Atlas Shrugged: Part II—Privileged White People with Persecution Complexes Throw a Hissy Fit

The sky, and flying (as well as birds) have also traditionally been strong symbols of freedom (of the self) and agency (again, of the self) in American literature and art. It's a nice cultural motif that has thankfully remained just short of the line of cliche.

The sky, and flying (as well as birds) have also traditionally been strong symbols of freedom (of the self) and agency (again, of the self) in American literature and art. It's a nice cultural motif that has thankfully remained just short of the line of cliche.

Especially if it is woefully esoteric.

Especially if it is woefully esoteric.

Buckaroo - complete apples to oranges comparison.

Buckaroo - complete apples to oranges comparison.

It's hard for me to see past production values this low. It really takes me out of the show.

It's hard for me to see past production values this low. It really takes me out of the show.

Reek rhymes with weak….

Reek rhymes with weak….

Ughhhh… just watched an episode online (not "The Gathering" mind you), and this is damn hard to watch. The acting is atrocious, and the casting almost as bad; the direction is amateurish (and soap-opera-ish) and the writing is highly expository. And the overall design and construction quality is very low-rent.

Ughhhh… just watched an episode online (not "The Gathering" mind you), and this is damn hard to watch. The acting is atrocious, and the casting almost as bad; the direction is amateurish (and soap-opera-ish) and the writing is highly expository. And the overall design and construction quality is very low-rent.

Having just recently rewatched the first six seasons on netflix, I really appreciated the call-back to when Lily ran off to San Francisco. It was a huge moment for the show, but they've never really mentioned it since the wedding. And seeing them reference it in this episode in particular was very satisfying to me.

If Barney Stinson can hook up with a random bar chick as an 80-yr old, Don Fucking Draper can do it as an 86-yr old.

Also yes.

I just suddenly realized how long of a wait we have until the second season finale.

Gene's her third least favorite child.

While I agree the ending was not done especially well, I think it was necessary to the story. One of the grand themes of the series so far and (micro-spoiler) for the rest of the series is how war and conflict can alienate a society from its ideals, and there is a definite tragedy in how Bajor is after the end of the…

I'm not going to call you a perv, Morn, but your species' procreation rituals are your business. You don't need to keep telling everyone you meet about them. Repeatedly.