It was Bert who told Joan not to go after Roger, not Cutler. Bert was ostensibly thinking back to… what, season 1? When he had to call Joan-in-eveningwear to the office after hours to write up telegrams about Roger's heart attack. Cooper's not dumb; he knows they have a long history.

I'd assume that it's because when you hear a question that surprises you or that makes you feel anxious, your muscles tense up, including the ol' starfish.

The clenched anus technique isn't a sure thing—not that it was ever a guarantee, but these days part of the polygraph equipment can be a linked up chair pad that you sit on specifically to monitor any butt shenanigans (of the security clearance kind, anyway).

Somewhere I read that Paige gets into organized religion this season, which would drive her atheist parents bonkers.

It was like watching Phillip roleplay as Rust Cohle.

Of *course* Simon and Betty were really into occult and mystic shit all along. His job title choice is still reconcilable—the newspaper article in "I Remember You" hinted that the public wasn't really ready for the truths he was laying down, and he probably called himself an antiquarian to fly under the freak radar.

The short description of "Betty" that's come out seems to reveal everything right off the bat—not to mention how easily everything's going to happen in 10 minutes—which makes me wonder if the twist at the end is that it'll be a fan fiction written by the Ice Queen.

BOOSH.

Oooh… two months is an undershot. She was big and round, and the body that Bill removed was pretty well-developed. I think the first season actually takes place over the course of two years, but the writers screwed things up by making the pilot Simmons instead of the final one who went up in October 1958, which would…

After this part went (relatively) public, they both started receiving obscene and threatening phone calls, and their children were ostracized, with Gini's kids getting the brunt of it.

But it was never mentioned before, and the real Gini didn't complain. I think Bill wasn't so much telling himself through Imaginary Virginia the old line about "motion in the ocean" but instead that relationships are founded on humanity and a connection. Bill is fully aware of the fact that he's a robot compared to…

I agree with you, but I think Ethan is benefiting from the specific temporary circumstances surrounding their situation. I'm willing to bet that he's only okay with playing Dadbysitter while unemployed. And both situations he described in his "team" speech involved Virginia being dependent on him—quitting her job to…

The show never really gave a clear answer, did it? He's anxious about it, obviously, but it may turn out that he's perfectly normal or even above-average. Masters and Johnson *did* perform a size study, but they were careful not to talk about the results—that constant fear that the work wouldn't be taken seriously or…

I didn't get that from the scene either—they were just surprised and speculating on what the story was behind it, like a soap opera or a romantic movie.

Granted, it was a lot of alpha posturing, but his discussion with George on the front stoop was telling from a certain perspective, and that is that Ethan's Perspective is Law. Gini is *going* to marry him, he will *make* the universe conform to her dreams of being whatever she wants, as long as that thing means that…

Lillian doesn't seem like the type to show weakness; to do so would be tantamount to utter failure. She seems to take challenges like having her med school grades painted on her locker in blood as incentives to be the Absolute Best. She did mention how tired she felt, though.

Ethan was making a bit of a play on words there. Libby hasn't cheated on Bill—she holds him up as the love of her life, and for her that's a sacred fact.

Oh my God, if they managed to work out a lavender marriage, and like, pointed out all the cute boys in the room while elbowing each other and egging each other on… oh, that would satisfy me on a deep emotional level.

See, I don't think it'll matter, because I don't think Bill will even get that far in the presentation. Ultimately, the (presumably negative) reaction will be to the fact that he's speaking so frankly about sex.

I have to wonder if Scully will commit suicide or do something drastic that would cause Bill to desperately wish he could have helped his friend.