Yeah, I assumed that had to be the case—although I doubt it would be as formal as selling rights via the publishing company.

No surprise that Noah's "writing" is exactly as awful as I thought. That quoted bit about Cole's family? GODAWFUL. Both in execution and in, idk, theme? Moral drift? That evil bloodline stuff is pretty hack.

And when she calls him "honey."

Part of my anxiety manifests in exaggerating tiny missteps—being slightly impatient with a cashier, stumbling into someone on the subway, not returning e-mail quickly enough, missing a meeting at job B because I didn't have enough time to leave job A that day—into major indictments of my character that leave everyone…

Heh, I want to send last night's episode to all the showrunners of shows with "complex" male anti-heroes.

If it wasn't as strong an episode, it just gave me more time to covet Rebecca's wardrobe (especially that print dress).

A friend, a post-cancer survivors' group/someone he met during treatment, a parenting class, a dads group, a spiritual advisor, a gym buddy, heck, a friendly bartender. . .ANYTHING! I don't think it's intentional, but I think that his isolation and resulting tendency to over-invest in an idealized version of…

LOL, my niece is half-Irish, not 100% hipster.

Yeah, that was predictable in substance, if not in execution.

/waiting to see if this movie will significantly increase the number of Americans who can pronounce my older niece's name.

FWIW, I was told that if you can jump, it's not appendicitis.

Oh, yeah. . .I've seen women swallow stories about evil baby mamas on a LOT less grounds than there would be with Petra, but we've also seen Jane be pretty generous of heart (she at least seems like someone who would be concerned about the baby as Mateo's half-sibling).

I'm imagining Xenu and his many tentacles nailing his complaints to a church door.

I meant in his conversation with Petra tonight, though. I get that he was trying to say we are never ever getting back together, but I thought there was a big, noticeable gap about how he sees this working in terms of the three of them, not the two of them.

That is almost word for word what I've heard said before the most awful stories ever presented in writing workshops.

Sarah Vowell's descriptions of Garfield in Assassination Vacation made me love him a little. He just wants time to read!

Pretty much all professional psychology practitioners on TV are terrible, in my experience. If this lasts :cross fingers, knock on wood, etc: I'd be really curious if they would be able to get mileage out of any stories of Rececca in therapy that weren't a result of the cliche therapist giving her terrible…

Yes, I find the moments where Michael is obviously shutting down his kneejerk jealous and spiteful impulses is actually attractive in his own way. I mean, yes, it might be nice if we were all evolved enough to only ever sincerely want what's best for our loved ones without regard to our own desires (and it would be…

I've been thinking he's a marked man by that since whichever episode where the Narrator said Michael would love Jane until the day he died. Which, if endgame is Rafael and they DON'T kill Michael, is in someways more narratively mean-spirited and punitive than giving him a Grand Heroic Death.

I hate that term too.