I don't understand why everyone keeps calling the Master "difficult" or "mysterious." It's about a mentally ill drug addict getting brainwashed by a narcissist. It was also awesome.

I don't understand why everyone keeps calling the Master "difficult" or "mysterious." It's about a mentally ill drug addict getting brainwashed by a narcissist. It was also awesome.

I think the Roya interrogation scene went out of its way to imply that Carrie's relationship with Brody was changing her, forcing her to make compromises she wouldn't otherwise make. I think we're supposed to see it as out of character that she's harboring the man who killed the VP. I'm hoping she sees the error of…

I think the Roya interrogation scene went out of its way to imply that Carrie's relationship with Brody was changing her, forcing her to make compromises she wouldn't otherwise make. I think we're supposed to see it as out of character that she's harboring the man who killed the VP. I'm hoping she sees the error of…

Hypnotic is the perfect word for this movie

Hypnotic is the perfect word for this movie

I think this film is foremost about the psychology of cults more than any broader ideas about human nature (though they are doubtlessly there). And in that regard I think it is a brilliant success. I've never felt like I understood how a cult (like Scientology, say) could rope people in until I saw the psychological…

I think this film is foremost about the psychology of cults more than any broader ideas about human nature (though they are doubtlessly there). And in that regard I think it is a brilliant success. I've never felt like I understood how a cult (like Scientology, say) could rope people in until I saw the psychological…

It's pretty sad because I actually thought it was absolutely incredible

It's pretty sad because I actually thought it was absolutely incredible

While I don't think Tony is a sociopath, I think it's important that the show brings the idea up, and that characters like Melfi consider it. Like with the question of whether Tony's genes are the determinant agent in his life, or his parents/upbringing, or his own moral/spiritual choices, the fact that Tony might be…

While I don't think Tony is a sociopath, I think it's important that the show brings the idea up, and that characters like Melfi consider it. Like with the question of whether Tony's genes are the determinant agent in his life, or his parents/upbringing, or his own moral/spiritual choices, the fact that Tony might be…

I think that's a better title

I think that's a better title

I liked this episode. Dexter is actually evolving as a character and it feels like there is some sort of end game in motion. I couldn't stand the endless rehashing that constituted basically every season since 2.

I liked this episode. Dexter is actually evolving as a character and it feels like there is some sort of end game in motion. I couldn't stand the endless rehashing that constituted basically every season since 2.

I love everything you wrote. But, I'm curious, what kind of universe do you think the Sopranos exists in? I think you're somewhere around 100% correct as to what Tony's "I get it" moment is to him, but is there really some higher power rewarding him for following his instincts and throwing off the limitations of…

I love everything you wrote. But, I'm curious, what kind of universe do you think the Sopranos exists in? I think you're somewhere around 100% correct as to what Tony's "I get it" moment is to him, but is there really some higher power rewarding him for following his instincts and throwing off the limitations of…

I took Tony's "I get it" to be him realizing (wrongly) that he can act with total impunity. That the universe is amoral, and he doesn't have to pretend to try to do right. I don't know that I'd say he has the self-awareness to actually, in that moment, see himself as a monster. Maybe part of it is that he realizes he…

I took Tony's "I get it" to be him realizing (wrongly) that he can act with total impunity. That the universe is amoral, and he doesn't have to pretend to try to do right. I don't know that I'd say he has the self-awareness to actually, in that moment, see himself as a monster. Maybe part of it is that he realizes he…