It took me months to finally watch four (or was it three?) episodes of Ryan Murphy and Connor Hines‘ Love Story (FX, 2.12).
When the nine-episode series premiered last February I watched two episodes and gave up, and then I tried again a month or so later. All I can remember clearly is that I was fast-forwarding. And now that this limited series is being touted as a Primetime Emmy nominee in several categories (Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, Sarah Pidgeon for Outstanding Lead Actress, Constance Zimnmer for supporting) I will certainly watch no more.
Because everything I’ve always read, heard and otherwise absorbed about the abrasive, turbulent marriage of John Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette is that their marriage was a bad idea (Bessette allegedly felt this in her bones going in) and may have been, in fact, mostly hellish after the reality of their mismatch settled in.
So where’s the clear light? Neither were a day at the beach, and both were spiritual lightweights. Life is short.
From The Last Picture Show (’71):
Sam the Lion: “Her and her husband was young and miserable with one another like so many young married folks are. I thought they’d change with some age, but it didn’t turn out that way.”
Sonny: “Bein’ married always so miserable?”
Sam: “No, not really. About eighty percent of the time, I guess.”
