Poor Helen Fahey. After putting up last week with her daughter’s giant aehisshoele mood, and this week with Mare’s complete smacked-aehiss plan to plant heroin on her grandson’s mother, she just wants a little time alone with her secret pint of Häagen-Dazs and a beer. Then her granddaughter’s ex-girlfriend knocks up and Helen does the girl a kindness by letting her wait in the basement for Siobhan. Then Siobhan and her new girlfriend come home to hook up, which freaks out the ex, and Helen gets a door slammed in her face and ends up in the hospital.
She’s sorry she’s not more maimed for Mare.
Actually, it’s Mary Ann, as her mother offers the first glimpse of Mare’s given name. Mary Ann Fahey Sheehan. What with all the intrigue with the priest, it looks like most of this case is Irish Catholic to hell and back. It’s Delco, after all.
Kate Winslet is still doing pretty well but there were some weak spots this week. Her “awesome” and “out” didn’t have much Delco to them, and her “yeah” was just one syllable. The mentions of “pawrk” and “cawr” were good.
Mare also said “Saturdaaay.” As we from Delco call it, it should be “Saturdee.” As in, “Yous goewin aowt Saturdee nieght?”
Plenty of local color this week, and I understand some scenes were filmed in Chester, Marcus Hook and Upper and Lower Chi. Zabel was drinking Yuengling and Mare was eating Herr’s potato chips. (Don’t even try to serve me Lays or some other vile nonsense. It’s Herr’s or I go hungry.) Was that a Giant logo I saw on some frozen food in Helen’s freezer?
I thought I saw the Commodore Barry Bridge, and the scene where they were walking outside kind of looked like the Media Courthouse, but I’m not sure. Also, there was the Rocky Run ambulance, a framed Daily Times article, and one of the characters goes to Sun Valley High School.
One note was really off: Local News 9. What the hell is that? Is that a real channel? I have no idea because for 40 years, the Action News blue background has been synonymous with “news” for me. It’s the only news station I’ve really watched. If they really want an authentic Delco experience, they’ll have the Action News theme blaring in the background on somebody’s TV, and just watch as everyone in the Delaware Valley nods along in Pavlovian recognition.
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