S1, episodes 35 and 36

1.35

Set in Palm Beach and narrated by an old novelist. Mostly upper crust old timers. A charming prince played by the same guy who played the soccer star earlier this season. Even in B&W, we can tell he’s savagely tanned. He makes a move on an ordinary (married) woman. Why?

Well, who cares. The episode isn't much. The surprise ending is simply told to us, and it isn’t very interesting. 

1.36. 

The Mink. Yet another stole story. You just don't see that much fur any more.

Woman goes to a shop to get an appraisal of her mink stole, which was a gift from her husband. They discover the stole is stolen. I like the store owner. The woman doesn’t look like a thief. “How can you tell these days? Ladies look like the other kind, and the other kind look like ladies.” She does seem to be in a rush to get out of there. 

This woman is our protagonist and this is basically an am-I-crazy? episode, somewhat like the plague episode. They don't exactly nail  the ending. It sort of peters out. It’s supposed to be more about the woman herself and why she so dearly wants a stole. Kind of a strange last line.

The most curious aspect of the story is AH's wrap: I think I’ll take up sports again. I’m quite an athlete. I’m probably best at chess, falconry and wife beating, that sort of thing.

You just don't hear jokes like that any more.