So was Charlyne Yi.

Yeah — I feel like people have read far, far too much into that scene.

To clarify here — to me, it felt like an elaborate riff on lame '80s stand-up routines etc. about "hey, they were all on drugs! And Velma was a lesbian!" etc. Piling the serial killer business, clever or not, on top of that is building on a foundation of sand.

So is he.

Yeah, but there were a bunch of those guys, especially by the late '60s. Knowing that half the population was on amphetamines is as crucial to understanding the late '60s/early '70s as knowing that half the population was on cocaine is to understanding the '80s.

Remember his reaction to Roger's drug buddy in "The Flood"? Ginsberg is fascinated by crazy people… or he has no means of determining what is crazy. Not sure which, or why, or what it will ultimately mean.

Also, is 2000 words seen as… long now? 2000 words is a blurb.

If not "messing with the critics/reviewers", then at least "experimenting with new, more impressionistic, non-linear modes of storytelling."

I feel like Cutler watching Stan and Wendy is a step or two beyond anything Roger would do, though. I can't imagine Don dying and Roger watching Sally having sex with Bob Benson, or something.

Are we sure that anything IS going on between the two, though? Beyond that kiss, I mean, which might have just been a moment of weakness or whatever.

That's the way I read it, more or less. He thought he had cobbled together the key to advertising and/or human connection, but then the drugs wore off and he was left with an incoherent love letter and an ad from ten years ago.

Here's one!
http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs…

Of course, there's a good chance he just got himself fired. But still.

So… are YOU on amphetamines? Or are you just a person who always talks gibberish?

Speaking of Roger, where is Roger? As much as I'm liking this season (well, 90% of this season), there has been a distinct lack of Roger doing anything more than sitting around commenting on the storylines the other characters are getting.

Ken Cosgrove, by contrast, is struggling to remember the difference.

Personally, I don't agree with the folks who theorize that Ginsberg is some sort of secret sociopath… that much having been said, the scene where he throws the knife at Stan? Ginsberg is not on drugs at that point.

Soderbergh is the Kevin Smith of filmmakers.

Are there people who think The Man Who Wasn't There is their best film, though? I mean, I think it's underrated and weirdly ignored… but "best" is a strong word.

Oh, yeah — those are good characters too, and funny characters. But I feel like the creators of the show have a sense that they can be overexposed, because there aren't stories that can be told ABOUT them, just stories INVOLVING them. So they recede into he background.