Auntie Anxiety

She had no one she could really talk to without fear of being judged, no one she could really be herself with. That in and of itself is isolating.

Why would she have to worry about supporting herself and the twins? She'd get everything from the marriage, even if Perry didn't leave a will. If she sold the house, she'd end up with a few more million dollars. Dr. Calamity Jane told Celeste that Perry was sick and that Celeste was as well. Celeste's sickness was her co-dependency. So when Celeste and Perry were talking in the car, Celeste was saying that she hoped Perry would get better (if for no other reason than so the kids would be okay with him as their father) but she knew she couldn't stick around to "help him get better," because she finally realized that she'd been down road with him many times, to no avail.

So I guess the shoes never really came into play. I would have loved to see the bottoms of his shoes, although he probably wore boots with that leather outfit. Also good thing Jane could tell by his voice because she didn't appear to have a chance to sniff him.....and he was wearing an Elvis wig and sunglasses for goodness sakes. How did Celeste get away with wearing that cutout dress, what with all the bruises she had on her from the most recent beatings. Guess I'm getting stuck in the weeds. I had to chuckle about Bonnie being all peace and love, but ended up being the one killing Perry. Some things are good in theory until it involves you.

About the twins and Ziggy being around the same age, I figured that Celeste was pregnant already with twins and Perry wasn't having sex with her because she was higher risk, so he decided he was entitled to cheat. Raping Jane might have come about because he had to do something violent when he got rebuffed and Jane was a good replacement for Celeste at that point. We saw him play the victim time and again.

^^ I think if it was going to come, it would have already.

She's supposed to be Joan Blondell. And I think she's doing a pretty good job of it. Blondell was very sassy.

I could tell it was Toby Huss right away, as he had the same mannerisms that he uses on Halt and Catch Fire, so it was difficult for me to see him as Sinatra. After what I thought was a slow start, Susan Sarandon is killing it now. There are some scenes in which she just IS Bette Davis. Jessica Lange has come a long way in her career, from the ingenue in Tootsie (one of my favorite movies of all-time) to this. She's had an incredible run. ETA--I was thinking about all the praise being heaped on Susan Sarandon's portrayal of BD and thought about how she probably had an easier time than Jessica Lange; BD had more vocal and physical tics that are somewhat easier to nail than JC had.

It was at the part when Naseri (who tracked down the blond gf, bound and gagged her and was able to attach a bomb in five minutes after escaping the bombed warehouse) called the guard at CTU that I stopped my DVR and erased the show. I just couldn't anymore. I started getting annoyed when Isaac asked Eric why he (Eric) had to be the one to find Naseri and Eric gave the look that Jack Bauer would have given in the past, a tortured look that is supposed to explain everything. But the kid who plays Eric is no Keifer Sutherland and just plain sucks in this role. Yeah, I'm done with this ridiculous show. I used to love it.

I don't believe that Perry ever really wanted to control his anger or his behavior. Everything he does is to manipulate. He's not "only" an abuser. He's a narcissistic sociopath who doesn't really think HE needs help. He thinks Celeste needs help. Going to a marriage counselor is just a part of the cycle of violence. He probably thought Dr. Calamity Jane would buy his bullshit, but she didn't really. I certainly didn't, but I lived with and put up with an emotional abuser for decades. This wasn't the first domestic abuse couple Dr. CJ has seen and with experience, one can become quite good at noticing patterns of behavior pretty damned quickly. Wrt the music that the kids are listening to, when I was growing up, my father had a dental office in our house and he'd tune the living room stereo (which was also wired to speakers in his office) to what used to be called elevator music, show tunes, Frank Sinatra type stuff. As a result, as a young girl I became fluent in that music (when I watched Name That Tune in the mid-70's, I was able to name most tunes in 2-3 notes and sometimes even knew the tune just from the description even before the music started). Now kids are surrounded by music and if they hear something they like, all they have to do is google it on a computer or other device. Have got to say that those twins are gorgeous little boys. Perfect casting.

Dr. Calamity Jane needed a way to get through to Celeste who is in deep denial and continues to blame herself for Perry's behavior. Since Celeste is an attorney, Dr. CJ came at her with that same approach, something Celeste would be able to identify with a finally understand.

I thought Madeline's green vomit was the salad coming back up. Weren't Bonnie and Nathan preparing spices or greens when they were sitting outside? Also Madeline took a tranquilizer and was drinking wine and that's never a good combination.

What would be the point? Sue Jane for what? Jane doesn't have anything although Renata probably could get her on some sort of assault charge which would most likely end in probation.

If those dogs are anything like my dog, they can go for hours and hours without peeing (my female dog can go about 12-14 hours if need be even though she is elderly). I wish I had her bladder! I believe I saw Ruger in an coming attraction. Once again, I am ecstatic that Bob was able to return to his beloved wilderness.

If you are truly devoted to this lifestyle, you quickly realize that shooting willy nilly at everything and anything only ruins your own hopes for the future. The calves will one day grow up and produce their own offspring, thus keeping the caribou population large enough for you to continue to hunt. And they never want to make an animal suffer needlessly. It's part of their pact with nature, I think.

You said it better than I ever could. This show has become an untethered mess of nonsense although I found the CTUUD's entrance into the Den of Jihad so entertaining and hilarious. Can we just make this show into 24: Isaac & His Crew? The actor playing Eric simply cannot carry this show. He doesn't have very much range and the bad writing makes it even more painful to watch. And what the hell is Jimmy Smits doing? I used to think he was a pretty good actor. He's bringing the boring. Or maybe he's also an innocent victim of a horrible script.

I think a separation/divorce between Axe and Lara is probably something the writers would want to save for a few seasons down the road, when they hit the creative wall. You want to keep some of your powder dry, even if you have an overlaying 5-6 year outline. My guess is they'll also keep the door open for an Axe-Wendy romantic relationship. No reason to hurry into it; it will always be there if/when you need it.

Was so thrilled to see that Bob is coming back. As a cancer survivor, I was fighting with him so he could return to the place he loves. Hope he can keep going back until he is an elderly GREAT-grandfather. Congrats to him and his family.

Just came here to say the same thing, QuinnM. If Amabella were my kid, she'd have been at the pediatrician's office asap. Skin-eating bacteria, anyone?

Welcome back, Last Alaskans. I've missed you. Best reality/documentary show in my viewing rotation because it's not contrived; events happen organically and all their activities and adventures are interesting. I often wonder how they manage (and know I never could). Have to say that I find each episode bittersweet and usually get a bit misty when Heimo takes a walk down memory lane. He and I are at the same point in our lives and I can identify so strongly with his sentimentality. Looks like Tyler's wife is pregnant, according to the coming attractions. Those beautiful dogs will be taking a back seat soon.

I watched the first season, but I can't remember that scene. It was common knowledge during the 80's (I was an adult by that point and watched Nightline every night before bed) that living conditions (housing, food, transportation, clothing) in the Eastern Bloc were deplorable and there were long, long lines to get into a market. You had to hope that there would be something left when you finally made your way to the front door and you would be happy to get it regardless if what it was.

After what Elizabeth had to endure in order to become a top-shelf spy, it's hard to imagine that she could easily turn her back on the USSR. If she did, it would mean that her whole life up to this point has been a waste. The sexual assaults, the training to become unfeeling, the murders that she committed....then waking up one morning and saying "WTF? Why am I doing this? Russia sucks and the US is so much better," would be tantamount to her accepting that she threw her life away for what?

Once again, he does this in very subtle ways and she is now conditioned to know what is and is not acceptable. He moved her to Monterrey, away from her old friends and family. He doesn't want her to go back to work; it would make her too independent. She didn't tell him about the planned road trip to San Luis Obispo because she knew he would say no. She simply feels that she cannot do what she really wants to do and feels like she has to ask his permission to do something other than meet her friends at Blue Blues coffee shop. That's not how a grown-ass woman should have to live her life. If she dares to want to do something that she is concerned might not be Perry-approved, she has to pick and chose her words very carefully so as not to piss him off.....and she never knows from one day to another what that might be because he is irrational.

I was more surprised than most because I just finished watching "Sneaky Pete" last night in which Alison Wright plays a pivotal role. I was so pleased to see her again tonight.p The female food store manager looked familiar. Was she Tony Sopranos Russian (one legged) girlfriend?

That's probably what Jane's rift with her family is about.

If I were Jane, I would have dragged a lawyer into the school with me. Nothing puts a school's administration on notice faster than a visit from an attorney. Generally, I'm not on board with parents who do this because they refuse to accept the notion that their gentle snowflake could possibly do something mean, but there is so much at stake with Renata's baseless accusations, including Ziggy's academic future. This kind of crap can follow a kid around for years. Maybe it was a prom dress. Perhaps the prom took place at a seaside hotel ballroom and Jane met the rapist somewhere in the hotel, hallway, restaurant, outside on the porch, looking at the ocean? Certainly the timeline would be correct. Pregnant in the spring, Ziggy is six years old and Jane is 25.