I was so sad that they didn't develop it to my satisfaction, especially Siobhan's side. I really liked that moment when Bridget found her "confession" in the chess table. I wish they'd elaborated on that more.

YES. When they just started digging deeper with that was when I got into it: the flashback of Siobhan's expression when she gets the necklace from Bridget in the mail; Bridget wishing on the phone to Malcolm that she could have forgiven whats-his-name as herself, not as her sister. THAT was interesting to me: deconstructing Malcolm's rather simplistic notions of forgiveness - paging Giles in IOHIFY. "forgiveness", the need of it, the inability to give it, is at the heart of the sisters' shared arc. Saying "I forgive you" doesn't necessarily signify true forgiveness any more than "I love you" signifies true love. You CAN'T force forgiveness, although you can work towards it; it's still a process & will or won't happen when you're not looking for it or trying anymore.

See, there really were some interesting nuggets on that show underneath the nonsensical plot tricks *grumbles*

Or maybe raspy?

It's funny in TKIM when Willow is taking a cup of tea to Kennedy - who isn't really sick anyway, and Sarah is clearly the one who has a cold - I think that's where the perception of "raspy" comes in.) when it comes to female singers, for instance, my preference is for altos rather than sopranos: Roberta Flack, Wynonna Judd, Karen Carpenter, Etta James, Amy Ray, Diana Krall, etc. (Emmylou Harris and Kate Bush are exceptions but it depends entirely on the songs or the albums in question.) But it's also closer to the sound of my own voice, my sweetie's, mom's and best friend Kendra's; and we all have HATED our voices when we hear them recorded. we all think we sound "unfeminine". Which is bizarre: we have very feminine women like Marlene Dietrich, Roslyn Russell and Kathleen Turner etc as role models

part of the reason my sweetie and I like Kathryn Hahn on Crossing Jordan is that she reminds us of a young Bette Midler, definitely not the WASP standard of beauty but very appealing. BTW, I rewatched The Way We Were recently and I'd forgotten how powerful watching Barbra Streisand was to me at the time, when I was a little girl, and how she was one of my earliest role models: the message that a woman could be a movie star and NOT look like "the WASP Ideal". (And I'm not Jewish.) I don't think our media has really evolved since then, though.

I tried, but didn't get through the first episode, I think. Watching things is hard on the brain sometimes, which is why it usually takes me a long time.

If you get a chance, I definitely recommend giving it another go when you're in the mood. the "bitchiness" of the mother character was off-putting for me at first, but then she evolves over the show into a really dimensional character,and one of my favorite parts of the series. And Georgia has a lot of Buffy to her in some ways - rebellious, breaks the rules, tenderhearted underneath a tough exterior, not traditionally pretty, stubborn, loyal. Like Buffy, Georgia has a deep bond with a difficult mother and younger sister (very much like Dawn in some ways). OTOH The fact that Jasmine Guy has the least to do on the show as the only person of color still grates, though. There was a follow-up movie a few years later but I haven't heard anything good about it.

sorry to hear your childhood home apparently wasn't a good place to be

Thanks hon. And I don't mean to whine or make it sound like "poor me, I had the worst childhood ever!" Because, no. but my life definitely informs how I interpret the show, why I can understand certain things that happen; and I'm beginning to realize (re: my Ted meta) that not speaking about it or acknowledging it keeps me locked into it and makes it "the boss of me"; keeps anyone who experienced it - or experiences depression, etc - feeling isolated and alone, because that's how we were brought up: don't ask, don't tell, so to speak. And it keeps the cycle going endlessly.