On the other hand, Laurie JUST CLOSE THE DOOR ON SAM.
Seriously. YOU CAN DO BETTER, GIRL. I had forgotten when you were discussing the last eps that The State Dinner is the one where Sam is so gross and petulant to her about her job after she turns up there. Ugh, go away, Sam.
the more I think about it, the more how badly Harrison responded to Sam’s ‘riding him hard’ feels like something that should have come up earlier and made him a more problematic nominee.
They really did push Peyton Cabot Harrison III as being a 'good on paper, awful in reality' nominee very hard, didn't they. I feel like in 2021 it has even more nasty shades of 'privileged old white dude' layered onto it than it did in 1999. He couldn't have been more obviously labeled 'out of touch' if it was stamped on his forehead. But, as you said, satisfying to watch him get taken down.
The framing of Donna’s face by the fairy lights when Josh popped his head back to see how she took her gift/his note some more was beautiful
The whole secret-bookstore-trip subplot is one of my favorites, and of course this scene caps it off beautifully. Apparently the director (Alex Graves? I can't remember if this ep was him or Chris Misiano) was the first one to look at Brad and Janel and go "yeah, let's just dive into this obvious tension HARD." Thank goodness for him!
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Seriously. YOU CAN DO BETTER, GIRL. I had forgotten when you were discussing the last eps that The State Dinner is the one where Sam is so gross and petulant to her about her job after she turns up there. Ugh, go away, Sam.
the more I think about it, the more how badly Harrison responded to Sam’s ‘riding him hard’ feels like something that should have come up earlier and made him a more problematic nominee.
They really did push Peyton Cabot Harrison III as being a 'good on paper, awful in reality' nominee very hard, didn't they. I feel like in 2021 it has even more nasty shades of 'privileged old white dude' layered onto it than it did in 1999. He couldn't have been more obviously labeled 'out of touch' if it was stamped on his forehead. But, as you said, satisfying to watch him get taken down.
The framing of Donna’s face by the fairy lights when Josh popped his head back to see how she took her gift/his note some more was beautiful
The whole secret-bookstore-trip subplot is one of my favorites, and of course this scene caps it off beautifully. Apparently the director (Alex Graves? I can't remember if this ep was him or Chris Misiano) was the first one to look at Brad and Janel and go "yeah, let's just dive into this obvious tension HARD." Thank goodness for him!