That's MY hypothesis (as Walter would say). I think Torv nailed it from ep. 1, but in the first season she was supposed to act a character that was in many ways repressed (cortexifan experiments, 'I can no longer fear', etc.). Dunham HAD to be stiff, stoic, overworked, carrying the weight of the world in her…

Indeed — I'm sort of guessing all those people condemning her acting will go 'oh! so THAT is why she looked so stiff!' by the time we get to season 3… :-)

It's funny to see so many people complaining about Anna Torv's act at this point. I wonder if they all will have turned into Torv's fans ('Torvettes'?) by the end of Season 3… Hindsight is always perfect, and maybe I speak from having seen her till the end of the show, but I don't think she's bad at all. She's just…