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Carol-Lynne and David Krumholtz's manager character (BILLY HIS NAME IS BILLY) are fun together

--OH GOD DORIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE GLORIA STEINEM ISN'T SHE. maaaaaaan

"Sean says Nick's the perfect candidate"--so many comments from Alice probably start with "Sean says" or "My husband says" when she's at work. ahahaha.

Maureen had an abusive boyfriend, didn't she.

"Was Sean your first boyfriend?" when she says no, she's thinking of girlfriends, lololol.

OH LOOK SEAN'S AT THE CLUB AGAIN. I love that he's just jumped head first into this even though it doesn't actually sound like he's been hired. maybe it's a sort of "let's get together and talk about this and you can prove to me I should hire you" kind of thing?

"it's 1961 but a lot of voters are still stuck in the 50s." I love how much more ironic this entire convo is when you know that Frances is a lesbian in addition to Sean being gay. it's not super clever, but seriously, potential. I'm also just really glad that Sean apparently has the run of classy gays throughout the Chicagoland area. Mattachine Society: great networking or greatest networking? you know, for 1961.

also, yeah, this show really needs to take a good long look at its timeline.

"And when the cash starts pouring down, don't forget who made it rain." WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS, SEAN. DO YOU WANT TO BE TRIED FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

I also like the repetition of Sean introducing Frances to people.

Frances is just cool and calm and collected and knows how to smile for cameras.

Alice likes red lipstick~

and she's just very nice and friendly and perfectly happy to compliment the other girls at work.

"Alice's husband? He has an excellent reputation." I wonder if Carol-Lynne has met Sean. presumably not. God, this scene with Carol-Lynne getting dumped makes me so sad.

Three-inch heels. ugh.

I don't think we've ever seen Alice in pants, have we? we've seen other people in pants, but I don't think Alice. I imagine it's half wanting to look like a respectable straight lady and half just being femme in general.

Frances is incredibly canny. knows what she wants, does what she needs to to get it. she likes mutually beneficial relationships like this one with Nick--because she's interested in politics? intriiiiiiguing. I mean, we know she's interested in some politics, obvs, but still. intriguing.

WOMEN DISGUISED AS RABBITS. see, I just love what a dry sense of humour she has? idk, she gets to be catty whenever she wants, because she's rich enough that no one's going to stop her, and it's fun. also, she is clearly enjoying the view, Nick, don't ask if you want to go elsewhere. the "blah blah blah we know each other from politics" answer about Sean is good, too, because it's true--just not in the way Nick figures.

Frances is a decent dancer~ and Sean is hanging out in the back just watching and grinning like a fucking puppetmaster. RIDICULOUS.

Alice and Doris--Alice is mostly coat-check girl, seems like. and oh, Alice, don't make bad choices and tell Doris about Frances being a girlfriend-for-show. I like her propensity for gossip, though, especially because she has the cutest fucking gossip voice in the world. but yeah, she sounds genuinely proud of Sean, which is sweet.

this also means that Sean and Alice have discussed the idea of "what if I got Frances the glamorous lesbian socialite to pretend!date Nick Dalton?" because she knows about the situation (since she could tell Doris all about it) and has yet to meet her. I mean, of course they did, but you know.

"tick-a-lock" what the fuck does this mean

BILLY ROSEN that is his name.

LADIES HAVE PARTIES IN UNDERWEAR. YOU KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE LADIES.

Arthur Dunhill! he loves his daughter at least a little, awwww.

what the fuck is with Frances? I think those lines are supposed to show that Frances is really in her element among the upper class and that she doesn't really think that other people should be uncomfortable? or at least, nick shouldn't be. she doesnt regard her father's peers (is her mother dead? I bet her mother's dead) very seriously--society is a game she knows the rules to, and she knows them well. she's like E. E. Cummings was with grammar and syntax: she knows how to break the rules because she knows the rules themselves.

...and being a lesbian is a break too far.

also, her dad doesn't remember fuckall, clearly. edgar what's-his-name.

...are they also eating chicken kiev? idek.

no compunctions about kissing a guy. mwah.

alice has the cutest "aw, shit, I said something I shouldn't've" face.

nick and frances in the society pages~

jesus, frances knows how to play the game. also, she's an only child. FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DATE HIM.

god, I love frances' voice. it's so pretty. she is a little strange-looking, but she has an excellent throaty sort of voice.

also, she is about the only character where a bunch of exposition doesn't feel strange or awkward to me at all. of course she'd spell everything out for nick--what the fuck does she care? she can write checks for 50k without breaking a sweat. she takes calculated risks, and there's no danger here. nick needs her, and making it clear that she needs him, too--but not nearly so badly, as far as he knows--just makes him feel like he's doing a good deed on the side.

chicago daily news, hmm

SEAN AND ALICE ARE SO CUTE. let's just pause on this picture of them at the breakfast table reading the daily news and being Very Concerned about the bunny article--because somebody killed someone, obvs, but also because Alice probably scans over the article for her name before she actualfax reads it. even if she's just bunny alice, not alice beaseley, I imagine she'd be a bit worried about having her name in the paper.

it looks like they live in a house, based on the outside view from their dining room. we'll say a small house? idk, I've been having a hard time seeing them in the suburbs, but that is pretty clearly not the view from a rowhouse, and anything else would be ludicrously expensive, I suspect.

...maybe it's a rowhouse? but I am not convinced of that. they are probably in the 'burbs.

they have a green glass pitcher (orange juice?) and a clear glass carafe (coffee, I would assume). they each have juice/milk (it might be milk, I guess), but it looks like just Sean has coffee.

A CRIME

alice whispers the word murder the way I whisper "horse-fucking." it is fucking hilarious.

also, I think this entire bursting-in thing is an act. SHE IS REALLY CONCERNED, EVERYONE, SEE WHAT A GOOD GIRL SHE IS. I mean, I believe that she's genuinely concerned at the idea of someone being a murderer, but I don't think she's this fucking breathless. if nothing else, she had to drive at least ten minutes to get here, and while I guess she could've worked herself up into a flap in the car, it seems like it's more indignation for the sake of keeping the focus off her. bunny alice is a fluttery thing who is SHOCKED, SHOCKED I SAY at the idea of murder, how gruesome! and everyone should know.

...that makes her fairly cruel, though, going "what about Judy with the speech impediment?" I don't know what to do with this scene. I just have a hard time believing that she's not playing her persona up some.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS FRENCH.

God, Alice wears a lot of pearls.

pel points out that Alice might be trying to make any accusations end up sounding overblown, in case one of the bunnies figured her out and said something to Doris. which is a good theory.

Maureen and Janie are both trying to skip town~

Nick is also club counsel? huh.

NOBODY KILLED ANYBODY. YAY. is their faces.

SEAN GOT A JOB YAY. "Please don't ruin my life." was this, like, on the table?

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST ENDING TO A STORY. here, doris, you learned a lesson, right? right.

I like Janie a lot.

"Most girls don't want to walk around in three-inch heels for eight hours."

BRENDA JUST LIKES BEING NAKED I GUESS.

Printers Row Fine & Rare Books is where the Mattachine Society's meeting tonight. do they change up meeting places? you'd think it'd be easier just to find somewhere willing to have them and keep going there. maybe this is where they'll meet from here on out.

Sean really likes being in charge of his gay kids club.

Mattachine Society Treasurer Grant!

they've got four people who look like they're people of colour in the Mattachine Society audience--two men, two women (though one of the men might be a little arguable). I wonder how period that is. this seems like something that'd be just overwhelmingly white. there are also maybe a tenth as many women as men, which strikes me as something that probably makes sense in the scheme of things.

Alice is standing up on the side and mingling!

SEAN IS THE BEST HUSBAND, MATCH-MAKING FOR HIS WIFE. I just love how fucking proud of himself he looks in the background.

also, I don't care if the dialogue is stupid, I just love Alice and Frances' introduction, because they are adorable together. Seen you at the club! Prettiest bunny there! STARS IN MY EYES, EYES IN MY STARS. They are just adorable, they are my OTP and everyone else can go to hell.

...I think the captions include lines that aren't actually said in the episode. it is weird.

GOD WHY IS IT OVER I NEED MORE PLAYBOY CLUB NOW.