Welcome to the Parenting Roundabout podcast. I'm Terry Morrow and I'm Catherine Jileco.
As parents and parenting writers, we can't help but see everything through a parenting
lens. But as our kids have become adults, we find ourselves more interested
in getting caught up on movies and streaming than I'm going over the same parenting
topics over and over. So since we're pretty sure we can find parenting wisdom
anywhere, we're going to talk about what we're watching, what we thought about
it, and maybe what we can learn from it, if only what not
to do. Watch and listen along, and let's all make like we're doing
something important for our families. Each Tuesday we bring you our thoughts on a
newer entertainment property, and for this week of July twenty second, we're continuing
with A Gentleman in Moscow, a limited series on Paramount Plus. This episode
was number three, called The Last Rostov. I kinda know about that title
where it's going to go. Yeah, so rape Grandma, rip Grandmama who
he thought I believe the count thought was like happily ensconced in Paris, but
turned out to probably be in London. In poverty. Right, It sounded
like yeah and not well. Right, And not only that we had the
return of Nina, we did now a teen where Okay, how old was
she supposed to be the first time? Maybe like nine or ten? Yeah,
okay, that old? Huh? She seemed younger to me. I
don't know how old that actress is, but this, this version seemed too
old for the amount of time that had elapsed, right, and also had
all the joy sucked out of her. Unfortunate, but she seemed like like
older, surly teen when she should have been tween or just a little after.
But maybe I was I was making the original Nina too young in my
head. Yeah, I don't know how old was she supposed to be in
this She was supposed to be like nine or ten in the book, and
then like fourteen when she comes back. I honestly don't remember. Come on,
you're the one also Awayathren in the book. You can always quickly look
back and forth at the date. That's right, remind yourself of how much
time has passed, Yes, and so little they had a number of days
which I divided by three sixty five, and it had been almost five years
since he is the beginning of his captivity. I guess, okay, so
it didn't seem to me that Nina should be as old as she was.
Right, perhaps she was just a particularly bubbly tweenish child when we saw her
originally instead of a young a younger girl. I thought, right, anyway,
send this version back to wherever she's been. We're done with her.
So much fun this Nina. No, this whole thing was a tough one
for the count, really was, although he didn't to get to Delhi with
the actress again. So you go, man, after many years of failure,
apparently insufficient gumption to go and actually knock on her door, a gentleman
just sends champagne and waits for an invitation of her. Yes, so he
did. He did have that going for him. But his friend Misha is
still loyal, got himself some good honey up on the roof from that's right.
He made that badnee keeper. Mm hmmm, he made that friend who
basically saved his life later, Yes, definitely, and he continues to not
be aware that the waiter who has a sign around his neck that says I
am a weasel, is in fact a weasel. I mean, as we've
discussed before that portrayal is not subtle. No, that guy is not is
not being advised. Okay, you're a character who's undercover as a weasel,
and you want him to think that you're one of the kindly servants. Nope,
nope, nope. It's like, don't give a wine recommendation in front
of that guy. He's going to take the line and he did. Yeah,
yeah, oh dear. But the other hotel staff continue to be Yes,
friends and allies and adorably so. Yes, we like the one guy
says, don't you miss having people who appreciate what we do? The count's
the only guy left. Gives them the proper respect, right, although a
Neil the chef not going to be too happy for him. You had me
made this great meal and then nobody showed up, made me keep it keep
it warm. Yes, but sweet moments with the seamstress making him his suit,
I was very sweet. Yeah, he's This episode was sort of like,
you know, the the reckoning with how out of touch he is and
how much has changed in the outside world while it's been within the walls of
a hotel. Yes, even though his life within the walls of the hotel
have not been what he would like it to be, still so very much
better than those on the outside. Difficult truth, right, it seems like
he's possible on the verge to something approximating a friendship with his jailor or whatever
we call that guy. He actually gave a name, and I've forgotten it,
so OPSI or something. Oh sip. Oh. Yes, that they're
going to discuss literature and the finer things in life that he has missed out
on, and it could be interesting that he will not just be the enemy,
right, somebody who is interested in the way things used to be while
everybody else is busy chucking it out a window, taking the labels off the
wine, painting over the murals. Oh man, Yeah, not appreciating Anna's
movie, that's right. Oh yes, I was not sure originally what the
deal is that she looked so stricken. And then yeah, if it's the
reason he didn't come was that he didn't like the movie, that's not good.
Yeah, so you drink the champagne while you can. That's all right.
She's great, though. I do enjoy her and also her servant whatever,
Olga, you're disapproving servant, Yes, all right, you're done for
the night. She just gives him the biggest eyeball, like, yes,
you better be nice, buddy. Yeah. Well, from a parenting point
of view, if we could return to Nina for just a moment, isn't
that just what happens when you send kids away? They come back full of
ideas that you do not care for, and that caused them to look at
you officially, whether it's it's college or communist and doctrination camp or wherever it
is, you send a kid away too, you know, they come back
looking at you like, well I know more than you, right, and
they have everything I believe is correct and everything you believe is wrong. Yeah,
we have a very beefs yeah and humorless. You just kept that little
girl walked away in the hotel would have been fine, right, She could
have learned from him, but they just she just that's what she got to
worry about, thinking for themselves. We can't have that. No, No,
I mean, is she thinking for herself? Well, that's true,
that's true. They think they're thinking for themselves exactly. We do. We
all did this we were kids once. Yes, you come home and you
go no, no, parent, no, no, no, no,
that's not right, right, that's the way I have. I have figured
things out, that's right. And I know the drill, yeah, yeah,
And the entire overhaul of the hotel is you know when you have kids
and you have to like put everything that you love up on a high shelf,
and yeah, you have to put safety devices on all your furniture,
and then there's still grape juice on everything, and you know, it's just
like you have to just say, well, this is the new regime,
right, this is the way it's going to be. There's going to be
legos everywhere, and you know, anything breakable has to just go away for
ever. And oh they tore all the labels off all the cans because they
were playing store. Okay, well we'll just be fun. It'll be a
little mystery, a little surprise every day. Things can never stay the same,
they can never stay nice. We can't have nice things anymore. That
China is all getting broken. Oh dear, I know that look of heartbreak
and betrayal when your things are no longer as you like them. That's right,
poor Alexander. Yeah, that's right. Things and your children, right,
that's right, right, no longer are no longer the way you felt
it all to be right and proper and well, I think most of us
refrain from wanting to throw ourselves off a roof about it. You know,
there are days when maybe you just get in the car and drive for a
while. I think I could see going. I could keep going. Yeah,
it's the thing I can do, But I could, right. I
just want you to know I could oh out with the old happen. But
survive. That's our like our hopeful word here is that the bees. I
assume the bees survived. And the guy wasn't just saying that to get him
off the right. Well, he gave him some more honey. Well,
but there was honey before. But you're right right, I think I picked
that up at the store on the way. Just there are more d's now
that'll give you a reason to live. Bees, bees climb up the bees.
I'll take my chances with the brown. Yeah, but that's very sweet,
literally because it's honey. And also, yes, the wise the wise
man. We've never seen that fella before, had we. He's just a
guy who's on the roof. Yeah, I mean, and he said he
was a caretaker or the caretaker at some point. Okay, but I feel
like in the book, he was like living on the roof, okay,
kind of on the dow, you know, like I knew he was up
there because the count's been going to the roof since the last episode. The
end of the last episode, and some time has passed. You ever saw
that dude before? Yeah? Well didn't he? Oh yeah, trying to
lie low, I guess, yes, exactly. Don't ask too many questions.
Just enjoy, joil enjoy mm hmmm. Yeah. Well so next next
week, next Tuesday, we we'll discuss episode four of A Gentleman in Moscow.
It is titled good Times, good Times. That is that ironic or
is that actually? I know good times in the book? Does he ever
have good times? Again? Yeah? He does have your good times while
you can, sir, I think things are going in the other direction.
Well, we'll see, we'll see see yeah, and we'll see you back
here tomorrow for a discussion of the two thousand and four series A Lost.
Thank you for listening. You can find all our episodes on Spreaker, Apple
Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can find
recaps, links and an opportunity to comment on our website at parentingroundabout dot com.
You can also talk to us on our Facebook page, on Instagram or
on Twitter, where you'll find us at roundabout chat. And please visit our
Amazon shop at Amazon dot com slash shop slash Mamitude, but you can find
links to a lot of the things we've talked about over the years.