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Evie

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  1. 5 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

    I guess I didn't find this episode slow or lacking in plot.  Just in this episode, we had so much movement that was clearly setting up the finale:

    • Ethan started unraveling.  I suspect he's going to be one of the dead bodies.  Maybe Cameron too in a mix of toxic masculinity taking each other out.
    • It was revealed that Tanya was being set up.  I know many on this site predicted it, and it was guessed Greg was the cowboy, but if you weren't on a site full of speculation, I imagine that might come as a rather big surprise to a lot of viewers. 
    • There was the hilarious anticlimactic conclusion to the DiGrassos searching for their roots.  (Does grandpa kill himself?  Maybe he's a dead body too?)
    • The rose-colored glasses are falling off Portia in regards to Jack.
    • And Valentina got laid.

    Ethan and Cameron have another jet ski moment except this time one doesn't swerve? 

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  2. Despite his success, Ethan is still the guy in college whose roommate "stole" the girls he liked. Harper finally spoke the truth: They may love each other but the spark is gone. 

    Tanya actually had good advice for Portia but didn't take it for herself. Quentin really does know Greg!

    Albie found his wounded bird and Portia a bad boy, but they are both being conned. If only Portia had been attracted to Albie. 

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  3. I do think Will Smith just lost it in that moment. He was wrong. He's apologized. I don't think the slap should define him, but it will. He'll be apologizing for it for the rest of his life because Hollywood will never let him forget it. Meanwhile, Brad Pitt won an Oscar after the plane incident and has another Oscar bait movie coming out. I get Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on national television, but the reaction to it by Hollywood, where there is still support for all manners of vile men, was a bit much. 

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  4. Ethan's "You should be happy" was not the way to go nor was agreeing to go wine tasting with Cameron and Daphne right after admitting to taking molly and watching Cameron have sex with hookers on their couch. He doesn't know Harper at all if he thought that was a good idea, that she would just let it go. 

    Lucia totally got someone to play her pimp after Albie cast her as the poor girl forced to be a hooker and mentioned that he would help if she was being threatened, etc. I think she does have a soft spot for him, but he's too easy of a mark for her to resist.

    I did like the conversation between Albie's dad and grandpa.

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  5. I'm actually enjoying this season more than the first. I didn't like or identify with any of the guests in the first, but here, I identify with parts of Harper, Ethan, and Albie. I'm just as awkward and fake as Harper when pretending to be nice lol. Valentina is over everything, and it makes me laugh. Tanya's storyline is the weakest, but I do think it was the natural conclusion of her storyline in the first. 

    I thought Ethan and Cameron's scenes were interesting. When Ethan was alone in the hotel room before letting Cameron, Lucia and Mia in, he looked angry and then plastered on his own fake smile. I think Harper was right about everything she said about Cameron and Daphne and Cameron and Ethan. The sexual stuff was definitely a power play on Cameron's part, and I have no doubt he pulled the same shit in college. Ethan hates the guy and hates himself around him but feels competitive too. 

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  6. The first episode was pretty rough, but I like Randall Park and love Melissa Fumero, so I'll give it a chance. I couldn't get past this Blockbuster store having six people working the same shift. Want to save the store? Forget the block party and cut the employees. 

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  7. That was quick. They just got engaged two months ago. I felt from the beginning that the relationship was just for show, on his part, at least. I'm not sure about Leah's. It kind of felt like it, but I would hope she wouldn't have moved her kids in with the guy for a show relationship. Or did they ever even move in together? His interaction with the girls always felt awkward, like they hadn't spent much time together. 

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  8. Tom and Gisele have both talked about how much Gisele gave up to be the primary parent while Tom played football. Gisele has talked about her concerns for Tom's health. Tom promised to retire when he turned 45. That lasted 40 days. If I were his spouse, that would pretty much signal to me that football was more important to him than me or his family, fair or not.

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  9. Some people will prefer the weekly model and some will just wait until the whole season drops. All streaming services are dealing with churn, so I'm guessing Netflix has weighed the pros and cons. It will certainly help Netflix's shows stay in the public consciousness longer. I'm a slow binge watcher, so I'm happy. I never get to participate in discussion and inevitably have the ending spoiled before I get to it. Maybe Netflix could compromise a bit and release two episodes a week (this happens with the kdramas they license) or drop three episodes at once and then one a week after like Amazon Prime. 

    I would guess, if this is indeed true, they will debut it for The Crown's fifth season. That is a show and season bound to generate a lot of buzz and discussion, especially if the episodes are released weekly.

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  10. 4 hours ago, chediavolo said:

    I wish they would’ve addressed why Jo Ann thought she had to stay home with all those kids instead of having a nanny. I understand not wanting a nanny to raise your children completely but you chose this career and you’ve decided to throw  it all the way to raise a bunch of kids. They certainly had the finances to hire help there could’ve been some sort of compromise there. What was the reason she chose to throw away her career? I can imagine it has to be hard. But not every actresses family situation has to turn out like Lucille‘s Ball’s where she was probably one of the most absentee, cold, mothers in the mothering sense ever.  

    She still acted after the kids were born so I assume they had help of some kind. I'm not sure she threw away her career. Most women step back a bit when they first give birth, and it sounded like the roles kind of dried up for her. There are always new, young starlets waiting in the wings. 

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  11. I don't think I've ever empathized more with anyone on one of these shows than Madisen's dad and stepmom during that birth control conversation. He was trying so hard not to say anything but the stupidity was just too much. What in the world does she have against birth control? Even condoms? I know she's from Arkansas, but she doesn't seem religious. Just really stupid, I guess. She's 18 and has been pregnant twice but thinks the pull out method works. Oy vey. 

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  12. There's going to be a memoir coming out this year from what Newman and Stewart Stern were working on before Newman scrapped the project. The conversations included in this documentary were so interesting and candid, I'm looking forward to learning more. I would rather have a memoir centered on Joanne though, as she was the more interesting of the two to me. 

    On 7/30/2022 at 3:59 PM, Enigma X said:

    I would watch it.

    I am also wondering why the daughters chose Hawke. Nothing against him but very random.

    Hawke did say he first saw Paul and Joanne at the school he and one of their daughters attended. That might have been the connection. 

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  13. As an adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, this was horrible. As just a movie, I actually kind of enjoyed it. I liked Dakota Johnson and actually didn't mind her talking to the camera. 

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  14. Great fight scene. Homelander is going to be prepared now but if Butcher and Hughie can figure out it is the music that triggers Soldier Boy, they might be able to get him, or at least take away his powers.

    I hope that is the end of A-train. It felt like it. He apologized to Hughie and got his revenge. 

    Good for Starlight, staying true to herself. I'm glad she quit and used her platform to tell the truth. 

    Between getting his ass kicked and the storm that Soldier Boy's return and Starlight's video is going to cause, Homelander is going to need a lot of mirror time.

    LOL at Homelander sending the Deep, who spent his time getting busy with an octopus.

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  15. 3 hours ago, SueB said:

    I’m guessing SB depowers Homelander but they don’t tell people (because it’s Vought and he’s a money maker). So we’ll get a season of Homelander recovery.  Maybe Vought sticks SB back in cryo as a threat to the Supes to stay in line.  
     

    And Nina needs to go splat. Or get shipped off to Russia.  Stay away from Frenchie and Kimiko!

    Oh, that makes sense! There has to be payoff to SB being able to depower Supes and a way to get SB offscreen if JA isn't returning. AS would be great at playing a powerless Homelander trying to act like he still has powers. 

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  16. The parallels between Soldier Boy and Homelander were there but Soldier Boy seemed to actually feel something for Crimson Countess unlike Homelander with Maeve. Soldier Boy seems more like a giant asshole with superpowers while Homelander is just a psychopath. 

    So Soldier Boy can take away a Supe's powers for good? Interesting.

    Given what happened with his previous girlfriend and how emasculated he feels, Hughie's storyline makes sense, but I hate it. 

    The foreshadowing has been all over the place that either Frenchie or Kimiko are going to die. After this episode, my bet is on Frenchie, and I hate it. 

    Is MM's wife okay with her new boyfriend's love for Homelander? You'd think she'd be seeing the red flags.

    I loved the Legend. 

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