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Malick!in the eighth episode going toe-to-toe with Rose Byrne.
I cannot wait.
Is this the first time shes watching the tape after Sheila gave it to her?
Or did she somehow already know about Ernies proclivities?
Her steady facial expression made her seem not at all taken aback.
Speaking of big fuck yous, next up is birthday boy Evil John Breem.
His birthday-party scene had me cackling.
(Yes, I just looked up what Mormon temples are made of.)
Cake, he monotones as Johnny Mathis softly croons Wonderful Wonderful in the background.
What has set him off?
Partly it seems like hes just not into birthdays, refusing to play along with the whole make-a-wish-but-dont-say-it-out-loud superstition.
Later on, his wife (Im presuming?
But now its his turn to make a drastic choice.
He goes out to his backyard pool and stares at it a long while before finally jumping in.
You know you’re free to.
Somewhere in there, I picked up what she was getting at.
Oh, shes going to see her parents, it occurred to me.
The reason that occurred to me, of course, is because of Belinda Westbrook.
Who is Belinda Westbrook, you ask?
You are still the skinniest in the room, like always.
I am the one who taught her how to throw up before ballet class.
You dont still do that, do you?
Sneak off and barf?
My psychologist told me its never really about food; its about control.
You were always the best at ballet and then you quit and nobody knew why.
Belinda Westbrooks first declaration set up the expectation that we were going to meet some parents soon.
(Is Sheilas aerobics fixation just a transference of her relationship to ballet?)
Why doesnt she have any?
Sheila resents or dismisseseveryoneon this show; why hasnt she been given some kind of kindred spirit?
Maybe that someone is her momWendie!
