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Chava is a golem, a woman made of clay, who can hear the thoughts and longings of those around her and feels compelled by her nature to help them. Ahmad is a jinni, a restless creature of fire, once free to roam the desert but now imprisoned in the shape of a man. Fearing they’ll be exposed as monsters, these magical beings hide their true selves and try to pass as human—just two more immigrants in the bustling world of 1900s Manhattan. Brought together under calamitous circumstances, their lives are now entwined—but they’re not yet certain of what they mean to each other. [more inside]
posted by DowBits on Jul 22, 2021 - 5 comments

The secrets and lies that have been building for months finally come to a head in the season finale of “Manhattan.”

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project’s scientific director, makes a surprise visit to the Hill to reorganize the project.... Meanwhile, Occam, the head of security at Los Alamos, is determined to figure out who is leaking information off the Hill. Charlie Isaacs has come under intense scrutiny after the arrival of Abby’s Eastern European relatives in New York City and the mysterious collapse of Thin Man.

[more inside] posted by the man of twists and turns on Jan 19, 2017 - 2 comments

Akley becomes vulnerable when he tries to fix Thin Man's shortcomings. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Jan 9, 2017 - 0 comments

Developments overseas drive security concerns on The Hill. Charlie wins a poker hand and loses his cool. Security takes a hard look at Frank Winter. Abby and Helen are in different subterfuges. And Akley goes to Washington. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Nov 19, 2016 - 0 comments

Frank, Charlie and Lazar try to figure out how to make an explosion go inwards. Abby and Elodie get existential. And a visitor from California comes seeking answers. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Nov 14, 2016 - 0 comments

Charlie becomes head of THIN MAN, with some conditions. Those conditions amount to lots of math in highly-compartmentalized groups, and a direct line back to Implosion. Liza takes a job working in the clinic, and Abby goes to dinner. Frank gets blackmailed, and helped out of a sticky situation. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Nov 6, 2016 - 0 comments

Charlie has (two) five AM revelations. Frank, desperate for funding, material and people, tries to use Crosley to recruit the newly-arrived British delegation to the Implosion Group. Hogarth, the senior physicist, and Crosley get along like a house on fire. Charlie needs numbers from Site X and has to make a decision about THIN MAN, and Abby gets on a train. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Nov 1, 2016 - 0 comments

At Site X, Charlie and Helen prevent some bad chemistry from over-reacting, and have some good chemistry of their own. Frank and Liza help out with security clearances, and Abby, I mean, Ann, goes out for a night on the town. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 31, 2016 - 0 comments

We enter into a well-stocked lab with serious people working ... and Nazi flags flying. Back in New Mexico, the Implosion Group works with a very small and disappearing amount of plutonium, Frank deals with red tape, and Charlie and Helen go to Site X. And Liza follows the missing bees. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 29, 2016 - 0 comments

Charlie gets in over his head with the Thin Man team, and hears a tall tale from Glen Babbit (Daniel Stern). Peeved, Charlie comments on what he knows of Babbit's pre-war friendships, which reaches the ears of X-2 (Richard Schiff). This forces Frank to dig up some old material of his own. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 27, 2016 - 1 comment

Fathead goes over the top. Back in 1943, Frank Winter has trouble sleeping, and learns that psychoactive meds require a full workup. Paul shows off his classical education, and degree from Oxford. Rat analogies abound. Charlie Isaacs meets J. Robert Oppenheimer (Daniel London), and a new assignment. God (Christian Clemenson) comes to visit. Frank goes for a walk. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 24, 2016 - 0 comments

Private Dunleavy (Jefferson White) has a meeting with Colonel Darrow (Mark Moses) to learn exactly what happened at the gate. Security is tightened after the incident. The Implosion Group tries to divvy up their now-increased workload. Charlie Isaacs doesn't get along with his new colleagues or their working style. And Liza Winter tries to study bees. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 23, 2016 - 0 comments

An extremely nervous man delivers a box marked "Oranges" to PO Box 1663. Sid Lao is missing from the implosion group, which is now (thanks to the Army) reconstituted. But there's no gifts from the underworld for the newly-alive group. Meanwhile, a domestic disaster in the Isaacs house spurs Abby to find advice from Liza Winter and make a chain (reaction) of deals. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 22, 2016 - 0 comments

Brilliant young physicist Charlie Isaacs (Ashley Zuckerman) is recruited to work on a top-secret Army project in the summer of 1943. He drags his wife (Rachel Brosnahan) and son to a little outpost - PO Box 1663, Los Alamos - in the New Mexico desert. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 20, 2016 - 1 comment

Let's watch Manhattan. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Oct 17, 2016 - 0 comments

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Nov 17, 2015 - 4 comments

The designers pitch their lingerie designs to Heidi, and the winning set was produced for sale in Heidi Klum's lingerie line. Special guest judge this week was Bella Thorne. [more inside]
posted by dorothyisunderwood on Sep 11, 2015 - 18 comments

The designers start out with paintball guns and grudges in a group challenge that's gender-split and quickly goes downhill. Kelly Osbourne is the guest judge. [more inside]
posted by dorothyisunderwood on Sep 3, 2015 - 18 comments

The designers must put their own stamp on classic fashion designs, drawing inspiration from New York City. Mary Kay makeup is also involved somehow. Sally Draper (okay, Kiernan Shipka) guest judges. [more inside]
posted by en forme de poire on Aug 29, 2015 - 20 comments