Your entire comment >s so well written - but that second paragraph gave me *chills*. Just so beautifully accurate. Brava.

It seems to be a clear acknowledgment of how she constantly name dropped her father. The fact that you’re not aware of this is patently absurd.

I fully came to this article expecting to be seriously aggravated by Tarantino (especially considering his Lee remarks)...but came out of it thinking “he’s actually pretty correct in this case...unfortunately”.

I thought this too. I looked at the picture above and thought “he looks surprisingly good”. Not at all bloated, miserable or zombified the way we’ve seen in other paparazzi photos. Hell, his cheekbones are visible!

Christ. I’m so sorry. But I’m happy you’re no longer with this person! 

Bbravo. This comment made me LOL so hard...and I’m fuckin hospitalized right now. Equal parts true and hilarious. 

Bear in mind that the setup of these sitcoms with having the wife presented as the “smart, mature one” is, of itself, a trap. It forces the wife character into a role: The Voice of Reason or The Scold (depending on how the audience’s own biases opts to view her). Then, it doesn’t allow her to be anything else: she’s…

Thank you for the kind words, truly. :) I applaud you for also stepping away from your toxic ex-partner.

The show seems to be drawing a very clear demarcation line. There are those who completely understand Allison’s plight, unfortunately due to personal experience. And there seem to be those who reflect people who (weirdly) struggle to understand it if they hadn’t experienced an flagrantly toxic relationship.

I definitely agree with you on the slow burn aspect.

Someone else who also commented to you explain it really well: the Sitcom-verse is Allison deliberately blunting the toxicity of her relationship with Kevin.

It’s really depressing to me that, at this day & age, a lot of people STILL dont understand (or will outright discount) psychological/emotional abuse.

“Here I am, once again ending a recap with a wish for some kind of flashback that helps me understand how Allison ended up with and has endured a narcissistic, egotistical husband for a decade before reaching this breaking point. Personal trauma? Societal pressure? Was Kevin a decent dude at one point?”

I came to the comment section for the snark I needed, and nobody has disappointed. I’ve literally LOLed at the unrelenting sarcasm multiple times.

Even if one argues that the idea of the conservatorship does help her in the long run - at the MINIMUM, her dirtbag father should be tossed off the conservatorship. He’s psychologically and verbally abusing her, and using her children as tactics to punish her.

It was obvious to me that the conservatorship was BS, but this article really laid it out in the starkest terms. I’ve been steaming since reading it.

Anthology. I’d hate for this ending to be diluted by being dragged out in the way Pretty Little Liars’ was. Especially since this show seemed specifically (and rightfully) to be calling out PLL’s *very* toxic tropes.

I LOVE Gugu Mbatha-Raw. She was incredible in “Beyond the Lights” AND “Fast Color”.

Well, I could wrong, but Emily seems to be indicating that “Cruella” is being unfairly (and exhaustively) critiqued via a lens of sexism. A lens that people certainly don’t use on the Marvel or Star Wars movies (that Disney also owns).

I agree with you 100%. This isn’t an issue of ‘we slept together once’ and they were trying to cover it up. This is long-term lying and (probable) gaslighting. For EIGHTEEN months. So the husband can’t be trusted after this either. This isn’t behavior that could or *should* be forgiven.