It took me a minute to realize this wasn't a The Affair comment.

Dressed like a daydream?

There's a case to be made for the latter. Johnson tells Holden that another sample of the protomolecule is talking to Cortazar, and that eventually he'll know where it is. Since Holden thinks their sample is en route to the sun, he might have been planning to kidnap the scientist, track down this new source and nuke…

Unfortunately, has Marvel Studios ever let any of their directors do what he or she wanted?

That's exactly how Elias did it on Person of Interest with the children of the Russian Mob. Of course, that didn't stop him from murdering a few of his enemies anyway. And being positively delightful about it.

I was worried it might be disappointing after the heights of the original film. It wasn't.

Nope. Her character doesn't even know martial arts, which would be forgiveable for the Watson character. Instead, she learns single-stick from Sherlock.

Yeah, I don't get the criticism. Considering the way kids dress today, if anything, more fathers should take an interest in their common-law stepdaughter's grooming regimen.

For decades, the only reference I heard in articles was the factual "unlawful sex with a minor," not even "statutory rape." Since nothing further was said, I assumed it was our puritanical American morality laws, and that it was a consensual encounter with a young person, maybe 16-17, because that seemed reasonable. I…

Or, as the DDA now maintains, he exaggerated his own actions and influence in this one specific case when being filmed for the documentary to feed his ego. I can't tell if the original statement or his new position is "not believable." It's not like the other party is around to confirm or deny it.

If that's true, than his defense counsel were idiots. The 90-day psychiatric evaluation, which was delayed to allow Polanski to travel to Europe to complete his current film, came prior to the sentencing hearing. So these lawyers believed a judge's alleged promise that he wouldn't impose a prison sentence when the…

But the way you wrote "He's an awful person who did a horrible thing, but the judge was an awful person who did a stupid thing," makes it seem you're equating the rape with the alleged judicial ex parte communication. That's what comes from being vague.

IANAL, but I believe when a judge rejects a plea bargain between the prosecution and the defense, which is absolutely the judge's prerogative, the defense still has the option to change the plea and proceed to trial, correct? Then later on, appeals, mistrials, all sorts of legal options other than fleeing the…

Come now, we all know that a rich, famous white man with influential friends and his choice of legal counsel had no recourse against being railroaded in a rape trial in the 1970's-era American criminal justice system by a judge who died in 1993 and is conveniently no longer around to defend himself, and a deputy…

Well, if FOX's Lucifer has taught me anything, it's that he would delight in punishing a rapist throughout all eternity. Also, that his bon mots are much more urbane than @WWBD's.

Even if I hadn't heard it described as an apologia, the title itself would have clued me in a little bit.

Also, I haven't kept up. Did the rapist ever pay the victim what she was owed in the settlement of the civil case? Last I heard, his lawyers were still dragging it out.

Here in the U.S., the best commercial root beer I've found is Henry Weinhard's Root Beer, in a 12 oz. brown bottle. Their orange and black cherry sodas are quite good as well, and they offer a cream soda.

Did… Did you see Snow White and the Huntsman?

Ally McBeal, Season 1. Baby fat. Short skirts. Legs. It checks out.