I liked this first episode, especially visually. There’s a beautiful crispness to the images. The urban city looks sharp. The lighting is fantastic. Loved the exterior night shot of Grace through a window.

okay, maybe not the proper forum, but it is an interesting topic.

I haven’t seen the movie (from the clips, Bullock looks fantastic and Kidman looks like Meg Ryan), but it is interesting the witch story is still a thing given how women were killed because of it. Not judging—I like the witch story—just find it fascinating the terrible historical context. Men weren’t killed for being…

Ah yes, the "good morals" shown by not being able to find the parents of 545 kids your guy forcefully separated apart. The "good morals" of continuing to attack a governor who had an attempt on her life made on her. The "good morals" of denying people the right to vote, or attacking a father for loving his flawed…

She goes by Newt. Nobody calls her Johanna except her brother.

If the near-future Supreme Court is radically in opposition to the democratic will of the majority of the people, in so many issues, the latter won’t tolerate it and will rebel. Ideally but I hope all the activism and renewed interest in politics over the past 4 years shifts its considerable strength and focus to a…

If I can generalize from my anecdotal experience and observation: Most Americans aren’t interested in politics as a subject they like to study. They don’t follow the news; they don’t know history. They see it as a game btwn two two teams in a sport they don’t like. They rather follow actual sports. If people expressed…

I found hilarious very nice and timid Thurman not leading with Ms. Mayflower poisoning the pie when warning Ethelrida to steer clear of her. Saying “I’m sure she’s a nice person but” then giving another reason before mentioning the pie. Glad Loy didn’t kill him and the wife. He’s like the normal, happy good man…

How old is Diana? The most surprising and interesting thing in the episode was a young teen killing a gravely injured person in cold blood. Ballsy! I liked the last image—very genre—but felt a little that it was there to look cool. Thematically I got that Diana is the next generation of Black magic and power and I…

All I'm saying is if she was good at her job and liked by her colleagues and the community, getting fired for one offence, when she didn't know she'd get fired for it, seems like an overreaction. They could have reprimanded her. Politicians by ethics committees get reprimanded for more serious offenses.

If she made an innocent mistake, no reason to let her go, if she had been working there for a while with no problems. Sounds like they were already going to can her and found this excuse.

Santa Clarita Diet. I would have liked to have seen that character’s transformation.

So a series that has what feels like 50 cast members but jettisons almost all of them for a very few recurring players and many celebrity guest stars feels restrictive to individual creative talent? You don’t say!

A moving finale. Love the naked emotionalism and heart Flanagan brings to horror.

All Trump wanted in 2015 was an audience. The guy is, in his ego, essentially an entertainer. Putting aside he’s a terrible one to most people not his base, we could have kidnapped him back then and put him in a holographic simulation of a full arena stadium of his fans, if we only had the tech. That’s the only part…

A D+ is way too low*. This was a perfectly cromulent episode**. Sure, you could predict everything but it was made well and the acting was good. Actually I though the Lady in the Lake would be Perdita because the ghost seemed to have Perdita’s body frame, not Viola’s. And her name is Perdita, as in perdition. And…

We might get a Rebecca back story in the remaining two episodes. If not, it doesn’t bother me. Some characters are more functional than others. I can just believe she was attracted to Peter AND had a happy childhood that gave no reason for the former.

Right-wingers being terrible at comedy makes me baselessly speculate that humor is linked to empathy and compassion, and since they’re bad at the latter-have trouble grasping it, as the Mr. Rogers tweet illustrated—that’s why they can’t do the former. Discuss.

I’m not well read in queer fiction and representation. I read Dani not as punishing herself for her gayness, but feeling guilty that she was honest with Edward and broke up with him at that time, instead of sooner, when he wouldn’t have been killed. But her flashbacks make clear how much he and his family depended on…

Neoliberalism: The Movie. No different than obnoxious tech commercials celebrating the inspiring and awesome power of YOU. What collective and society?