He gave official permission for her new look to be openly laughed at in court.

Glad I wasn't the only one having that flashback.

And that would totally have been in the tabloids soon after!

And yet I still was impressed at the way he jumped out ahead of that story by bribing his ex. Once again illustrating the difference between him and Clark as attorneys and people.

His advice to them was really good.

But the point isn't that they became famous because of this, it's linking it to the fame-for-fame's sake at any cost that they represent and their thrill at any mention shows they're already soaking up that message. They don't hear Dad's speech, they just hear their name on television. That's reflecting the influence…

It sounds like you're saying this made him not divisive because he was angering the right black people by focusing on their deficiencies as the source of their problems as opposed to a person talking talking about institutional racism who is by definition divisive.

In some ways it reminds me a bit of discussions of Walter White in Breaking Bad, just that I was totally able to admire his cleverness and skill, which were the things needed to have the success in his world that he had.

His advice to his children seemed very sound to me. He also taught by example by being polite and cooperative with the police but also standing up for his rights when they crossed the line.

Since the show has two major messages, one about race and one about fame…it added about the same amount as the scene with Cochran kids.

But she got blindsided by it while the defense made sure "their" house was just what they wanted it to be.

Again, that's his skill. He owned it and worked it to his advantage. Darden can't even make his special position work for him by getting MC to listen to him telling her that black people will be able to tell Furhman's a racist even without seeing his swastika collection.

Yeah, I liked how they had an early scene where he was saying that before he had anything to do with the trial. But as the show proves, facts don't matter as much as how people want to see the story.

It is, but not if you're only hired for your "black take" and not considered as good a writer as anyone else.

And even if you're collecting it for non-racist reasons, it's not something you want to come out at a trial like this.

That's what I got from it too. Jimmy's really not driven by money, he's driven by the excitement of the chase. Focusing on the logo of the car (material success) instead of the road shows how confining this life is. Even though he's on a highway, he's not going anywhere. He's just sitting in a fancy car.

Yeah, we have seen a couple of scenes where there's other kids but they almost make a point of always showing Paige alone rather than interacting with them, I assume to show she's not in it for friendships. On the bus she's sitting by herself and Pastor Tim talks to her, he's the one she talks to about everything and…

Just FYI, I still keep the threads subscribed and I have been totally thrilled to read all your new comments. I unfortunately just also can't think of anything valuable to add!

No, I'm not actually saying the whole series is about a nice guy narrative or that Ted is a Nice guy. I'm saying that that ending isn't part of some story about a widower who reconnects with a woman he was in love with when he was young and didn't yet understand that being in love didn't mean you got loved back or…

Yeah, it seems like that's the thing in the ep. It's not that she just isn't thinking of this possibility, it's that when people are telling her this is the way it is she dismisses it in favor of her own feeling that black women like her.