Blixa wrote:I also love Margene more and more. Her simple love for his sisterwives, her regard for Ana, well, I find it really touching. I thought the episode ended so sadly.
I was trying to figure out how Margene figured into Bill's decision to pass up the 4th wife. I wonder if maybe he thought he'd have to share Margene with Ana and vice-versa, and thought that it wouldn't be a good idea.
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe / But at least I'm enjoying the ride.
-Grateful Dead (lyrics by John Perry Barlow)
Blixa wrote:I also love Margene more and more. Her simple love for his sisterwives, her regard for Ana, well, I find it really touching. I thought the episode ended so sadly.
I was trying to figure out how Margene figured into Bill's decision to pass up the 4th wife. I wonder if maybe he thought he'd have to share Margene with Ana and vice-versa, and thought that it wouldn't be a good idea.
Ana may not be gone, yet...
Here's a question. Is Nikki functionally illiterate? I've wondered if hints had been dropped about this before, like her using a calculator to teach Wayne 2 + 2 and now her odd way of telling Barb "read it and you tell me," about the newspaper article.
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
Alright......Deep breath Bond.....concentrate......Baseball....cold showers...Baseball...cold showers.......Margaret Thatcher named on a cold day.......Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day..........Kathy Bates naked in About Schmidt.....focus....concentrate.....ah screw it.
1) Margene and Bill......rocking till the break of dawn...period. Do I have to say anymore......alright.....how about some tact Bill? Lawnchairing wife numero tres while her mommy is down the hall??? Who are you, Peter North?? Learn some restraint man. Why can't you guys just man up and say your polygamists? You had to go and steal a kiss from Barb and let mom-in-law in on the secret (Oh that's right....because it's creepy and illegal). Anyway.......*stop dwelling Bond...you already Tivo-ed it with "Save Until I Delete" status*
2) The triumphant return of Bruce Dern as Frank, the sexist husband of 4, and a-hole to all. I knew the show was missing something....and it turns out it was our favorite father who pisses in the sink. Good job HBO.
3) Joey stop playing the lost puppy routine....it's wearing a little thin. Man up and pick up your damn wife. Honestly
4) Alright we got excommunication and blood atonement.........oh yeah!!!!
5) Roman=creepy......like Freddie Kreuger seducing a virgin creepy. Michael Jackson at Neverland Ranch with a gang of kids creepy.....you get the picture....he'd probably make Stephen King shutter.
6) Alright I liked Margene's mom.....whole lot better than Lois of the Puckered Face Orifice. Honestly does she suck lemons between takes to get that look on her face. (Of course I'm leaving out that episode where Ginger (Margie's Mom) gets drunk and tries to jump Bill's Bones....she gets a pass for not being Lois)
7) So Alby's stalking now *yawn*.....alright they need to either work in some exMormon cameos for Steve Benson and Tal Bachman or they need to drop this nerd boyfriend storyline.....at least make him a kinky freak and her a bit more slutty....anyway.....why don't they just send Alby to that re-education camp for Gays that Haggard went to? Then they'd be able to write him out of the picture for a while.....honestly the dramas centered around this new Orlean Green Prophet anyway......he's got a hermaphodite with a branding iron for God's sakes!!! He could probably glare at Alby and turn him to Stone.
8) Can they just get this Weber Gaming Storyline figured out??? They drag it any more and Don's going to have a stroke....not to mention Bill's terrible at cloak-and-dagger. When's he going to realize he doesn't have the Michael Corleone Gene that makes him a genius at underhanded operating. He's a Mormon wiener....he's going to be a lightweight in the Organized Crime game until he at least kills somebody.
9) Did I forget anything?
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
Never mind...here they are with some more thoughts:
This week delivered the two words I've been praying to hear ever since the series started:
Blood.
Atonement.
I've been wondering if this would be how Roman will eventually explain the death/removal of Prophet Hendrikson. Now that the term has been uttered---but no definition of the historically ambiguous practice, yet---let's hope this leads to where some bodies are buried.
Also of interest was the fact that we now have THREE rival Mormon fundamentalist factions: Juniper Creek, the scary inbred Green clan, and the "pervert" Abbots. Which do you think April "anti-polyg crusader" Blessing hails from?
I think the Green hit squad wives are modeled roughly on the LaBaron women who were sent to snuff Rulon Allred. I continue to be pleased by the deft hand for historical nuance the writers of the series have.
Guilty confession: When Alby came to motel door? Like he'd just woken up? Or maybe been "doing something?" I thought he looked hot. There. I said it. I just pray I won't be Steussing over Terryl Givens any time soon...
I'm also kind of strangely allured by the Keep Sweet Sister that's hanging around Joey. Or maybe I'm just remembering girls I knew who kind of had that sweet, but dazed thing going on.
Did you know that Bruce Dern's grandad was a Governor of Utah? I didn't know that until yesterday (back in the 20's I think).
I also loved Roman's line on the phone to Bill, "I hope my tone conveys something more important than the apprehension of a pervert."
Finally, I'm with you Bond on that drip "boyfriend" they've given Sarah. Yick. Looks, demeanor, personality---he's just soggy.
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
Bond...James Bond wrote:I think it's hilarious that the father is played by the same guy who once played Steve Carey, Drew's crossdressing brother on The Drew Carey Show. (I miss that show, well the early years anyway).
I confess to a Drew Carey guilty pleasure or two. I still kinda have a crush on Oswald.
Did you know Drew Carey's been named as the new host for The Price is Right? And he's going to host a brandnew game show this fall. The man has obviously fallen on hard times.
Yikes...I remember reading an article in some magazine (the kind you scan at the dentist's office, probably) around the time that the Drew Carrey show first started. It talked about how down on his luck he'd been, so depressed that he was close to suicide when the television deal went through.
The Price Is Right, though...man, that's really perdition.
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
Some Schmo wrote:Um... I'd host a game show, and wouldn't consider it falling on hard times.
I'd watch soap operas... heck, I'd watch Big Love before I'd watch a game show. Talk about mindless drivel. And guess which channel is my DH's favorite? Ugh.