I Blame George!
I’m rewatching the series for the umpteenth time. And I’m nearing the end of season three again. So many people blame Bertha for ALL the problems in their marriage. Her social climbing, her ruthlessness and her steamrolling everyone in her family. But our sexy railroad daddy has always given her free rein previously. He’s used her brains, ruthlessness and wiles to push his agendas as well. Now we’re pushing towards the end of the season when his choices in business have pushed them to the brink of extinction, he blames her when things aren’t going perfect with Gladys. She straightens it out but he chooses not to believe her. He flies off into a tirade when she’s telling him her concerns over the book Mr McAlistair has written but has he even hinted towards their careening towards bankruptcy? NO! Is she supposed to be clairvoyant now? NO! Granted in the end it takes her a bit to warm to having Marian as a potential daughter in law both he and Larry blame her for her cold feet. Though I thought Marian was an idiot not waiting for Larry to come back from Morenci to talk to him first. That’s a discussion for another post. Everyone blames Bertha for everything. But in this instance, I blame GEORGE!