"I'd Live Like Blazes"

It's a VERY atypical Rivals, and the midseason finale.

Excuse me, but I turned on my favorite unabashed bonkbuster expecting to clap with glee, and instead I plunged deep into my feelings and then ended the hour like this:

If Claire Rushbrook does not receive awards adulation, a new car, and possibly an OBE for her work as Monica in this hour, then the voters may politely AND impolitely get all the way bent. She’s PHENOMENAL. I am officially her super-fan.

Let’s get this bit out of the way: Lizzie and Taggie, who babysits for everyone in addition to apparently making all of their meals, catering all of their parties, and making their holiday baked goods, are having tea — and presumably also an Everest-size mountain of cocaine, given Taggie’s workload. She would also need some cocaine to get past the way they have been dressing her.