Gaslit
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There is one thing in life that Im a fan of, and thats Tuffy the Cat.
Well, Frank has lost his job because he was becoming too much of a distraction (wow).
His water is shut off; hes fruitlessly searching the want ads; but at least he has Tuffy.
Speaking of Betty Gilpin, John Dean is practicing his testimony, and Mo is advising him.
They watch what looks likeSesame Streetmocking Magruders testimony, and Dean asks if hes going to be Beaker.
Mo and Dean decide hell do it differently.
When Dean asks if somethings wrong, she says no and acts like shes just tired.
Mo goes into the bathroom, where she throws out her bloody underwear.
When she starts crying, she turns it into a cough.
The fact that they showed all this.
Dont they still use blue liquid in commercials to highlight a menstrual pads absorbency?
Dean says he cant do it, and they have to call it off.
She asks if he thinks this is hard because this is not hard.
Sitting behind him in the audience, she sees blood under her fingernail and almost has a panic attack.
Goddamn it, I loved this sequence.
It went so hard.
Now, did this happen?
Well, I guess thats all right; I mean, its O.K.
And then, Ten minutes later, he asked me what I had for dinner.
Give me the fake version!
She also says soon before this section that by no means am I a womens liberationist (cool).
Now, this is not to say that in 45 years, Maureen and John Dean have not changed.
Martha Mitchell, of being-gaslit fame, is in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
John Mitchell would very much like her to stay there and not come to D.C. to testify.
Her daughter Marty also wants this.
She calls Mitchell and says shes going to a John Dean watch party at Lurleens house the next day.
This will prove to be a bad idea due to assholes attending the party.
Attendee Clarence drunkenly slurs that in the South, we believe in Merica.
Mitchell does this after telling a truly baffling story about killing a monkey when he was in the Navy.
Gurney very appropriately points out that Martha is not a monkey.
Mitchell moves forward with his nefarious plot nonetheless.
They decide not to allow any cameras or public into the courtroom for Marthas testimony.
She walks into the near-empty hearing room and sees Mitchell in the hallway just as the doors close.
But what of Tuffy?
COME HOME, TUFFY.
Geography: What a concept.
He is just a man who loves his cat!
The next day, hes putting missing posters up for Tuffy (TUFFY!
), and later at home, Janelle stops by.
He didnt get the job at Howard because hes a controversial political figure (ugh!).
He decides to go back to Georgia and help his mom.
Extremely understandable, and also that sounds like the most exhausting thing.
He left the windows open and tuna in bowls for Tuffy.
Hes getting on, when WHAT DOES HE HEAR?
A small meow!!
Tuffy is under the newsstand!
Frank scoops him up, and they get on the bus to go home.
The Triumph of Tuffy!
A man and his cat reunited.
