Iron Man 4:  The StayCation

NTANB —

Nathan,
thank you for your engaging, well-written, and interesting writing.  You were the writer that got me interested in the AV Club and then hooked on it; everyone else was clearly just following your lead.  I am sure you are moving on to great things and that you will continue to write well about movies, books,…

Yeah, I didn't believe in that.  I thought that that was poorly written  No fucking way would she be pushed around like that.  She's been through too much by now.

Thanks Lupin.  That's a good question.  I've never seen the first couple of seasons of TGW so maybe I'll try to watch those, or catch up on some reading.  If you or anyone else have any suggestions, I'm all ears.

This episode confirmed a bunch of things for me.

DUNLOP!  YOUR WIFE SUCKS PUSSY!!

Guidance counselors learn all kinds of interesting things . . . .

He's either a very carefully written, complex, and ambiguous character or all this is me super-imposing my distaste for politicians onto him.  Or both.

This episode again affirms Peter's canny ability to manipulate Alicia to get what he wants while in a position of weakness, as well as his ability to squeeze every ounce of political advantage he can get out of her.

I completely agree.  I don't understand why people hate on the flashbacks.  To me, they are integral to the show and an incredibly visceral reminder of the secrets Don is keeping from everyone.  Does ANYONE know just how poor he was?  Or that he was raised in a brothel?  He told ONE PERSON in Signal 30 — a stranger…

Violet Strange — Cary is not a dumb-dumb.  Cary didn't tell Kalindra anything.  The only way Alicia could know that he bought insurance was to use Kalindra to look into it.  But Cary should have known it was very, very possible that Robyn could have just as easily looked into it for Alicia instead of Kalindra.  He…

Thanks — and I agree that we are going to see Jordan again.  Probably working with Peter's friends in the democratic party or through other organizations that do not answer directly to Peter?

This reviewer doesn't get it.  This episode confirms that Peter offered Dianne the judgeship as part of his ongoing mission to win back Alicia and secure her by his side — and to completely and utterly destroy Will.  Dianne being elevated to the court comes with a caveat — that it cannot help Will.  In order for…

Long Live John COUGAR Melancamp

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I agree completely.  The best written and entertaining characters on the show are:

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Wait — YOUR mask doesn't have holes in it, either?  I've been following you!

Holy fucking shit.