The idea revolts me too but calling the woman Bruce never got over, Ina (Ath-Ina) is either an obvious red herring or a ghastly hint at what is yet to come! Bruce's pitiful admittance in season 1 that he'd thought of the woman he chose not to abandon 'little' Helen for, every day since, gave Noah the encouragement he…

This episode confirms my worst suspicions that if the dissolution of her marriage, and deterioration of her relationship with her parents is not enough, Helen has also been given a health challenge. She looks pale and fragile in the future present, and this would make her desperation to defend Noah understandable. Is…

Oscar was delighted to inform Cole that he supplied the details about the family feud to Noah, when he told Cole about Noah's book.

That final scene in the last episode of season 1 was already a portent of things to come: The stilted, awkward tilt of Alison and Noah's conversation. When he compliments her, she says 'don't', as if she's heard all his phoney talk before, and is having none of that. The baby sleeping in the next room, you just know…

Given that the team from the Bold & the Beautiful appear to have taken over the writer's room, it seems possible that instead of the happy ending we're all longing for they've given Helen a terminal illness instead! That would explain her determination to defend Noah at any cost. Just imagine the scenes in the…

Given that the team from The Bold & the Beautiful seem to have taken over the writing room, could it mean Helen's determination to defend Noah at all costs is because they have given her character a life threatening illness?! As Alison's insufferable mother would tell you, trauma can have a devastating effect on the…

Plus I think Athena is going to make Margaret look like a pussy cat. Revenge is sweet! Ha ha!

Well, somewhere along the way he must have lost all the spoils of his ill gotten gains, after all, his ex is paying his defense lawyer. Maybe everyone in Montauk sued him when they recognized themselves so blatantly in his best seller! It's all a bit tedious, and relentless but against my better judgement but so…

Ha ha, you're right! A 20th century sensibility works for me. And whilst I'm inclined to withhold judgment when it comes to my patients, what I've seen over time is than disrespect for the self eventually manifests in pathology.

I don't aspire to be 'equal' to men, and perhaps that's why I have higher expectations of women. That men can be coarse and promiscuous is a given, that's why it seems so important for women to bring some grace and refinement to their choices. Alison has serious boundary issues. She's porous, unstable and weak, and so…

Harry's critical praise for the great Mr Solloway may seem more than a little absurd after hearing him narrate those ghastly extracts but given America's penchant for soft porn it's bound to make everyone a lot of money. As his fame and fortune increase I have no doubt that Noah will morph into his nemesis, Bruce…

I don't think this series is an indictment on marriage, it seems to me that it's more of a commentary on American society. There is not one redeeming character, or relationship on offer. Even the potentialy decent possibilities turn out to be creepy and perverted. Mothers in law are manipulative trouble makers.…

Sarah Treem keeps insisting viewers pay attention to the smallest details. She aludes to something significant in the different memories of Noah's desk. In Alison's recollection there is a landscape of sorts in a small frame. In Cole's it's an image of a bare breasted possibly pregnant lady in the frame! It's all a…

It does become tedious trying to make sense of what is 'real', imagined, implied. What is an authentic insight or a deliberate red herring. Surely the ties that bind all of us together depend on universal truths that transcend the self. At what point does literary minded, somewhat pretentious Noah tire of his…

I've unofficially joined the writer's room, and find myself reimagining the narrative for my favorite characters. Of course, they get the happy ending, or miserable comeuppance that is determined by my own particular worldview. I have this unfortunate theory that despite problems in the timeline ( Helen was just a…