Police procedure has changed since I was little.

Wash ,'The Message'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


Barb - Sep 07, 2009 1:20:14 pm PDT #3083 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”

are we positive the stranger is not the baby's father?

Yep. The beginning of that episode was her at the doctor's office having her pregnancy confirmed and there's also a scene in the episode where she discusses the situation with her friend, Francine, saying it's not a good time for her to be pregnant.

The pregnancy occurred during that bout of comfort sex on the floor of her childhood bedroom when they visited her father a few episodes before.

ETA: Which happened in Ep. 10, at the end of which, is when Don takes off for California on the business trip and then he was gone for something like three weeks, IIRC.


le nubian - Sep 07, 2009 1:59:19 pm PDT #3084 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

okay then. I guess the math is weird!


sj - Sep 07, 2009 4:55:45 pm PDT #3085 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Did anyone else laugh when Betty told her father that he was selfish? It didn't even occur to Betty to comfort our daughter.


§ ita § - Sep 07, 2009 7:41:24 pm PDT #3086 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Apollo Robbins, thievery consultant on Leverage, shows how he picks you blind.


Barb - Sep 08, 2009 2:50:31 am PDT #3087 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”

Did anyone else laugh when Betty told her father that he was selfish? It didn't even occur to Betty to comfort our daughter.

Betty's a classic example of "Do as I say, not as I do."

That and she wants both the privileges and freedom of being an adult with the protection and cosseting that comes with being someone's little girl or cherished princess. And like so many other cherished princesses, there's only room for one in the household.


Jessica - Sep 08, 2009 4:12:42 am PDT #3088 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Did anyone else laugh when Betty told her father that he was selfish? It didn't even occur to Betty to comfort our daughter.

I didn't laugh because everything about Betty makes me terribly sad.


Vortex - Sep 08, 2009 5:25:18 am PDT #3089 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

It was kind of poignant for me, because whenever my dad would try to talk to my mom about death, she would refuse to listen. Which is why there was such a clusterfuck after he died. At least Gene had a folder :)


Scrappy - Sep 08, 2009 9:36:03 am PDT #3090 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

That and she wants both the privileges and freedom of being an adult with the protection and cosseting that comes with being someone's little girl or cherished princess. And like so many other cherished princesses, there's only room for one in the household.

Such a perfect description.

Did I miss a mention of the horribleness of Peggy's mother? Loved the guilt trip AND the fact that she could not wait to watch the "poisoned" television. I am glad Peggy is moving out, though I foresee trouble with the new roomie.


Vortex - Sep 08, 2009 9:39:03 am PDT #3091 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I am glad Peggy is moving out, though I foresee trouble with the new roomie.

Most certainly. I'm a pretty outgoing person, but I would like to be able to close my door without my roommate flipping out.


Glamcookie - Sep 08, 2009 11:29:35 am PDT #3092 of 11998
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

DW is convinced that Joan and Peggy will end up being roomies. I hope she is right!