Barbara Hill

Fast paced witty on point. I'm 78. This is representative of how my grands talk when I'm listening and their parents are not. And how the parents talk when neither the kids or me - supposedly - do not listen. Old and quiet. You hear a lot. Anyway, funny and somewhat intelligent for tv.

What you see in this show seems to be a reflection of who you are and how you see the world to a large degree. I love the show. I love the Claire character and how it is played so exquisitely! I love the Jamie character and the growth of both characters through their various challenges and time together and apart. The books were a feast I could not get enough of one summer five years ago and I do feel the same about the show. Season four, has a creative twist here and there such as the America the Beautiful playing over the robbery and murder in the first episode. Masterful juxtaposition! This season tries and succeeds most of the time to display the seeds of American national success and failures, racism, sexism, class priviledge notions, capitalism. The good the bad and the ugly. We have so much to be proud of and so much to continue to reckon with. As a history and sci fi buff, a woman who wants to see female agency as at least equal to male strength, this show is a delight. A random zipper on a boot here and a head of crazy wig hair there will not spoil what for me is ground breaking tv on many levels. Sex told from a woman's point of view, a woman's strength and long term married relationship as a featured centerpoint of a story! Where else?

Loved the pilot. Laughed, cried, and really related at age 73. Pulled those feelings right up. I was one of the first working moms I knew and took a lot of you know what for it. My husband especially was negative. And then there was my father. Horrible man. So much for family loyalty. So I was on my own, friends. Quit working/school and became a day-care mother, AFTER my husband left and my father said it was my fault for going to school (UofP) and getting that scholarship. Went to school when he was eleven. Did I mention they (the aforementioned male relatives) did not even want me to drive. They missed their calling as clergy in Saudi Arabia. Times have changed thank the Lord. An end to the bd old days. I still work (as a nurse educator - so radical). Anyway I love the pilot. Bring it on.

I laughed last night thanks to Tracey and with our current president's behavior terrifying me as he dismantles our institutions daily, it was a much needed evening. Loved the focus on feminism and the portraits of world leaders as well.