He doesn't even know who his real father is!

Slightly disappointed there wasn't mouse-over text for this picture…

I hate sand.  It's coarse.

I still can't decide if it's "Hodor," said Hodor or Hodor said "Hodor."

I would rather listen to "Two Princes" than any song in Alkaline Trio's catalog. 

…  I've always pictured him in a lighthouse.

ahhhh I'm in love

This is not a convincing defense in a statutory rape trial.

Also touring together this summer: Outkast and Avicii.

…  I'll take the bait.

http://youtu.be/JR9aoI6YByc

I didn't realize at first that "paps" was an abbreviation here and thought you'd just constructed a poignant and strangely beautiful metaphor about the dynamics of Hollywood celebrity culture.

Your taste must be really refined.  I mean, just imagine if you hadn't pretended you didn't know who they were… Someone might've mistaken you for being familiar with them!  Could anything be so gauche? 

Right on.  I totally misunderstood the nature of your comparison.

Huh.  I happened to like Last Year at Marienbad wayyy more than Breathless.  I can understand not liking Last Year at Marienbad, but is it really shorthand for "bad movie?"

@avclub-d980b15d49101608dc407770f35b1d75:disqus but have you read 1up.com?  I cannot STAND Jeremy Parish.

So I don't like a show that you like.  It's going to be okay.

Okay, fair enough.  Maybe I shouldn't have called them plotlines.  But I maintain that they are superficial characterizations that go nowhere.  I just don't think they're very subtle or meaningful.  I don't think that "when Marie is stressed, she steals" tells us anything about her.  I think it just functions as a…

Exactly.  It's entertaining, but not nearly as good as people think it is.  I suspect that rewatching it will lower people's opinions of it, when they're not merely following all the crazy plot twists.

I'm not saying it's unrealistic.  I just think it's obvious and lazy characterization.  I don't think Hank is characterized much past the "tough guy on the outside, but has feelings he's afraid to express" trope.