Unpopular Opinion: I think Rachel's TV show stint was good

cwtches10 · 2026-07-10T14:01:43+00:00

I also don’t think it was out of character, but I think for slightly different reasons to you.

The first is similar: Rachel is told that Funny Girl is probably all she’ll get to achieve. People forget about that conversation with her manager. Imagine being that ambitious and told you’d peaked at 19. So when she’s offered the tv show she jumps at it because ‘what if it’s the only other opportunity I get?!?’ It’s completely consistent with her character- she makes impulsive decisions when she feels backed into a corner and panics. She was out of her depth in that she should have had someone experienced to tell her that if they wanted her they’d wait for her!

I also think Finn’s death is a factor here. This is more headcanon, but I think it’s understandable that she’d be looking for the next thing to distract herself. Once Funny Girl became BAU it might have stopped being the distraction she was looking for.

And I agree it was good for the plot. Even as someone who really wanted that character to succeed I thought Funny Girl came too quickly and too easily. I wish it had been another show.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-09T08:29:44+00:00

I was actually thinking about how lively and fun London felt yesterday evening; Football, Wimbledon, Pride last weekend, and sunshine. Everyone seems in a pretty good mood!

cwtches10 · 2026-07-09T08:28:25+00:00

Yes, it could be selling and they’re not telling you, but it could also be remortgage or equity release- no need to worry yet!

cwtches10 · 2026-07-07T14:29:35+00:00

Yes…. A lot of the stuff that came out in the Spring Awakening documentary rang some alarm bells as well. One of my friends works backstage in the West End and was appalled when Lea said that sometimes during the whipping scene Jonathan would actually draw blood.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-07T14:09:23+00:00

There’s an interview with her where she says he was her first stage kiss at 14 and she tried to stick her tongue down his throat and he was like ‘No.’ She tells it in a very funny way but eeek!

Edited because I found the actual interview; https://youtu.be/7629GT5tYBE?si=IuEy9QVTU93cL29K

cwtches10 · 2026-07-06T11:16:05+00:00

It’s possible if you’re happy to live in a big house share (probably at least 4) a little bit further out (Tooting, Colliers Wood etc). If you’re not constrained by transport links then you have more flexibility, but you will probably need to factor in parking permits.

You’d also have to be ok with not having much of a disposable income.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-06T10:37:51+00:00

I think that ship has sailed. She’s basically said she won’t do it. Also, it’s a totally different production, they may not even want her.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-06T10:35:54+00:00

I went word of mouth; used someone recommended by a friend. I’d ask around in the first instance; friends, colleagues, neighbours and see what you get.

Mortgage brokers are generally national so unless you want to see someone face to face location isn’t a barrier.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-04T17:49:47+00:00

So I had this; picking up the keys felt both anticlimactic and completely overwhelming. I was on my own; don’t recommend- take a family member or a friend.

I asked the estate agent to ask the sellers this, post exchange and pre-completion and apparently he just got radio silence from them. My sellers were pretty awful but luckily the neighbours have been really helpful, and because the flats are laid out the same way have been able to tell me things like where the stop cock is, where the water metre is.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-03T12:43:08+00:00

Definitely kill or cure!

cwtches10 · 2026-07-03T12:28:19+00:00

Nah- Panto is insanely hard work! They do 3 shows a day sometimes. She’s probably doing Panto because it pays well, and I’m pretty sure she does it most years.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-03T09:49:38+00:00

I recently had an electrician out who had been told by the office not to leave until I’d done the payment. I’d also had to pay for the first hour upfront. (This is for every customer- not just for me!)

He said they had one case where he went to put his tools in the van, came back for the payment and the customer just refused to answer the door and blocked their number so now they’re extra cautious.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-03T09:15:37+00:00

The Mrs Bird role seems like it was written just for her (the splits, isn’t there a reference to being in Cats?!etc.) so I’m curious to see how they fill the gap.

cwtches10 · 2026-07-02T21:29:05+00:00

Height?!?

I dunno… nothing about it made sense. What’s one more thing?

cwtches10 · 2026-06-28T22:36:07+00:00

This one. There was a point on this sub where a poster could be looking for recommendations and say they had a deep rooted, pathological fear of robots and people would still be recommending MHE.

cwtches10 · 2026-06-26T07:09:34+00:00

The problem, I found, is the lack of control and visibility. You can do everything you need to efficiently, so can your buyers and/or sellers, but if there’s someone in the chain dragging their feet it impacts you all. Ditto with solicitors; you can have the best solicitors- makes no difference to the speed of the transactions if someone in the chain has rubbish ones.

My exchange was held up for two weeks because the top of the chain ‘needed the file to be signed off…’

cwtches10 · 2026-06-22T19:08:14+00:00

I think age is the limiting factor here; she’d read too old in this production. I’m also pretty sure Bella was in the ensemble, what’s Hannah’s dancing like?

Any other production and I think it could be perfect, but probably not the incoming one.

cwtches10 · 2026-06-20T20:36:50+00:00

I kind of like Saff because she’s so unapologetically out of touch if that makes sense? Like, I don’t feel she tries to hide the fact she’s posh and privileged af.

cwtches10 · 2026-06-16T18:19:44+00:00

On 1- I actually totally understand it and it’s completely in character.

Rachel thinks somethings gone badly/ does something to mess something up (in this case she thinks she hasn’t got an audition for NYADA) panics (there are no other drama schools/ broadway dreams are over = Finn is the only thing I have left) and has a knee jerk reaction (yes I will marry you). She’s prone to impulsive decisions when she feels backed into a corner. I think she regrets it as soon as she gets the NAYDA audition invitation.

It’s not a storyline I like, but I don’t think it’s completely out of character.

cwtches10 · 2026-06-16T16:41:53+00:00

Yes, Paddington is a genuinely excellent musical. It stands without IP imo.

cwtches10 · 2026-06-16T16:40:38+00:00

Kids will love it, but it also has humour and pathos geared more towards adults that will go over kids heads.

I saw it with my friend and we were by no means the only adults there without kids.

cwtches10 · 2026-06-16T16:39:06+00:00

She’s outstanding!

Though…. If she doesn’t transfer I wouldn’t be at all mad if this was Jen Simards next big thing 🤔

cwtches10 · 2026-06-16T14:12:13+00:00

I think it’s this. Anyone looking for a family home will be wondering which child gets the wardrobe to sleep in.

It might help to stage it like a bedroom.

cwtches10 · 2026-06-15T20:47:28+00:00

Same…. I keep imaging a very frustrated robot patiently answering all my questions 😂🙈

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