I know next to nothing about looking after a baby but the show definitely seems to be pushing the idea that women can't do it alone (but haven't they done so fror years?) I'm not sure I agree that the show is pushing the idea that women >i>can't do it alone (Momma Smash seems to have done a pretty good job). Rather, they are showing how hard it is to be a single parent and how much work it is to have a new baby. I feel for Tami too. She's in a stable relationship, has been married for years and has come to depend on her partner and then suddenly he isn't there. I just want to give her a hug.
I loved the Lyla/Riggins stuff too. I have to say I am really enjoying the new Lyla Garrity! She's much more fun than the old one.
I wish the Landry/Tyra subplot would just go away. It's really not working for me.
I'm not sure I agree that the show is pushing the idea that women can't do it alone (Momma Smash seems to have done a pretty good job). Rather, they are showing how hard it is to be a single parent and how much work it is to have a new baby.
Momma Smash seems to have done a pretty good job Yeah, but we haven't really seen that. And I was thinking more in terms of coping with a small baby. I imagine that older children are a lot different. I'm not actually sure the show is wrong that babies are so difficult to deal with alone (what would I know?!) but I did find it quite a heavy theme in this episode--the doctor suggesting her husband should take shifts, Tami's extreme fatigue, the way she had to call someone to pick her up from the hospital...
I guess I'm just a bit disappointed because I was looking forward to seeing Tami tough it out and be supermum to the baby, albeit with some hurdles to overcome.
This feels far more like they'll go down the path of having her either get coach to come back or (more likely?) start leaning on this new guy.
I was really wary too and I am so relieved! Everything is back for me, on "the best show on TV" level.
Tyra/LAndry is breaking my heart and I am loving it. Though the beginning of their relationship feels true I guess poor Landry in for much heart-break. They are not really on the same level. They are for me, actually, but not for Tyra.
Tami Taylor broke my heart in this episode. I'm finding her solitary motherhood really tough to watch from a personal perspective, mainly because I think if I'm ever a mother I'll be alone like that.
This was so MINE too - really reminded me my time with Sasha. I wasn't alone but in a sense a woman always is alone with a baby, to some extent. And some of the first weeks can be tough (but happy at the same time). I also can really relate to the baby crying problems.. ;D I wonder where they are going with the science teacher, though. Is he going to develop a crush on Tami?
I still don't understand Julia and Matt - She does love him, doesn't she?
Yeah, I'm sad already about Landry/Tyra. If they were going to get together I had hoped it would be because Tyra truly recognised that he'd be good for her. The guilt she feels about him defending her shouldn't be part of it. :(
in a sense a woman always is alone with a baby, to some extent *nods* I imagine that's so.
Is he going to develop a crush on Tami? Maybe. I'm not sure I'm really there for that... but then FNL can make most things work for me.
I still don't understand Julia and Matt - She does love him, doesn't she? I don't think she does. Or at least she's not very sure of her feelings--perhaps she doesn't know how to recognise what she's got yet. She's so very young (in emotional terms) and seems really lost to me, chasing the glamour of an older, alternative guy rather than the 'boring' but genuinely loving option of Matt.
Well, though I really didn't mind the murder as much as you and most of the posters here, I really agree with Lyla's statement: 'I'm glad he's dead, I'm glad he's gone - because he would never have stopped.'
And I'm glad the show took this plot in a different direction, rather than showing the dreadful reality of most of these stalker/rapist scenarios. I would have hated to see Lyla as a rape victim in recovery. Also, this kind of extreme event pushes Lyla/Landry into this 2.2 situation - crying and kissing and getting ridiculously intense. Rather than their usual teens beating around the bush stuff.
Meanwhile Tami made me cry several times! Connie Britton is just killing it, every week. *amazed*
I found this episode an enormous relief after last week, and it was actually Tyra and Landry that made me cry like a baby. And I think Tyra turning to Landry for physical comfort is very realistic even if it's not smart.
The reason I'm okay with Julie dumping Matt is because the Swede is so hot. I mean, he's kind of a dick? But I don't care, I'm just glad he's still in the show and I will get to see more of him. And yeah, the break up scene felt very true to life as well. I've had exes react in exactly that way when I dumped them. :D
I don't find the Swede that hot--too much facial hair for me. ;) But I totally see how Julie would get enamoured with him. I'm still on Matt's side, though. He needs hugs and cookies. :) Though I do think BOTH of them need to learn that if you want to have a relationship with someone you need to work at it--they both let it fall apart, imo.
I do feel better about the Tyra/Landry thing after this episode. I like them being together but as you said, I agree it seems to be doomed to fail... I still think maybe it's too dramatic but at least they are treating it realistically and thruthfully.
I want the coach back in Dillon, I want him to go back to being headcoach. I think he is much more useful there!! But again he knew just the right thing to say at the hearing. And to that player. He just knows!
I think the nurse really is going to be interesting for Matt. She can give him the structure he and his grandma need and also she can take care of him because he has nobody to take care of him in a motherly way. So maybe she can do that, too. Maybe she is too young for that. Maybe she will just be like a pushy older sister. We'll see. :)
Tami, she is really going through some tough times here. Eric being away and Julie being no help at all...
I am a little consoled but still wary about where the murder is going. Other than that I LOVE this show to pieces!
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I'm not sure I agree that the show is pushing the idea that women >i>can't do it alone (Momma Smash seems to have done a pretty good job). Rather, they are showing how hard it is to be a single parent and how much work it is to have a new baby. I feel for Tami too. She's in a stable relationship, has been married for years and has come to depend on her partner and then suddenly he isn't there. I just want to give her a hug.
I loved the Lyla/Riggins stuff too. I have to say I am really enjoying the new Lyla Garrity! She's much more fun than the old one.
I wish the Landry/Tyra subplot would just go away. It's really not working for me.
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Yes I agree.
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Yeah, but we haven't really seen that. And I was thinking more in terms of coping with a small baby. I imagine that older children are a lot different. I'm not actually sure the show is wrong that babies are so difficult to deal with alone (what would I know?!) but I did find it quite a heavy theme in this episode--the doctor suggesting her husband should take shifts, Tami's extreme fatigue, the way she had to call someone to pick her up from the hospital...
I guess I'm just a bit disappointed because I was looking forward to seeing Tami tough it out and be supermum to the baby, albeit with some hurdles to overcome.
This feels far more like they'll go down the path of having her either get coach to come back or (more likely?) start leaning on this new guy.
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Tyra/LAndry is breaking my heart and I am loving it. Though the beginning of their relationship feels true I guess poor Landry in for much heart-break. They are not really on the same level. They are for me, actually, but not for Tyra.
Tami Taylor broke my heart in this episode. I'm finding her solitary motherhood really tough to watch from a personal perspective, mainly because I think if I'm ever a mother I'll be alone like that.
This was so MINE too - really reminded me my time with Sasha. I wasn't alone but in a sense a woman always is alone with a baby, to some extent. And some of the first weeks can be tough (but happy at the same time). I also can really relate to the baby crying problems.. ;D I wonder where they are going with the science teacher, though. Is he going to develop a crush on Tami?
I still don't understand Julia and Matt - She does love him, doesn't she?
And Lyla/Tim - I love it!
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in a sense a woman always is alone with a baby, to some extent
*nods* I imagine that's so.
Is he going to develop a crush on Tami?
Maybe. I'm not sure I'm really there for that... but then FNL can make most things work for me.
I still don't understand Julia and Matt - She does love him, doesn't she?
I don't think she does. Or at least she's not very sure of her feelings--perhaps she doesn't know how to recognise what she's got yet. She's so very young (in emotional terms) and seems really lost to me, chasing the glamour of an older, alternative guy rather than the 'boring' but genuinely loving option of Matt.
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And I'm glad the show took this plot in a different direction, rather than showing the dreadful reality of most of these stalker/rapist scenarios. I would have hated to see Lyla as a rape victim in recovery. Also, this kind of extreme event pushes Lyla/Landry into this 2.2 situation - crying and kissing and getting ridiculously intense. Rather than their usual teens beating around the bush stuff.
Meanwhile Tami made me cry several times! Connie Britton is just killing it, every week. *amazed*
I love this show to tears.
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The reason I'm okay with Julie dumping Matt is because the Swede is so hot. I mean, he's kind of a dick? But I don't care, I'm just glad he's still in the show and I will get to see more of him. And yeah, the break up scene felt very true to life as well. I've had exes react in exactly that way when I dumped them. :D
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I don't find the Swede that hot--too much facial hair for me. ;) But I totally see how Julie would get enamoured with him. I'm still on Matt's side, though. He needs hugs and cookies. :) Though I do think BOTH of them need to learn that if you want to have a relationship with someone you need to work at it--they both let it fall apart, imo.
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I want the coach back in Dillon, I want him to go back to being headcoach. I think he is much more useful there!! But again he knew just the right thing to say at the hearing. And to that player. He just knows!
I think the nurse really is going to be interesting for Matt. She can give him the structure he and his grandma need and also she can take care of him because he has nobody to take care of him in a motherly way. So maybe she can do that, too. Maybe she is too young for that. Maybe she will just be like a pushy older sister. We'll see. :)
Tami, she is really going through some tough times here. Eric being away and Julie being no help at all...
I am a little consoled but still wary about where the murder is going. Other than that I LOVE this show to pieces!
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And I can't believe I'm craving the football so much! But they definitely need to get back to it.
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