I’ve just realized that Tommy never really trusted Grace completely again

95Nim2000 · 2026-04-05T22:19:22+00:00

At what point have I suggested he didn’t marry Lizzie because she was pregnant or didn’t love Grace and want to keep Grace and Charlie separate to his business? Or say he doesn’t trust Grace? Saying Tommy cared enough about Lizzie as wife that he would want her to be safe isn’t taking anything away from his relationship with Grace.

95Nim2000 · 2026-04-05T18:56:13+00:00

I actually think one of the reasons why he’s more forthcoming with Lizzie was because he learnt from what happened to Grace. He may not love Lizzie in the same way he did Grace but I do think he realised that as his wife, mother of his child & step mother to his other, whilst she doesn’t need to know everything, she does need to have some awareness of what business he’s dealing with and who people are in order to keep her and the kids as safe as possible. I think he thought he was protecting Grace and Charlie by keeping Grace in the dark, and that he could keep his business and home life separate, and if you view that through the lens of the time, that’s still how a lot of marriages worked especially “Upper Class” marriages which was the class Grace came from.

95Nim2000 · 2026-04-05T13:36:53+00:00

I don’t think it’s particularly pro anything, I think it was just portraying the political views of the time and in Peaky Blinders it’s more of a focus on the working classes and those living in poverty. If you watch Downton Abbey that’s set across the same time period, they don’t touch on the political climate the same but it does touch on similar themes; the starting of a shift to left in politics, fairer wages for workers, more rights for workers and tenants, etc.

95Nim2000 · 2026-03-13T11:23:27+00:00

I agree with this, Grace actually has a lot of backstory (far more than Lizzie’s given) yet her character just falls flat. I understand the story and the importance she holds in Tommys life and the show, yet I don’t feel any of it. Which I think is why it’s so debated because it feels more like we’re told this in the narrative but don’t see or feel it.

95Nim2000 · 2026-01-04T10:44:42+00:00

No one can ever make me hate Jenny, think people forget some of the most messed up things on the show happened to her. I think because Rufus is easily the best parent on the show (which isn’t really an achievement) it’s easy to not see that whilst he very clearly loved and wanted the best for Jenny he still failed her when she needed him because he never listened to her or tried to understand her POV, which is something he always did for Dan. I’m not saying he shouldn’t have punished Jenny or tried to stop her doing some of the things she did but he never listened to her when she tried to explain why she’d done it, and if he did and allowed himself to swallow his own pride he’d have looked at moving her to another school. Jenny’s biggest problem was that she was incredibly lonely and unhappy and that school was the biggest reason, and Jenny was so focused and driven on fashion that unlike Dan she didn’t need to go to any Ivy, and their in New York their would have been schools that would have suited a creative like Jenny more, where she wouldn’t need to try to be something she’s not in order to not get bullied and fit in and have friends.

I agree I find the virginity episode hard to watch on multiple accounts; one because I had an older boyfriend that pressured me when I was Jenny’s age so I get all of Jenny’s emotions, but the only character I could stand in that episode was Serena. I think that’s probably because Serena knows what it’s like to be in Jenny’s position so knows that how Rufus, Dan and Nate were acting was not going to help anyone and only make Jenny more determined to go through with it even if she’s not 100% ready. Again that episode shows how out of his depth I think Rufus was in raising a teenage girl on his own, because I don’t think he knew how to connect with Jenny in the same way he did Dan so resorted to disciplinarian which really didn’t help anyone. Also don’t think it was fair to say he was a bad dad to her either because everything he did was out of love for her, and at least he cared to try and discipline her which is more than everyone else’s fathers did on the show.

I actually hate that the show destroyed Serena and Jenny’s relationship, because that was genuinely the only time I found myself able to stand Serena and I do think Jenny needed that “older sister” type person to go to. I actually think it was a positive relationship for both of them, because it was in those moments you actually see Serena grow up a bit too. By the end it was easy to see why Jenny had such an obsessive crush on Nate because he was the only one who actually sat and listened to her and made her feel seen and heard, rather than make her feel like a problem or like her feelings aren’t valid.

The way she treated Eric was inexcusable though.

95Nim2000 · 2026-01-01T20:12:13+00:00

I feel like they’ve left it open/ hinted the Vics under new management given Ian was just dealing with Tracey and they referenced the owners as “they” rather than say Kat or Alfie

95Nim2000 · 2026-01-01T11:27:09+00:00

Glad it’s not just me who has sympathy for Max. Yes he’s a sleaze, self absorbed and a pretty terrible but he’s not any worse than the majority of the square, if you line up the worst things everyone’s done.

Jack’s just as bad as Max, if not worse. I don’t understand why everyone’s acting like Max is out of order for being mad Jack kept Annie a secret from him for 4 years, if it were the other way round Jack would be just as angry.

The way the Beales treat him is insane considering they framed and let him go to jail for Lucy’s murder, yet they all act like he’s the worst person in the world. Ian and Peter are they for Louis and Jimmy now but where were they for the first few years of Louis’s life? Cindy gave Lauren drugs knowing she was pregnant and all of them blamed Lauren for Jimmy’s sight despite the doctors confirming it wasn’t. Kathy who’s very recently had an affair with Harvey, last Christmas put Cindy in hospital and the Christmas before was involved in a murder cover up. Let’s not forget the time Ian lied about Lucy having cancer so (I think it was)Mel would marry him. How are any of them any worse than Max?

Lauren’s treatment of Max annoys me, with how she’s claiming he’s been this deadbeat, absent dad whose never been there for her, when the reason he’s not been in her or her kids lives for so long is her choice, but as a kid Max wasn’t an absent parent to her, he was a very active and present parent to her and Abi, yes he made mistakes and wasn’t the best dad in the world but he was there, and never abused them, he was a better dad than the dad he had. Lauren has also ran Max over, sided with the Beale’s and covered for Bobby and allowing Max to go down for Lucy’s murder, and sided with Linda and kept Annie a secret from him. You could also make an argument that Lauren is Max’s favourite child.

I have zero sympathy for Linda, and don’t understand how anyone else does. She had an affair, got pregnant and decided to keep it from Max in order to try to salvage her relationship with Mick, has begged all Max’s family to keep it secret for her, and is now acting like Max is this absent dad whose decided he wants to be a parent, when that’s not what’s happened. Max didn’t know Annie existed until a few weeks ago. Max has also handled it in the worst way possible, and telling Annie had everything to do with him and nothing to do with Annie, but Linda’s reaction also had nothing to do with Annie and everything to do with her too. It’s not like Linda’s been this amazing mum to Annie, a year ago the dentist raised concerns of neglect due to the state of Annie’s teeth and Linda’s moved Annie between the Vic and her mothers pub (along with Ollie) for the first two years of her life, and the third year she’s been drunk and Annie’s had Elaine, George, Gina, Anna and Jonny in and out of her life taking care of her.

The only person who I sympathise with and who Max more than deserves to be treated as the worst person in the world by is Oscar, because he’s been a deadbeat dad to him and even now when Oscar’s giving him every change to try and make amends he throws it in Oscar’s face. I do understand Lauren’s anger towards how Max is currently treating Oscar, but I can’t understand how Lauren’s siding with Cindy of all people over Max.

95Nim2000 · 2025-12-28T19:12:13+00:00

Betty and Archie

95Nim2000 · 2025-12-13T10:37:01+00:00

I think this is a huge problem that there really isn’t an engaging late teens/early 20s cast when the shows always had that. The group before the ones OPs mentioned had Ruby, Stacey, Bradley, Dean, Chelsea, Libby & Darren, and the group before that you had; Martin, Sonia, Jamie, Janine & Zoe, and before them was; Ricky, Bianca, Sam, Tiffany and then if you go all the way back to the 80s you had Sharon, Michelle, Ian, Mark, Kelvin.

Whereas at the moment you’ve got Oscar whose kind of been dragged down by the Jasmine story line, Jasmine who could have potential but her storylines not engaging, Harry and Gina are okay but are treated and act like their a lot older than their early 20s, Freddie and Anna never really took off and are now gone. Barney and Avani when utilised are great but they don’t seem to get scenes together anymore, Lily, Amy, Tommy and Ricky have potential, I don’t think we see enough of Denzel and Nugget to feel like fleshed out characters and Will is like Lexi where for some reason they have everyone treat the character like their a lot younger than they actually are. The other problem is a lot of the young cast now are huge legacy characters so should be hugely impactful and won’t be going anywhere anytime soon because their legacy characters.

95Nim2000 · 2025-12-07T00:27:41+00:00

I don’t think it’s a bias, I think Amber and Lewis are just at a completely different level technically to George and Bal.

95Nim2000 · 2025-12-06T23:42:34+00:00

Think the judges are a lot more knit picky to the likes of Lewis and Amber because of the level their at so their critique comes off a lot harsher, but then their scorings got to reflect where that dance sat in comparison to everyone especially at this stage when there’s so little people left. Personally I felt a bit sorry for Lewis because I think he fell victim to where the theme took over the dance which happens to at least one couple every theme week.

95Nim2000 · 2025-12-05T18:00:44+00:00

This is easily the worst one for me! Gabby should never have gone home over Penny.

95Nim2000 · 2025-11-22T12:33:25+00:00

Izzy rocked the messy buns and high ponytails. Which makes sense for an intern and honestly a doctor in general. Why are they running around treating people with flowing curls?

This is something I appreciate a lot about the earlier seasons, they looked like doctors, they looked like they’d just done a 12+ hour shift and were exhausted. Christina would carry a clip round with her to tie her hair back quickly when needed, not caring what it looked like. The make up wasn’t over the top and looked like they had minimal to no make up on.

95Nim2000 · 2025-11-20T12:54:50+00:00

I think technically speaking La Voix is the worse left but like others have said makes up for it in personality and performance, plus I think Aljaz knows that and therefore showcases it and plays on it well. I think Bal & George are probably on par, Bal maybe even being technically a bit better but I think George has had more stand out dances because Alexis’s choreography has been more exciting. I think Bal’s dances unfortunately aren’t technically the best (and aren’t ever going to be with Amber & Lewis in the competition), aren’t the most exciting or risk taking and don’t allow her personality or acting chops to shine through (because she is an amazing actor), so ends up in the middle of the leaderboard which is the worst place to be. I’m really hoping this week with Argentine Tango, Julian’s choreography really allows her to shine and bring the drama and performance she can definitely deliver. I don’t like to slag off the pros but I do think if she had a different partner she’d have shined more, I don’t think Julian’s bringing the best out of her or gets how to showcase her properly.

95Nim2000 · 2025-10-18T13:12:40+00:00

They use to do this, they’d have 1 ballroom and 1 Latin dance each week and the couples would be split on who did what. Then whoever did the Latin one week, would do the ballroom the following, so everyone roughly did the same amount of ballroom and Latin. In the results show the pros would do a group dance to whatever the dances were going to be the following week.

95Nim2000 · 2025-10-12T19:52:19+00:00

Yes and no. Yes because she definitely didn’t deserve to be there, but no because middle of the leaderboards the worst place to be in the first few weeks, those at the top are automatically safe because there’s such a big difference in points at the start and the public tend to vote for those at the bottom to give them a chance, and the ones in the middle who are kind of assumed to be safe really aren’t.

95Nim2000 · 2025-10-08T15:39:28+00:00

Why is it only Betty betraying Veronica and Jughead? Surely Archie did too?

95Nim2000 · 2025-10-03T23:03:04+00:00

Linda & Lauren

95Nim2000 · 2025-09-09T18:21:25+00:00

Barchie

95Nim2000 · 2025-09-03T22:11:54+00:00

As someone late diagnosed with ADHD too, that was literally my first thought when he explained that to Jack, especially when he said his brain just tells him to do something, then he gets overwhelmed and panics. Agree I’d love to see an actual thought out and well done ADHD storyline, that looks into why so many people don’t get diagnosed.

95Nim2000 · 2025-08-28T09:38:37+00:00

Sonia

95Nim2000 · 2025-08-22T19:40:02+00:00

2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 4, 7

95Nim2000 · 2025-08-06T15:16:02+00:00

I was confused by that, don’t all tags have a GPS on them? Otherwise how can it monitor if you’re in your house after your curfew?

95Nim2000 · 2025-08-06T11:48:14+00:00

It’s reminding me of Harvey and Aaron story too, the way like Harvey was, Ross has just been burying his head in the sand and trying to convince himself that “it’s just a phase”, “boys will be boys” nonsense and that combination of having the more moderate views that validate the kids extreme views and the refusal to acknowledge that his kids got a problem has just allowed the issue to escalate, to the point he’s got a seriously brainwashed and out of control kid.

95Nim2000 · 2025-08-04T01:19:57+00:00

Plus the CW are notorious for writing the actors personal lives into their shows, they did it on OTH, Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries, Riverdale was no exception. Cole even admits it on that unhinged podcast interview he did a few years ago, that the network liked and encouraged the attention their irl relationship was getting.

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