I could literally have watched practically a whole hour of that conversation they had.

That is a wise, wise choice.

Firefly (and to a lesser extent, Dollhouse, although Dollhouse is more that the plot/concept grosses me out too much. Firefly is definitely obnoxious fans, though.)

It worked so well the first time! Not disturbing Nightmare Fuel at all!

I'm just glad this didn't turn out to be a horrible adaptation of Marghanita Laski's Little Boy Lost.

Which I find pretty convincing for a teenager—in my experience, even teenagers who do think in geopolitical terms often react to them with emotion-driven, black and white self-righteousness.

I remember! It definitely joined the Lifetime rotation at some point.

The sad things is I recognized it the moment you said the words.

EAT THE COOKIE!
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Also, even if it's in a cheesy way, the women characters are usually
proactive in their own rescue—even if
ex-boyfriend-cop-who-still-loves-her is speeding to the isolated cabin
in the woods, she's keeping the he-seemed-so-nice-murderer-new-boyfriend
talking until he comes, not just fainting like old school damsels in
…

It was one of the kids from Degrassi The Next Generation! Emma, I think her name was. With Marcia Gay Harden slumming it as her mama.

Sometimes the magic is in the small details—like Kellie Martin's sister peeling and slicing a cucumber while driving a car, so Kellie is conveniently equipped to stab Tori Spelling. Or the bulimia movie with Meredith Birney hiding the jars of her vomit under the bed. (Speaking of classics, how could we forget the…

Definitely.

And that can be, in my experience, a genuine personality difference between people in a relationship that's very hard to overcome—not in the sense that it's a fault of either person, but in the sense it's a pretty big clash of communication styles that long-term takes effort to compensate for.

Me too. I feel like the show (and/or the actor) has done a really good job of showing Michael with clear and genuine emotional connections to lots of people outside Jane, and I haven't felt that much about Rafael, which is maybe why I feel I get him less—I feel like I've seen a lot less of Rafael connecting with his…

I'd actually be much more interested if Rafael was actually convincing himself they were too different, and not this patronizing "for her own good I will make this decision" triteness. I am, however, always pleased when a mental health professional is depicted on TV as competent, and not "wacky," idiotic, totally…

I personally find "I don't love you" instead of "I am not capable of being with you right now" to be a lie. You can say it's a well-intended lie, or a lie prompted by grief (which isn't necessarily depression), but Rafael knows perfectly well what he told Jane is not true. He's not confused about that.

I thought the same thing, that it definitely portended a short life for Michael. (And honestly, if it ends with Rafael and Jane AND Michael pining miserably I'm going to be really annoyed. That's mean-spirited, and at its best this show, like its heroine, is generous of heart.)

Yeah, I really don't find "I'm doing it for her own good, because I'm just that noble" to be romantic. It's patronizing, and I really hope the fact that Jane has always been really consistent in her expectations of honesty from her partner doesn't get overlooked in the aftermath. It's still deceitful, under the…

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought so. I did think there was a sense that she's gradually become a little bit more comfortable in her own skin—old Betty would have done a lot more than "narrow her eyes" at Sally's "late" comment, and her interaction with Glen felt like she was able to be careful of him, not…