"Student!"

"Student!"

Thanks, @avclub-f1c3cadecc4b8a01f1a3c63186918789:disqus !

Thanks, @avclub-f1c3cadecc4b8a01f1a3c63186918789:disqus !

Oh, it's reasonable to think people wouldn't expect Annie miraculously to transform into a proper little lady.  But understanding how damaged she is and trying to accommodate/address that?  I don't think so.  Elizabeth has been far more understanding than most, but she is a protected, privileged woman, and I could see…

Oh, it's reasonable to think people wouldn't expect Annie miraculously to transform into a proper little lady.  But understanding how damaged she is and trying to accommodate/address that?  I don't think so.  Elizabeth has been far more understanding than most, but she is a protected, privileged woman, and I could see…

There there.  I'm in my fifties, and I've been watching since 1969.

There there.  I'm in my fifties, and I've been watching since 1969.

See above (or below, or wherever the comment expressing my frustration with the errors in the review shows up).

See above (or below, or wherever the comment expressing my frustration with the errors in the review shows up).

I exclaimed out loud, "Do you pay no attention to the show at all?" as I read the review. 

I exclaimed out loud, "Do you pay no attention to the show at all?" as I read the review. 

Yes, it seemed plausible to me, leaving aside the fact Jasper so overmatched his weasly opponent.

Yes, it seemed plausible to me, leaving aside the fact Jasper so overmatched his weasly opponent.

Why does everyone persist in projecting modern notions of child psychology on characters meant to be living in 1864?  If anything, Elizabeth has been a tremendous bleeding-heart liberal in her treatment of Annie, whom 'most anyone else would have bunged into an orphanage immediately or at least at the first sign of…

Why does everyone persist in projecting modern notions of child psychology on characters meant to be living in 1864?  If anything, Elizabeth has been a tremendous bleeding-heart liberal in her treatment of Annie, whom 'most anyone else would have bunged into an orphanage immediately or at least at the first sign of…

Agreed.  She realized she'd done a horrible thing and couldn't confess to Corky because she was afraid of how he'd react.

Agreed.  She realized she'd done a horrible thing and couldn't confess to Corky because she was afraid of how he'd react.

Elizabeth sounded like she was telling someone a lie about the happy fate of a beloved and sadly dead dog.

Elizabeth sounded like she was telling someone a lie about the happy fate of a beloved and sadly dead dog.