That makes sense. He was seeing his idealized vision of the woman he's still in love with…seeing her with the light of love, so to speak.
Romero looks so haunted by his memories and his desire for revenge it's almost hard to look at him at this point.

It was chilling. And makes you realize, even though we often feel sympathy for him and his struggle with himself, just how much you would NOT want to meet up with THAT Norman…under any circumstances.

Let's just say Romero had no qualms about operating outside the law, whether it was killing a criminal without benefit of a trial, disposing of a body, or keeping dirty money for himself. And yet, I always liked him anyway, and wanted so much for him and Norma to have a little more happiness than they did.
And I've…

Ding!

By all means.
I just haven't gotten far enough past my initial excitement to think about them much.
I like that they're still including Buono in the story. I wonder if they'll include Dern, too.

If the next couple of episodes take place during the filming of HHSC they're bound to include her. I hope!
And I'm really curious about how far the story line goes, time-wise. Whenever it ends, I'm just going to be really sorry to see it end.

Me, too.
It's definitely snort-worthy.

He'd probably come the closest of anyone working now. And I didn't think of him. Good choice!

I'd forgotten that! There were so many memorable moments in his films. And of course there was that famous streaker incident at the 1974 Oscars. He handled it with such aplomb, and that perfect remark.
Here it is in case there's someone out there who's never seen it….
https://youtu.be/2IIl3zSYL8k

They seem to be poster children for how a dysfunctional family and rough childhood can produce not-so-pleasant people.
Thanks for posting that link. It was an interesting article.

Ah! Thank you so much!
I'm glad to know she was real and important to Joan.

That would be terrific.
Some of the Powers-That-Be in Hollywood should be reading this forum each week and mining it for ideas. We the commentariat have made it pretty fertile ground, if anyone were so inclined.

I think I got a little light-headed (okay, downright giddy) at seeing Susan as Bette in Charlotte's cotillion gown, in front of the ol' plantation house.
I didn't expect them to get to to it, either, but I'm delighted (okay, over-the-moon) that they did.

David Niven. Now there's a Hollywood icon worthy of some sort of series or film about him…everything from his film career to his military service in WW II. Academy Award winner, successful author, acclaimed wit and a nice man.
It might be difficult, though, to find someone who could really adequately portray his…

I've wondered the same about Mamacita. I certainly hope she was real. I'd hate for such a wonderful character to be just a figment of someone's imagination. And a composite would be just a little disappointing. I want her to have been very close to this portrayal. I bet someone around here will look into that.

I was trying to think of something from Roman, Greek, or Egyptian mythology. But that's a good one.

Second time lately you've made me snort.

Ha! I've used it in reference to my step-mother (and I'm not the only one), but I don't often hear it.
Thankfully, I've never heard it used in reference to myself…or at least, not that I know of. Not even by my ex-husband. I once heard through mutual friends that he didn't fully appreciate what a lady I was until he'd…

I agree. That's a good summation of how Joan probably looked at it and how she might've felt.

As Gwen pointed out, there were so many good lines in this episode, and I loved even some of the small zingers like Hedda's "Is she crossing the desert on foot?" and Bette's "We're not submitting it to the Library of Congress."
And I loved Jack's comment "If you think it's twilight for us, it's midnight for them." He…