I love how guileless Bodie was. JD Williams does such a nice job with that.

Yeah, I thought her idea to put him on the stand at all was only marginally less insulting to the character than the kiss and the drug-muling.

He is really good, but I saw him first in True Detective, so my first reaction now when he appears on my TV is to flinch. Although, to be fair, the flinching may have been more generalized when he was on Hannibal.

"some reason" = the cat is Naz

Definitely correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't get the impression that you understand how difficult it is to decide to make a complaint when you're sexually harassed. I did it once when some guys at work were blatantly commenting on my tits in a language they thought I didn't speak. It wasn't empowering: I ended up…

Not alone, I wondered the same thing.

"Rose Parade" breaks me into tiny pieces every time I listen to it. And it's not like his body of work isn't littered with them, but the line "I'd say it's a sight that's quite worth seeing/It's just that everyone's interest is stronger than mine" is as good an encapsulation of depression as any I've ever heard.

I think the Centre's handling of the indoctrination of the illegals' children is supposed to be seen as ill advised, yeah? I mean, see: Jared. I took it as another piece of evidence indicating how desperate, paranoid, and ramshackle Russia's inner workings were during the Cold War, especially towards the end.

That is one of my favorite line readings ever, in anything, by anyone.

I found Chastain's accent shaky, but she was still great. I did, per usual, find her sumptuous gorgeousness a pretty constant distraction, but that's at least a little more congruent with this movie than with, say, Zero Dark Thirty.

I loved that the model for the painting was clearly Hiddleston in drag and old age makeup.

The only reason it wasn't discussed it because you already encapsulated it so perfectly. (Being totally sincere, btw.)

I apologize for the snotty tone. You're right, we're going to have to agree to disagree.

Oh. Well, shit. Yeah, OK, fanwanking that involves more wanking than I generally like to do (…The A.V. Club).

"it's actually a failure because it lacks a central 'theme' or 'point' "

Complaints about the show's lack of subtlety and problematic characterizations have not been remotely limited to this site, and have been backed up by copious examples throughout its run (though mostly in the first 3-4 seasons). That these areas haven't been issues for you makes you the outlier, not Zack or anyone…

"the show’s continued pessimism, combined with its weird way of punishing people for compassion, makes for something that lacks much shading. “Everything’s the worst, and it’s your fault for expecting better” is a hard pitch for a TV show, because it offers no opportunity for catharsis; just occasional breaks in the…

No, you specifically said that you think that he is an unsophisticated viewer: "he's one of those unsophisticated viewers who thinks he's the opposite".

Sure, but I think TWD has made very clear that it is actively trying to explicate a theme, as evidenced by the fact that it has had multiple characters over multiple seasons serving little purpose but to embody and/or deliver the opposing argument to the central thesis (survival through ruthlessness only). In fact,…

I think that's a matter of opinion. For me, the "Glenn's covered with blood 'n' guts, so escapes the zombies' notice if he manages to shut up" strains credulity, but not to the point where it completely snaps my suspension of disbelief. Things that would have helped (or will help): a) if the writers had recently…