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Maybe for TV murder, this was slow, but if anything, I thought the discovery of Rosie's body was a tad quick. Linden has a hunch Rosie might be at the next lake over, and in the next scene they've got a crane removing the car.

Oooooh, I like this theory. Also: Holy shit, Billy did play Ted Bundy. http://www.imdb.com/title/t… My brain is melting!

The show really doesn't have much in common with Twin Peaks, other than the very bare bones of its premise. Oh, and sometimes the score sounds a tad similar.

Ha, no problem. Todd is a remarkably prolific guy.

Yes, that's what *I* mean.

Electronic cigarettes
I am really late to this conversation, since I was away last week, but as an avid Bravo viewer, I especially appreciated the psychic smoking the electronic cigarette, an obvious reference to "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills." Sadly, it makes me happy to know that Tina Fey watches the same…

Thanks for the corrections. In any case, Effy does not speak more than a few words in the first season. So the fact that Eura was talking regularly in full sentences within minutes was sort of a letdown—the creep factor just wasn't there. Though I too thought the original episode was totally ridiculous. Would have…

Ha, okay. Yeah I have no idea. He is terrible. Really the rest of the cast is fine, some of them very good. But lord, he is bad.

@vadasz Yes, exactly. He resented being used as sort of a moderate face for them to hide behind.

There's a complicated history but, basically, Bogart distanced himself from the more radical Hollywood left after he felt they used him. He was a committed liberal who endorsed FDR, but also spoke out publicly against "the Reds," and Kanfer does a good job explaining Bogart's somewhat complicated stance. I think a…

My biggest beef with the Maw Maw greeting scene was really the mooning. I feel like Maw Maw is always disrobing for laughs, which gets tiresome pretty fast.

I would *love* to do a series like this. I only recently read "Nickel and Dimed," and I was sort of shocked by how flimsy it was.

@Jon Eric (and the commenter below) Thanks for the comment about the house. But this is kind of interesting, too, isn't it? That the Chances don't really own their relatively nice house, but, by some curious sitcom law, they still live in one? Are they just catering to the viewer? Am I thinking about this too much?…

I wondered the same thing. I have a feeling that age limits were not as rigid back then, and that he could probably re-enlist as an officer or something, if he wanted to. Killing off Robert would be madness, but it would expedite the whole thing, wouldn't it? Plus I doubt Matthew would turn his back on Downton in this…

I am really intrigued by the possibility of Cora dying. I hadn't thought of it, but it would actually be perfect. And she does seem awfully frail. I'm guessing we'll lose some folks to the war and to the flu. Re: young and healthy, I just hope that Sybil and Anna are safe.

Ha, thanks. I try to write good.

I will most happily accept that as a compliment.