![]() ![]() He desperately pleads with her, even offering to give her an orgasm because it would "be good" for them both, but Frances doesn't crack. He's still in disbelief the following morning, when Frances wakes to him sitting in a chair across from their bed. "I want to save my life while I still care about it. Instead, she turns to him, realization in her eyes. She then grabs Robert's hand and, for a moment, I think this crisis is going to bring them closer together perhaps the near-death experience was enough to make her forget about Robert's horrendous humming. "How do you go from eight years of a happy marriage to wanting to blow someone's head off?" she asks. He's rushed to the hospital and Diane is rushed to a police station in handcuffs, leaving a stunned Frances and Robert behind.įrances is clearly shaken-up. Chaos ensues before she accidentally shoots, narrowly missing Robert's head no one is hurt, but all of the turmoil is enough to give Nick a heart attack. A wee bit insensitive, Nick, don't cha think?ĭiane storms into the bedroom - to pull out a gun. Her husband, Nick, gives her a snark-filled happy birthday speech before bringing in a new dog as a birthday gift. Diane complains about her husband's weight gain and the death of their dog. The couple arrives at the party, where we're introduced to yet another unhappy marriage. I don't blame her there should be a national ban on humming along to "Paradise," because it's essentially impossible to sound good humming to that tune. As Frances and Robert drive to their friend Diane's birthday party, Robert hums along to Coldplay's "Paradise" (perfectly ironic song choice) completely off-key until an irritated Frances turns off the radio. So please excuse me if I write as though this show makes me want to run away, join a convent, and skip the whole marriage thing altogether.) (As your Divorce recapper, I feel it's my duty to you to mention that I am, in fact, not married and that this show basically encapsulates every single thing that terrifies me about marriage. Then, France's husband, Robert, enters the scene and we're immediately tipped off that this is not a happy marriage: When Robert laments that Frances took so long in the bathroom that he was forced to relieve himself downstairs in a.um, coffee can, France doesn't so much as flinch. ![]() In the pilot, we meet Frances looking at herself in the mirror, pulling her skin every which way as if to envision what she'd look like at various ages. Each week, I'll be recapping the show for you, navigating the world of SJP's Frances, her rocky marriage to Robert (Thomas Haden Church), her friendships with Diane (Molly Shannon) and Dallas (Talia Balsam), and her struggles as a mom to kids Lila and Charlie. It's been a long time coming, but happily, Divorce is worth the wait. 12 years after the finale of Sex and the City, we finally have a new television show starring Sarah Jessica Parker. ![]()
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