Roger just rocked the house. From his sly amiability with Lucy to his new resolve with Meg, RH's portrayal of Paul was so multifaceted, so on key, so well done that the underlying metaphor of his final scene with Meg just sprang out. Paul and Meg and the "strip scene" was an exact mirroring of what Meg has been doing to Paul. Exact. And don't get me wrong ... regardless of all the bullshit that the writers seem compelled to drown Paul and Meg in ... I still am rooting for Peg. BUT! I had little empathy for Meg because I STILL vividly remember her sending DUSTY with Eliza for Paul's visitation. I still vividly remember all the things she has done to Paul about Eliza. All of her support of Dusty's demands about Paul, his dealings with Paul. Vividly.
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• And maybe that is the point that the writers are making. Metaphor. Mirror. Meg stripped Paul "naked" time and time again ... and then rejected him and HIS need to be with his daughter in a normal manner ... all the while understanding and sympathizing with Dusty's pain over Johnny. I'm way past giving the writers any credit anymore ... but I assume that my visceral response to this scene is exactly one of the reactions that they wanted. Even so ... it was Roger who made it all so very satisfying. Oh, yeah. (NT) -- tat statler, 03:34:34 04/09/09 Thu
  • Wheh. Had to take a breath. Grin! TK ... marvelous snaps. Paul's bruises just make me cringe. Yikes! And Eliza? Little Miss ADORABLE. I LOVED the easy way that RH was carrying her, too. Obviously a man who is very comfortable with babies ... and "Eliza" more than demonstrated her trust in him, too. Adorable. (NT) -- tat statler, 03:53:45 04/09/09 Thu

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• Tat, this is just how I'm interpretating the story and what we're seeing right now. Paul indeed has been stripped down so many times and left to just go and lick his wounds. Meg's getting a little taste of it and I hope she gets it -- and figures out where she belongs. It's so hard to give these writers credit because they come up with the most obscene ways sometimes, but the picture to me is quite clear as to what's been happening to Paul and why he responds as he does and where his heart is, and it makes me love him and root for him all the more to make it. Thank you, I needed some sanity on the net this morning :) --- Also want to add I adore "our little Eliza" and I hope her daddy won't ever let her go. (NT) -- cataz, 06:26:35 04/09/09 Thu
  • Hey Lois! Hugs! You know ... I think I have become wearied by a certain plot dynamic that has played over and over in Peg's Story. I firmly believe that I can not be accused of misogny when I recognize a character trait that I do NOT like in women ... fictional or otherwise. If you read my comments in the pics Topic below, you know what I mean. Meg giving her "close" friendships with Craig, Mike and now Dusty precedence over Paul telling her that they HURT him, and saying that Paul is irrational and jealous about it time and time again in the face of her actions with those men has just worn out my empathatic response to Meg. Yes, Paul has done stupid things it's true ... but so has Meg and she refuses ANY acountability for HER actions or her betrayals ... her lies and her manipulations. Probably the writers point in all this. Accountability is a two way street and screams of "misogony!!!" are specious at best and lazy thinking too. (NT) -- tat statler, 04:19:12 04/10/09 Fri
    • So ... Am I firmly on Paul's side? Damn right! Grin. Because Meg's stupidity with Dusty was the third time Meg has pissed me off and the third time is NOT the charm, let alone charming ... especially when it's with DUSTY. Ick. (NT) -- tat statler, 04:21:28 04/10/09 Fri
      • And that's "misogyny" ... senior moment, grin. (NT) -- tat statler, 04:43:11 04/10/09 Fri