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Stellar old Hollywood cast in this headlined by Mary Kay Place who plays Diane Rhodes, a single aging parent whose only son is a drug addict Jake Lacy does a wonderful acting job playing son, Brian. Diane is there for everyone else and helps out the needy in the aging community by volunteering her time and friendship to those in her town. Her cousin is dying of cancer and she goes to the hospital frequently to look in on her. However, their relationship is frayed by an indiscretion that Diane committed long ago and her cousin has a hard time forgiving her. The movie explores Diane and who's there for her NOW when she starts falling apart inside. This is on Kanopy right now. Check it out. Definitely recommended!

This episode was great. Olivia's older sister, Monica, comes to Boston for a visit and rubs in the fact that she's far better off than Olivia with her husband and their lifestyle. So, when she asks her if she's seeing anyone, Olivia pretends to have a boyfriend but doesn't know who to get and tells Eve who tells Freddy to find her someone good-looking to pose as her bf at a Harvard tailgate party Frasier is giving. So, Monica meets him and is quite impressed. But then, Freddy, also shows up as her bf and Olivia calls them both Marc(k). Monica is understandably confused and decides to ask questions to see which one is better for Olivia. In the meantime, Frasier is trying to find a reclusive Estonian author who's supposed to be at his party also to show him a manuscript and ends up insulting him. The best episode so far this season! Watch it and roll on the floor laughing!

Another rehash of The Menendez Brothers! The mini-series was unnecessarily long and retreads the same material after episode 5 which was the shortest and best episode between Erik and his lawyer. Producer Ryan Murphy took a good stab at this however with a top-rated cast: Javier Bardem, Chloe Sevigny, and Dallas Roberts. Two newcomers, Cooper Koch (Erik) and Nick Chavez (Lyle) did a stellar acting job as the brothers as well as Ari Graynor (Leslie Abramson). The emphasis on Nathan Lane's character added little substance. The sexual abuse part of their story was important to cover no matter how explicit it was. There was a lot more to the trials that was left out and the ending was rather anti-climactic. In comparison to Monsters: Season 1: Dahmer, Season 2 was tiresome and repetitive with 9 episodes. But there will be a Season 3 with Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein to try telling another Monsters story. Can't wait.