While he's dancing and jumping around like a madman, too.

She didn't have To Kill A Mockingbird in mind when she wrote Go Set A Watchman, though. This new manuscript wasn't informed by what Mockingbird became, it was just her first stab at writing a story about these characters in her hometown. Expecting consistency isn't unreasonable, per se, but I don't think either book…

I think it's important to remember that Go Set A Watchman was written before To Kill a Mockingbird, so the version of Atticus Finch that we've all lionized didn't exist yet. This isn't a true sequel written with the first book's characters in mind; it's a first draft that the editor at HarperCollins looked at and…

I always felt like the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird emphasized the courtroom drama (and thus Atticus's heroism) way more than the book did — probably because Peck had a lot of say over the final cut. The trial is important in the book and the movie actually lifts much of it line-for-line, but it feels like…

Jesus, just seeing this in my Facebook feed caused my eyes to well up.

Everything in the Marvel universe.

Oh, I think she will come out the other end of this incredibly strong and resilient, and she has proven that she is prepared to handle her brothers. It really only reinforces how acute Betty's assessment of Sally is. But she's still just a kid who shouldn't have to do those kinds of things for her mother for at least…

The idea that she finally started to feel a little bit of control in her life, with the decision to go back to school, and that the only time she'll actually get to exert any of that control is in deciding what clothing she wants to be buried in — wow. Part of me loves that she trusted Sally with that decision, but…

It had to be a coincidence that this aired on Mother's Day, right? Because I was already feeling a little sad, but then that voiceover and all I could think of was how sad my dad was when they got my mom's hair wrong at her funeral. That was devastating. I just wanted to hug Sally so much.

Eh, my parents exorcised my room within weeks of my departure for college. Zach's been at college for a year now and they haven't been talking very much at all. She'd basically cut him off entirely for a while, before gradually resuming a modest amount of contact. I'm actually kind of surprised he wanted to come home.

I missed Hans waving him off, and I almost had to get up and leave the room because I was so scared for Phillip.

I meant that I wasn't sure how far attorney-client privilege extends beyond the legal matters the lawyer is hired to handle. Are the details of your divorce protected if the lawyer in question is not your divorce attorney but one you hired to represent you in a criminal case?

Haven't all the characters reiterated that they're Bishop's attorney for his legal business dealings to make themselves feel better about representing him? If they don't represent him on criminal charges, can they be held to attorney-client privilege?

I was kind of hoping maybe we'd get to see Robin again. She kind of disappeared into the ether, didn't she?

I think this dilemma has always been one of the most interesting parts of the show to me. As an American, it's hard for me to imagine being told that my parents are Russian spies and eventually coming to believe that I should support the Russian cause. I feel like I'd still identify with the American way of life and…

It always seemed so bonkers to me that Elizabeth and Phillip were in this country to, in part, undermine the American way of life in favor of the Russian and yet they were raising their children with American values. I understand why it's important for the sake of blending in, but Paige and Henry have never been…

Also, LGBT is not a protected class in Indiana. I believe it is in many of the other states with similar laws, but I could be wrong.

For some reason, I never got into Buffy but I did watch the first few minutes of the episode "The Body" out of pure masochism. I'd been warned about it but I couldn't resist. The exact same thing happened to me when I was 14, and the realism of that episode — even without knowing the characters or anything — is…

Man, "Jurassic Bark" was on Comedy Central Friday afternoon when I got home from work. It's been so long since I actually sat and watched the whole thing that I actually kind of forgot how gut-wrenching it is. Very few things have made me sob that hard.

"A saltine with no salt" is a fantastic description of this song.