Listen, whippersnapper, we Gen-Xers were reading VC Andrews while you were still in diapers.

This was a beautiful piece. I’m so sorry for your loss, and for your brother’s unhappiness about things over which he had no control. It’s so frustrating to see it in so many men- that, even in the midst of their unhappiness and insecurity, they can’t recognize that patriarchy is doing this- that it’s bad for men, to…

It’s not a film; it’s a series.  There are 9 episodes.

It’s not a film; it’s a nine-episode series.

I’d figured out Cole was dead from the first episode when Joanie said, “I miss my dad.” Having lost both parents, I know that particular inflection.  I liked the reveal because for me, it tied into Mare Winningham’s speech to him at the end of Season 4- that he would live to be old.

“At what point does someone say: ‘Stop, we are coming across as racists?”

That KTUU piece linked in the article is pretty good. I can be skeptical of local TV news, but it hit all the right points- especially when the coach interviewed talked about the terrible things adults said about the girls.  Creeps.

FOR GOD’S SAKE WHY?  WHY?  WHY REDO THE MONA LISA?

I confess, I’m liking this final season. I really, really miss Joshua Jackson, though (Ruth Wilson, at least, got a great send-off), and I hope we find out how Cole’s life played out. I have grown attached to the characters, and Noah’s absolute lack of character growth doesn’t bother me, as I buy it. The other…

She’s had work done. Not that I have any issue with people having work done, but clearly work is the only way to escape the Trump chin:

I almost burst into tears the first time I watched the trailer for this and she appeared. I cannot wait.

I read that interview, too, I think. I remember the writer saying she’d grown up onscreen; she was a pro and while she could be late, she always showed up with her lines memorized and the rest of the cast, who weren’t as experienced, hated her for it.

Although he’s apparently no great guy himself, Bill Murray was awfully good at the non-profanity insult. During a fight he once called Chevy Chase, “medium talent!” and, according to Richard Dreyfuss, once shouted at him, “No one here likes you! You are tolerated!”

I think it’s a kid reaction to things, too; they just don’t tend to get weepy over fiction. I didn’t know anything about Little Women when I read it as a kid and I didn’t cry over Beth, either. As an adult, though, it gets me. But then again, the last lines of Black Beauty get me now, too. I was a stoic child but…

John Rogers.  His Twitter feed is amazing and everyone should follow it. He also coined the Crazification Factor, back when he had his Kung Fu Monkey blog.

I hope you’re not using that as an emotional support animal. I’ve heard they don’t care.

“History has been kind to former President Ronald Reagan.”

Good catch. I think I automatically assumed, “From Australia!” because her accent was pretty present.

I’m pretty sure they did say in season one that she’d moved from Australia. I’ll have to go back and watch it again, but I think in one of the therapist scenes that was mentioned. (Fortunately, season one was great, so it’s no big deal to watch that one again)