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If you slog through the 1980 episodes Blaine is already well into anti-heroine mode and not too far off being an outright heroine, forced into being a mafioso's mistress in order to keep her husband Jerry safe. I think Laura does a great job with this stuff, but maybe the later material I haven't seen is more of a struggle for her. There's a lot of 80-82 AW material I just don't really have any rush to sit through.

So who did play Tom?

@Huntress we'll all be thinking of you...I know these lockdowns must be very difficult psychologically. I doubt we'll ever be having any in the US, as our country's leaders do not care if we all die.

Maybe I'm wrong. I thought it turned out he wasn't.

Ann was Jack's adoptive mother, and Jack was Heather's father. Steffi was heavily pregnant by the time The City began, with Cooper's child.

Pennsylvania seems so unreliable (especially since, similar to Wisconsin, the GOP there have made it clear they are going full-throttle into voter suppression and declaring victory). I guess that's one of the reasons Biden's campaign is trying to find other places, like a late play for Texas. The options seem much narrower in state polling than they do in national coverage. (it doesn't help that there's also a lot of uncertainty about Nevada this year)

I don't think at this point there is any big incident that will bring a new surge of support, unless they care a lot more about this Hunter story or Amy Covid Barrett than they seem to. I do think there is a huge amount of support for Trump that doesn't show up properly in national polling - the swing state polls are tight enough that it could be an extremely close race. And if it is, that's all Trump, SCOTUS, and the media need. I did read that some of the big Republican counties in Florida have had their early voting hours cut because of a hurricane, so that might make a difference. Anyway, in less depressing moments, here's a great commentary from Amber Ruffin.

Yeah I deleted it soon after, so if you need to delete this too feel free. Sorry about that.

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I think Adelson is still cutting checks. Looks like the Florida story is head games.

A variation of this ad campaign is on one of the main Santa Barbara channels, but this one I hadn't seen. Both with Marcy Walker. @amybrickwallace

I was never that fond of KMH's Emily but she had some awful, awful writing. I'm so glad Melanie never had to play any of that stuff.

They know they can cheat their way to winning Florida.

I was going to watch but nothing is showing up. I never do know how Instagram Live works...

There was some talk about Bloomberg not agreeing to the requests of Democrats to help with the Senate. I guess that is due to 'bipartisan' reasons, but it does make sense to throw some money at Texas and Ohio, as those are bonus states and they could also catch Trump's people off guard in Ohio (they just moved their director there to PA). Disgusting. (his opponent's campaign is linked in the replies - no idea if she has any shot)

So they didn't air the animated special then? I think I set up the two last night on my DVR...I will have to see if the animated episode is around anywhere. That they got a 4th season was a wonderful gift, but I really hope they will at least get to say goodbye.

Pretty much, yes. The best to hope for is that people can keep a close eye on Republican officials and dirty tricksters who will on top of voter suppression, make Democratic ballots disappear and hope against hope that it will not be tight on the day. As it is now, we are in a position where there's a huge chance Trump will be ahead in a number of key states at midnight on Election Day, and he simply has to say he's won, then wait for the SCOTUS to agree. The media needs him in power for their revenue, so they will go along.

Not sure how reliable they are but: https://polls.pizza/

The reverend.

I have a very hard time watching Hilary's funeral episode. There's just such a falseness, from the very camera-ready performance from Trent Jones (who is a very good actor and did wonderful work on Ryan's Hope) and Richard Van Vleet among others, to the strong undertone of "yeah it's sad, get over it now" in some of the writing choices for various characters, to how cheap the set looks (even though at this time they were more than able to blow out the budget on location shoots). Even starting the episode with Jonathan, rather than the Bauers. The main heartbreak I can feel is from Charita Bauer, and I have to wonder how much of that is her knowing how ill she was (IIRC the others at the show did not).

He was a fine actor. Ned could be a tough character to take at times but Leeze always made him seem real and gave him a heart...and he felt utterly true to the village and the fields, which is something many new characters by that point and after did not. @I Am A Swede did you see my post about the 1989 episode?

They are clearly confident enough in their voter suppression, and using rappers to try to push the idea that it's all about taxes and that you shouldn't bother to vote for Biden because both parties are bad. They can't even hide their bigotry, and they know they don't have to. The media is absolutely pleading for 4 more years and they know they can make it happen if they try hard enough. The Today Show actually ran with an out of context clip to try to convince viewers Biden has dementia. Even by the nonexistent standards of NBC News, I'm sickened.