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Roy's face when Jamie broke down was exquisite. That whole scene was just beautiful and then Will's disappointment. Just, perfect.

Ok. We just finished. I want a story about Bev in WW1. And Lupe and Jess. And Maybelle. And Max's continuing story. And Clance. And Uncle Bertie. While I understand the structural use of Carson....I was so much more interested in the side characters. She was so neutral and they were all so much more captivating. Having said that, kind of a cliffhanger for Carson, so I would like a season 2 for that resolution.

Didn't Owen call around to find him and I think he connected with the wife at the end of the last episode? And when Owen was talking to Judd he mentioned she said dad didn't have much time. Maybe wife didn't think he would show up and was taken off guard? It was a weird choice for her reaction though (based on what we know anyway).

The companion cartoons give a little more insight here, the episode 1 cartoon is on The Breaking

For Ny if they keep her block storyline - she won't be able to channel at will or know how to do things intentionally. If they play that out, the AS are the only ones she can go to (that we meet this early on anyway). I imagine with Rand, they will play upon his fear.

And to be fair - all the women are some of the most powerful channelers that the Aes Sedai have seen in thousands of years, so it makes sense that it would be a bit mind blowing. It's a smart narrative decision for tv. But, yeah. Rand will have to be out of this world. I'm actually pretty stoked to see how this plays out.

I highly doubt it. But they have set up Nynaeve to be pretty badass - so however they do the reveal for Rand ( probably at the Eye) is gonna have to be spectacular.

I have a whole bunch of thoughts which I will get to but the main one after episode 4 is that people are gonna be PISSED when the Dragon is Rand.

I'm a 39 year old white foster mom to a black child, so I probably have more opinions on this now than I would have before. Ultimately, really enjoyed it and am pretty invested in the parents already. I have some vauge-ish memories of the original, but I didn't love it the way a lot of people seem to. I understand the point about the more personal death of Winnie's brother from the original but I think that highly discounts the effect MLKs death had. Just because it was national news? That just kind of rings false for me. We will potentially see the entire neighborhood deal with the aftermath and grief of that event, and it would be confusing for a kid, but also still very real. I don't need (or want) the show to be facsimile of the original. Of all the premises for rebooting a series, this is one of the more interesting takes to me. Same time period, similar type core cast, completely different perspective. I also think the brother will come back from Vietnam with some major issues and that is how they will tackle that.

That's completely true. And fair. But similar to how it's important that Maddie/Chimney' daughter has a traditional Korean name - I guess it's just the representation matters button for me. There is so much stigma around Foster Care - so when you do see it portrayed - you just hope for the best. They could have done an amazing story about how Karen/Hen actually supporting bio-mom through this and still having hard feelings about Nia returning home that would have been beautiful and bitter-sweet. The actors have the chops for that. But alas. I'm not going to stop watching or anything - I'll just rail about it until it's over. :)

Mostly enjoyed the episode. Glad Albert lived. And now I'm about to go off on the Hen story line- feel free to skip... because I hate it and it's making me furious. For context - I'm currently a foster parent. There is almost zero way they would have not known why Nia was in care. There is almost zero way they would not know her birth mother. If she's actively working her program- they would have been doing virtual visits, there would be quarterly meetings with the entire team (foster parents, bio-parents, social workers, lawyers, Dept. Of Child Services, and a CASA rep most likely due to Nia's age). While it's legitimate that court may be behind due to COVID there is a whole bunch of other stuff that goes on. There is zero way this would have been sudden. The way they are portraying this is infuriating. It's a team effort band that team includes the bio-family. The whole point of foster care is to provide a child a safe, loving, functional home so they learn what good family relationships are supposed to look like. Every single child that has to be placed in care deserves a family who's hearts will break when they return home. This is not a whole hearted endorsement of the system. It is screwed up in a thousand different ways. It's an administrative nightmare. Its underfunded. It effects POC families disproportionately. It's underfunded. It's exhausting. And sometimes horrible decisions are made. But TV really needs to start representing the reality. Because there is also a huge lack of foster families and those kids need support. They are worth it. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk

Yay - the Nia story line has been handled poorly. We are foster parents. The goal is always reunification and even in the cases when it's not, it's because the case has gone through the courts. It's not kid comes into care, gets placed, boom adoption. There is a whole lot of court and other stuff between that. Even during the pandemic there would have been visitation of some sort (we moved to zoom calls for a while - challenging with kiddo under 2). The case worker would at least touch base monthly. The guardian ad litem would be in touch quarterly, and there would have been family meetings quarterly. They would know her mother and at least have a general idea of what was happening. This is just not a great way to represent it at all.

"You're an alto." That line killed me. I friends with too many theater people.

Ugh. I do not like either Maddie or Buck's story lines at all. Buck hasn't been terminated - he's on medically necessary light duty. Why can't we have more of him and Christopher? That's gold. This is trash. The less said about Maddie going rogue the better.

"Jessie - you're a child, you don't understand how good it is to be drunk in a lake" So - we devoured the 3rd season. Loved it. There are so many good one liners this season. I thought the ending was excellent and I am super excited for season 4.