"Everyone in the cast gives their all, but dialogue's pretty terrible verging on embarrassing" describes every one of Shonda's shows (even Grey's at certain points). Everyone except for the guy who plays Huck because he sounds like he's congested and crying in every thing he's ever been in.

Nope, because Scandal turned from case of the day to a God awful 24-wannabe with the B613/Defiance plot.

This is why I think she should stop making her own shows & use her production company & sway over ABC to develop other POC's better ideas/shows. Whether that's financing, production, or pitching, but not contributing ideas OR her own writing/writers.

We've had Black Shakespearean leads beyond Othello here. We don't really care. Yet, for a British Black/Brown person in comedy or acting, all of the opportunities are in the US.

"Diversity of casting" is basically the ONLY reason why Shonda's been good for the TV industry. It is also the only reason why she continually gets pass after pass for her shit shows with their shit writing, story, and production.

LOL @ the opening paragraph - you forgot the shitshow that is The Catch…

Jane the Virgin, B99, TMP, Big Bang Theory are my go-tos for comic relief/mindless indulgence.

Who was the guy in the car at the end?

Shonda Rimes could fart and ABC would still buy the shit show & she'll still brag about it despite her shows' atrocious writing.

The romantic sub-plot was the worst part of the entire season. Also, Dev and the Italian woman have zero chemistry. They're both terrible actors, but Ansari was worse in the scenes with Francesca. They took the whole "naturalistic" thing to a whole new level by being stiff as cardboards, and Francesca delivers…

With Maya's segment, do they have subtitles or is it more or less like a silent film?

Hah, fair. I have a terrible memory and never remember anything from previous episodes. I genuinely thought Posehn was in it only because his voice came to mind when I tried to recall an that character rather than what the character looked like, so now I'm even more curious about what the actual guy's voice is like.

I concur - I find Sam & Reggie's relationship uncomfortable from both sides.

Ugh, Deray. So we can expect sponsorship from Apple, Spotify, Patagonia (seriously, it's ridiculous now — we get it, it helped distinguish you to the police & photographers at the protests, but why wear it to a black tie WHCA dinner?!), Doritos & McDonalds to the Crooked Media shows soon then. Oh, and glib questions…

As a South Asian woman, I found two episodes stood out: the episode with his parents (he hit every single note right with that episode in terms of the writing/plot) and also the episode about the difference between being a female and walking home at night vs being a male doing that. I can't remember the rest of the…

When & how did the Diane/Charlie rivalry start?

SUPERB. Direction, camera work, writing & acting was wonderful. I watched episodes 1-5 in one sitting, but needed to take a solid half day and do normal activities like grocery shopping to process it all and feel like I could start to get over it.

Loved this series, need to re-watch it. I adore Coco and though she's flawed, I think she's the most interesting character. Antoinette Robertson is excellent and I really hope she lands a big role & becomes a permanent fixture on our screens in future. She also has the funniest/best lines and this episode was no…

I don't normally comment on The Americans - I binge watched and caught up on the first 2 seasons, and have been watching every week since, but refrained from commenting because Paige was annoying the f*** out of me.

Critically, rule of law still exists under Trump. Democracy still exists. A fair and open judicial system still exists.