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Noah Hawley talks about how Twin Peaks influenced him. https://www.tvinsider.com/347321/noah-hawley-guest-column-fargo-legion-twin-peaks-david-lynch/ Dana Ashbrook interview. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/film/twin-peaks-greatest-twist-is-a-bad-boys-grown-up-decency-9617678

I can't help thinking of Oates saying she regrets killing off strong female characters at Emmerdale. Rita was, at least until about 10-15 years ago, one of the strongest women Corrie ever had, and a believable character, unlike most of the hollow, brittle female characters of recent years. Oates used to be a producer with a lot of heart - it got lost somewhere in 2015, minus a few bits here and there. For that reason, and because I don't think Rita has very strong relationships in recent years, I'm not sure if I would want to see this. Malcolm Hebeden and Patti Clare are good actors, but I don't really believe the relationships between Rita and their characters. Gemma isn't a strong enough character (or actress). So that just leaves Jenny Bradley, and I have no idea where that character ever is in the writing. I wouldn't be surprised if we get scenes where Norris or Gemma accuse her of wanting Rita dead to get her money. I guess we'll see. I would rather just have Rita go on a cruise rather than a "big" exit designed for a soap award and forgotten within a month, but if Oates becomes more like the producer she used to be and if they figure out the right character balance, it could work.

Thanks for finding that. Lovely photo. Nice to see Emma and Wolter keep up such an old friendship.

October 16 1990 Weekly. This is going to look ridiculously big so I will put in spoiler space.

I think Brooke and Taylor choked the life out of pretty much any other heroine in that age range. If the show had been an hour, I could have seen it happening.

Either that or used it to start some type of murder mystery story. Was Joanna Lee the one who clashed with people or was that another producer? Was she the one who did the Sunny rape story?

Not that anyone asked, but my thoughts on the song itself - it sounds like a throwaway album track from the late '80s or early '90s by an artist "in transition." It does little to shake my feelings that we've been reliving the '80s in the last few years, and not the fun '80s we see in nostalgialand, but the sick dread in the pit of your stomach part of the '80s that I didn't miss. (on the bright side, music [not that song] and TV has improved quite a bit in the last few years, as it was in the '80s, so if that's connected, I should say thanks...)

Given how serious the North Korea situation is, I have to wonder if that brought the hammer down on Bannon and Gorka.

Another Matthew Lillard interview. Probably nothing you haven't heard before. https://scifitalk.com/2017/08/25/podcast-matthew-lillard/

Thank you so much for finding this, Franko. Never thought I'd see it. It's always weird to me seeing Olympia Dukakis on the show.

People think that she whispers the line in the song. Say what you will about Taylor Swift, but I'm not sure why people think the most image-conscious celebrity in decades would release a song taunting about voting for a man who is extremely unpopular and becoming more unpopular every day. Yes I know she has a lot of "heartland" fans, but clearly she wants much more than that.

I don't know a lot about LA so I never approached the show this way. It adds a lot to the early episodes now that I think about it. Most characters feel the same these days.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/trump-to-undo-obama-era-transportation-jobs-program/

I'm glad that Obama is a more polite man than I am because my reply to things like this would be, "Kiss my ass." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/opinion/obama-trump-charlottesville-moral.html?mabReward=ACTM1&recid=bb7bf895-62bf-4074-5922-323a05a50119&recp=1?src=recg The same paper that was so happy to scorn Obama during his 8 years in office now having people BEG him for help (what is he supposed to do exactly???) makes my skin crawl. As does this, for different reasons. It's another example of how dangerous the "pray it away" and the "people deserve what they get" contingent are: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/health/syphilis-std-united-states.html?mabReward=ACTM1&recid=bb7bf895-62bf-4074-5922-323a05a50119&recp=2?src=recg

This made me laugh (although I have to question whether Jon Snow was ever any type of GRRM avatar - I don't get the impression he's one of those writers who feels a need for one).

It didn't really bother me, especially Arthur catching on. I do think the "Laurel goes crazy and can't prove it" stuff was a bit OTT and this part came too soon, although the actresses did their best. Budget-wise I don't think the show can treat Home Farm the way it should be treated. It often feels hollow. The show also doesn't know how to write the melodramatic Dynasty-type stuff and hasn't in many years. Even families I liked, like the Wyldes, generally couldn't make that level of melodrama work.

That's a sad, sobering read. The saddest part is seeing people who want to help leaving due to being completely marginalized. No wonder people don't care about going into government.

The guy in the first one looks so familiar. It reminds me a lot of this season of Twin Peaks.

For all her lack of self-awareness, I think Bethenny must have known if she'd supported Trump her business ventures would have been destroyed. A lot of people will never forgive that type of vote, probably in New York least of all.

I have a feeling that her kids would have found out but I'm not sure Laurel and Arthur would have realized as quickly as they did.

A part of me still thinks they should get rid of Home Farm, although obviously they won't.