#also did nick ever answer for committing insurance fraud??

[kunosoura]

we watched My Favorite Wife tonight and other than the movie gently joking about the leading man being gay in a way that nonetheless evoked that era’s horrifying medicalization of homosexuality, what stood out to me was how it wanted you to think Bianca was this horrid hysterical unkind woman when she’s first of all the only person 0.00% responsible for the tangled love web at the center of the story and second of all how all her emotional fraughtness and rudeness is 1000% a reasonable reaction to your newlywed husband doing a complete 180 after your wedding night, not consumating the relationship, running away from your honeymoon, not telling his kids she’s their stepmother now or carrying her over the threshold or any of the socialize norms for marriage at all. and there’s a strange woman in your house also transparently flirting with your husband even though she says he’s like a brother to her. and she got them matching nightgowns!!! like damn dude sure your first wife miraculously survived a shipwreck and came back 7 years later and that’s a rough situation to find yourself in on the night of your wedding to your second wife but don’t be such a chickenshit about it

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Nancy Drew and The Did I Miss Something or Was This a Totally Unconnected and Meaningless Episode Title?

So I was a little disappointed by this episode. Not in terms of anything significant really, but in terms of being let down by the buildup from the trailer and episode descriptions. For one thing, I was teased with ‘the group goes to a fancy masquerade and dramatic things happen’ which is one of my Favorite tropes, and then 1) it was only a small part of the episode and 2) it wasn’t a very good masquerade since the actual masks were obviously optional. For another, descriptions made it seem like the “deal” between Nancy and Ryan was going to be something much more sinister.

Those are small complaints though. I like that this episode largely focused on the inter-character relationships than just “here’s a clue and a half dozen new questions.” 

These commentaries are my answer to not having someone to actually talk about the show with, so here’s our one-sided conversation for the week

Learn to use some basic English Lit class analysis of those metaphors, duh

Thank your antipsychotics for kicking in?

Abandoned breakfast? No answer when you call out? Suspicious. Ooh maybe somebody killed him!

Don’t snoop so blatantly. Geez.

I really like the opening credits. I really appreciate their commitment to spook.

Aww, nervous Bess is adorable

If you already know this stuff, why are you asking?

She is impressed and turned on by his snooping. As it should be.

Go away Owen!

Are his cheekbones actually that nice? I haven’t noticed.

Also if Owen knows Nick-not-Ned was following him, that could be a problem if he turns out to be evil/shady

That’s actually 3 questions Nan

The fuck Ryan?! That was the worst jump-scare so far in the entire show

So you broke into the Drew residence and gave the teen Detective a heart attack? That’s not helpful

Talking to Nancy will probably solve your problems faster than Carson will. Just with the side effect of insensitive questions

That’s twice you’ve ignored Nick’s calls

You deserve it. Get fucked. Also your father is a dick who should do the same. Also also, you were having money problems before Daddy cut you off so quit lying if you want help

Surely you know about her reputation, is that really a question you need to ask? – smart decision retracting your question or she might have told you about the number of times she’s broken into your home (at least twice)

Aww, Ace is trying to help, badly. Love a supportive dumbass friend

Both? I mean we all know Nancy can be trusted…and yet…

Blatant questions to suspected murderers while you are alone with them is a bad plan. We’ve talked about this.

It’s not what it looks like…

I completely agree with George.

Or she didn’t want to admit it because it sounds nuts, she was Camp Skeptic, and ghosts should not be real

That face says you’re lying Nick

Aw, that’s kinda mean. Poor harbormaster guy

Stop breaking into things with your obvious DNA/identifying traits exposed woman!

Ooh, love a good smuggling/insurance fraud. Did he use an orphaned orca to bring the coins up from the seafloor?

Or he’s stupid. Or both.

Sup Lucy…

Ookay. Lucy is a super powerful pissed off ghost. Got it.

No Ace. It doesn’t.

Aw. She’s so awkward, poor baby. And is trying so hard to help/be supportive but actually kinda probably making it worse by hovering

Or there’s an actual person trying to kill him. Or both.

STOP IGNORING NED’S CALLS

Went off the deep end? Elaborate on that please.

He literally just said they were the key to bringing down the Hudsons. So yes, they well could help solve Tiffany’s murder. Or at least put you one step closer. Listen when people talk

Oh no. That’s not a good sign. I wanted this date to go well…

Oh no, poor Lisbeth! (if it’s true, I mean that sounds like a ‘get me out of this terrible date code from a friend’) and either way, Poor Bess!

That’s not going to help things between them

Aw, see, they do like each other. Nothing cheers someone up after a disaster date like a fancy dress and encouraging their kleptomania

He might actually be trying to warn you. And when the worst person ever offers you a genuine warning, it may be wise to listen. Or maybe he’s just trying to cover something up/feeling guilty. I’m honestly 50/50

Oof, once again, they all look amazing in formalwear. Including Ace in his driver disguise. Though I don’t love his hat.

Weren’t expecting them to show up, were you Nance? Maybe if you worked WITH them instead of just including them when it’s convenient you wouldn’t be so blindsided by it

Is it a masquerade or not?

Kraken is a kind of rum?...or masks, we’re talking about masks. And now it seems like there weren’t actually metaphors in the poem. Boo.

She witnessed adultery and was killed for it maybe?

Something is definitely going to go down, and nobody wants Nancy there for it…The suspense!

So the affair was between Sebastian Marvin and Mommy (didn’t catch her actual name) Hudson

Ooh, that’s a suspicious exchange. Is there anyone in the Hudson family that isn’t shady af?

What exactly do you do for the Hudsons? It seems to be a lot. And all of it requiring…discretion

Huh. I didn’t think I’d actually be right or that we’d get to that answer so quickly

Oh good. Now you’ve been caught. Nice going.

Nancy! Subtlety! Try it.

That’s not 6.5 kilos of anything.

Focus Bess?

No part of this was a good plan ever. Less than half-assed

Just going to ignore the guy passed out in the hall? Okay (I definitely thought it was Ryan and someone had knocked him over the head)

Actually, this time might be good timing for a confrontation. Good choice asking while he’s literally down. You’re learning

The wedding ring being the ‘source’ of the haunting actually lends some, admittedly shaky, ground back to it not being a real ghost

Because you Dad’s a massive dick

Are you actually trying to make me feel something other than contempt and distaste for Ryan Hudson? Because I won’t

Catching his mother in an affair was bad…but was it enough to traumatize or scare her away?

So Carson used to be the Hudsons’ fixer? Really? I mean I believe it, but I don’t like it or get why

Why bother with a video call?

…or your Mom did…

That’s not a positive thing Bess…

Unnecessary drama is unnecessary. Let’s go back to being a team and friends and stuff.

Go away Owen.

True friendship! Offering to kneecap a guy

Good! Glad they got a happy ending to their date, even if it did require a few detours

In your face, Owen. Except that from Nick’s perspective at the moment, he’s very unlucky. Nancy, maybe you should TALK TO HIM

Floaty spooky coins are probably not a good thing… They’re going to turn out to contain the souls of the sailors killed in the ship ‘accident’ aren’t they? I mean they’re burial coins and there just happens to be the same number of them as the number of people killed. And it’s not like we don’t have enough supernatural shit going on already

Side note: looking up Mommy Hudson’s name led to the discovery that Owen is played by a Miles GastonVillanueva. I refuse to believe that is coincidental. Or maybe I just don’t like him because he is a non-Frank Hardy or Dave Gregory character interfering with this iteration of my lifelong OTP