I have kids, and I'm not sure I would screw up their lives to that degree just to satisfy my own needs. They'd made a life, a new family, it had been at least seven years (and probably a lot longer, since Nora said it took a loooong time to get to Mapleton). What was Nora going to do? Jump in where sh'ed been…

I completely buy that Helene was the source of Lip's downfall. She was maternal and supportive and showed him that he had actual worth, something he'd never received before. And then she tossed him away as soon as he became inconvenient. That is totally the kind of thing that would screw with a kid like him. The only…

For someone who has read the story, was the daughter crucial to the saving of humanity? Like she was patient zero or something like that. I wouldn't have thought so, except the Heptapods made the comment about saving humanity, and Louise said something to her daughter about a disease that killed lots of people, so I…

Showtime sitcoms get a nasty rap around here, and this was a much better how than the popular narrative would have you believe. Storylines were sometimes outlandish, but it dealt honestly and progressively with trans issues — both sides of it, and had satisfying, head-nodding moments often. Dealt with gender issues…

i couldn't disagree more. I thought the last episode was perfect and prophetic. Nancy's vision is the future of pot sales — it's not about the smoke, it's about the high, and the little boutiques shown are going to be norm in maybe five years. At least here in Colorado.