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Dorothy is a true badass. At first Lorraine thinks she’s some kind of “swindler”, taking advantage of her sweet unsuspecting son (who she often tells to shut up when the grown-ups are talking). But she soon realizes that Dot is actually a woman who has escaped two domestically violent situations without asking anyone for help and this is the third one that she actually does need help with. Meeting Roy and seeing how misogynistic he is, Lorraine can tell that he wasn’t an easy person to escape from and gains a new respect for Dot, even saying “no daughter of mine is going down on the one-yard line”. Dorothy almost cried because it doesn’t seem like she has ever had a reliable mother figure in her life before Lorraine, and being called “daughter” was a new acceptance she never felt before.

In the scene of the first episode where Dot is in the car with Wayne on their way to Christmas photos, it looks like she’s afraid of what her mother-in-law will think in terms of her arrest, but it’s really showing the face of a terrified woman realizing her finger prints are in the system now under her new name. she needs to figure out what to do next. It’s kind of satirical when it comes to Lorraine having her hold a semi-automatic for the Christmas photo because you can clearly see how unenthusiastic Dot looks about doing so. The last thing she wants in her life is more violence, but cut to the gun store scene and you can see she obviously knows exactly what kind of gun her mother-in-law had her holding and she knows how to use it.

And on top of all of this? Munch is a man who has lived for 500 years and at the end of the day, he really just wants a kind person to make him some good pancakes. He even asks the old lady he moves in with to make him some, and he repays her by killing her son. So when Dot does this, it touches his soul in such a way that he feels the debt that was unsettled between them of “a pound of flesh” has been paid. He also smiles, which you don’t see him EVER do throughout the season.

I could go on, but it’s too much for me type without feeling like a total psycho with no life. But, I really like this season and I feel like it was downplayed by a lot of fans who enjoyed the other seasons better. It’s a different vibe, for sure, but it still has so many layers like all the other seasons do.

So I have a whippet bull mix who is now 8 years old. He’s very sweet and has good dog etiquette when properly introduced to other dogs. We live the apartment life and our walk times can coincide with other people walking their dogs. No biggy. My boy is really good with the “leave it” command and will ignore other dogs when I tell him to.

I’ve lived with him in several different apartment complexes and He has been attacked 4 times by neighboring dogs. All of them seem to have been some type of boxer mix (you can just tell). Each time he has been attacked has been unprovoked. The owner simply accidentally dropped the leash, or the dog got out of their apartment suddenly, and even one crazy female broke out of her harness when we were just turning a corner. My dog tries to fight back, but (bless his heart) he’s not good at it😓

So after a fourth time and noticing the breed, is this a common thing with boxer breeds? They seem to just immediately hate my dog and then go for the jugular. There’s never even a greeting. It’s always so sudden. I’m starting to wonder if my dog might have an offensive scent or something.