This week on the season premiere of And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes writer Eddie Mouradian, to discuss the 1990 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Kathy Bates won for her performance in "Misery," beating Anjelica Huston in "The Grifters," Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman," Meryl Streep in "Postcards from the Edge," and Joanne Woodward in "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Bates.  0:00 - 12:13 - Introduction 12:14 - 37:29 - Anjelica Huston 37:30 - 1:09:44 - Julia Roberts 1:09:45 - 1:34:14 - Meryl Streep 1:34:15 - 1:54:30 - Joanne Woodward 1:54:31 - 2:18:45 - Kathy Bates 2:18:46 - 2:56:05 - Why Kathy Bates won / Twitter questions 2:56:06 - 3:01:43 - Who was the runner-up? Buy And the Runner-Up Is merch at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/and-the-runner-up-is?ref_id=24261! Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter Follow Eddie Mouradian on Twitter Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara