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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe there isn’t any mention of the restaurant scene and Stella’s predicament. IMO that was pretty major.

- Meanwhile, Bradley... yawn. They want me to care so much about what exactly Bradley "owes" Cory for and I just don't. At least not yet. Just tell us and let it play out. Keeping us in suspense on something that already happened in the timeline of the show, and that multiple characters already know about, feels cheap.

I thought he was referencing the sex tape of Bradley that he paid to have go away. Also, it was insinuated that they hooked up after they searched for her brother, and she said she was worried about that also coming out, but then he said he didn't tell anyone. So maybe that too?

I definitely thought it was the sex tape that he killed.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.

I still haven't forgiven Juliana Margulies for having so much friction with Archie Punjabi on The Good Wife that she wouldn't even appear in scenes with her such that their last scene on the show together where they say goodbye was filmed separately and spliced together -- possibly because Margulies didn't like Punjabi getting an emmy nom when Margulies was supposed to be the big star ... wut?

Anonymous wrote:One of the worst things about this show is the unending opening credits and music. Yes, I know you can skip it, but it still plays the last 10-15 seconds. Horrible and tedious. I wonder who came up with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe there isn’t any mention of the restaurant scene and Stella’s predicament. IMO that was pretty major.

- Meanwhile, Bradley... yawn. They want me to care so much about what exactly Bradley "owes" Cory for and I just don't. At least not yet. Just tell us and let it play out. Keeping us in suspense on something that already happened in the timeline of the show, and that multiple characters already know about, feels cheap.

I thought he was referencing the sex tape of Bradley that he paid to have go away. Also, it was insinuated that they hooked up after they searched for her brother, and she said she was worried about that also coming out, but then he said he didn't tell anyone. So maybe that too?

I definitely thought it was the sex tape that he killed.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.

I still haven't forgiven Juliana Margulies for having so much friction with Archie Punjabi on The Good Wife that she wouldn't even appear in scenes with her such that their last scene on the show together where they say goodbye was filmed separately and spliced together -- possibly because Margulies didn't like Punjabi getting an emmy nom when Margulies was supposed to be the big star ... wut?

I mean, wut is right. Who cares about any of this? It has nothing to do with her performance. I liked her on the good wife and like her on this. If I read that she was abusive on set or treated assistants really poorly, it might make me think less of her and view her differently on screen. But rumors about some beef she had with another actress (who I also like)? Who cares? They are actors and likely more emotional than the average person, it is probably a function of needing to be able to access emotions easily while performing. I think it leads to a lot of their inter-personal problems. But I can't imagine that being the deciding factor in whether or not I like an actor's performance.

I think JM is good on this show. I don't think Reese is great but she has really benefitted from her characters relationships with Alex, Cory, and Laura, all of whom are played by what I think are better actors (or in Jennifer Aniston's case, an actor who better understands how to play to her strengths as a performer, even if she's always playing a version of herself). I think there are a number of actors on this show who really carry it, and would include JM in that group.

I'm PP and I care. I loved The Good Wife but if the actor is actually a backbiting jerk, that matters to me. Once I knew Matt Lauer was harassing women, I didn't want to see him interview people anymore. I don't watch Woody Allen movies anymore. Everyone is different and some people care less about this stuff, but for me art isn't unconnected to the people who make it.

I'm still watching the Morning Show though so I guess either icing out a coworker isn't a fatal offense or I'm just a hypocrite. But my read of her characters is now colored by that incident

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe there isn’t any mention of the restaurant scene and Stella’s predicament. IMO that was pretty major.

- Meanwhile, Bradley... yawn. They want me to care so much about what exactly Bradley "owes" Cory for and I just don't. At least not yet. Just tell us and let it play out. Keeping us in suspense on something that already happened in the timeline of the show, and that multiple characters already know about, feels cheap.

I thought he was referencing the sex tape of Bradley that he paid to have go away. Also, it was insinuated that they hooked up after they searched for her brother, and she said she was worried about that also coming out, but then he said he didn't tell anyone. So maybe that too?

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe there isn’t any mention of the restaurant scene and Stella’s predicament. IMO that was pretty major.

- Meanwhile, Bradley... yawn. They want me to care so much about what exactly Bradley "owes" Cory for and I just don't. At least not yet. Just tell us and let it play out. Keeping us in suspense on something that already happened in the timeline of the show, and that multiple characters already know about, feels cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.

I still haven't forgiven Juliana Margulies for having so much friction with Archie Punjabi on The Good Wife that she wouldn't even appear in scenes with her such that their last scene on the show together where they say goodbye was filmed separately and spliced together -- possibly because Margulies didn't like Punjabi getting an emmy nom when Margulies was supposed to be the big star ... wut?

I mean, wut is right. Who cares about any of this? It has nothing to do with her performance. I liked her on the good wife and like her on this. If I read that she was abusive on set or treated assistants really poorly, it might make me think less of her and view her differently on screen. But rumors about some beef she had with another actress (who I also like)? Who cares? They are actors and likely more emotional than the average person, it is probably a function of needing to be able to access emotions easily while performing. I think it leads to a lot of their inter-personal problems. But I can't imagine that being the deciding factor in whether or not I like an actor's performance.

I think JM is good on this show. I don't think Reese is great but she has really benefitted from her characters relationships with Alex, Cory, and Laura, all of whom are played by what I think are better actors (or in Jennifer Aniston's case, an actor who better understands how to play to her strengths as a performer, even if she's always playing a version of herself). I think there are a number of actors on this show who really carry it, and would include JM in that group.

I'm PP and I care. I loved The Good Wife but if the actor is actually a backbiting jerk, that matters to me. Once I knew Matt Lauer was harassing women, I didn't want to see him interview people anymore. I don't watch Woody Allen movies anymore. Everyone is different and some people care less about this stuff, but for me art isn't unconnected to the people who make it.

I'm still watching the Morning Show though so I guess either icing out a coworker isn't a fatal offense or I'm just a hypocrite. But my read of her characters is now colored by that incident

Except you're assuming JM was a villain based on nothing. What if AP was? Or both? What if it was just a difference of temperament and they just couldn't communicate well and it escalated? I read their different acting styles was part of the friction.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.

I still haven't forgiven Juliana Margulies for having so much friction with Archie Punjabi on The Good Wife that she wouldn't even appear in scenes with her such that their last scene on the show together where they say goodbye was filmed separately and spliced together -- possibly because Margulies didn't like Punjabi getting an emmy nom when Margulies was supposed to be the big star ... wut?

I mean, wut is right. Who cares about any of this? It has nothing to do with her performance. I liked her on the good wife and like her on this. If I read that she was abusive on set or treated assistants really poorly, it might make me think less of her and view her differently on screen. But rumors about some beef she had with another actress (who I also like)? Who cares? They are actors and likely more emotional than the average person, it is probably a function of needing to be able to access emotions easily while performing. I think it leads to a lot of their inter-personal problems. But I can't imagine that being the deciding factor in whether or not I like an actor's performance.

I think JM is good on this show. I don't think Reese is great but she has really benefitted from her characters relationships with Alex, Cory, and Laura, all of whom are played by what I think are better actors (or in Jennifer Aniston's case, an actor who better understands how to play to her strengths as a performer, even if she's always playing a version of herself). I think there are a number of actors on this show who really carry it, and would include JM in that group.

I'm PP and I care. I loved The Good Wife but if the actor is actually a backbiting jerk, that matters to me. Once I knew Matt Lauer was harassing women, I didn't want to see him interview people anymore. I don't watch Woody Allen movies anymore. Everyone is different and some people care less about this stuff, but for me art isn't unconnected to the people who make it.

I'm still watching the Morning Show though so I guess either icing out a coworker isn't a fatal offense or I'm just a hypocrite. But my read of her characters is now colored by that incident

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.

I still haven't forgiven Juliana Margulies for having so much friction with Archie Punjabi on The Good Wife that she wouldn't even appear in scenes with her such that their last scene on the show together where they say goodbye was filmed separately and spliced together -- possibly because Margulies didn't like Punjabi getting an emmy nom when Margulies was supposed to be the big star ... wut?

I mean, wut is right. Who cares about any of this? It has nothing to do with her performance. I liked her on the good wife and like her on this. If I read that she was abusive on set or treated assistants really poorly, it might make me think less of her and view her differently on screen. But rumors about some beef she had with another actress (who I also like)? Who cares? They are actors and likely more emotional than the average person, it is probably a function of needing to be able to access emotions easily while performing. I think it leads to a lot of their inter-personal problems. But I can't imagine that being the deciding factor in whether or not I like an actor's performance.

I think JM is good on this show. I don't think Reese is great but she has really benefitted from her characters relationships with Alex, Cory, and Laura, all of whom are played by what I think are better actors (or in Jennifer Aniston's case, an actor who better understands how to play to her strengths as a performer, even if she's always playing a version of herself). I think there are a number of actors on this show who really carry it, and would include JM in that group.

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Anonymous wrote:What episode is this scene you all are taking about with JA, Chip and her assistant?

In the last episode, when Alex asks Chip and her assistant to go to her home studio and retrieve her device for the hack, and then she comes home and finds them en flagrante. And then they tell her it's been going on for a while but they didn't know how to tell her.

I actually thought the scene was funny because its as very much about how Alex has Main Character Syndrome and once she's over her initial shock, she's like "let's all go out together to celebrate! this is so great! how can I be involved!" and there's some great subtle face acting from Duplass and the actress playing the assistant where Chip is almost ready to agree because he has a grossly codependent relationship with Alex, but the assistant is like "haha, no."

I love Mark Duplass in that role so that sells a lot of the show for me. He is so, so good at playing this guy who is likable and loyal but also entirely careerist with almost no actual morals. To me the show is very much about how these people can say all they want about "journalism" or even entertainment but at the end of the day, they are entirely in it for themselves and their own egos. It rings extremely true to me.

What happened to Chip’s fiancé?

It’s not directly addressed. But I think she left after he slipped out during JA’s Covid and pretended he had Covid to help JA get well and film from home
Remember she called during the time he was setting up the camera in JA apartment and he declined the call and cursed- he must have lied to the fiancé about where he was going or else just left.

Chip might actually be the most ruthlessly careerist person on the show, which is kind of funny because he has so little power -- he's entirely beholden to the whims of both on-air talent and the big egos in the c-suite. I find is character very amusing if not really at all likable.

The actor does a good job because I absolutely hate him. I want to punch him in the face and his stupid parka. He always has that sour resting b@tch face.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.

I still haven't forgiven Juliana Margulies for having so much friction with Archie Punjabi on The Good Wife that she wouldn't even appear in scenes with her such that their last scene on the show together where they say goodbye was filmed separately and spliced together -- possibly because Margulies didn't like Punjabi getting an emmy nom when Margulies was supposed to be the big star ... wut?

I mean, wut is right. Who cares about any of this? It has nothing to do with her performance. I liked her on the good wife and like her on this. If I read that she was abusive on set or treated assistants really poorly, it might make me think less of her and view her differently on screen. But rumors about some beef she had with another actress (who I also like)? Who cares? They are actors and likely more emotional than the average person, it is probably a function of needing to be able to access emotions easily while performing. I think it leads to a lot of their inter-personal problems. But I can't imagine that being the deciding factor in whether or not I like an actor's performance.

I think JM is good on this show. I don't think Reese is great but she has really benefitted from her characters relationships with Alex, Cory, and Laura, all of whom are played by what I think are better actors (or in Jennifer Aniston's case, an actor who better understands how to play to her strengths as a performer, even if she's always playing a version of herself). I think there are a number of actors on this show who really carry it, and would include JM in that group.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.

I still haven't forgiven Juliana Margulies for having so much friction with Archie Punjabi on The Good Wife that she wouldn't even appear in scenes with her such that their last scene on the show together where they say goodbye was filmed separately and spliced together -- possibly because Margulies didn't like Punjabi getting an emmy nom when Margulies was supposed to be the big star ... wut?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not Juliana Margulies being pale that makes her so severe looking - I think her coloring is beautiful. She’s done something to her face and I can’t put my finger on it. She just looks extremely gaunt.

Yes, very severe looking.

It's called aging, when you're skinny and don't do fillers and botox.

Her hair color was awful too. You can’t do all black like that. It looked like shoe polish. Even my husband commented on it (and he’s no metrosexual).

But I have loved her since her ER days. Her voice soothes me. She is so calm in contrast to Bradley and I loved her NYC home with the snow on the patio. I’ll move in.