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One thing which I find slightly annoying is celebrities or certain royals hiding the faces of their little children on the pictures they post and choose to release to the public. I don't care about their children anyway but still, what am I supposed to look at, the back of the kid's head? No thanks. Don't post any pics of your kids then, if you're so concerned about their privacy.

I understand why Ada would enjoy being the lady of the house after so many years of being dominated by her domineering sister. On the other hand, she needn't lord it over her sister as she must know that Agnes sacrificed her happiness to marry a cruel man to save the family financially. So she is in debt to Agnes. I just wish the writing was better. Julian Fellowes is not at all subtle, every point he makes is underlined twice. I remain bored by Peggy's story. It feels like a dull history lesson. Also is it realistic that the only racist out of all the people she meets in NY is Armstrong? Also not very discreet to be arranging a meeting at a public park with a married man. Now about the downstairs folk, I'm still not that interested in their personal issues. I feel they are most useful (storytelling-wise, exposition-wise) when they are commenting on the upstairs folk to give us another POV of the upstairs people. Now Marian is too modern for me. Any 1880s lady with no personal fortune of her own and with her aunt financially ruined would not so quickly break off her engagement like that, even if she really didn't love him.

Mr Van Rijn will turn up alive and well. Is it confirmed he is really dead? Maybe he went exploring or was lost at sea but they never found his body. A long-lost love of Agnes will turn up. She was in love with him 40 years ago but he was poor so she had to turn him down. Gladys will be forced to marry the Duke but the night before her wedding, she will escape out the window with the help of the guy she really likes.

The thing is, Marian has been written as 'modern'. We never see her eagerly putting herself out there or showing any anxiety about securing her future. Gladys can afford to sit back and wait as she's an heiress and there will always be suitors chasing her. Marian is a poor relation who should know the van Rijn money is not coming to her.

Same here. I feel like every Peggy scene is like being hit with a condensed history book. Boring. And so not subtle. Of course boorish white racists would burst into the restaurant..... I felt that way with Downton Abbey. Mary and Edith are allowed their personal quirks and flaws but Sybil had to be always Doing What's Right, which is why I found her the most boring sister. Tired of the clock which is getting more airtime than some major characters. Still don't care about the servants, I can't remember why one butler has to forgive the other, don't care about the dead wife. That scene just doesn't ring true to the 1880s old money circles. I almost expected Agnes to get out her smartphone to record the moment.

I am just not interested in Peggy's dull baby storyline. It's not Gilded Age specific, it could have happened to any girl, rich or poor, black or white, in any time period. Yes, Agnes, Bertha and George really should be busy matchmaking. What are they waiting for? Although I suspect Oscar's sexuality is an open secret in high society. He's already in his 30s, hanging out with that dashing man friend who is also single, no interest in women, disappearing somewhere at nights. Agnes and Ada are not stupid, I suspect they know. Not interested in the servants, I can hardly tell them apart. The footman and the maid are both still bland. I agree that things seem too easy for Bertha. I feel Mrs Astor and Ward McAllister succumbed too easily.

Yes, Viserys is slow on the uptake. Every episode, they have to tell him the freaking obvious to get him to act. "A King needs to remarry, sire new heirs, hunt the white stag, end the war on the Stepstones..." They practically spelled it out for him.. marry Laena to join two Houses... like Viserys can't figure out anything for himself. Speaking of marriage proposals, surely the King himself should have had to deal an avalanche of offers from the other Houses pushing forward a maiden daughter or niece. But the show acted like Laena or Alicent were the only two eligible high-born girls in the whole of Westeros. The princess is taking the wrong tack if she wants to be accepted as heiress. First, don't sulk under a tree and avoid family functions. A future Queen needs to be seen all over the place by the side of her father. And don't spend two years cold-shouldering your stepmum. You're practically begging her to retaliate by getting her own son named as heir. I was surprised the Crabfeeder was dispatched so easily, I thought they were setting him up a season one villain.

The writing of Downton Abbey was not really that good and the same weaknesses are cropping up here. Characters behaving dumbly like the maid and Marion. Just a bit too heavy-handed for me. And I am really not interested in Peggy. I feel like I've seen that storyline before - spunky smart girl resisting family pressure and needs to do her own thing, blah blah. As for Marion, it would be more interesting if she drops the wide-eyed act and suddenly become aware that she is penniless, dependent on Aunt Agnes's charity and needs to marry well before Agnes drops dead. That would be a more interesting storyline, how to find a husband in the Gilded Age. I really can't tell the servants apart. The dialogue seems somewhat stilted to me as if the fictional characters are always ''aware' of the viewer.

I keep expecting Mac's mother to turn up now that the dad is dead. Also Riley suddenly pining for Mac came out of the blue. They always had a brother/sister vibe.

Lovely film and I can understand the focus on Freddie and his lifestyle but I wish the other three were more well-fleshed out. They had hardly any scene without Freddie in it. I had little idea what they were doing off-screen when Freddie's not around.

Not another Little Women remake. Why not move on to Good Wives and Little Men? It would be interesting to see the second generation plus the other kids at the home.

Theon's death was so unnecessary. He died thinking he failed Bran. How did the Night King' s sword manage to pierce his front and back armour?

Our hero/heroine enters the armed forces and is singled out for especially harsh treatment by the training officer for being too weak or a sissy. Once or twice our hero / heroine comes close to quitting. But he or she makes it to the graduation day ceremony. He or she will step up to exchange salutes with the very same training officer who taunted him or her. There will be a special moment. The training officer will have a look on the face that seems to say "Damn , I guess I underestimated you. You're tougher than I thought. I take back my words. You' re not a sissy." Now whether this happens in real life, I don' t know.

The Quest,a Western that came out in the late 70s and lasted barely half a season. It starred a young Tim Matheson and a young Kurt Russell as brothers who love each other. If this show had come out 20 years layer, the fandom shipping and broyay buzz would have helped the show last 5 seasons at least.

Arya killing the Night King. Thats a hell, no from me. The kill should have gone to Jon and Bran.

Meh. The show kinda fizzled out in the end. It was pointless getting new Greg back just so he could revolve around Rebecca and a whole episode about Nathaniel learning to let go and in the end, he didn' t do that. Ah well, at least career wise, they both moved on. And all the fuss about Darryl's baby last season and he ends up with a girlfriend who got pregnant pretty quick. And yes, he' s annoying. I wanted to know more about White Josh instead. As for the musical, also meh.and pointless with recycled songs. The songs seemed randomly chosen and the concert was all over the place.

A woman will slap a jerk or a villain or spit at him in contempt but he won't slap her back because even jerks or villains can be gentlemen deep inside.

Simon and Garfunkel's 'The Boxer' - about this poor guy who comes to New York seeking a job - has one line which I thought was 'I get no offers but a come-on from the horse on 7th Avenue'. Later I learned that word was whores on 7th Avenue.

I too would love to see more spirals and layback spins and have them hold the position longer than 4 seconds. I think the biellman is compulsory in the short - too bad because I don't find it a pretty move. Almost every skater seem to feel the need to grab their legs. Not pretty.

Jack is different because they need a big favour from him. The other supernatural beings you can afford to anger, mock snd enrage.

I admit we don't know whether Dean would have told Sam about the stabbing and kill threat eventually. Maybe he would have.or maybe not. I was merely referring to another poster's theory that Dean was in no mood to share info. Because keeping secrets is bad, right? Also, I was merely referring to the poster's theory that helping Jack might be seen as a betrayal by Dean. I really hope that's not true. DittyDotDot --- you mean Dean told Sam already that he would kill Jack before this ep? I can't recall. Still, that's not the same as threatening Jack to his face and spooking him. Not that I care about Jack's tender feelings but you know, since he has the power to bring back Mary and I assume Dean mght want her back

How could Dean think Sam is betraying Cas? Cas is Sam's friend too. I don't think this is the case. I hope not cuz that would be a case of crossed wires for sure. And keeping secrets is not helping Sam handle the situation.

I hope the writers make it clear that when Jack goes bad, only he is to blame and if he tries to blame either Sam or Dean, that would be most unfair.

Sure, both Sam and Dean can express their feelings and needs to each other but neither are obliged to say yes. Neither are obliged to obey each other. They can both stand their ground. But I am tired of this manufactured drama too and I just want the arguments to end. I am actually not that invested in Jack's goodness. It makes more sense for him to go dark eventually but maybe he can be won over by Sam in the end. If anyone should kill Lucifer, it has to be Sam.

But... but this negates the whole purpose of this thread, which is to 'prove' one brother is worse than the other! Hah, just joking. The way I see it, Jack will do something horrible and Sam will be blamed. Poor dumb Sam. Why didn't he listen to his wiser brother?. That's the pattern of the show. Sam is the one being thrown under the bus.