Oh it doesn't justify her actions remotely. What it does do effectively is add in shades of grey.

Here's the catch though, he leaves the force right after this. He quits his highly masculine profession in exchange for running a diner.

What was interesting to me on watching Peggy's monologue is that nothing about it was false. Its a deliberate choice that the writers had Lou use the word "Privilege" to describe the protector role he applies to men. Peggy, unbalanced though she is, takes that and throws it right back in his face. Lou was trying to…

Dream sequence. Calling it here. Bruce's worst fears come to life.

Anyone catch Ed telling Mike, "No funny stuff"?

As much as I enjoy that movie, to have Spielberg in fine form rescue the prequels is worth the sacrifice of one fine film.

Sigh. We could've gotten three Spielberg Star Wars movies:

It fits perfectly in the story too. If the Timpano represents the brothers go for broke gamble, the omelette is the love that will sustain them going forward. Secondo made the omelette for three, before Primo had returned home. Its a sign that even with nothing left, even with the simplest of life (there's little fare…

But the Dude will absolutely stop at something. Getting a new rug is not really an ambition, just a way to tie the room together. He is trying to obtain a magic object that will solve his life or take him to another level. He just wants something to lay on while listening to his Bob/League Playoffs tape.

I don't know. I think the show has come down pretty hard on Reagan. That unresolved, "How?" just hammered home the hollow, smarmy nature of the speech in contrast with the hard, unforgiving reality.

I'm not sure. Given that the actions of the female cast are the frustrated reactions to the actions of their male counterparts.

I figured but I haven't really seen season 1 so I didn't want to comment on it.

With regards to Peggy, there's a theme in Coen material about outlandish ambition. The wild pipe dream, the fantasy, the overreach, the scheme that will solve all the characters problems. You can see it in Fargo (Jerry), Burn After Reading (Linda), Miller's Crossing (Bernie), and No Country for Old Men (Llewelyn).…

They really should have wised up that the dead mother ending and the Ted/Robin coupling was not going to work out somewhere around season 6. They got too involved with completed the circle.

He famously said he'd intended to hit America in the heart and hit it in the stomach by mistake.

Seems accurate to me. "We all voted and we stand by each other." "FUCK YOU! I'M RIGHT!" Is pretty much exactly what's in the text.

The fact that Galt responds to "Hey lets all be nice to each other," with "Fuck you! I'm taking my ball and leaving!" and that its supposed to be a huge heroic moment instead of pathetic pretty much tells you everything you'd ever need to know about objectivists.

Damn you Grimm, that was the only thing that popped into my head too.

Right. You have to wait until they are born and "saved" and then you can kill them.

There's also that whole murdering children thing that the empire was into.