Sister Act

Well I guess we heard everything we needed to from Lu Ann and Tommie! My how they drag on sometimes.

So now, these two. How the tables have turned, Margo! It burns deep, doesn't it? Nora's probably not doing it to be mean, but her incessant niceness has got to be grating on Margo. Earlier this year she scolded Nora for giving up hope on Tim, and now instead of throwing that back in her face, Nora's all, "We're sisters now, GF!" Sisters in assumed-dead boyfriends!

Or perhaps learning that revenge is a dish best served cold... frozen to death under a pile of snow near the Tibetan border. Ah, too soon?

Double Dragon II: The Final Embrace

Two panels on Sunday definitely merited comment:

Not shown elsewhere during the week was Nora and Tim's ultimate embrace. Am I the only one who's reminded of the ending of that old NES game Double Dragon II: The Revenge? I am? Yeah, I played that game maybe too much. Well anyway, I'm glad to see that Nora is excited beyond mannequin-like poses to see her husband, even if it means bullrushing him. Careful, he's frail!

Meanwhile, this Sunday panel offers a more revealing view of Margo's hotel room panic. She's finally about to rip her human disguise off, which is awesome!! I've been waiting for this forever. Tell me I'm not the only one who has suspected that Margo is an alien lifeform waiting for the perfect moment to summon her brethren and enslave the human race. I am? Strike two. Oh well, it'd be pretty cool.

Model Behavior

Oh my God, it's Nora! Nora!! You must be ecstatic! The love of your life, your dead husband Tim, is actually not so dead! Yahoo! Now run up there and give him a big hug! Go on! Run up there! Give him a big... what are you doing? Are you... posing like a mannequin?

Okay, Tim I can forgive for his "Hey there young whippersnapper" pose because he's probably quite malnourished. But Nora! Try to get your body language to meet your three exclamation points!

A big kudos to the Lama for using his international media debut to stage a big emotional reunion. You're the best!

An Honest Lie

"There are facts about my husband's death I haven't told you, Tom... like his aliveness."

There's something weird about the first panel to me, and I think it's that Tom thinks this is an appropriate time to count shoulders. From his perspective, it's a mildly troubling but personally irrelevant news event. Like, the kind that the news is saturated with. That's just my take on it though. I've always been weary of mixing sticky international diplomacy issues and romance.

Little Pitchers

People these days. No one goes to the internet for their news anymore! What's the world coming to?

I guess Katy is the offspring of Nora and Tim, and reading the article might get her hopes up that her pops is still alive. Is that the logic? Nora should know better. Even if she (somehow) manage to keeps newspapers out of her home, there are still plenty of places that will sell newspapers to minors. I hear they even stock them in vending machines within some educational institutions. The gall. The unmitigated gall.

There used to be a time when you could go to a Starbucks and use their wireless internet in peace, but now all your hear is the constant russle of papers. News, Sports, Weather, Arts, Entertainment... can't you people go one morning without checking these things?!

Something Suddenly Came Up

Dammit Tom, she doesn't want to speak to you!! Everyone knows that "something suddenly came up," is just an opaque way to blow someone off. This bold technique was pioneered by Greg Brady, who taught it to his sister Marcia when she wanted to break her date with Charlie so she could go out with Doug Simpson, BMOC. Vague enough to spare Charlie's feelings, but firm enough to send the message, "something suddenly came up" changed the way I would blow people off for the rest of my life.

It's probably worth noting that both Nora and her apartment look pretty different from last week, with Nora looking hardly at all like Marlo Thomas, more like a Claire Bloom circa Charly, I guess. Actually, that's a pretty bad match, I think I just wanted to name drop Claire Bloom. Who does she look like, though?

Sunday/Monday Comparison

I've begun to look forward to the Sunday edition of Apartment 3-G. Why? Certainly not because it adds anything to the story; it's a pretty by-the-books recap. No, it's the art. Observe these two strips featuring the same content. The top is from Sunday, the bottom is from Monday.

So what's so different? (besides Monday's distressed thought balloon in the final panel) Here are a couple of things the Sunday edition adds:

1. Nora is wearing make up.
2. Nora has some white in her eyes instead of just flesh coloring
3. Nora looks just like Marlo Thomas circa That Girl!
4. Nora appears to be majorly bummed about something in the last panel, rather than just kind of thinking about something else

Am I missing anything? Overall, I'd say the Sunday edition offers a more smooth, mellow flavor, while the Monday through Saturday delivers frenetic, flesh-colored action (or lack there of). That's just my feeling though. Thoughts?