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Well…you don’t need to worry about where the relationship on Tommy is going because the show just got cancelled.

Awwww. I mean, I do feel like the show hit a kind of wall in the latter…half? Third? It wasn’t ever super amazing but I felt like at least there was some kind of plan earlier on, like it was building to something, and then it kind of fizzled out on the payoff. 

But still, Edie Falco playing a lesbian lead, I was here for that! Especially if it was with Katrina Lenk. I don’t know if they planned on that always being temporary, since Katrina was gonna go on Broadway, or if they’d shoot their half season orders around that, but I guess it’s a moot point now. I don’t think she was even supposed to be in the finale, she doesn’t seem to be in the cast list.

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Hey, I was wondering, have you ever seen Stephanie/Abigail from Goodwitch? They have so much chemistry I’m gonna throw a chair.

I don’t think I’ve ever checked out this show or even really knew it existed? For a second I was like, oh, I think I’ve seen something about this but that turned out to be The Worst Witch? 

But anyway, I can well believe it, anon.

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I’m sure they do have a fun, interesting dynamic that works great on screen. But given it’s on Hallmark, of all networks, and it’s in its 6th season, I don’t know that I’ll try it just for them.

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Hi! I hope you’re doing well! If you’re caught up on For Life, would you mind sharing your opinions about Safiya and Anya?

Hey! I am, how about you? 

Um, frankly, I’m puzzled, heh. I literally was thinking to myself after yesterday’s ep, I don’t get what they’re doing with these two. I want to gif and post about them, they’re a gorgeous married couple older than 40 with plot-relevant professional lives but after the admittedly bland introductory eps, I don’t know what to make of them.

The last time I talked at any length about them, I was unhappy how Anya was treating Safiya and I don’t think they really addressed that on screen? The issue is that Anya can seem a decent human and wife, concerned about both what Safiya wants to do and Safiya herself, and then sometimes she seems super cold and ruthless and it’s not really done in a way that makes it two of many layers of a complex person but two different characters entirely, whatever the plot needs. 

Some eps back, the one with the townhall, it was pretty soon after the big fight, possibly the next ep, and they seemed to at least address the friction through other characters and imply that even if we didn’t see it, they talked it over and came to terms with whatever, and I was like, okay, I can work with this. But that last scene on the sofa, where Anya was essentially saying, oh, this thing I was holding you back from is now politically expedient for me so go ahead, totally not reading how Safiya didn’t like that, it just seemed like they were back where they started but now with it not even being an issue on screen anymore.

In yesterday’s ep, again, that weird contrast, Anya going against her advisers to talk to Marie, but not really with any consequence, so did it matter? And later on she seemed very nice and supportive of Safiya, but I just…I’m fine with her being pragmatic, ambitious, I understand her point of view where, even if it sucks to not do this small good thing now, if you strengthen your position, you can get more done later, just as much as I understand the opposite point, like, when is it time to actually use your influence, what if you just always wait for a later, what’s the use of good later when people are suffering now, sure, these are interesting, realistic conflicts. But they just make her like cartoonishly bad to Safiya at times and then go back to normal. It’s hard to get any real picture of them. 

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Answering a few Killing Eve asks as a text post so that Read More actually works because y’all are including possible future spoilers:

Anonymous asked:

Who do you think kills Villanelle’s family?

Hmm, I wasn’t aware that was happening in such a confirmed way, but I have seen people speculating that Villanelle does it. But if not, it could be Dasha or other people from the 12. If it happens. We think it happens so it’s another door closed for her? (Even if she closes it herself…)

And another anon:

The fact we have a full V centered episode coming up has me so excited. Also really curious to see if she’ll receive word of Niko’s death somewhere in it. That would be something.

Tbh, as much as I love Villanelle’s antics, I feel like the best part of the show is her and Eve bouncing off each other, even if just mentally, so I’ll miss Eve for a whole ep. I’m hoping that at some point we get an Eve ep too because as various people have pointed out, her background and journey to here are also actually really mysterious and interesting? Aside from what she told Carolyn back in the second ep, we don’t really know she ended here. And if Villanelle is the (supposed) orphan all alone, as the contrasted “normal” person, Eve sure doesn’t seem to have anyone either.

But I guess the difference is that the bulk of the journey to this…openness with killing is what this whole show has been about, while for Villanelle it’ll be shrunk into this next ep. I hope we actually do get a lot of young Villanelle tidbits and oh, for sure, I hope she thinks of and brings up Eve a lot, including the news of Niko’s death. Although, we already saw “the mustache is gone?” so I dunno if we’ll get a repeat. If she finds out, maybe she’ll be sad for Eve and it’ll show “progress” or more likely, she’ll be gleeful.

And another anon:

Hi:) I have some ideas about what can happen in the second part of this season of Killing Eve. If you could tell me what you think, I would be grateful. In my opinion, Villanelle will be angry with Dasha because killing Niko could affect her relationship with Eve (Eve probably knows it was someone else but still). Also, I have a feeling that Eve and Villanelle’ll be in danger and that’s why they’ ll have to run away together (It could be the last scene of the season). Thank you in advance 🙂

First, this was so politely worded, anon! Awwww. It made me smile.

But hmm, I don’t know, Villanelle might laugh at Dasha killing NIko and think she did her a favor, especially if Eve doesn’t blame Villanelle. On the other hand, you’re right, she’s deliberately interfering with her relationship with Eve and Villanelle hates people doing that and not being in control. But she forgives betrayal weirdly easily, so she might still be like, hah, your plan didn’t work.

About the second theory, I think you’re absolutely right. From the various reviews and speculation I’ve been seeing, it seems more and more they realize who they can’t trust and everything starts closing off to them and each is the only person the other has left. Well, I hope, anyway, heh. 

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Question, it’s also a HUGE spoiler for KE just in case your follower hasn’t seen the latest episode lol but anywayssss do you think Niko deserved to die? I mean I know the character kind of served his purpose and majority of the fans don’t like him but I kind of wished they just let him drop off bread in Poland and that’s the last we saw of him. I wonder which character will die next, I’m thinking Dasha? Who knows no death is shocking to me on this show anymore

To me this isn’t really a show where there’s any kind of moral consequence. People don’t win or die because they deserve it, it’s just their part in the plot, which is to be a dark comedy. Bill certainly didn’t deserve it, most of Villanelle’s kills don’t. That poor teacher who liked Niko didn’t. 

This is why I place so much importance on which characters get screentime and story, the audience will sympathize and care most about the characters who actually get narrative focus. This show uses that to create a very deliberate distance between us and the actual victims to focus instead on Eve and Villanelle. Show a death, move on, now show one of them being cute or sad for much longer, of course we’re going to care more about them. It’s just what it trained us to do. No doubt we’ll be sadder for Eve grieving for Niko than actually Niko.

Did Niko as a person deserve to die? Of course not. But as a character, did he deserve to give up his life so we can progress to the next stage in Eve’s development? About time, heh. For a second there in 3×03 I genuinely thought Carolyn had died and WAS shocked, but aside from her and maybe Konstantin (and obviously Eve and Villanelle), I think anyone’s open, especially someone we only met this season.

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How are you liking this season of KE? I think it def started out slow & it still kind of is? But they’re for sure setting it up. I always thought the “cat and mouse” concept is what made this show great in the 1st season (obvi PWB played a huge part!). 2nd season wasn’t that bad imo, I know controversial opinion, but them being in the same scene together so often didn’t make the show special. I will say the season 2 finale was great again another controversial opinion ?

You asked this last Monday but I think it’s fair to say that the one episode since hasn’t lowered my opinion of a season I’ve been liking. 😛 It definitely did start out oddly slow, I feel like maybe the first ep was missing some musical cues? Or the directing was different? It seemed almost like a regular procedural in a way no other ep has. But the second ep snapped back into place and the third…a classic!

I know there’s been a lot of criticism of the second season but I didn’t mind it. Yeah, it wasn’t as sharp as the first but it’s unfair to punish other writers for not being freaking PWB, a singular talent who is currently regarded as one of the very best dramedy writers. If we compared everyone against her, a whole lot of other media would be at a disadvantage. 

Even a KE without PWB still had those two actors as those two characters and I had a lot of fun. I didn’t mind the finale at all, lol, Villanelle is Villanelle. And come on, 2×05, when they met again, it was intense, and then even when some of the tension drained after that, it remained as much as it could have when they were working together. I thought it was super fun to even bring that about. It was well played, for keeping their dynamic going in a crazy, believable way without jumping the shark. 

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I know this isn’t the usual media that is you typically talk about, but have you seen the show Normal People on Hulu/BBC? I watched it over the weekend and it was totally different than what I expected. It was happy and painful, but at the core real and indicative of growing up and experience life and love.

I HAVE heard a lot about it but heh, you’re not wrong, it is the opposite of what I usually watch. Even if it weren’t white and m/f, I prefer my drama filtered through the lens of another genre, so there’s something else to focus on. Pure drama is usually too heavy for me.

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i just binged both seasons of sjukt oklar and although i found myself pausing sometimes due to the secondhand embarrassment (ellen really is a mess lol) in the end i still really loved it! if you ever find yourself giffing the show again i know i would really appreciate it

Omg, right! It was hilarious in part because of that but it made for excruciating watching at times. It’s a lot easier the second time because you know when those moments are coming or how bad they don’t end up being. Also, it really helps that as much of a pure unrefined dumbass Ellen can be, Vera just finds it endearing and it all works out.

I’ll definitely try to not let it slip too low on the list!

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Can we just talk about how perfect the ending of the episode was? It was so painful and then that switch with the teddy bear heart music from 3×03 that starts and switching from blue sky above death to blue sky where V is. And that turtle neck and touching her neck, the double meaning of it all. I FELT that shit.

It was a great capping off to the whole ep! We were already in shock at Niko and wondering if Eve would really believe Villanelle and done it and what would happen and then here she is, off on her quest. 

I definitely appreciated the maybe even TRIPLE meaning of touching the throat of her turtleneck? The hiccups stopping, yep, the nod to turtleneck-wearing Eve, yep, but happening right on the heels of Niko’s death, that sudden feeling of something truly shifting for Eve and, because of their connection, Villanelle too, I liked them leaving us with that final disquieting little touch.