. It happens way too often on TV (movies, too, I suppose). Many women try month after month after month to get pregnant, but on television? A one-nighter is all it takes. So, yeah. I hope they don't go there, just for that reason alone.

She did remember thinking about calling her doctor that night, but there was a wedding in his family, so she didn't want to bother him. So, she had that much clarity. When Cherry "reminded" her that she wanted her to take him to the hospital, it didn't seem as though that was something she'd forgotten, either. As if that wasn't cruel enough, Cherry had to end it with "It should have been you." How evil.

This reminds me of the scene in the doctor's office, that I meant to bring up. Alison tells him that she's been thinking of the night that Gabriel died. She asked him what happened, because she said she "can't remember," it's all starting to "slip away" from her. He then asks, "What do you remember?" Alison proceeds to recount almost every detail of that night... the party at the beach, all the kids in the water, a bonfire, her thinking Gabriel would be cold when he got out, what happened after that, her giving him mouth to mouth, him spitting up a lot of water, how Gabriel wet himself, how he was falling asleep on her shoulder, how she thought she'd let him sleep, and if he felt bad the next day she'd take him to the... etc. So, what exactly could she not remember? What memory was slipping away? I know it was purely for exposition purposes... a way for them to reveal details of Gabriel's death that we hadn't yet heard, but why write the scene on the pretense that she couldn't remember, then have her relate everything that happened? Great acting by Ruth Wilson, but I can't help but think they could have written it in a more believable way, because the more I thought about it, the more that really didn't make sense. Was it just that she didn't remember that letting him sleep was what caused his death?

Speaking of the Solloway kids, where were they when Helen was kicking Noah out of the house? None of that yelling, screaming, and smashing of breakable objects rousted any of those little darlings from their bedrooms to see what was going on? Not one tousled head poked out of a door.

I thought it was bandages. The scene right after that, she was cutting herself (our first introduction to that problem of hers). If it had been pills, we would have seen her taking (swallowing) them, or else there would have been no point to the hospital scene.

Thank you for the correction. I should have used google translate. Something I must have missed. Near the end of the last episode, Quinn had Farhad Ghazi at gunpoint, with an array of torture instruments at the ready. He asked him where Haqqani was, then knocked him out, tied him up, and took his phone. But THEN what? What did he get out of him, other than the phone, and why didn't we get to see it? Kahn told Carrie that Quinn abducted one of their men, so is he still captive, or not? All we know is Quinn didn't get Haqqani's location from Ghazi, because his German friend got a tech at her embassy to do that by running numbers similar to the phones that Quinn had. So, ultimately, Quinn abducted Ghazi just to get a phone?

krieg = war nicht = no (not?) lieb = love But put together? Not sure. Just assumed the German title was because of Quinn's friend/ex-lover.

Scotty: Whitney, I'd like to introduce you to Drugs. Drugs... Whitney. Whitney: I believe we've met.

It just seems unlikely that anyone, even Noah, would intentionally do a hit-and-run on Scotty over Whitney's pregnancy three years (or however many years before Scotty dies) after the fact. You would do something like that when you first find out, when your anger and passions are running on overdrive (to wit, Noah's attack on Scotty at Planned Parenthood)... not years later. So, apparently, there is another reason for someone wanting Scotty dead. It's just not making much sense to me yet.

I just remembered something. During the scuffle with Scotty, Noah utters the words, "I'm gonna fucking kill you." In the very next scene, after he tells Max that Whitney is pregnant by Alison's brother in law, he says,"If you don't stop laughing, I'm gonna kill you." Now, having Noah say that one time, is enough to plant that seed in the viewer's mind that he may have actually killed Scotty (not that the seed needed planting, but anyway), but to have him say it again, so soon after the first time? A bit of over-kill, perhaps? No pun intended.

We certainly could, Attica. But who has time to individually write the price on each product in a salon by hand, these days? That's why (at least at my salon) they just use one of those price cards that are affixed to the shelves. No fuss, no muss. :) I like the "I drink your milkshake!" comparison. It was definitely an "I spill your shampoo!" moment.

Regarding the shampoo bottle. I laughed to myself when Alison looked at the bottom of the bottle and saw a price tag there. For one thing, if you buy shampoo at the salon (where I assume Helen got hers), you don't often see a price tag on the bottom, or anywhere on the bottle itself, for that matter. The price is usually displayed on the shelf in the salon. I suppose each salon is different, though. I've also tried one of the Alterna shampoos in the past (if you have dry, naturally curly hair, you'll try just about anything if it claims to help with that), but at less than half that price, on the internet. Never a price tag. But mostly, it just seemed unrealistic because a price tag would not stay ON in the shower. It would get wet and slide off, or deteriorate into shreds, pretty quickly. Would Helen leave the tag on, anyway, even if it had one? I have a hard time thinking that she would. So, the whole thing just seemed silly to me, and a way to show how disrespectful Alison is. As if having sex with Noah in Helen's bed just didn't quite accomplish that enough.

Obviously, it's Dar Adal's involvement that Lockhart was suspecting, when he asked Carrie if she knew if anything was going on that he should know about, with the Pakistanis. He said, "There have been meetings at the White House, the national security council. Something's up."

That didn't stop The Killing from not solving the mystery at the end of the first season. :) So, Alison didn't realize she left a bra behind? Really? Funny how her whole demeanor suddenly changed after she found the pregnancy test in the trash (and I agree, who would throw that away in the kitchen trash? - unless, maybe, the bathroom trash can was empty, and it would have been too noticeable there). She obviously assumed it was Helen's, and figured there would be no way Noah would leave his pregnant wife. Unless I read that wrong.

After finding out where Haqqani was hiding out, instead of that elaborate bomb plan that went nowhere, why couldn't they just drone him? No one left to do that?

I know it can be confusing, but Alison and Cole aren't living with Ma Barker. They were there for the family dinner, but came home to their chilly abode later. From what I read, the show was originally written with several seasons in mind, but they didn't yet know if it would get picked up for a second season. When I first heard of the show, (I thought) I read somewhere that they planned for three seasons (which made me doubt the sustainability of it, based on the premise), but now I can't find any source for that. I can only find an interview* that confirmed they never intended for it to be a limited series, but for it to have multiple seasons. I still feel it would have made for a good miniseries, but it would have needed to be tightened up quite a bit, and close to resolution at this point. *http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/the-affair-co-creator-sarah-treem-we-wanted-to-tell-a-story-about-two-good-people/2

Okay... this was driving me crazy, because I could have sworn she said she couldn't swim. So I just rewatched the beach scenes from the second episode (the Butler's party). In Noah's version, they walk out to the beach, and Alison immediately runs into the surf, up to her calves, holding her shoes in her hand. She says, "Join me. It's beautiful!" No further discussion about water. In Alison's version, they walk out onto the beach, and here's their convo: Alison: Wow. I've never been on one of these beaches. Noah: You want to go in the water? Alison: No. I can't swim. Noah. You live at the beach and you can't swim? It's a travesty! Alison: Not really. Noah: Well, I'm a swimmer. I'll teach you. Alison: (chuckles) Right. End of water convo. So, were there more conversations in later episodes, then, where they talked about her fear of the water?

I missed the part about her being terrified of the water. But I do remember her telling Noah (can't remember who's version this was, though) that she couldn't swim. He said something like, "You live on the beach and you can't swim? I'll teach you!" Not being able to swim is a little different than being terrified, but I do agree that it's more likely she was with Gabriel when he drowned, and she was unable to save him.

Okay, one more nitpick. When they were getting ready to evacuate the embassy, I found it a bit questionable when Martha said she hadn't seen her husband "all morning." I understand her intention... "It's time to go, but I haven't seen Dennis yet. What could be keeping him? Maybe someone should go check his cell, and make sure he hasn't overslept (wink wink)." And that Carrie had to tell her he was already in the lead car, and would be traveling in custody? Had he really hung himself, Martha would have been notified of that waaay before then. Was she thinking that the guard outside his door, or anyone, would not have checked in with him after her visit, or later that night, or even earlier in the morning, to at least bring him food? Surely, someone would have discovered his body hanging by a belt (and where would he have hung himself from, I wonder?) long before it was time for them to depart, and Martha would have been told immediately. To pretend that he was just late, was a little unrealistic. She should have known by then that he didn't go through with it. Of course, we were all waiting to find out if he was dead, or not, but if Martha was unaware by that point, it should have been fairly obvious that he wasn't.

To be honest, that was the first thought that ran through my mind when learning about this series, and I still feel that way. Miniseries seemed about right... but three seasons? I just do not know, at this point, if I'll care enough to come back for more. I have no problem dropping shows after the first season. And this may be one of them.

Just a small nitpick. Haqqani: "Give me the list, or I will kill her, right here, right now." Perhaps it's just me, but for some reason, Haqqani using that (overused) phrase just seemed out of place. Didn't bother me until the second viewing, when I wasn't as caught up in the drama and knew what was coming, but it made me wish the writers had him say something a little more terrorist-y.

Also, closed captioning uses that name when he's speaking, but offscreen. That's how I'm reminded that his name is Bunny. Otherwise, I hear him being called "General" when directly addressed.

Speaking of... when I first saw the "Lipless" nickname here, I first thought everyone was talking about Martha. Seems equally appropriate, doesn't it?

It's a good'n! :)

Schadenfreude?