Kudos for Peggy trying to get a much-deserved raise, even if it's bad timing. I wondered if we'd see Duck again....
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Theodosia - Sep 14, 2009 3:58:49 am PDT #3180 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jessica - Sep 14, 2009 4:14:40 am PDT #3181 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Vortex, I think the lack of drinking was supposed to be about money as well.
That was my read.
Also, what was up with her bloody dream sequence with her parents?
In the meeting with Sally's teacher, Betty said Sally had been obsessing over the Medgar Evers murder - that's who the black guy at the table with Betty's mother was supposed to be, I'm pretty sure.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2009 4:20:48 am PDT #3182 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I also really appreciated the line "My water never breaks." It's those teeny little details that this show does so well.
sj - Sep 14, 2009 4:46:35 am PDT #3183 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Jessica. I missed that reference.
Also, wrt to her water never breaking, there was an interesting contrast between Betty being very knowledgable about her body and her previous pregnancies and how she was being treated like a child by the medical staff.
This was a great episode about power and who has it.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2009 4:53:36 am PDT #3184 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
there was an interesting contrast between Betty being very knowledgable about her body and her previous pregnancies and how she was being treated like a child by the medical staff.
And not much has changed in the last 40 years in that regard. God I hated giving birth.
Theodosia - Sep 14, 2009 6:22:16 am PDT #3185 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think I'll give my mother a medal and a hug the next time I see her.
Glamcookie - Sep 14, 2009 6:59:04 am PDT #3186 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
Am I the only one kind of bored with this season? I feel like the writers are trying to be Profound with each episode and it is grating.
Vortex - Sep 14, 2009 7:00:50 am PDT #3187 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I felt let down by the season premiere, liked the last ep, felt letdown by this one ("borrowing" from Twin Peaks, Weiner?)
-t - Sep 14, 2009 7:06:23 am PDT #3188 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm not bored, exactly. I find each episode utterly fascinating while i'm watching it, but they don't stick with me afterwards the way they used to. There are an awful lot of threads, more than I can keep track of while they are offscreen, is part of my problem, I think.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2009 7:12:05 am PDT #3189 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've been loving this season. It hasn't had as many big dramatic moments as last year did, but the minutae of domesticity are still drawing me in.