The Romanoffs
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If you want to return to the world of Matthew Weiner, youd best prepare for a rough reentry.
Yes, beauty is a personality trait in Weiners world cf.
Draper, Don and in that regard Greg is no exception.
Handsomeness and handiness, in that order, are his primary contributions to his little world.
As Anushkas only surviving relative, Greg feels obligated to care for the mean old martinet.
He also stands to inherit her palatial apartment, once the home of a czarlings mistress.
She refers to the younger womans prayers with envy: You clearly know something I dont.
She holds her hand as she drifts off to sleep after they return from the hospital.
She also reveals the ugly side of the family history.
They were animals, she says flatly.
Then the kicker: That egg is a fake.
The world-historical tragedy that befell her was not the end of her sorrows, either.
See where this is going yet?
Pete Not great, Bob!
The next day Hajar refuses the apartment, and gets fired as a result.
This is all I wanted!
For the line to continue!
She retires to bed.
The light in her window shifts from blue to violet.
And they all lived, and presumably died, happily ever after.
Were watching astory, in which the meek inherit and the wicked witch sees the error of her ways.
(Sort of.)
Why, do you suppose, might Matthew Weiner find such a fairy tale appealing?
