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untilAs Stop ERA grows and gains media attention, Betty Friedan,the mother of the Feminist movement, makes it her mission totake down Phyllis.
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untilIn a school in small-town west of Ireland, Connell is awell-liked, good looking and athletic student. Marianne is aproud, intimidating and unpopular loner who actively avoidsher classmates and questions her teachers' authority.Anattraction sparks between them when Connell comes to collecthis mother Lorraine who works at Marianne's house. A deepconnection grows between the two teenagers - one they cannotstop but that they are determined to conceal from their peers.
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untilConnell and Marianne's relationship continues in secret andthey sleep together for the first time. At school, Connellmakes excuses for why he didn't see his friends at the weekendand evades questions on his mother's job at Marianne's house. Agirl in his friendship group, Rachel, gets impatient withConnell's lack of interest and tensions build forConnell.Meanwhile, Marianne must find a way to explain herunplanned absences to her prying brother Alan.
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untilThe night of the Debs is approaching and the girls at schoolhave organised a fundraising event. Marianne has been asked tohelp and is out of her comfort zone.At the club, one ofConnell's friends Karen does her best to show Marianne somekindness but Rachel behaves coldly towards her.The eveningturns sour, when one of the boys' older friends gropesMarianne. She leaves the club, upset by the incident andConnell offers her a lift home. Marianne stays over atConnell's house and bumps into Lorraine as she leaves the nextday.Connell becomes anxious when his friends tease him aboutMarianne, suspecting they'veguessed about their relationship.Fuelled by anxiety, Connell makes an unexpected decision thathurts Marianne and causes a rift between him and his mother,Lorraine. Marianne withdraws from school, causing Connellintense guilt.
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untilMonths later, school has finished and Connell arrives atTrinity College, Dublin. He has found a room in a house-shareand meets his new housemate Niall. Despite his efforts, hefeels out of place and struggles to articulate himself whensurrounded by his eloquent and wealthy peers.Connellreluctantly accepts a party invite from new classmate Gareth.Feeling intimidated by the fashionable crowd in attendance,Gareth offers to introduce him to someone else he knows fromSligo and so he comes face-to-face with an unexpected guest.
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untilPhyllis and Fred Schlafly debate superstar Feminist coupleBrenda and Marc Feigan-Fasteau on television.
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untilConnell and Marianne start socializing as friends in Dublin.She introduces Connell to her group and one of her friends,Teresa is interested in him. Marianne is still dating Gareth.but her interest in the relationship is starting to fade.Marianne eventually finishes things with Gareth and makes adrunken pass at Connell.
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untilConnell and Marianne are back together. Connell has gainedconfidence in college; giving presentations in class andgetting good grades but is reluctant to show Marianne affectionin front of her friends. Will the two be able to admit thatthey are together?Things take a negative turn when Mariannegoes home and argues with her brother Alan and Connell losesthe part-time restaurant job that funds his life inDublin.Connell is torn when Marianne returns to Dublin distantand distracted, and finds himself once again, unable to sharehis worries.
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untilWhen Janay and Kirt attempt to throw an all-girls skatesession, an unexpected visitor cuts the festivities short,chaos ensues and there's also a van.
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untilAfter a wild night out with Erica and Freddy, Nikki and Jasonare faced with potentially disastrous consequences the nextmorning.
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untilConnell bumps into Marianne back in Sligo. It's the first timethey have seen each other since they broke up. Connell asksMarianne how she is and tells her he has heard that she's nowseeing Jamie. Despite the awkwardness between them, Connelloffers to attend Marianne's father's anniversary mass the nextday and they agree to stay friends.Back in Dublin the two studyhard for the Trinity Scholarship exams. On a night out afterthe scholarship results are announced Connell is mugged andturns to Marianne for help. On arriving at Marianne's house,he sees that he has interrupted a get together, which includesJamie. The party breaks up, as the rest of group go out.Connell and Marianne are left alone. He reveals that he'sseeing someone new and Marianne bursts into tears. They discussthe misunderstanding of their breakup, but it's too late now.
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untilIt's the summer holidays and Connell and Niall arrive atMarianne's family house in Italy. The obvious chemistry betweenConnell and Marianne causes friction with Jamie, despiteConnell's evident happiness with his girlfriend Helen, who heclearly misses.Peggy cooks the group a lavish meal but tensionsrun high. During dinner, Jamie drinks too much and picks afight with Marianne. Connell breaks it up and attempts tosoothe Marianne. Marianne stays in Connell's room that night toget away from Jamie. They talk and almost kiss, but Marianneputs a stop to it before it goes any further.
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untilAs Michael Jordan's fame peaked to unparalleled levels in theearly 1990s in the wake of consecutive NBA titles and astarring role on the Olympic Dream Team, his image as"Air Jordan" made him a profoundly significantcultural figure.
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untilWith Michael Jordan's extraordinary fame came extraordinaryscrutiny, and in 1993, it all felt like it came to a headwith the Chicago Bulls' pursuit of a third straight titleshadowed by question marks about Jordan's gambling.
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untilMarianne is on a student exchange program in Sweden for a year.Her breakup with Jamie has cost her some of her friends, butshe is still in touch with Connell and Joanna. She is in arelationship with Lukas, a photographer who she meets at acollege party.Back in Dublin, Connell is enjoying hisrelationship with Helen and continuing his studies at Trinity.Word of Marianne's sex life with Lukas makes its way back toDublin, and when Connell bumps into Peggy at a party she askshim about the gossip and whether things were like that with himand Marianne. Connell is upset by the gossip and worries aboutMarianne and whether she is ok on her own in Sweden.
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untilConnell and Helen are out celebrating New Year's Eve in Dublin.Late that night, Connell receives a group text questioning thewhereabouts of Rob. The next morning news comes through thatRob has died.Connell struggles with the emotional fallout ofRob's death. After the funeral he is distant with Helen onlyshowing signs of responsiveness when reunited with Marianne.His mental health deteriorates when he returns to college,struggling to drag himself to lectures and he ends hisrelationship with Helen.Eventually, at Niall's suggestion hebegins counseling. Marianne is still in Sweden and attempts toreassure him over Skype. Through the counseling and Marianne'sfriendship Connell begins to see a way forward.
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untilMarianne has returned to Carricklea for the summer. She andConnell spend their weekends together, even though he is stillliving in Dublin. After a night out together, they start todiscuss their friendship and inevitably their attraction. Whenthey end up in bed together, Marianne makes a request ofConnell that upsets him. He refuses, and she leaves,ashamed.At home, Marianne is provoked by Alan. She tries toget away from him, but he tries to force open the door and ithits Marianne in the face. She calls Connell, who immediatelydrives over to pick her up. He threatens Alan and promisesMarianne that he'll never let anyone hurt her again.
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untilWith a pro-ERA Republican in the White House, Phyllis protestsher own party, which puts her in conflict with RepublicanFeminist leader, Jill Ruckelshaus.
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untilMarianne and Connell are back in Dublin and together as acouple. Life is calm and they are at ease with each other. ThenConnell receives news that he has been offered a place to studyin New York. Neither of them know how to process the news andso they decide to let it sit. Life goes on.Marianne stays withConnell and Lorraine for the Christmas holidays, and isembraced by their extended family. During New Year'scelebrations, Marianne and Connell kiss in front of their oldschoolmates.Back in Dublin, Marianne's mother has asked her totake out the last of her things from the flat that she lived inat the start of college. Alone in the house together, theydiscuss the offer from the New York university once more.
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untilAfter receiving a letter from the University of Iowa asking himto submit a story, Jughead works on a twisted tale about thegang's revenge fantasy against Principal Honey for all the wayshe's ruined their senior year.
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untilIn a crucial immunity challenge, the remaining 7 castawaysmake their final push towards the million prize.
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untilAdam and Brea's relationship is going well until Beverly'sover-involvement causes them to fake a breakup. Meanwhile,Lainey is back in Jenkintown which throws Barry for a loopregarding his blossoming relationship with Ren.
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untilFour smiths must forge handles in round one using metal neverbefore seen in this competition - titanium. The smiths mustlearn to navigate this new metal just to make it to round two.Ultimately, two competitors are able to produce weapons worthyof moving on to their home forges for another complex build:the Horseman's Tabar and Hidden Dagger. Which smith will chopdown the competition, earning ,000 and the title of Forgedin Fire Champion?
