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LTE is a trademark of ETSI.©2018 U.S. Cellular NoContract_CoverageBlue_Print_DI_11_62x16 7064738 T2 Page 2 — Sunday, January 14, 2018 — The Robesonian Alone together: Life after marriage starts with season 2 of ‘Divorce’ By Kat Mulligan along with well-meaning family TV Media and friends, further expand the di- vide between husband and wife, s you select the perfect invita- creating reluctant enemies out of Ations and the song for your first once friends. dance, or slice into that beautifully A unique trait of the series is the overpriced wedding cake, you’re willingness to put divorce front likely not pondering the “D” word. and center — to have a subject of- Surrounded by love and happiness, ten confined to whispered conver- the wedding day goes by so quickly sations and out of the public that it can be a challenge to re- sphere thrust out into the open. For member how you got there in the Parker, this was the series’ great first place. As the years pass, it can appeal. While discussing “Divorce” be harder still to remember why during AOL’s Build Series, Parker re- you’ve stayed. flected that while “there [are] lots No one likes to talk about it, but of television shows about families marriages do end, and seldom do and marriages” that are “very things go smoothly. Perhaps this is buoyant” and often “really cozy,” why “Divorce,” with season 2 pre- there was a lack of shows willing miering Sunday, Jan. 14, on HBO, to tackle divorce. Parker was inter- resonates deeply with so many of ested in portraying this other, less its viewers. joyous but equally familiar aspect The series first aired on Oct. 9, of modern life, as “all of us know 2016, and its pilot episode quickly somebody who has contemplated jumped into the often hush-hush divorce, been divorced, survived di- Thomas Haden Church stars in “Divorce” topic of divorce with a generous vorce ... divorce was their undo- touch of dry humor. Frances Du- ing.” dren — Tom (Charlie Kilgore, other will provide much depth, in- chance to realize their possible fu- brated. The end of a marriage is of- fresne (Sarah Jessica Parker, “Sex The need to have a show that “Moonrise Kingdom,” 2012) and sight and even hilarity as the sea- tures in the most individual of ten treated like a death, but that is and the City”) and her husband, would explore this, both dramati- Lila (Sterling Jerins, “World War Z,” son progresses. senses. Their lives and the potential only because we fail to see the Robert (Thomas Haden Church, cally and with a dash of necessary 2013) — skiing during his week- It’s a poignant moment in the to realize dreams they may have possibilities that come with the re- “Sideways,” 2004), have spent wit, was key for Parker, and why end with them, only to call the po- lives of the now divorced Du- suppressed or compromised on for birth of these individuals who have the sake of their marriage now several years together, but Frances she had long championed the se- lice on her, ending the potential fresnes, a moment dreamed of in now regained their autonomy. bliss of a getaway. season 1 but now being actualized have a chance to become reality. has grown to realize that their ries, working toward seeing it real- Open your mind up to what could marriage isn’t working and that ized for nearly four years prior to It’s no surprise then that season in season 2. Parker also discussed A separation is never easy, and a be and what comes after, when she has fallen out of love with him. the start of its production. 2 establishes that the divorce has this during her AOL Build talk, not- divorce is perhaps the most social- She wants a divorce. The season 1 finale of “Divorce” been made legal right from the ing the pivotal words spoken by ly awkward kind of separation. It’s season 2 of “Divorce” premieres What follows, after the initial exemplified the pettiness that the start. The trailers emphasize the Frances in the series’ pilot episode often mourned but seldom cele- Sunday, Jan. 14, on HBO. shock (and vomiting), is all too re- process brings out in both parties. possibilities that lie ahead once the that are essentially a “fulcrum for latable for those who have experi- A decision by Frances and her law- legal process has been finalized. the show.” When speaking with enced this life-altering event. Accu- yer, Elaine (J. Smith-Cameron, Discussions of freedom and being Robert, Frances says: “I want to sations fly, discussions of affairs, “Margaret,” 2011), to freeze Rob- able to pursue new relationships save my life while I still care about both emotional and physical, ert’s access to funds halts his abili- and experiences abound, but it it” — a sentiment that Parker be- abound, property is destroyed or ty to move forward with his own isn’t surprising for either Frances or lieves speaks to all of us, as “we discarded, and their children are business pursuits, all while Frances Robert to realize that life isn’t any can all understand what it means caught somewhere in between. celebrates the opening of her own less complicated. Trying to juggle to see a future and not know if When mediation isn’t enough, dream: the Hudson River Contem- being good parents while navigat- you’re going to be able to capture Frances and Robert both acquire porary Gallery. 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