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  Episode 4 set the girls up with their new friends, oh and with Stanford’s ( clumsy)  leaving so I was interested to see where episode 5 was going to go. Episode 5 was a powerful piece all told…with more depth than many of the fluffy bunnies give it credit for. The girls’ lunch  ( with Anthony acting as Samantha) was really joyous  Carrie has hip problems, a fact that underlines that everyone is getting old and her  solid-as-a-rock relationship with a drunk  Miranda is put to the test when Miranda has a dalliance with Che( Sara Rameriz) Charlotte is dealing with her daughter’s gender identification as well as coping  with Carrie’s post op peeing, Miranda is suitably sexually confused, while Carrie is high on post on drugs and Anthony steals the show with his impersonation of Baby Jane Hudson  The series is morphing into something more complicated and grounded now. With everyone older and slightly more flawed. The scene with...

  The weather is atrocious today. It’s wet and blustery and the village feels hunkered down underneath the protection of the Gop Hill to the north.  It’s a day to pull up the drawbridge, which I have done. My sister sent up a portion of casserole which is heating up on the stove. I’ve made dumplings to add to it.  Proper suet dumplings with lots of dried thyme and garlic . I’ve read ( Alan Cumming’s  Baggage an excellent read) watched bits of   Les Miserables on stage, pottered with paperwork and walked dogs where we dodged the showers with some alacrity . I’m going to make a few phone calls to friends later, watch SATC and get my feet licked to death Ps Thank you Donell for you card and gift x  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3EHqpKr