You know, I barely remember his appearance on the show, so I guess I couldn’t have been offended.

I’m with you. Have there been any Americans on this show who haven’t been portrayed as morons, boors, or moronic boors? OK, I’ll give them LBJ, but I don’t see why the writers couldn’t articulate their themes in these episodes without throwing the Kennedys and the astronauts under the bus.

Just finished the episode, and in a cast filled with amazing actors, all of whom were on their formidable games, Jane Lapotaire stood out. Particularly in the last scene with Philip, her Princess Alice broke my heart and then tenderly cradled the pieces in the palm of her hand.

Sounded like mid-Atlantic (a.k.a. mid-century American movie star/socialite) to me, which was indeed an artificial accent blending posh American and British speech patterns.

Actually, Patricia “Katie” Krenwinkel is the one who got her face bashed in repeatedly; it calls to mind how she murdered Abigail Folger, who begged her to “stop [stabbing]...I’m already dead.” Susan “Sadie” Atkins, who was the most famously blase and boastful about the violence in real life, was the one who got the…

“And then you just... give it to the person.”

It was in the book as a mention, but the relationship with the roommate was developed a lot more in the show.

Therapist here. Based on what we’ve seen so far, I wouldn’t say Andrew is quite psychotic: he knows he’s lying, so isn’t delusional, and he’s not hallucinating except when he’s high. As portrayed in the show, I’d probably diagnose him with a mixed personality disorder heavy on the Cluster Bs (borderline - dependent…

I don’t really understand what you’re saying here. Is “I think he is very probably a pedophile” not enough basis for someone to decide to stop working with him?

Yeah, maybe this isn’t the guy to bang that particular drum for? Dushku told multiple people about the abuse at the time and in later years before she went public; two of them have corroborated this. She has nothing to gain by making a false accusation. While I wouldn’t say that these factors preclude reasonable…

“Otherwise, why should anyone do this?”

I found him mesmerizing in a 2 or 3-episode arc on a recent season of Louie. However, Louis CK did say that he sold Lynch on doing it by telling him that all he wanted was for David Lynch to say the lines as David Lynch, no acting necessary.

Maybe. I bet they liked the stigmata cookies, though. Those were brilliant.

I was raised Catholic, so all I'd need to do is hit the confessional and then grab some communion.

Well, sure, but James Brady had to get shot first.

Women attempt more often than men, but men complete more often than women, as men typically use more lethal means, i.e. guns.

He's not schizophrenic — the medication mentioned is fluoxetine (at least, that's what I thought I saw on the label), which is an antidepressant, and which he only took for awhile a few years before the story starts. I think the visions are amplified fantasies born of his grief, guilt, stress, and sleeplessness; and…

Holy shit, she was the sister, wasn't she? I must have missed her from my fetal position on the floor during that episode.

The first thing I noticed her in was Compliance. She was more sympathetic in that, but no less infuriating. What a wonderful character actor.

Yeah, the pictures on all of the cans, bottles, etc. made it immediately clear to me that they aren't allowed to read.