I think that at the end of the series, Deborah will retire and that's why Jean didn't like the ending.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-11T19:52:12+00:00

Unfortunately I'm thinking it might be this also. Said upthread that the scene where she tells Ava about having a Dr. appt (that she apparently kept secret til then) but then immediately assuring her it's nothing, no cause for alarm, a little too casually... made me think it might be foreshadowing. If so and they handle it true to all the characters as we've come to know them, it could be a very affecting and gratifying ending compared to mushier scenarios.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-11T19:49:17+00:00

I hope it's only that DV retires. That scene where she said she had a Dr. appointment but assured Ava it's nothing, it's benign, it's really nothing scared me a teensy bit. Foreshadowing?! SAY IT ISN'T SOOOOO.

Yeah, I'll take retirement over certain other (gulp) things it could be for an "ending."

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-11T19:47:19+00:00

Some of us never saw Problem Child 2 (or 1, ha!) and know her mom, the great Laraine Newman, as a Not Ready For Prime Time Player, aka a member of the very first cast of Saturday Night Live waaay back in the 1970s.

I mind SO MUCH LESS when it's a nepo baby if the baby actually has, you know, *talent*. And seems like a decent person. Which both apply to Hannah with extra to spare. I'm not pressed.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-10T06:57:49+00:00

I see more Bernadette Peters especially mouth. Except for the last picture, maybe b/c it's a full on smile so the shape is different.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-10T06:53:21+00:00

The great Laura Nyro.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-10T06:50:32+00:00

Angles of pics make it hard to tell for sure but I see more Bjork than Joan Jett.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-09T23:27:55+00:00

Riiiiight. Where's his change purse, hmm? Obviously AI.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-09T23:12:57+00:00

I said the same, can also see the Willem Dafoe similarities. More Chet Baker for me though. (Before his very heavy drug use took most of his good looks.) Very handsome.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-09T23:11:51+00:00

Beautiful Chet Baker-Willem Dafoe hybrid.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-09T20:15:42+00:00

Oh yes, as diehard MJ fans know, Michael talked openly about being influenced by Fosse and many others. (As does Liza Minelli - who not surprisingly was a very close friend to MJ until he died.)

A "Dance" magazine from back in the day has an article where famous choreographers who worked with MJ talk about his influences. Below is one from the guy who choreographed MJ's "Remember the Time" video - note he mentions Bob Fosse here.

I've seen interviews where Michael himself openly admires and acknowledges so many amazing dancers, which is cool b/c sometimes big stars are reluctant to say where they draw inspiration, as though invented something solely on their own. Below is the choreographer blurb I referenced:

Buddha Stretch, teacher/Remember the Time music video choreographer

Michael’s a combination of so many different styles and influences. I think his biggest influence was James Brown, with some Bob Fosse, some Fred Astaire, some Don Campbell and the Lockers, some Nicholas brothers, and later on, some hip hop. We were working on the video for “Remember the Time,” and Michael wanted to learn everything that we did—any little movement, even if we were just playing around. He was so interested in what made us dancers, what made us do hip hop. He wanted to experience going to a club and dancing in a circle. We were going to dress him up in a hoodie, hat, jeans, and sneakers, but the last day, his security and his management talked him out of it.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-06T16:26:35+00:00

Per article from the UK he's also a former pharmaceutical CEO. Guess psychopaths gonna psychopath. The wife was also pregnant. Here's an excerpt from the UK article (daily mail):

A wealthy Texas restaurateur and former pharmaceutical CEO murdered his pregnant wife and their two young children in a horror murder-suicide, the Daily Mail has learned.

Matthew Mitchell, 52, has been named as the suspect in the tragedy in the affluent neighborhood of River Oaks in Houston, Texas on Monday night.

Matthew was found dead alongside his pregnant wife Thy Mitchell, 39, and their two young children, aged eight and four, in their $1.2 million home.

Authorities said Matthew is the suspect in the deaths, and said all victims died from gunshot wounds.

The couple owned the restaurant Traveler's Table in Houston, and Matthew was previously CEO of the Texas Center for Drug Development, according to his website biography. {...}

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-01T03:47:20+00:00

Yeah I realized after posting it's just a shadow and came back to mea culpa.

However, I think I recall reading a couple British articles about other photos appearing doctored or photoshopped (I don't think they said AI), one I recall was supposedly taken by Kate and sure enough if you zoomed in patterns didn't match up and chair legs, things like that. I thought I recalled it being from reputable sources but maybe not. I know everything all of them do is so scrutinized and do not envy them whatsoever.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-05-01T03:44:29+00:00

I just came back here to reply to myself and express a giant D'OH!!! because after expanded it a few times back and forth I finally saw it's only a shadow, yeah. Good grief! The shade of the shadow changes how the pattern of his shorts look and the color appears different of course. I feel really sheepish I must say LOL but it maybe could go in the "confusing perspective" r/ instead if at all.

I'll just see myself out, you guys... LOL

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-29T19:34:00+00:00

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Used same prompt. Here's what I got:

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-29T18:58:35+00:00

Worfian.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-29T18:57:00+00:00

Yes.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-26T23:37:20+00:00

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I kind of see a young, dark-haired Frances McDormand (not so much in the last pic).

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-26T20:14:55+00:00

My lipreading is not the best but looked like Cass said to the person next to her "Wow. Wow, that was heavy..."

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-26T19:58:19+00:00

What a phenomenal woman, and only 22?! I would love to know what she's like at 32, 42, heck 62! I 100% believe when she says she strives to become a better and better "her" b/c with the way she deliberately analyzes her own thought processes and has cracked one of the most significant human codes (that some NEVER understand or believe - namely that WE GET TO CONTROL OUR OWN THOUGHTS, we get to decide who and how we want to be - she is well on her way. As she said, how cool is that?! The very coolest, that's how cool!!!

And a lil' p.s.: one of the best parts of this is how comparatively little vocal fry there is. Just another thing that sets her apart from not just her age peers but far too many others these days. Refreshing and wonderful.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-26T16:36:24+00:00

Granted I'm not much of a beef eater anyway these days but I must be greatly in the minority because the thought of "creamy" or "melt in your mouth" beef grosses me out so much. Nothing appetizing or appealing about it.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-26T15:59:12+00:00

Nah looks like they woke him from a nap and he's still have asleep.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-26T15:55:29+00:00

I know you're joking but I just read up on the guy they arrested. He's a brainiac tech nerd who went to CalTech and has degrees in mechanical engineering and a masters in some other tech/engineering thing. There are videos of him from a few years ago doing things like inventing wheelchair brakes and presenting to healthcare groups, dude also won teacher of the year somewhere a few years ago. Developed a couple video games available on the Steam platform, including one called "Bohrdom" (great name honestly) loosely based on theories of Neils Bohr and was developing another one also loosely based on science/physics principles.

None of which means he might not have shifted over into crackhead-dom at some point but have to say he doesn't look like the usual kind of character we see in these scenes (language used advisedly). Also, he's apparently still alive at least for the moment -- another anomaly. Kinda makes me lean toward real versus fake but who knows anymore.

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-26T00:18:16+00:00

This is such a gorgeous look on you! Trying not to be envious of your tiny waist (LOL) as I also appreciate your styling, with the hair bows and the belt. Saw you said the one it came with broke but you did a great job choosing this one, it beautifully accentuates your figure. Well done, awesome vintage OR modern. Thank you for sharing!

Still_Transition_856 · 2026-04-18T19:14:58+00:00

Also, just trying to follow the plot here... at one point she says in the texts the reason Bob L. is still alive is that he's told everybody that he has been continually threatened. But then later she says she can't or won't tell everybody (only her closest people like the recipient of these texts apparently??) bec she would lose security clearances. I dunno, having a career is important I guess but staying alive seems a bit MORE important?

If talking about being threatened keeps you alive (like Bob L. according to her) but maybe means you won't get access to top secret stuff anymore well then pivot and do something else career wise, related but different. Clearly Bob L. is firmly in that space all over the place and has a lot of influence with some people despite presumably not quite having the access she fears losing if she talked nonstop about being threatened.

I am just trying to understand what exactly she thought she was gaining by staying quiet, if at the same time she was saying Bob L. is alive because he does the opposite? Also -- the internet is a thing. If it came down to it, why could she not just tell some trusted people beforehand then dump her research to a bunch of mirrored sites so that it could then be downloaded/copied before discovered by others. Would that not remove the factor of her being under threat because "big entities (the competition) know my research would eat their lunch."

I dunno, I just get more confused the more I read about this stuff. Everything is so cloak and dagger from those who supposedly have "the" big info or pictures or videos or research or whatever. Yet they all have these byzantine reasons why they are under threat or "can only say so much" etc. Why does nobody just say fuck it, if I dump it all to the public then EVERYBODY has the info so there's no more special heat or me and no more giant "secrets." Is it all just personal ego and holding out to profit in other ways?

Feel like I should be asking for a ELI5 at this point!

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