and that The Originals and The Vampire Diaries have never really known what to do with Phoebe Tonkin

I disagree. This very much feels like a classic middle installment of a trilogy, where things just get terribly bleak, and the characters are forced into reactionary positions. Last season seemed more comprehensible because it involved standard "call to action" heroes journey stuff, whereas this involved Empire style…

I've been jesting so much recently that I can't even tell anymore. I think that maybe my grip is too tight?

Symbolism is one of the most powerful things there is in a government. The Queen's symbolic authority is why the legal systems of Australia and Canada don't suffer federal intrusions on State/Provincial jurisdiction the same way that the U.S. does due to shitty interpretations of the Commerce clause.

Nah, it was last season before Rachel was introduced. Scott makes the comment when he sees Cosima and Delphine kiss for the first time.

Is this in the same continuity as that? I fucking loved BatmanTAS.

I have never seen this show, but damn do all these male superheroes have tiny heads.

I'd say it would be pretty nice to live in Dorne.

Easily the best AV Club writer? Are you a gender-devoted sock account or something? I have a hard time believing that someone with all of six comments here actually knows who the best writer here is, and I especially disagree that such a distinction is an "easy" distinction. One of the great things about AV Club is…

I find the example of physicians to be interesting also. I'm not entirely sure what the causal factors would be; increased access to and knowledge of lethal medication would seem to obviously play a role, but the intense pressure of the job and elevated risk of drug abuse/dependency would also be interesting factors.…

Nope.

I was excited to learn that they're releasing a ground-up version of the motorcycle game from FFVII. The FF series should really return to that sort of Industrial/Sci-Fi/Magitek vibe of FF's VI and VII. I want a new world to explore dammit!

SOMEBODY HELP HERRRRR!!!

And you can't consent to communism unless you're sixteen, or unless you're 14 and communism isn't any more than two years older than you.

Soccer is an abbreviation for "Association" as in "Association Football". So "football" is still kindof what he said?

The season finale of Continuum was amazing. This show keeps getting better each year. That is all.

Which second-rater who hired other second-raters is this?

I was astonished at how well Being Human ended. …it started with one decent season, followed by two meh seasons, and finished with a season that was actually quite good. And the finale was great. Weirdness.

I do not deny the link between guns and suicide. There is, however, nothing "natural" about men owning more guns then women do. For instance, men in China own fewer guns then women in the United States. Therefore, gun ownership is culturally determined, and thus its concomitant effects on suicide rates are too.

I straight-up cried at the end of this episode. I do not cry at things. Oh God the feelings.