Anonymous wrote:The actress playing Coop’s sister is really off-putting. Her voice is fine but some of her line readings are terrible and she’s charmless.

How does she do her hair that bad every time?

Anonymous wrote:Back to Tori...There may be more going on than just saying f-u to the Ivies and the moneyed establishment. Noted last night: she showed up at tennis practice only to turn round and (likely) walk away for good; then Dad found her "rotting" in bed on a school day. Withdrawing from current activities, isolating, intensely dissing her Mom, no sign of a BFF let alone a girl crew.... Hmmmm. Now I'm interested.

NP. Tori may well have major depression or social anxiety. But I'll bet they figure this out, get her on some meds cocktail, and she goes to Princeton after all. That's just how these shows roll.

Anonymous wrote:I hate Amanda Peet's character. She whines that she cheated on her dh because he wasn't present enough. Meanwhile, he was busy providing for her extravagant lifestyle. And now that she ousted him from her life to shack up with her affair, he is being SO nice to her and she continues to whine about him being not present enough while asking for more, more and more money. She is a selfish and clueless princess.

No

The above is 90% of gray divorces

The work addict father who neglects his wife and kids to do his personal hobbies and work 24/7 and has no relationship or connection with them. Believes being an egotistical Paycheck Provider is the end of be all of his life’s demands.

She, also working but solely raising the children and maintain the home/staff, divorces him once they kids are older and independent. She may still be in love with how he was before these adult responsibilities, the ones he cannot and will not handle.

Once the kids are launched, by other adults, he reverts back to bachelors days. Or worse.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally think Tori is a huge spoiled brat. Telling her wonderful mother that she "doesn't want to be anything like her"? I hope she falls flat on her face as she sneers at her family, at least until she realizes how enormously privileged and fortunate she is to have two parents who love her dearly.

I can't stand that kind of snotty sanctimony. If I were her parents, I'd say she doesn't have to go to Princeton, but she has to either go to another college or get a job. Immediately.

So she doesn't want to have a Princeton degree yet be aimless, divorced, incredibly materialistic, and have vapid friends? Sounds about right to me. Now she doesn't need to be that cruel to her mother, however. You can dislike her choices but she's still the one who always took care of you, not "fun dad."

I also wonder if she doesn't blame her mom for the divorce. Mom did cheat after all. Even if she was lonely in the marriage, Coop did not deserve her hooking up with a close friend. Teens don't tend to be forgiving in those scenarios.

Quite frankly, mom is not momming. Look how she conducts herself in public, she engages in aggressive physical fights and confrontations (which cost her her job) and is probably on her way to being an alcoholic. Tori’s delivery comes off bratty, but she is keeping it real and is a great judge of character, her Princeton interview monologue was 100% true. Tori is an independent thinker and pioneer, she wants to do it different. Good for her.

I think Tori is awful. The way she knew she would be accepted by Princeton - I so wish she had instead been rejected.

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Anonymous wrote:Once again, it strikes me how young the actor playing Coop's dad is. FAR too young to be his dad. Can't figure out why they cast him in that role.

Does Coop's sister Ally annoy anyone else? I find her almost revolting.

Yup, I thought the same about his dad so I looked it up. Michael O’Keefe is 71 and Jon Hamm is 55. So, technically, he could be his dad…

A 16 yo dad? Meanwhile, Coop's mother actually looks old. The dad was a really poor casting decision.

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Anonymous wrote:Once again, it strikes me how young the actor playing Coop's dad is. FAR too young to be his dad. Can't figure out why they cast him in that role.

Does Coop's sister Ally annoy anyone else? I find her almost revolting.

Yup, I thought the same about his dad so I looked it up. Michael O’Keefe is 71 and Jon Hamm is 55. So, technically, he could be his dad…

I agree, I thought he was an older brother at first.

Anonymous wrote:Once again, it strikes me how young the actor playing Coop's dad is. FAR too young to be his dad. Can't figure out why they cast him in that role.

Does Coop's sister Ally annoy anyone else? I find her almost revolting.

Yup, I thought the same about his dad so I looked it up. Michael O’Keefe is 71 and Jon Hamm is 55. So, technically, he could be his dad…

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Anonymous wrote:I personally think Tori is a huge spoiled brat. Telling her wonderful mother that she "doesn't want to be anything like her"? I hope she falls flat on her face as she sneers at her family, at least until she realizes how enormously privileged and fortunate she is to have two parents who love her dearly.

I can't stand that kind of snotty sanctimony. If I were her parents, I'd say she doesn't have to go to Princeton, but she has to either go to another college or get a job. Immediately.

So she doesn't want to have a Princeton degree yet be aimless, divorced, incredibly materialistic, and have vapid friends? Sounds about right to me. Now she doesn't need to be that cruel to her mother, however. You can dislike her choices but she's still the one who always took care of you, not "fun dad."

I also wonder if she doesn't blame her mom for the divorce. Mom did cheat after all. Even if she was lonely in the marriage, Coop did not deserve her hooking up with a close friend. Teens don't tend to be forgiving in those scenarios.

Quite frankly, mom is not momming. Look how she conducts herself in public, she engages in aggressive physical fights and confrontations (which cost her her job) and is probably on her way to being an alcoholic. Tori’s delivery comes off bratty, but she is keeping it real and is a great judge of character, her Princeton interview monologue was 100% true. Tori is an independent thinker and pioneer, she wants to do it different. Good for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else think Nick is the father of Barney’s wife baby?

No, just because they actually seem like a halfway happy couple who have each others back. I feel like they are the healthiest couple on the show.

+1 Too bad he's going to blow it.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally think Tori is a huge spoiled brat. Telling her wonderful mother that she "doesn't want to be anything like her"? I hope she falls flat on her face as she sneers at her family, at least until she realizes how enormously privileged and fortunate she is to have two parents who love her dearly.

I can't stand that kind of snotty sanctimony. If I were her parents, I'd say she doesn't have to go to Princeton, but she has to either go to another college or get a job. Immediately.

So she doesn't want to have a Princeton degree yet be aimless, divorced, incredibly materialistic, and have vapid friends? Sounds about right to me. Now she doesn't need to be that cruel to her mother, however. You can dislike her choices but she's still the one who always took care of you, not "fun dad."

I also wonder if she doesn't blame her mom for the divorce. Mom did cheat after all. Even if she was lonely in the marriage, Coop did not deserve her hooking up with a close friend. Teens don't tend to be forgiving in those scenarios.

Anonymous wrote:I personally think Tori is a huge spoiled brat. Telling her wonderful mother that she "doesn't want to be anything like her"? I hope she falls flat on her face as she sneers at her family, at least until she realizes how enormously privileged and fortunate she is to have two parents who love her dearly.

I can't stand that kind of snotty sanctimony. If I were her parents, I'd say she doesn't have to go to Princeton, but she has to either go to another college or get a job. Immediately.

So she doesn't want to have a Princeton degree yet be aimless, divorced, incredibly materialistic, and have vapid friends? Sounds about right to me. Now she doesn't need to be that cruel to her mother, however. You can dislike her choices but she's still the one who always took care of you, not "fun dad."

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else think Nick is the father of Barney’s wife baby?

No, just because they actually seem like a halfway happy couple who have each others back. I feel like they are the healthiest couple on the show.

Anyone else think Nick is the father of Barney’s wife baby?

Back to Tori...There may be more going on than just saying f-u to the Ivies and the moneyed establishment. Noted last night: she showed up at tennis practice only to turn round and (likely) walk away for good; then Dad found her "rotting" in bed on a school day. Withdrawing from current activities, isolating, intensely dissing her Mom, no sign of a BFF let alone a girl crew.... Hmmmm. Now I'm interested.

Once again, it strikes me how young the actor playing Coop's dad is. FAR too young to be his dad. Can't figure out why they cast him in that role.

Does Coop's sister Ally annoy anyone else? I find her almost revolting.