Blueeyedgirl

What was that? How is Aaron advising on two dissertations when he doesn’t have a Masters degree? I can’t understand Zoe’s career success, so I’m not even going to ask..although didn’t she have meetings to get to? why do I care?

Unimportant nit: Aaron has a tenure track professor job? No PhD? Or even a Masters? Not even on the same continent as reality. At least he had to focus on intro courses…what about research? not that anyone else’s is realistic. i miss the old show from seasons one or two-ish.

I have a question: why was there a very big mezuzah (a small box on the doors of Jewish homes) on the glass door at Diana’s house? I know her fiancé’s name is Asher, which is traditionally Jewish, but found nothing about his heritage on line. I thought she was a secular Muslim. I also can’t figure out why her adult children sound American if their father is British, and they grew up in Sarajevo? (I think this was asked earlier but I didn’t see a response.) Diana’s bio is intriguing and she certainly has hustle. But she comes across terribly on this show. I wonder if she is being herself, or trying to portray a role she thinks she should. Her schtick seems so inauthentic and is so unlikeable, it makes me wonder. Who could actually be like that?

While I noticed that, I think it was supposed to be a joke. Not so funny it didn’t have me pause for a moment, but I do think it was supposed to be funny/ironic.

I said this last year, but it is even more true this year. There are no characters I am rooting for or care about any more. Or have redeeming qualities. in the early years, Axe cared a lot about his family. Chuck and Wendy loved each other, and while Chuck made his vendetta against Axe personal, he seemed to be fighting corruption, not making it up. Wendy was interesting and good at her job. The other secondary characters were interesting and had lives. Now? Chuck is just looking for revenge for…reasons. Wendy is a nonentity. Prince wants the Olympics to get his bland ex back in some weird logic that makes no sense and (I guess) to qualify him for a presidential bid? None of the other characters are remotely interesting. Even Taylor, who had an interesting if convoluted storyline in the past. I like all the actors and was predisposed to liking them here. Maggie Schiff in Mad Men? Corey Stoll in House of Cards? It’s the writing, not the acting. I think I am out…

I'm still watching, but didn't there used to be redeeming qualities about at least the main characters? I care most about interesting characters, but I no longer seem to seem anything redeeming about them. Axe loved Lara and his boys, and everything was done for them (remember the panic room and "go bag"?). This season he doesn't seem to care about the boys, except for the time he intervened ridiculously at the boarding school. But there wasn't any warmth indicating he really loved that boy. Wendy used to love her husband and care about Axe. Now she just has a super power of "knowing what makes EVERYONE tick". But there are never moments of warmth. Chuck loved Wendy, his kids... Now he is just out to get Axe. At least his loves his father, and found a little bit of a conscience when it came to buying the kidney from the immigrant girl. Still... he just is amoral all around. Now no one loves anyone. No one has the ability to intervene and appeal to anyone else's better angels. Is the POV of the show that money corrupts absolutely? Ugh.

I used to enjoy this show. I have nothing in common with this demographic in age, ethnicity or skin color, yet i always felt drawn to know more about these characters. Even if Zoe was self-involved, she was interesting to me. As were others (except Luka. I never liked him but understood the appeal). Now? Each character is ridiculous and self involved, Zoe being the worst. Part of her appeal, to me, was the actress, but the character now annoys me too much. also: didn’t she drop out at least one semester? How is it her senior year? I was interested in how Anna and Javi (spelling?) would navigate their relationship, but not now. Vivek was likeable in small doses, and I liked that he matured a tiny bit last year. But if course he is expelled now. I used to LOVE Nomi, until last year. I used to not be that interested in Jazz and Skye, but now I think the possibility of figuring out who she is without running/track could be a very interesting exploration for Jazz…but not if she is going to act like she is crazy for the red shirt. ☹️ what happened to my sweet show?

So there is not a single actual housewife on this show, still? I used to love this franchise. Now, they are all horrible. Except Eboni. She is interesting, and accomplished in her own right (not her former husband’s). I think I am done.

I have no idea why I binge watched this over the weekend. My only theory is that I was nursing a cold, and somehow the cold was worse than I thought and it addled my brain. I agree with a previous posters in this thread and the other ones that each episode got a little bit worse/less compelling - I'm not sure what made me decide to stay with it. Random things bugged me. - Why did Paige always have false eye lashes? It bugged me terribly. Even the Alexis character had a few scenes without false eye lashes. Paige just looked ridiculous with them all the time. - In a sea of bad acting, the young woman who played Cassie stood out. She was really terrible - seemed like someone in a High School play "emoting". I couldn't understand why she was cast in the role, nor who the character was supposed to be. - Speaking of Cassie - she moved in with the PA in, what, a week? I couldn't tell how much time had gone by, but it seemed like they met, and then the next night she ran away to his house for a long sulk, and kind of never left. - I have no idea why the trio of Paige, Cassie and Jake were "best friends" - there was nothing in their chemistry that made me believe it, especially not after the first episode. - Why was Paige's mom such a silly fan girl? Silly... - I really liked the woman who played Nina (Perrey something) when she was Mrs. Ari in Entourage. I was excited to see her. But after a few episodes, I gave up on her - I guess the character showed the limits of her acting ability. - What is up with the critically acclaimed AND enormously popular YA series that looked, on film, like the most ridiculous thing ever? A dance scene? Fight scene? Love triangle, time travel, etc. Bizarre. That's it off the top of my head.

I feel sick watching her.

I am an SJP fan. That said, I don't understand this show. Is it a comedy? A drama? A dramedy? None of the characters are appealing to me. I don't understand them. I really wanted to like this show, because I am a fan of the female actresses, but none of their characters are likeable and compelling. What am I missing? I can be convinced otherwise.

Reading this the morning after Election Day. Wish we had chosen between a Vinnick and a Santos yesterday. I wouldn't be so in despair with a Vinnick.

I am enjoying this show quite a bit, but having a problem with some it. Some of it just does not ring true: it's hard to believe that it in 1970, only Cindy's husband is anti-Viet Nam-war - or rather, only Cindy's husband (name?) is willing to be vocally anti-war. This is post-RFK assassination, post-MLK, post-'68 convention, etc. The rest of the party guests looked shocked when he was speaking, with Jane and someone else saying, "But don't you want to prevent Stalinism?" This sounded like maybe an argument that would have been made in 1964, not by 1970. Also, none of these 20something men in 1970 are vets? Clearly all of the men had education deferments, but NONE of them are vets? Did all of them medical deferments??? They all did something to try to get out of the service - so how could they be shocked by the husband's anti-war stance? I also didn't understand why Jane went looking for vets for her reporter Sam - HE HAD TO KNOW SOMEONE. Everyone of that age knew someone who was drafted, or enlisted, and went to war. HS classmates had to have been drafted (or enlisted) or a college classmate or two enlisted as an officers. Also, his "I don't support the war but I do support the troops" didn't ring true either -- I thought that as a result of so many Viet Nam vets feeling unsupported we now are explicit about that, but I am not sure that was an argument in 1970.

True...still, she was the Press Secretary, clearly a good one, but not a political operator getting bills passed. Don't get me wrong, I love(d) CJ! Just didn't think it was odd for her former colleagues, both senior to her in the organization, to be not on board with working for her.

I can't figure out how to edit my response but here is what I meant to say more concisely: "Would Toby and Josh really have that big of a problem with CJ becoming their boss? What possible reason could they have to disbelieve in her abilities and experience, and trust her?" Toby was her boss, and Josh was senior to her, and both were overlooked for the promotion to Chief of Staff. OF COURSE they wouldn't be happy with her as the choice. :) She was smart and capable and clearly a marketing/PR guru, but not a policy or dealmaking expert. Bugged me then, bugs me now. (as you can see I had to say it twice...)