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1-4 “I.Q.”
Holy mother of God it’s been a batshit few months. There’s the pandemic, and the election, and my own personal shit. Divorce is no joke, y’all, and the circumstances of mine were pretty…
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3-21 – “Mind Your Own Business”
All writers journal, and the fact that I stopped journaling sometime in high school is probably the reason that my own writing career has stalled for the past 30 years or so. Thankfully,…
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1-6 “Emily Dickinson”
A classic. Wherein Blair is a big cheating cheater (academic, not relationship) and Mr. Bradley says the h-e-double-hockey-sticks word. Also plenty of gross creepage from white men. Good stuff. The episode begins with…
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5-16 “All Or Nothing”
“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” The advice is generally sound, but it’s also important not to settle for “good” out of a fear that “perfect” is unattainable. Negotiation,…
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5-7 “Advanced Placement”
Natalie Green is one of the greatest female television characters in the history of ever. The unsophisticated critic of Factswill refer to Natalie as “the fat one,” which is such an oversimplification for…
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5-3 “Gamma Gamma or Bust”
Quick, which Facts period is your favorite: Eastland, Edna’s Edibles, Over Our Heads, or Beverly Ann? I think, even accounting for the fact that Over Our Heads includes all the George Clooney episodes and…
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4-21 “Help From Home”
I started this blog when I was about to go to law school, and really made it a thing in part because of a need to interrupt the demands of law school with…
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5-2 “Brave New World” (part 2 of 2)
When we last spent time with Mrs. Garrett and the girls, Mrs. G had just decided to open up Edna’s Edibles in the Peekskill building that her son bought for her. Jo was…
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5-1 “Brave New World” (part 1 of 2)
As season four wrapped up, Jo and Blair had graduated and were headed off to Langley College down the road, and Miko and Alex had come to Eastland. The future of the girls’…
