Julia
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Older ladies doing stuff!
See, this is why she is great, among other reasons.
She marshals the troops and asks Avis (Bebe Neuwirth) to join her on the show.
She envisions a confederacy of women, an estrogen safety net.
Avis says okey dokey.
Why arent I drinking cocktails on my elegant porch with Bebe Neuwirth?
Why arent we all?
WGBH offices are in a state of chaos because they are moving.
Alice meets Julia in the park and tells her Russ is now resentful and wants to nix Julias show.
She says so does she.
But how can food possibly do that?
While Russ is still not Team Julia, the show is getting a chance.
When Russ arrives home and his wife says she made a tuna casserole, he looks displeased.
Okay, maybe his wife is bad at cooking, but tuna casserole is a delight.
If I came home and my wife said she made tuna casserole, Id go YEAH!
and maybe pump my fist in the air.
But Russ now wants foie gras or nothing (this is perhaps overstating things).
He bought Julias cookbook for his wife!
Meanwhile, Julia realizes she has to figure out how to make a four-hour dish in 28 minutes.
Judith has a meeting with John Updike (more like Ughdike, amirite?
The inimitable Judith Light plays Blanche, who co-founded Alfred A. Knopf with her husband in 1915.
Surely we will see more of her?
Judith has an idea to split it into three acts.
They are all so supportive!
Despite Judiths meeting with Updike, she decides to stay for the filming of the pilot.
The stovetop is electric.
The staging is off.
So maybe they did that.
So there are two women hiding behind the counter, helping Julia find things while she climbs over them.
I guess they didnt know about the five-second rule back in the 60s.
Not until Julia sat down at the table to taste her food did I realize I had to backtrack.
She ad-libs her bon appetit, and the pilot is over.
Avis thinks it was a triumph.
Russ says nice knowing you.
Deal with your issues!
It is not Julia Childs fault that you feel unfulfilled in life.
Maybe thats too niche.
Or maybe its … just niche enough to work.
Julia thinks she did very badly.
Thats just a crushing feeling.
You do something you wanted to go so well and then you think you failed.
Oh nooooo, I cant handle a sad Julia Child.
Alice argues with him, saying it will humiliate Julia.
We all know it wont, but in 1962, Im sure it very much seemed like it would!
What was life for women at literally any time in the past and also now!
She calls the show her baby.
She turns on the TV and were done!
