Have Fun Tracking Down Your AWOL Sister Wife

Nice post, SO. I too was deeply troubled by the lock-of-hair scene with Alby and I nearly wept for Adaleen. I am a giant fan of Mary Kay Place's ability to use the steely exterior in really ruthless ways, and I enjoyed watching her just barely break down (not the strongest acting moment, but really powerful).

I was telling S. that this episode shows that like Rome, BL is stacking up to be a series that's "really about the women" - note Bill's parodic scenes in the midst of all this gyno-melodrama. "I'm cover-up man!" He's more incidental than ever. While you were at the courthouse, honey...S. points out that the "marriage" in question on this show isn't between Bill and his three wives. It's between the wives. And Roman blathering on about cheese. Who is he trying to be, Andrew Jackson? (http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/23/mcms.html)

Poor Margie. She's like Joey on Friends, always keeping everybody's lousy secrets.

I have a feeling Wanda's talking parrot is going to play some kind of pivotal role. Canary?

I didn't know what to make of Heather's reactions to Sarah and her creepy new BF. The homoerotic subtext is clear, right, but her churchy moralizing caught me off-guard. I guess I forgot she was still a practicing Mormon. Maybe it was just a convenient way to be bitchy to the BF.

The social worker reminded me too much of a quirky Six Feet Under minor character. A bit overdrawn.

Now I'm just nitpicking. Still, this episode was AMAZING.

Nicki's fear of being tossed out by Barb and Bill - was it because she still operates according to the old compound morality rules? If she misbehaves, she might be reassigned to another marriage? We didn't really understand how finding out Roman exposed them would make B&B mad at Nicki.