Inconsistent characterization. Although, to be fair, the writing on the whole is terrible (that dialogue made me cringe).

@avclub-e1124c85b8750ec73766ed905c3ff2b2:disqus Yep, just agree with you on all counts. If you have a relationship based on mutual respect, it's definitely a violation not to allow someone the whole truth of a situation.

Yes, absolutely. The serial killers on this show and in the books work primarily as a dramatic vehicle into the darkness possible in the human psyche, rather than as realistic portrayals. It's why I'm loving this adaptation so much—empathy and cruelty are on two extremes of the human spectrum, and the dramatic (even a…

Also, the whole final sequence between Fishburne and Torres was amazing. Personally, it was viscerally affecting. My father pulled a similar kind of episode when he found out he had cancer—he quietly got everything together and didn't tell anyone for months until he had to, before a major surgery. I can't really…

Two really great observations, neither of which I knew about.

"Ship on the bottle" sounded familiar, but thanks for identifying it. It makes perfect sense that Lecter would dislike something as pungent and pedestrian as Old Spice.

@eric827:disqus Again, it was less about the plotline and more about the tone. I didn't feel like this was a moral victory at all; I felt like this was a sad resignation to the fact that this is how things are, and maybe Leslie moving up in the world of politics is not actually good for her.

I don't know about that. The tone felt different to me. I feel like there's this continual sense in P&R that things work out (partially because Leslie and Ron are like two very different superheroes), but this was the first time they admitted not only that politics gets worse and worse as you climb the ladder, but…

Honestly, I wasn't really feeling this episode, but the two halves of Ron and Leslie's conversation really made it for me. It wasn't funny, but it rang very true to me that these two friends would still butt heads and yet have more in common with each other than the rest of the world. It was a little bit of a dark…

This show just has a line straight to my mind. The images alone are utterly fascinating, balancing between beautiful and horrifying in a way that really sticks with me after I finish watching.

I'm also a huge Lecter fan (and I did know about his maroon eyes)! Silence of the Lambs is one of my favorite movies, and I love both that book and Red Dragon. I was sure this would be a shitty show when I first heard about it, but Bryan Fuller and the trailers convinced me to try it. Also, I'm just really personally…

He's a monster of fertility.

I also really like this show.

Try white wine and Peach Fresca! Absurdly delicious!

@avclub-808e22af6c33eea22608f30cef458844:disqus I really don't disagree with you at all. I would feel much better about being a Christian in our culture if all Christians would admit that we fucking suck at following Christ. The blame in any inconsistency in the heart of Christianity with the actions of Christians…

You're consciously limiting what science fiction is by defining it by what examples you've seen, rather than what is possible (and what is actual in other forms of sci fi). Also, you haven't read very much science fiction literature if you think that all quality science fiction throws reality back at us, and that no…

Neither have I, but not for any good reason. I saw the pilot, thought it was fantastic, but have never watched any more.

Well, on the one hand, I feel like they were completely at fault for being negligent with your child and their things. If you don't want something broken by a kid, don't give it to them. That's common sense, and I think you're justified in not paying for it.

Or, you know, Christians could think that the meaning behind the Gospels is a matter of interpretation, which is more complex than simple "picking and choosing." Ie, sometimes there are things that are figurative in the Bible and how to understand what is figurative and what is literal is not actually as simple as…

Seriously, thanks.