You're probably right. She grasped everything in that short moment and decided Nolan, especially if in good grace, would be a worthy ally. It's just that after that Datak plot with the mayor where the show, against my expectations of it and 98% of the series out there, decided to not treat the characters and us like…

Yeah, I think it was Skever who implemented it and all, but I wondered if she might have been behind it, knowing she'd be saved. And she did swiftly make that into an opportunity for the Defiance people to thank Nolan and essentially absolve him of his earlier mistake. I just don't know why she would do that. Some…

Hah, I'll take that. Even Nolan was like, wtf, India? What are you even on?

Actually pretty impressed with this episode, especially the second half. Stahma's scene with evil mayor dude was mostly as expected, except for the intriguing fact that Stahma's okay with Datak staying in prison longer. Somebody's enjoying her freedom. Then, surprisingly, the evil mayor dude actually caught on to…

Not sure which pilot this review is talking about, but this ep, which seems like the missing second, since it doesn't match the description of the first or third…but I was okay with Mystery Girls? Couldn't last more than a few minutes into Young and Hungry, but Garth and the really excitable gay boy were fun.…

I actually really like it. They have chemistry, the writing's good, they're good with their lines, even the kids are utilized well.

Wait, what was the fun twist again? Wasn't her license taken back by her boss/godfather because he wanted her to stop investigating cases as a detective? So the taxi driver she was about to lock up traded being her chauffeur for freedom?

So much drama now! So much tension, each goal changing the scenario. USA can thank Ronaldo now.

Well. Apparently a bunch of people took the day off and really long "lunch" breaks to watch a slowly rainy 45 minutes. Still, most of the excitement this tournament's come during the second halves, so there's time for drama.

Was I too excited there? Sorry.

Considering most winners of the WC have actually not been English-speaking countries and so already don't call it football, I don't know that it much matters.

I like that better than immediately associating the African country with diseases.

The US isn't in Costa Rica's group.
Oh, oh, you meant the team that drew with the team the US beat.

Ugh, Dominion. I'm really going to need Arika back and maybe the Helenic queen, Evelyn, to muster more interest in the show. That was the one interesting thing the series did, a matriarchal society existing in a dystopia where all the men HADN'T died, and then they ruined that by having the lesbian/bi wife of the…

Does it? What would the "US implosion" make you think of, then?

And after we thought Group G couldn't get more intense. The Ghana implosion…the rain in Recife. Fun.

Vee was the one I debated with myself on including, instead of putting her (and maybe her alone) in the category of one-note objective villain, but she did do a lot for Suzanne's self-worth and young Taystee. It was to her benefit, yeah, but most people are like that. If we're only counting good deeds by how selfless…

"Only" 4? I loved the first Rubicon episodes, it was only the middle that dragged, and I don't know that a show that's already made so many terrible decisions can somehow undo them.

Is it just me or does Tyrant's premise seem kind of…racist? I mean, I feel like I might be overthinking it, they wouldn't actually think of, write, greenlight, shoot, and actually air something like this, maybe it's supposed to be satire or something, but… Huh…?

So…Boyd, Erica, and Allison having fun over in South America, right? Catching a bit of the ole football and such. Yes, those three, all having fun and being alive.