Abandoned!

Feud: Bette and Joan (2017)

Episode 7: Abandoned!

Joan quickly realizes that HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE isn't going to be her movie and this is made even more clear when she learns that Bette has a producer's role on the film. Soon Joan is playing up a fake illness to hold up the production but the studio decides to fight back.

As this series moves along it's becoming quite clear that Crawford really doesn't look that good. The past three episodes have shown a very dark side to the actress and one could argue that the series is being rather brutal to her but as one of the characters says in this episode, she pretty much did it to herself. With that said, if the series was going to go this hard on her it seems like they would have been more open about some of the stuff that happened in her early childhood, which might better explain it.

With that said, the dark side of Crawford coming out gives Lange an opportunity to really act and boy does she do a remarkable job. There's no question that she's pretty much stolen the series and she continues to impress as she gets into these darker moments of the actress. She has certainly become Joan to the point where you see the character and see Crawford and not just an actress playing her.

Episode: A-