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746604, RE: Oh yea so was I, big time.
Posted by Mynoriti, Tue Nov-15-22 04:48 PM
>He's truly a cornball. But at the same time I really love the
>writing and the generational dynamic between Albie and his
>pops and grandfather. It may seem like obvious stuff given the
>times we live in but I think the way they're portraying it is
>equal parts hilarious and clever, without beating us over the
>head with it somehow. I am especially liking how Dom is kinda
>torn between the lessons he learned from his father and what
>he is trying to (barely) learn from his son about how to be a
>better person/husband/father/man. I'm interested to see where
>that goes.

For sure. Dom being like "I'm a feminist, is about as funny as Albie talking about being aggressive. but i don't think either one of them is being insincere in who they want to be. I do wonder what he did, seeing that he seemingly cheats quite a bit, and his fam is this mad at him. My guess is something truly scumbaggish like one of his daughter's friends.

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>But yea Portia is being played to perfection by (forgetting
>actress' name but she's terrific). The pained facial
>expressions are absolutely flawless.

She does so much with facial expressions. aside from the pool scene, her reactions to Albie when he was getting all think piecey about the godfather. She starts off kinda on his side, but you can see he's lost her by the end. She does it all without saying a word and its subtle and obvious at the same time.

>And I'm still not convinced that Greg is gone or whatever. I'm
>holding on to my suspicions that he's still treating but
>doesn't want her to know. In other words that his "deception"
>is actually in good faith and not cheating or that he has
>another family. And either that "gypsy" was a total hack (most
>likely) or that the "beautiful woman" in his life is either
>his mom or like his new doctor or some shit haha.

Yeah i can't call it either but he seems legit put off by her. Physically and otherwise. It's hard to see an angle that plays well for her.

>I have more thoughts I'm forgetting but my last quick note
>here is again about the writing and acting, with the two
>couples. I'm so fascinated by Harper and E's storyline and how
>that will play out, considering that as it turned out the
>"perfect couple" isn't so perfect afterall and rather than
>Harper kind of basking in her correct presumptions about them,
>she's letting Daphne's comments seep into how she perceives
>the missed call by her husband, who despite being involved in
>some super shady shit, was ultimately actually being a good
>guy and *hating* what his "friend" had dragged him into. But
>that won't be Harper's perception, most likely.

They're the best part of the show. Harper also called it how Cam was gonna come at him with some "investment" nonsense.

>Super creative writing for that/those storylines, to get us to
>this point. I'm so invested haha.

I didn't know Mike White was a big reality tv guy. I never watched much reality tv outside of a few seasons of Real World, but i def see the dynamic of taking all these people and putting them in a far away place.