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Julia is in her element!
The show is going like clockwork now.
Most of the gang.
To make it worse, Russ calls her Al.
As a fellow Alice, might I say, I hate being called Al.
Very few people have tried it, and when they have, they have been met with stony silence.
Much like the Alice here!
Are you tired of the name Alice yet?
Well, buckle in!
Julia seems excited about it, though.
Also, Paul saysartichokes are an aphrodisiacand that women were banned from eating them in ancient Rome?
At the book signing, the entourage arrives at an empty bookshop.
See, this is why this show is a delight.
You know Julia Child is going to do fine.
The excited crowd is always (sometimes literally) right around the corner, waiting to acclaim her.
Yes, that James Beard!
The people around Julia are famous in the world of cooking, but not necessarily outside it.
In this episode, James talks to editor Judith about publishing his next cookbook.
Judith claims she is not a cookbook editor; she works on fiction.
Judith Jones, eventual acclaimed cookbook editor, won the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
James invites Julia and her group out for dinner.
Paul is at the hotel in a bubble bath (relatable) and does not come.
Julia and James get drunk and he invites her to a second location for a surprise.
Judith is extremely excited and does a fun little dance out of the phone booth.
In case it isnt clear, I love Judith.
Also, I realized I ship basically everyone on this show.
But theyre also fictional!
Pairing everyone with Judith is my main thing.
How am I supposed to take that?
A casual conversation between acquaintances??
Whatisgoing on with Avis and Alice in this episode?
Or at least it starts that way.
She and Avis prep food in Julias kitchen, and Avis tells Alice how she and Julia met.
Avis does a bad Julia impression.
Alice does a much better one.
Avis says shes been talking about herself too much and asks Alice why she works in television.
She knew from then that she wanted to work in television.
I LOVE THIS, I dont care if its entirely made-up.
This is a realshoes-in-the-carpetbagmoment, amirite,Gilded Agefans?
I will never get over that.
Back at the James and Julia Show, James takes Julia to a gay bar in the Mission.
I am the grumpy spouse trying to sleep when people come back from the bar.
Julia makes crepes Suzette on San Francisco television with Jamess help.
Paul goes off on his own and sees Claire Foster.
They dont explain who Claire is, but when you search for her, aJane Fostershows up?
Jane was an artist and an OSS friend who was accused of being a Soviet spy.
But more importantly!!
CLAIRE IS ALL-YOU-NEED-IS-A-LIGHT-JACKET, a.k.a.
Heather Burns will live forever in the hearts of Millennial women.
I was going to get up in arms about this, but shes not wrong.
James and Julia say good-bye, and he tells the cab driver to go to 19th and Diamond Street.
This seemed like a very deliberate reference, so I looked it up.
They snuggle, and we are finished with yet another cozy episode.
