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That charge was not believable, a claim from a vindictive husband that was just set up by his wife to go to jail the rest of his life. They would take her in for questioning but arresting her on the word of a brutal liar was beyond bad soap opera writing.

I don’t understand why they all weren’t on the plane. The wall is a surety for all of them. Was there some explanation I missed?

I know, it looks like they're plotting some kind of devious plan. All serious and shit.

You almost expected them to show wheels turning slowly in her head

His contempt for women and seeing them as second class came across pretty clear.

I don’t think eleanor has the same culpability as the other wives. She and Lawrence never did those monthly rape ceremonies. I can see Lawrence shielding Eleanor from all the hateful parts of the new world. She didn’t get out much and her child like innocence brought on by mental illness surely kept her unaware of a lot. June is alive because inexplicably people give her all kinds of breaks. Apparently men are drawn to her sour face, yeah right. Eleanor did a lot for June and helped protect June and June repays her by letting her die. I hate June and don’t care if she ever sees her kids again.

June saw the drugs on the table and knew she took an overdose. She went to run for help but decided it was better for her if Eleanor died. Eleanor didn’t understand the need for secrecy. She might have been saved, they still had emergency services or they could have tried to get her to throw up. Instead June chose to let her die.

That turned my stomach when june didn’t get help for the commanders wife, his whole reason for living. She was so good to June. June’s stupid looking face twitchily calculating what would be best for her. Watching Lawrence’s profound sadness was moving. Then his side eye to June wondering about her rule in the death.

I know, all the Martha’s risking death at every turn cool as a cucumber, every handmaiden working with the resistance show no emotion. But there’s spastic June with her facial tics looking like she’s having a stroke every time something happens

You could see Serena buttering up Fred with complimenting how well the country has improving knowing her plan was to stay in Canada with the baby. I think Serena will be able to claim victim, women had zero power, her finger was cut off. But WTF June? Why’d she kick him all of a sudden? And there is no way she could have got him down with a Bic pen. Stupid. She couldn’t get herself cleaned off and out of there but she’s supposed to be in charge of getting 52 children in a helicopter?

I agree a couple of them were over the top, like the Rorhr’s mother in law. They sure made her nasty. There aren’t too many people on the show who would be considered “upstanding” citizens. But the grandmothers and mothers who raised the bank robbers and criminals from Charlestown and southie, spot on. The two brothers are killing it with their performances of Townies. The little blond girl is too. She sounds like she’s from Quincy or Charlestown . Do you remember the original Ebb Tide in Revere? Is that where the Winter Hill gang hung out?

It’s interesting how Fox News tv personalities are tainted and untouchable once they leave Fox News. It’s a number one cable news station but still only has a few million watchers. People like Gretchen, o Reilly, glen beck, Megan what’s her name are all unlikable to people outside of Fox.

Swearing is common in Boston especially that certain group. Jenny’s sister would let the F bombs fly with her sister and hold them in at home. The writers got Charlestown down perfectly. The accuracy is excellent down to using the Ebb Tide in Revere, a mob hangout, The Parker House for govt people, the tensions between Boston cops and the black community after Charles Stuart. I love this show.

Very similar to Connolly who was a crooked Boston FBI agent in the 90s and allowed murder on whitey Bulger’s behalf.

I assumed the commanders were all located in the close vicinity of Boston. Then she mentions Amherst out in the boondocks so you have to assume children are in other sections too. I think the summer house one commander had was in New Hampshire or something. Logistically impossible for them to get all the children out.