![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chicafrom3OH GOD I don't know why I still care about this show BUT APPARENTLY I DO
And apparently I'm STILL ANGRY that Ivy is pregnant. Why do you do this to me, show.
But then you start the actual episode with Megan Hilty singing, so. God, I love her voice. (She has a Heaven On Earth poster over her bed? That's so cute.)
Oh, Ana. :( You're so good! You can get better work!
And Eileen's comparing every nomination against Hit List. :(
Oh, poor Ivy. Although how did she have time to run to the bathroom to throw up and collapse on the floor between the end of the show and the curtain call? Isn't Marilyn the last person on stage?
I enjoy Tom snarking about the Outer Critics, but really, whether you win won't actually affect whether you get a Tony nom.
And now Tom is being seriously rude. I would be so angry if I was in that audience with you, Tom Levitt. At least excuse yourself to go to the bathroom or something. "Are you kidding me? Have you ever been to a theater before?" Tom, you're not making yourself less rude. And it serves you right that it's a Tony nominator.
Aww, I like Bobby & Jessica & Sam being supportive. And that Ivy apologizes for putting down Sam's role. (And that Sam won an Outer Critics award. YOU DESERVE IT, SAM.) (And Jessica's right, Karen should not have won.)
(DAMMIT BOBBY SHE HASN'T RELAPSED)
Wait, Tom and Derek tied for the Outer Critics? That's terrible.
GOD I DON'T WANT HIT LIST TO WIN EVERYTHING
At least Bombshell won Book.
AHAHAH AND JERRY'S NOT EXPECTING A NOM FOR BOOK. Although why everybody keeps acting like not winning X award means you won't be nominated for Y award is beyond me. Do they think there's only one nomination in each category? (And Passing Strange wasn't sung-through, Karen. Although from what we've seen of Hit List, it isn't, either, no matter how many times they keep insisting that.)
ANA. I LOVE YOU. You deserve to win that lawsuit.
Yes, Jimmy, it's true, Derek casts with his dick.
Oh, Ivy, BB. :( He's not going to handle this well. And this is the last thing she needs. MY POOR BABY. D: D: D:
She's considering an abortion? Is that the "big decision"? That's probably the most sensible thing for her career.
Is this the first time in a long time we've gotten reference to the fact that Julia is going through a divorce? It seems like she and Frank split and then everybody just acted like everything was settled and done.
Tom, you can't bribe committee members. :( Weren't you paying attention to the Virgina Woolfe debacle? (Okay, that hadn't happened yet when this was written/filmed, but STILL.) Why is Tom being written as such a dumbass this season?
"No, you did everything but sleep with him. You played the game, too." You did, Karen, so just own that fact. You got this job because you knew Derek wanted in your pants and you played that.
Jimmy, why do you have to trash Bombshell? Also, are you stoned right now or just upset about Kyle?
Karen, this is not your interview.
Jimmy, grow up. Julia isn't sabotaging your show. (Now please don't sabotage hers.)
And Tom, seriously, why are you such a dumbass this season? Grow a couple brain cells. You are not making this situation better.
Sam and Ivy at the stage door! SO CUTE. "I can't believe Hit List won all those awards. Your show is so much better!" *notices Hit List cast member standing next to her* "Sorry."
Sam, I love you, but you probably should hold off on this conversation until you're away from the stage door fans.
SEE? SEE WHAT HAPPENS?
Ana's auditioning for the Girl on Tour? OH MY GOD. (Krysta Rodriguez would be an ... interesting ... Girl. Can she even fake a Czech accent? She could maybe do a good Reza. But can you really imagine her playing the kinda-repressed very-buttoned-up "I have responsibilities, so if sometimes that makes me seem cold" Girl?) I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR "IF YOU WANT ME" ON SMASH.
Have I mentioned how much I love Sam & Ivy's friendship? "Unfortunately, I narrowed it down from a list of one."
"He has a right to know he's a father."
"Right now, he's just a guy I slept with. I'll decide if he's going to be a father. Sam, do you think I could be a good mom?"
"You are a great friend, and I think that could translate to a great mom."
"Classic Ivy. Absolutely worst timing ever."
:( :( :(
I like this waiter.
"You're here to support Julia, Tom, and the show."
"Stay away from him, Tom, you've done enough damage."
"Eileen! I thought you'd be wearing black today."
"No, Jerry, I'm saving it for your funeral."
Derek, it's too little, too late.
Oh, Ivy. :( Just tell him. Or walk away. Either one.
Like, sometimes I think the show and Jack Davenport want me to believe Derek really is in love with Ivy. But then other times he sleeps with every actress who wants a part.
Aww, Julia, being all classy. DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BAD JIMMY & KAREN? IT SHOULD.
Oh, come on, Tom. Take Julia's advice. Be classy. Derek doesn't really deserve it but it'll make you look better.
Not that Derek's covering himself with classy glory, either. Why is it impossible for you to talk up Hit List without bashing Bombshell? Because Hit List isn't that good?
Aww. Tom's speech actually is pretty classy with regards to Derek. (Although, no, dude, it's your award, too.)
ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING A SCENE WITH MEGAN HILTY AND JEREMY JORDAN? Wow.
No, seriously, Jimmy, GROW UP. (He's completely stoned, isn't he?)
"I have been nothing but supportive to your show, sometimes at the expense of my own!"
No, Karen, that's not what you said, actually. You specifically told Jimmy about Julia's dramaturg.
Thank you, Eileen.
"Ana knows you tried to buy her off with some role."
HDU, Karen, Once's Girl is not some role.
Does Jimmy even have an understudy after they awkwardly shoved Sam into a different role? (I know, I know, they cast someone else offscreen, blah blah blah, it's just that SO MUCH happens offscreen it annoys me.)
Why does Hit List's audience look so bored? Are you noticing that, Jimmy? They look bored and zoned-out.
"My life has to be about more than this show."
Aww, Eileen.
TOM SERIOUSLY STOP.
"But then you vote with your heart. Which I'm doing tonight. I don't know how much support you have out there, but you have mine."
Awww.
(Although, seriously, weren't they saying a few episodes ago this was a weak season? Weren't they pretty much guaranteed a nom for lack of options?)
Why are Karen and Jimmy the anti-chemistry?
"Artists shouldn't feel ashamed about helping each other. It shouldn't always be a competition."
Wait, did we just get an actual apology from Jimmy Collins?
NO ANA DON'T DROP THE LAWSUIT :( HE DESERVES TO BE SUED OFF HIS ASS
"I'm sorry for how everything worked out."
"That's the thing, I don't think you are. Otherwise you wouldn't keep doing the same thing again and again."
TRUTH.
Oh, Ivy. :( My poor baby.
"Come on, then. Start kicking."
DO YOU SEE THE LOOK ON HER FACE?? YOU IDIOT.
"You've never done the right thing, Derek. And you never will."
ALSO TRUTH.
Aww, an Ivy & Tom scene. I missed these. And Julia's here! With scones and Scotch (in case things go badly)!
Leigh! Yay!
IVY! TRIPLE YAY! "We were open like five minutes!"
Anika Noni Rose! COME BACK TO BROOADWAY FOR REAL.
Daisy Parker? WTF.
Derek got two noms for Choreography.
Kyle for Book. SHOO IN GUYS SERIOUSLY.
And Julia, too!
"Kyle Bishop is the youngest person ever nominated for this award."
Tom&Julia for Score!
Jimmy, obvs.
TOM FOR DIRECTOR!
Diane Paulus! Who apparently did Oliver! instead of Pippin.
Derek Wills, obvs. (Second person in Tony history nominated for 3 awards in the same year.)
LEAD ACTRESS. HERE IT COMES.
Kate Baldwin!
Karen. Blah.
Sutton Foster!
Audra McDonald!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IVY WASN'T NOMINATED? THAT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR.
NO, WAIT, THEY SKIPPED A NAME, IT'S IVY.
IVY LYNN FOR BOMBSHELL!!!
MY BABY YOU SHOULD WIN.
(Stop playing with my heart in cheap ways.)
12 Noms! (Were you really not expecting to be nominated for Best Musical? Seriously?) (What did Hit List get nommed for that Bombshell didn't? Leading Actor? Bombshell doesn't have a Leading Actor, does he?)
Eileen went to see Nick? BUT HE WAS RELEASED THREE WEEKS AGO? WHAT'S GOING ON? (I don't care, I still ship Eileen/Nick.)
"Well. I'm gonna go in the other room and ... eavesdrop."
He's not trying to thank you, Karen.
This scene is irritating me.
"It was great even without my understudy. And it would be great without you too."
That line irritated me a little less, since it's at least an attempt to puncture KAREN IS AWESOME.
Oh, hi, Brian d'Arcy James. (Why are you always angry on this show? I'm sorry. You deserve better material.)
Two of those nominations were for choreography, Reidel. And he's just barely gotten out of two major sexual misconduct lawsuits.
Oh. And now Derek's going to confess to his sexual misconduct on (digital) tape. Is this your attempt to try to mitigate how disappointed Ivy was in you?
Is it time for the timeskip now?
Yep. Time for the timeskip.
Megan Hilty, you have the best voice, I don't even care about the fantasy sequence element of this song. And I almost don't hate Jimmy when Jeremy Jordan's singing!
And now Christian Borle's singing! Sort of.
Everybody gets to sing! (Where's Sam?)
Anjelica Huston's part of this song is so great for reasons I can't explain.
Although the closeup of Jimmy for the long note ... I could've done without that.
HI SAM. THANK YOU FOR SINGING.
This is so OOC, but so great. I mean, literally, this is the cast of Smash, not their characters.
(It was supposed to be a Tom dream sequence? LOLNO.)
I'm not commenting on the "Tom's future husband" stuff with my usual Tom/Sam shippiness because frankly, at this point, Sam deserves better. (Run off with Blake the Lighting Designer, Sam! He's cute, he's got a reasonably stable job, and he doesn't take cheating lightly! Speaking of which, until the show tells me otherwise, I am choosing to believe that Blake and Sam both got Tony nominations.)
Aww, dragging up all the Julia/Michael stuff. You know Will Chase is up for a Tony this year?
And Ivy and Leigh are watching Leigh's old acceptance speeches!
"You forgot to thank me."
"I thanked you in person, that's better."
"I'm nominated twice, that always splits the vote."
OR MAYBE YOU'LL WIN TWICE.
SHE'S PREGNANT, LEIGH.
Leigh, you are not the most supportive mom in the world.
(Poor Ivy. :( )
"I told you I was bringing supplies."
"I thought you meant more booze."
"Remember what you said in Boston? The more you hurt the better?"
"I just said that to get you onstage."
Jimmy bailed on the Tony performances so they're doing I'm Not Sorry? That's a terrible decision.
Bombshell's doing Let's Be Bad! THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.
Ugh, Daisy, grow some professionalism.
I covet Ivy's coat.
Marissa? Is that Montego Glover's character's name?
KAREN, JIMMY DOESN'T WANT TO GO WITH YOU.
Running away, Jimmy? Suits you. (Sing Santa Fe while you do! Or This World Will Remember Me! ...No?)
Mm, an Eileen/Nick scene. Don't be noble, Nick, it doesn't suit you.
"Win or lose, I want you next to me tonight."
I really like them, okay.
Is Daisy sleeping with Jerry now or does she just have a lot of influence because he hates Jimmy and Karen and Derek?
Ugh, stop pushing Tom/Kyle as some great love affair. Kyle was cheating on his boyfriend and Tom wanted to feel younger/desirable. (Why did the show even introduce Blake the Lighting Designer if they just wanted to ignore his existence at every moment it would matter?)
Awww. :( Jimmy wants Julia to accept Kyle's award, should he win. :(
Oh, Ivy, baby. He doesn't deserve you.
"What is the point of having a bloody doorman?!"
LOL.
And LOL the guys that deliver Derek's booze won't look him in the eye.
"I know I hurt you, and you hurt me too, but that doesn't mean I don't love you."
Oh. Ivy. :( :( :( You deserve so much better.
"Oh, and, take a shower. Smells like a dive bar in here."
Good exit line, though.
And now I'm having ~feelings about Julia. :( And Frank. :( And Julia/Frank, and Julia/Michael. :(
"It wasn't because I didn't love you. I just didn't love you the right way."
Oh. :(
Karen, what are you wearing. (I like your hair and earrings, though. But the dress is awful.)
Aww, Jimmy. I don't know why I'm super pleased you showed. But I am. (Maybe it's because you brought a ticket for Ana. YAY ANA GETS TO GO TO THE TONYS)
(NO SERIOUSLY KAREN'S DRESS IS WTF)
I am confused about this phone call, though.
This commercial break is giving me a chance to reflect on the episode so far and I am surprised that I am not as angry as I usually am. I'm annoyed about what a dick Derek is, and how Karen and Jimmy have negative chemistry, and that they tried to screw with me about Ivy being nominated for Lead. But I'm not, like, super angry. So that's nice. There's only half an hour left, though. Are they really going to be able to cram all the relevant parts of the Tonys ceremony into half an hour?
This shot of Broadway is giving me all the fluttery feelings. OH THE TONYS I LOVE YOU EVEN WHEN I HATE YOU.
"Have you practiced?"
"Your speech? No, I'm not winning."
"No, I mean your losing face when I win."
Ivy, you are SO CUTE.
Couldn't convince Anika to make a cameo, huh?
Ugh, Daisy.
They're doing Book in the actual ceremony? These writers haven't actually watched the Tonys recently, have they?
Of course Kyle won. Of course he did.
(Jimmy, did you let Julia know you changed your mind about accepting for Kyle?)
Jimmy, you don't have to yell, you're being miked.
Oh, Jimmy's talking about Bombshell, and I forgive him certain parts of his being an idiot. And now he's talking about Karen, and I'm annoyed at him all over again.
THEY DON'T DESERVE IT, TOM.
"I'm saying Jimmy deserves original score and we deserve cocktails with olives in it."
THEY WON AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE. They're adorable.
(Bombshell won best costume design? Good. Deserved.)
I kind of wanted a Jimmy/Julia hug there.
Aw, guys, even if Derek's a dick, it's super unclass to boo and hiss him at the Tonys.
Ugh, the Hit List choreography is so bad. It's Karen standing on a platform while the dancers wander around the stage listlessly below her. Over and over again.
OH BUT THEN DEREK DEDICATES HIS AWARD TO IVY :O :O :O I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THIS. (Ivy looks like she feels the same.)
FFS, show, we all know you're going to show Hit List's performance in its entirety so how dare you cut Bombshell's? :{ This is the most angry-making thing in the episode.
(And Let's Be Bad is such a great choice for a Tonys performance! Why wouldn't you show it? It's already choreographed from season one, you got the costumes out of storage, just show the damn thing.)
Derek, seriously, why can't you take a hint.
"Everyone out there hates me, so I can do pretty much whatever I like."
Mm, yes, that's what every theatre geek wants to see, a handful of people in formal wear singing a badly-arranged version of a song none of them seems to realize is about suicide, at the cost of seeing a fully-staged old-school Broadway production number.
I just really hate this arrangement of this song. I like Jimmy's version from the beginning of the season, and Ana's acapella bit, but Karen's version was awful, and this is possibly even worse.
Don't look so pleased with yourself. Unless this was intended as a massive FU to Broadway. Then I guess you accomplished your goal.
(I would be so annoyed if I was part of the tech crew for this ceremony. Oh, look, you rehearsed with this specific performance, but never mind that, at the last minute we're going to put the full cast on stage for a whole other performance, you can keep up with the different blocking/vocals/etc., right?)
GET OFF THE STAGE, HIT LIST.
Hmm. A Houston/Levitt movie musical. Would work for me. (And they're still a team. Tiny fangirl squee!)
Oh, Tom. You're such a dumbass. RUN AWAY, PATRICK. "That's how all my straight friends kiss me."
Leading Actress! THE MOMENT THIS WHOLE EFFING SHOW COMES DOWN TO.
If Audra doesn't win the whole thing is fixed.
Commercial break? Seriously? (My guess: that was originally intended to be the season finale cliffhanger. Then they figured out it would be a series finale and went "Well, no, that would be cruel even for us.")
IVY!
MY GIRL!
YES!
THIS DOESN'T MAKE UP FOR EVERYTHING BUT IT MAKES UP FOR A LOT! ♥
Her speech is making me all teary-eyed.
(I legitimately believed they were going to give it to Karen because they're so invested in her as a ~STAH. But no, TRUE TALENT WON!)
Really, Karen? Have a little class.
They skipped over the actor categories. I mean, I'm not surprised, but I would like to believe that Sam won Featured and Jimmy did not win Leading.
AND THEN BOMBSHELL WON BEST MUSICAL AND MY FAITH IN THE THEORY OF NARRATIVE CAUSALITY WAS RESTORED.
(Although the Theory Of Narrative Causality would probably also include, you know, including Bombhsell's damn performance.)
But seeing the better show win is pretty great.
"How does it feel?"
"It spins!"
That is totally what my reaction would be if I ever gotto play with a Tony award.
AHAHA, that's what the phone call was about? The cops were like "sure, you turned yourself in, you can go to the Tonys and then we'll put you back in jail"? That is ridiculous but kind of perfectly Smash. And I'm kind of thrilled that the series is ending with Jimmy going to prison. (And the look on Karen's face. That too.)
We don't even get to hear Ivy tell Derek?
And now we break the fourth wall entirely. There's no way this is Ivy and Karen performing for the Tony audience. This is straight Megan and Kat performing for Smash's TV audience. I don't care if it's supposed to be a Houston/Levitt tribute or something. It's not.
Love their costumes, though. A little Great Gatsby-ish, maybe?
Ivy, you still deserve better than Derek.
Karen, you ... you kind of deserve Jimmy at this point.
Um. Hi, Will Chase. I wasn't expecting you.
(So endgame pairings are Ivy/Derek & a baby, Karen/Jimmy & prison, Eileen/Nick, Julia/Michael, and Tom/his Tony award? Aside from still being bitter about the baby and how that's not going to fix Derek Being A Dick, I'm okay with that. And I'm choosing to believe that Sam and Blake wind up together, shaking their heads about how much better they are than all these dumbasses.)
Bye, show, your cast was way too good for you and I will miss them enormously.
And apparently I'm STILL ANGRY that Ivy is pregnant. Why do you do this to me, show.
But then you start the actual episode with Megan Hilty singing, so. God, I love her voice. (She has a Heaven On Earth poster over her bed? That's so cute.)
Oh, Ana. :( You're so good! You can get better work!
And Eileen's comparing every nomination against Hit List. :(
Oh, poor Ivy. Although how did she have time to run to the bathroom to throw up and collapse on the floor between the end of the show and the curtain call? Isn't Marilyn the last person on stage?
I enjoy Tom snarking about the Outer Critics, but really, whether you win won't actually affect whether you get a Tony nom.
And now Tom is being seriously rude. I would be so angry if I was in that audience with you, Tom Levitt. At least excuse yourself to go to the bathroom or something. "Are you kidding me? Have you ever been to a theater before?" Tom, you're not making yourself less rude. And it serves you right that it's a Tony nominator.
Aww, I like Bobby & Jessica & Sam being supportive. And that Ivy apologizes for putting down Sam's role. (And that Sam won an Outer Critics award. YOU DESERVE IT, SAM.) (And Jessica's right, Karen should not have won.)
(DAMMIT BOBBY SHE HASN'T RELAPSED)
Wait, Tom and Derek tied for the Outer Critics? That's terrible.
GOD I DON'T WANT HIT LIST TO WIN EVERYTHING
At least Bombshell won Book.
AHAHAH AND JERRY'S NOT EXPECTING A NOM FOR BOOK. Although why everybody keeps acting like not winning X award means you won't be nominated for Y award is beyond me. Do they think there's only one nomination in each category? (And Passing Strange wasn't sung-through, Karen. Although from what we've seen of Hit List, it isn't, either, no matter how many times they keep insisting that.)
ANA. I LOVE YOU. You deserve to win that lawsuit.
Yes, Jimmy, it's true, Derek casts with his dick.
Oh, Ivy, BB. :( He's not going to handle this well. And this is the last thing she needs. MY POOR BABY. D: D: D:
She's considering an abortion? Is that the "big decision"? That's probably the most sensible thing for her career.
Is this the first time in a long time we've gotten reference to the fact that Julia is going through a divorce? It seems like she and Frank split and then everybody just acted like everything was settled and done.
Tom, you can't bribe committee members. :( Weren't you paying attention to the Virgina Woolfe debacle? (Okay, that hadn't happened yet when this was written/filmed, but STILL.) Why is Tom being written as such a dumbass this season?
"No, you did everything but sleep with him. You played the game, too." You did, Karen, so just own that fact. You got this job because you knew Derek wanted in your pants and you played that.
Jimmy, why do you have to trash Bombshell? Also, are you stoned right now or just upset about Kyle?
Karen, this is not your interview.
Jimmy, grow up. Julia isn't sabotaging your show. (Now please don't sabotage hers.)
And Tom, seriously, why are you such a dumbass this season? Grow a couple brain cells. You are not making this situation better.
Sam and Ivy at the stage door! SO CUTE. "I can't believe Hit List won all those awards. Your show is so much better!" *notices Hit List cast member standing next to her* "Sorry."
Sam, I love you, but you probably should hold off on this conversation until you're away from the stage door fans.
SEE? SEE WHAT HAPPENS?
Ana's auditioning for the Girl on Tour? OH MY GOD. (Krysta Rodriguez would be an ... interesting ... Girl. Can she even fake a Czech accent? She could maybe do a good Reza. But can you really imagine her playing the kinda-repressed very-buttoned-up "I have responsibilities, so if sometimes that makes me seem cold" Girl?) I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR "IF YOU WANT ME" ON SMASH.
Have I mentioned how much I love Sam & Ivy's friendship? "Unfortunately, I narrowed it down from a list of one."
"He has a right to know he's a father."
"Right now, he's just a guy I slept with. I'll decide if he's going to be a father. Sam, do you think I could be a good mom?"
"You are a great friend, and I think that could translate to a great mom."
"Classic Ivy. Absolutely worst timing ever."
:( :( :(
I like this waiter.
"You're here to support Julia, Tom, and the show."
"Stay away from him, Tom, you've done enough damage."
"Eileen! I thought you'd be wearing black today."
"No, Jerry, I'm saving it for your funeral."
Derek, it's too little, too late.
Oh, Ivy. :( Just tell him. Or walk away. Either one.
Like, sometimes I think the show and Jack Davenport want me to believe Derek really is in love with Ivy. But then other times he sleeps with every actress who wants a part.
Aww, Julia, being all classy. DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BAD JIMMY & KAREN? IT SHOULD.
Oh, come on, Tom. Take Julia's advice. Be classy. Derek doesn't really deserve it but it'll make you look better.
Not that Derek's covering himself with classy glory, either. Why is it impossible for you to talk up Hit List without bashing Bombshell? Because Hit List isn't that good?
Aww. Tom's speech actually is pretty classy with regards to Derek. (Although, no, dude, it's your award, too.)
ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING A SCENE WITH MEGAN HILTY AND JEREMY JORDAN? Wow.
No, seriously, Jimmy, GROW UP. (He's completely stoned, isn't he?)
"I have been nothing but supportive to your show, sometimes at the expense of my own!"
No, Karen, that's not what you said, actually. You specifically told Jimmy about Julia's dramaturg.
Thank you, Eileen.
"Ana knows you tried to buy her off with some role."
HDU, Karen, Once's Girl is not some role.
Does Jimmy even have an understudy after they awkwardly shoved Sam into a different role? (I know, I know, they cast someone else offscreen, blah blah blah, it's just that SO MUCH happens offscreen it annoys me.)
Why does Hit List's audience look so bored? Are you noticing that, Jimmy? They look bored and zoned-out.
"My life has to be about more than this show."
Aww, Eileen.
TOM SERIOUSLY STOP.
"But then you vote with your heart. Which I'm doing tonight. I don't know how much support you have out there, but you have mine."
Awww.
(Although, seriously, weren't they saying a few episodes ago this was a weak season? Weren't they pretty much guaranteed a nom for lack of options?)
Why are Karen and Jimmy the anti-chemistry?
"Artists shouldn't feel ashamed about helping each other. It shouldn't always be a competition."
Wait, did we just get an actual apology from Jimmy Collins?
NO ANA DON'T DROP THE LAWSUIT :( HE DESERVES TO BE SUED OFF HIS ASS
"I'm sorry for how everything worked out."
"That's the thing, I don't think you are. Otherwise you wouldn't keep doing the same thing again and again."
TRUTH.
Oh, Ivy. :( My poor baby.
"Come on, then. Start kicking."
DO YOU SEE THE LOOK ON HER FACE?? YOU IDIOT.
"You've never done the right thing, Derek. And you never will."
ALSO TRUTH.
Aww, an Ivy & Tom scene. I missed these. And Julia's here! With scones and Scotch (in case things go badly)!
Leigh! Yay!
IVY! TRIPLE YAY! "We were open like five minutes!"
Anika Noni Rose! COME BACK TO BROOADWAY FOR REAL.
Daisy Parker? WTF.
Derek got two noms for Choreography.
Kyle for Book. SHOO IN GUYS SERIOUSLY.
And Julia, too!
"Kyle Bishop is the youngest person ever nominated for this award."
Tom&Julia for Score!
Jimmy, obvs.
TOM FOR DIRECTOR!
Diane Paulus! Who apparently did Oliver! instead of Pippin.
Derek Wills, obvs. (Second person in Tony history nominated for 3 awards in the same year.)
LEAD ACTRESS. HERE IT COMES.
Kate Baldwin!
Karen. Blah.
Sutton Foster!
Audra McDonald!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IVY WASN'T NOMINATED? THAT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR.
NO, WAIT, THEY SKIPPED A NAME, IT'S IVY.
IVY LYNN FOR BOMBSHELL!!!
MY BABY YOU SHOULD WIN.
(Stop playing with my heart in cheap ways.)
12 Noms! (Were you really not expecting to be nominated for Best Musical? Seriously?) (What did Hit List get nommed for that Bombshell didn't? Leading Actor? Bombshell doesn't have a Leading Actor, does he?)
Eileen went to see Nick? BUT HE WAS RELEASED THREE WEEKS AGO? WHAT'S GOING ON? (I don't care, I still ship Eileen/Nick.)
"Well. I'm gonna go in the other room and ... eavesdrop."
He's not trying to thank you, Karen.
This scene is irritating me.
"It was great even without my understudy. And it would be great without you too."
That line irritated me a little less, since it's at least an attempt to puncture KAREN IS AWESOME.
Oh, hi, Brian d'Arcy James. (Why are you always angry on this show? I'm sorry. You deserve better material.)
Two of those nominations were for choreography, Reidel. And he's just barely gotten out of two major sexual misconduct lawsuits.
Oh. And now Derek's going to confess to his sexual misconduct on (digital) tape. Is this your attempt to try to mitigate how disappointed Ivy was in you?
Is it time for the timeskip now?
Yep. Time for the timeskip.
Megan Hilty, you have the best voice, I don't even care about the fantasy sequence element of this song. And I almost don't hate Jimmy when Jeremy Jordan's singing!
And now Christian Borle's singing! Sort of.
Everybody gets to sing! (Where's Sam?)
Anjelica Huston's part of this song is so great for reasons I can't explain.
Although the closeup of Jimmy for the long note ... I could've done without that.
HI SAM. THANK YOU FOR SINGING.
This is so OOC, but so great. I mean, literally, this is the cast of Smash, not their characters.
(It was supposed to be a Tom dream sequence? LOLNO.)
I'm not commenting on the "Tom's future husband" stuff with my usual Tom/Sam shippiness because frankly, at this point, Sam deserves better. (Run off with Blake the Lighting Designer, Sam! He's cute, he's got a reasonably stable job, and he doesn't take cheating lightly! Speaking of which, until the show tells me otherwise, I am choosing to believe that Blake and Sam both got Tony nominations.)
Aww, dragging up all the Julia/Michael stuff. You know Will Chase is up for a Tony this year?
And Ivy and Leigh are watching Leigh's old acceptance speeches!
"You forgot to thank me."
"I thanked you in person, that's better."
"I'm nominated twice, that always splits the vote."
OR MAYBE YOU'LL WIN TWICE.
SHE'S PREGNANT, LEIGH.
Leigh, you are not the most supportive mom in the world.
(Poor Ivy. :( )
"I told you I was bringing supplies."
"I thought you meant more booze."
"Remember what you said in Boston? The more you hurt the better?"
"I just said that to get you onstage."
Jimmy bailed on the Tony performances so they're doing I'm Not Sorry? That's a terrible decision.
Bombshell's doing Let's Be Bad! THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.
Ugh, Daisy, grow some professionalism.
I covet Ivy's coat.
Marissa? Is that Montego Glover's character's name?
KAREN, JIMMY DOESN'T WANT TO GO WITH YOU.
Running away, Jimmy? Suits you. (Sing Santa Fe while you do! Or This World Will Remember Me! ...No?)
Mm, an Eileen/Nick scene. Don't be noble, Nick, it doesn't suit you.
"Win or lose, I want you next to me tonight."
I really like them, okay.
Is Daisy sleeping with Jerry now or does she just have a lot of influence because he hates Jimmy and Karen and Derek?
Ugh, stop pushing Tom/Kyle as some great love affair. Kyle was cheating on his boyfriend and Tom wanted to feel younger/desirable. (Why did the show even introduce Blake the Lighting Designer if they just wanted to ignore his existence at every moment it would matter?)
Awww. :( Jimmy wants Julia to accept Kyle's award, should he win. :(
Oh, Ivy, baby. He doesn't deserve you.
"What is the point of having a bloody doorman?!"
LOL.
And LOL the guys that deliver Derek's booze won't look him in the eye.
"I know I hurt you, and you hurt me too, but that doesn't mean I don't love you."
Oh. Ivy. :( :( :( You deserve so much better.
"Oh, and, take a shower. Smells like a dive bar in here."
Good exit line, though.
And now I'm having ~feelings about Julia. :( And Frank. :( And Julia/Frank, and Julia/Michael. :(
"It wasn't because I didn't love you. I just didn't love you the right way."
Oh. :(
Karen, what are you wearing. (I like your hair and earrings, though. But the dress is awful.)
Aww, Jimmy. I don't know why I'm super pleased you showed. But I am. (Maybe it's because you brought a ticket for Ana. YAY ANA GETS TO GO TO THE TONYS)
(NO SERIOUSLY KAREN'S DRESS IS WTF)
I am confused about this phone call, though.
This commercial break is giving me a chance to reflect on the episode so far and I am surprised that I am not as angry as I usually am. I'm annoyed about what a dick Derek is, and how Karen and Jimmy have negative chemistry, and that they tried to screw with me about Ivy being nominated for Lead. But I'm not, like, super angry. So that's nice. There's only half an hour left, though. Are they really going to be able to cram all the relevant parts of the Tonys ceremony into half an hour?
This shot of Broadway is giving me all the fluttery feelings. OH THE TONYS I LOVE YOU EVEN WHEN I HATE YOU.
"Have you practiced?"
"Your speech? No, I'm not winning."
"No, I mean your losing face when I win."
Ivy, you are SO CUTE.
Couldn't convince Anika to make a cameo, huh?
Ugh, Daisy.
They're doing Book in the actual ceremony? These writers haven't actually watched the Tonys recently, have they?
Of course Kyle won. Of course he did.
(Jimmy, did you let Julia know you changed your mind about accepting for Kyle?)
Jimmy, you don't have to yell, you're being miked.
Oh, Jimmy's talking about Bombshell, and I forgive him certain parts of his being an idiot. And now he's talking about Karen, and I'm annoyed at him all over again.
THEY DON'T DESERVE IT, TOM.
"I'm saying Jimmy deserves original score and we deserve cocktails with olives in it."
THEY WON AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE. They're adorable.
(Bombshell won best costume design? Good. Deserved.)
I kind of wanted a Jimmy/Julia hug there.
Aw, guys, even if Derek's a dick, it's super unclass to boo and hiss him at the Tonys.
Ugh, the Hit List choreography is so bad. It's Karen standing on a platform while the dancers wander around the stage listlessly below her. Over and over again.
OH BUT THEN DEREK DEDICATES HIS AWARD TO IVY :O :O :O I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THIS. (Ivy looks like she feels the same.)
FFS, show, we all know you're going to show Hit List's performance in its entirety so how dare you cut Bombshell's? :{ This is the most angry-making thing in the episode.
(And Let's Be Bad is such a great choice for a Tonys performance! Why wouldn't you show it? It's already choreographed from season one, you got the costumes out of storage, just show the damn thing.)
Derek, seriously, why can't you take a hint.
"Everyone out there hates me, so I can do pretty much whatever I like."
Mm, yes, that's what every theatre geek wants to see, a handful of people in formal wear singing a badly-arranged version of a song none of them seems to realize is about suicide, at the cost of seeing a fully-staged old-school Broadway production number.
I just really hate this arrangement of this song. I like Jimmy's version from the beginning of the season, and Ana's acapella bit, but Karen's version was awful, and this is possibly even worse.
Don't look so pleased with yourself. Unless this was intended as a massive FU to Broadway. Then I guess you accomplished your goal.
(I would be so annoyed if I was part of the tech crew for this ceremony. Oh, look, you rehearsed with this specific performance, but never mind that, at the last minute we're going to put the full cast on stage for a whole other performance, you can keep up with the different blocking/vocals/etc., right?)
GET OFF THE STAGE, HIT LIST.
Hmm. A Houston/Levitt movie musical. Would work for me. (And they're still a team. Tiny fangirl squee!)
Oh, Tom. You're such a dumbass. RUN AWAY, PATRICK. "That's how all my straight friends kiss me."
Leading Actress! THE MOMENT THIS WHOLE EFFING SHOW COMES DOWN TO.
If Audra doesn't win the whole thing is fixed.
Commercial break? Seriously? (My guess: that was originally intended to be the season finale cliffhanger. Then they figured out it would be a series finale and went "Well, no, that would be cruel even for us.")
IVY!
MY GIRL!
YES!
THIS DOESN'T MAKE UP FOR EVERYTHING BUT IT MAKES UP FOR A LOT! ♥
Her speech is making me all teary-eyed.
(I legitimately believed they were going to give it to Karen because they're so invested in her as a ~STAH. But no, TRUE TALENT WON!)
Really, Karen? Have a little class.
They skipped over the actor categories. I mean, I'm not surprised, but I would like to believe that Sam won Featured and Jimmy did not win Leading.
AND THEN BOMBSHELL WON BEST MUSICAL AND MY FAITH IN THE THEORY OF NARRATIVE CAUSALITY WAS RESTORED.
(Although the Theory Of Narrative Causality would probably also include, you know, including Bombhsell's damn performance.)
But seeing the better show win is pretty great.
"How does it feel?"
"It spins!"
That is totally what my reaction would be if I ever got
AHAHA, that's what the phone call was about? The cops were like "sure, you turned yourself in, you can go to the Tonys and then we'll put you back in jail"? That is ridiculous but kind of perfectly Smash. And I'm kind of thrilled that the series is ending with Jimmy going to prison. (And the look on Karen's face. That too.)
We don't even get to hear Ivy tell Derek?
And now we break the fourth wall entirely. There's no way this is Ivy and Karen performing for the Tony audience. This is straight Megan and Kat performing for Smash's TV audience. I don't care if it's supposed to be a Houston/Levitt tribute or something. It's not.
Love their costumes, though. A little Great Gatsby-ish, maybe?
Ivy, you still deserve better than Derek.
Karen, you ... you kind of deserve Jimmy at this point.
Um. Hi, Will Chase. I wasn't expecting you.
(So endgame pairings are Ivy/Derek & a baby, Karen/Jimmy & prison, Eileen/Nick, Julia/Michael, and Tom/his Tony award? Aside from still being bitter about the baby and how that's not going to fix Derek Being A Dick, I'm okay with that. And I'm choosing to believe that Sam and Blake wind up together, shaking their heads about how much better they are than all these dumbasses.)
Bye, show, your cast was way too good for you and I will miss them enormously.