The Perfect Couple
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I cant stop thinking about how perfectly cast this show is.
Can you imagine anyone else but Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber pulling off what they do in this episode?
What happens is a complete disaster.
Kidman and Schreiber know exactly how to sidestep any potential cheesiness and deliver pure, juicy melodrama.
Consider it an end-of-summer parting gift.
My notes here were simply, is this a horror show now?
The whole family knows Benji caught her kissing Shooter, and Greer is really lapping up the womans downfall.
And yet, the woman seems tired.
Yes, its true; thanks to the jewelry receipt Greer gave Chief Carter, Tag is the No.
1 suspect in Merritts murder and has spent the night in the interrogation room down at the police station.
When Merritt tells Tag shes pregnant, he seems happy about it.
This happens after the late-night crew disbands.
Honestly, if Merritt drowned herself in an attempt to unhear that sentence, I would not be surprised.
But she does not do this.
Instead, she stands there and takes more of Tag being the ultimate dipshit.
She wades into the water.
The two of them tussle a bit but she comes out of it alive.
Tag did not kill Merritt.
Tags problem is that no one believes a word he says.
As Detective Henry points out, Even when hes telling the truth, he looks like hes lying.
But you know what doesnt lie (as long as you update it): his smart watch.
He has an app that tracks his sleep.
It couldnt have been him.
She realizes quickly that she has two big problems out in the crowd.
First, who should appear but Mr. Broderick Graham.
Unsettling, but not a complete disruption.
No, that job falls to Tag.
So what are some of the things a rambling Tag divulges on that mic?
I havent, by the way, darling, but I would.
I could, and Our marriage is deeply, profoundly, and terminally fucked.
Not, like, all the time, but for special occasions, you get it.
Hes never, ever going to give her up, you see.
This is art, I think.
She goes to the local dive for some Dark n Stormies with the chief of police.
They wind up talking about what motives different people may have had for killing Merritt.
When he asks abouthermotive, she notes that she would be too obvious.
But what if thats her cover, hiding in plain sight?
There will always come a time when that person will get so overwhelmed, shell snap.
Has Greer reached that time?
She does look awfully exhausted sitting at that bar.
Did Greer hire Broderick to kill Merritt and Shooter helped pay him off?
I mean, we did just cover why being the too obvious suspect might work in her favor.
After her fight with Tag, she winds up having a nightcap with Isabel on those Adirondack chairs.
When they clink glasses, Isabels breaks.
She picks up a few pieces before she heads to bed, leaving Merritt alone on the chair.
Once she gets up, she steps in some glass and hobbles away.
But do you know who is watching Merritts every move?
Greer, alone in the kitchen.
Whoever comes to see Merritt in that moment is for sure our killer.
Wedding Favors
Apparently, Shooter Dival is even richer than the Winburys.
This bitch has no heart!
What is she up to?
Dakota Fanning Emmy campaign when?
Can someone tell her dad that his daughter has terrible decision-making skills?
I need a complete oral history.
