There is that … but I don't think Teddy got Daniel's message … predictably he just went off cowering, to eventually demand redress as Daniel's victim. Did he tell anyone about "teasing" Daniel about being gang raped? I can't imagine he took even that much responsbility.
I don't know. If Daniel had just beaten him…

We haven't seen much of Tawney this season actually. Her sitting by the old man's bedside and being talked to like a child when she wanted to contact his nephew added little, except that she was still drawn to the lonely and hopeless and withdrawn. No I haven't seen much growth in her in the what we've seen, but she…

Teddy struck me as a fairly garden-variety controlling husband … not necessarily intending to be, but because he was "better at making the decisions that needed to be made" however, his insecurity is deep. He very very early on made it clear that he was deeply upset, suspected the worst and expected her to end her…

one was 'the insider' and the other "the informer' … point was that they were both white-collar crime movies — see also that John Travolta Oscar winner "A Civil Action" — all nonfiction — Some films have Oscar pretentions and others don't. Erin Brockowitch had Julia Robert's Oscar bait written all over it. I don't…

Amantha, as I recall, was well into high school when Ted and Teddy joined the family some couple of years after Daniel went to prison (I think maybe in the year after he graduated from high school). Teddy was 12-13 to Amantha's 15-16 so they became siblings after Amantha was already an adult — having already been…

Yikes, I was thinking Chloe was just a little too new-age hallmark card perfect … and then I realized she reminds me (the actress) of Rielle Hunter, John Edwards' downfall. / manic pixie girlfriend.

Reminding me that we still haven't seen that letter (presumed by many to be from Tawney).
I noticed that Chloe being pregnant mirrors Tawney back when … Is this a dodge to avoid a Daniel in a normal romantic relationship (with sex be it ever so casual) or is it to keep Daniel from committing to a woman with other…

From your posts, it doesn't surprise me that you identify so wholeheartedly with Teddy. Sorry about your plight.

It's a matter of respect, boundaries …
Teddy married a submissive child-bride … she's trying — hesitantly — to learn to stand on her own …

It's their house … it's her home … she changed the locks and the security code …

I even wondered if Jared was a planned child or if Ted and Janet "had to get married" … I suspect we will get some more back story. Did stand-up guy Ted get accidentally permanently ensnared in the Holden family saga? Timeline is unclear to me. Amantha would know or have figured it out.

and for some reason she thinks it's either above-it-all superior or clever to "not say" … even after the election is over and the results are in… probably because "her brand"

Thanks for the info. I thought it was her best performance as well (although, TBH, her Shakespeare in Love performance was better on second and third viewing — I got the tape at the thrift store and I like to listen to pretty voices when I work. It was still hollywood honoring hollywood, the usual self-referential…

Best photo I've seen of her in years … what year was it taken? Seriously.

Tawney felt she had failed Teddy at the diner, because he told her she had. So she was trying to make it up to him, inviting him over so they could talk at the house, in private and she would listen better this time.. She's still not.very.good at this agency thing. She's also trying to follow the rules. One date night…

I guess I'm frustrated because what tore Teddy & Tawney apart was the lack of intimacy … Tawney getting hit like a lightening bolt by the intimacy and connection she felt with Daniel. So, in this episode and elsewhere, I see and have seen Teddy still pushing Tawney away … He might have been "brave" and stayed. They…

The go fund me site mentioned that although he had health insurance he had been in the ICU for well over a month with multi-organ system failure and he was expected to recover … possibly with the help of organ transplantation … so part of the go-fund me was to defray the considerable costs already incurred so that he…

No, I didn't see it that way. To me, for Teddy, Tawney spoiled the magic spell of Teddy's marriage, which was very much centered in it's public presentation. He was like the person who believes that driving a particular car will tell the world he's a success, devastated if it gets a dent or a scratch. I think he was…

Possibly to inspire Pitt to drop his John Wayne meets Gary Cooper imitation of American masculinity? Canadian = exotic.

yes, he looks better than he has in years … unfortunately, his acting chops haven't matured — he's still best in character roles with plenty of shtick. Marital woes and child custody issues, indeed, reality bites (even if they are likely soon to be resolved, even in his favor).
Cary Grant, Clark Gable and Humphrey…