#Room for Two

[kwebtv]

Linda Lavin (October 15, 1937 – December 29, 2024) Stage, screen and television actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she received several awards including three Drama Desk Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Obie Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2010.

She made her television debut in Rhoda and had a recurring role in Barney Miller (1975–1976). She gained notoriety for playing the title role of a waitress at a roadside diner in the CBS sitcom Alice (1976–1985), a role for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She later starred in NBC's sitcom Sean Saves the World and the CBS sitcom 9JKL and took recurring roles in the legal drama The Good Wife (2014–2015) and the sitcom B Positive (2020–2022).

In 1967, Lavin made an appearance as Gloria Thorpe in a television version of the baseball musical Damn Yankees with Phil Silvers. In 1969, Lavin married actor Ron Leibman, and by 1973, the couple had arrived in Hollywood, California. After various guest appearances on episodic television series such as The Nurses, Rhoda, Harry O, and Kaz, Lavin landed a recurring role as Detective Janice Wentworth on Barney Miller during the first and second seasons (1975–1976).

She left Barney Miller to star in the lead role in Alice, which was a sitcom success that ran from 1976 to 1985 thru the CBS network. The series was based on the Martin Scorsese–directed Ellen Burstyn film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

 Lavin also made numerous television appearances outside of Alice, including hosting her own holiday special for CBS, Linda in Wonderland (1980). She acted in two sitcoms, Room for Two (1992–93) and 1998's Conrad Bloom. In Room for Two, she played a mother who moved in with her daughter, played by Patricia Heaton, who has a show on a local television station. The daughter gives Lavin's character her own segment, called "Just a Thought", at the end of her program.

She made numerous television guest appearances, including roles on The Muppet Show (1979), Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The O.C., Touched by an Angel (1999), and HBO's The Sopranos (2002).

She also appeared in many telefilms between 1967 and 1998, including: Damn Yankees!, Sadbird, The Morning After, Jerry, Like Mom, Like Me, The $5.20 an Hour Dream, Another Woman's Child, Maricela, Lena: My 100 Children, Whitewash, A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story, Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden, For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal, The Ring, and Best Friends for Life. Lavin produced and starred in A Matter of Life and Death, the 1981 telefilm based on the work of nurse thanatologistJoy Ufema. She directed the 1990 telefilm Flour Babies. (Wikipedia)

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[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

... lost dreams ...

[someoneboredwrites]

It was hot.

The ceiling fan was humming on max speed, chain clinking against the glass. Blankets were kicked off and hanging off the bed but it was still hot.

Probably because of the lanky monkey curled around you.

Wukong had been in a cuddly mood last night and it stuck with him in his sleep. His breath against the top of your head was steady and even, you hummed as your free hand rubbed his side, the fingers of the other trapped under his neck curling in his fur.

Wukong shifted and pressed his head against yours, still asleep. His own hands pulling you closer. You huffed softly as you began to sweat, finally joining Wukong.

You were uncomfortable.

It was hot.

…five more minutes.

[hansoeii]

only you.

[atalana]

the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

[minwonaucollections]

[259] Room For Two

HanaChronicles

Desperate to find affordable housing in Seoul, two straight bachelors, Wonwoo and Mingyu, stumble upon the perfect apartment- only to realize it’s exclusively for couples. Left with no choice, they fake a relationship to secure the place. But what starts as a simple lie turns into a hilarious rollercoaster as nosy neighbors, surprise events, and unexpected feelings begin complicating their lives. Can they keep up the charade without getting caught or will pretending to be a couple lead them somewhere they never imagined?

Chapters: 18

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[thevalleyisjolly]

Side note, but major props to all the Ghor actors for learning a whole made-up language and fluently performing entire scenes in it.

[joyousjunelynne]

wonder how that’s going for him

[someoneboredwrites]

Having Wukong as a roommate was a nice change. Strange, but nice. He was very open, playful, and loved to learn about the various appliances and devices in your home.

The TV was his favorite. The pictures moved! And made sounds! More often than not you had to drag the surprisingly heavy monkey away from right in front of the TV and onto the couch. (Not surprisingly heavy, you just keep forgetting he’s made of stone.)

He never fought it. He’d just grin and laugh at your struggle. Then pester you to exercise with him, if moving him was such a workout for you.

That was another bonus, living with Wukong made your life healthier. He’d trick you into exercising by playing games (making you chase him around the house, surprise wrestling matches), your diet became healthier because it was easier to buy and cook for one diet.

The best part was that he was such a happy person. Yeah, there were times he was sad for being away from his home for so long, but you helped him through it each time. Living with him helped you learn to communicate better.

Wukong living with you changed both of your lives, and he was your best friend.

(You wanted him to be able to go back home to his monkeys, even if the thought hurt so, so terribly.)

[hejee]

twitter doodles ft some guy in blue with nero’s mother

[aimasup]

don't talk to me about why they did that. I'm well aware of why they did that. it changes nothing

[salamispots]

speedrunning a bday gift for bb nephew hjdfgjh

[istoleyours0da]

"I don't want what you have, I want to be you."

I forgot to post this here on 11/20 but thats lowkey a good thing bc i wasn't a fan of how it looked until now

[prlssprfctn]

Jason, Roy and Kory going at the undercover mission in some five stars hotel to find some rich fucker, who is responsible for trafficking rings, and the closer they get to the reception to reserve a room, the more Jason turns in a stuck-up rich boy, who for a some reason has a British accent and a perfect rich laugh. Roy and Kory are flabbergasted. Who it is and where their boyfailure just went?

Jason, standing in the circle of the men: Oh, yeah, this is just me there, and my two companions. Roy and Kory: (wave awkwardly) One of the men: Companions? Jason, waving him off with a little girlish cocktail in his hands with a small paper parasol in it: You know, my father used to call people like this... Playthings. You know, gentlemen, a week of skiing and in hot springs... Ha-Ha-Ha. The group of men: Ha-Ha-Ha. Roy and Kory, silently exchanging glances: ...

Roy: I don't know if we should be concerned about your ability to play along with this cover or not. Jason, groaning, completely embarrassed: How it is my fault? I spent a lot of time staring at Bruce and his friends as a kid. Kory: Explains a lot. Honestly. Roy: ...That's terrifying. I can imagine you hanging out with Ollie just fine. Jason: Dude. Kory: Don't get him anywhere near Oliver. One drink, and he will confuse him with Bruce and will try to make out with him. Jason: GIRL. Roy: A one would call it muscular memory... Jason, fleeing the room: I HATE YOU BOTH.

(A beat of silence) Roy: You think he went to get himself more of these fancy cocktails and giggle with random dudes near the swimming pool? Kory: You too think that he secretly likes these drinks, but pretends to be more into beer? Roy: ...Yeah. Roy and Kory: (snickering)

[superbat-lmao]

Before Jason makes his debut as Red Hood, he goes apartment hunting.

And the thing about Gotham is, all of the apartments that would make for good safe houses, are safe houses. The Bat’s safe houses. If Jason wants to set up shop, he’s got to get creative. This means being willing to look the other way about some things. Namely, living with other people.

Jason gets a roommate.

Sure, he’d found a couple of spots that fit some of the criteria he used for making safe houses, but not all apartments were equal. And having a semi-functioning civilian cover was useful. Sometimes.

All this to say that Jason responded to a craigslist post of some guy looking for a roommate. The post was written well enough, decent grammar and a fair enough price. Unlike some of the places he’d “toured.”

He has to trudge up a few flights of stairs to get to the place, because roof access is always high on the priority list, and knocks on the door. He waits a few minutes, hears someone check the peephole, and then the sound of at least five separate locks being undone.

With the door finally open, he gets a good look at the guy’s face. Too good of a look, actually.

Because the man who opens it is Dick Grayson.

[crescentfool]

my longest friend and companion