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From China 🇨🇳

Ended up with Sorkin missing for Thomas Vinterberg for Another Round (come through international members of the directors’ branch). No Ma Rainey in BP. Lakeith in Supporting!

LMAO at the desperation to make this show happen.

From California 🇺🇸

After the weak Snatch Game, this week was more fun.

I think they attempted a return to topicality with the D.C. season (the one with Mike Manning), but the zeitgeist had moved on by that point.

Yeah, it’s a jawdropper of a stat. I think something like 23 different women have been in the Top 2 during the same period (which actually feels low to me, given the constant upheaval in the WTA).

Wow. First non-Big 4 member inside the Top 2 since July 2005 (Hewitt).

From India 🇮🇳

From Florida 🇺🇸

From Brazil 🇧🇷

From USA 🇺🇸

LMAO

I was sorta gobsmacked at how flat that reveal was.

@ToupsI’d be curious to see The Talk’s ratings next week, just to see if the Sharon controversy actually sparked a ratings bump.

Charlie’s murder feels like a dropped story at this point. Almost doesn’t make sense to move forward with it. Who cares?

One thing that sucks: characters don’t have individual voices, with very few exceptions. Ashland’s dialogue could have easily come from Jack. Very formal, generic businessman. Don’t love the styling for Richard Burgi either.

From Bangalore, India 🇮🇳

The Thiem-RBA match looked crazy good.

From Florida 🇺🇸

Wow, Basilashvili beat Fed. Feels like these guys wanted to pounce. Glad they didn’t simply get intimidated by the “aura” as they did when he returned rusty early in 2017.

Totally get it. It’s very cool to get a range of different reactions. It was a risky performance.

Missed the beginning, but has Tara (Ashland’s wife/Kyle’s babymama) been crying, or does she have an eyeshadow problem? Characters (whose performers aren’t involved IRL) not being able to kiss is a REAL problem for this show.