It appears that full moon Friday is well-known to the sugarbaker partners and employees who were not there for it, with both Carlene and B. J. mentioning about knowing it before they met her. B. J. Has bought several billboards and put up her own sayings, one against vegetarians that gets her a series of complaint calls. It's also war of words for Mary Jo who is furious with Julia for criticizing the grammatical structure of a letter against AIDS education in the local schools. She humorously refers to Julia as a school marm, cancels plans to go with her to the local fashion show. "I'm neutral here. Just call me Switzerland". Anthony says, quoting an ideology I've always utilized when dragged into conversations against my will. To see the two remaining original cast members go head to head is an expression of how Mary Jo has changed, giving Julia a termination that may audience members have wanted to do since "The Nights Went Out in Georgia". Their fight results a very funny twist that accompanies them along with "Moon River" which makes me wish that either Suzanne or Alison would call after hearing how it all turned out. A very funny episode that has been 6 seasons and three episodes of season seven in the making.
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The time Mary Jo finally stood up to Julia
jarrodmcdonald-120 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode has a fairly high rating on the IMDb...most of the season 7 episodes are not rated very high by viewers. So I was looking forward to watching it. The main plot is about Mary Jo building up the courage to tell Julia off. On paper that seems like a great idea since they all kowtow to Julia's many opinions and enforced authority. But some of it felt a bit strained to me.
Annie Potts did fine in the actual confrontation scene, but I don't think the reason they were suddenly fighting was very strong and then they make-up rather quickly at the end.
I also didn't care for the subplot involving Judith Ivey's character which has her buying some billboards in the Atlanta area and using them to espouse her conservative beliefs. That seemed very heavy-handed, like liberal writers trying to expose the buffoonery of a conservative woman. It felt like a leftover plot from the Julia Duffy days...as I would expect Allison Sugarbaker to act this way.
Annie Potts did fine in the actual confrontation scene, but I don't think the reason they were suddenly fighting was very strong and then they make-up rather quickly at the end.
I also didn't care for the subplot involving Judith Ivey's character which has her buying some billboards in the Atlanta area and using them to espouse her conservative beliefs. That seemed very heavy-handed, like liberal writers trying to expose the buffoonery of a conservative woman. It felt like a leftover plot from the Julia Duffy days...as I would expect Allison Sugarbaker to act this way.
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