I also really like that they didn't stick to such an obvious template with the characters, especially one that is so reductive. Instead they all seem like variations on a set of personality elements with different hierarchies of drives dominating in each one.

I also really like that they didn't stick to such an obvious template with the characters, especially one that is so reductive. Instead they all seem like variations on a set of personality elements with different hierarchies of drives dominating in each one.

Plus the male probation worker's borderline psychotic hate of of his charges being the diametric opposite of Lola's creepily intense attraction.

Plus the male probation worker's borderline psychotic hate of of his charges being the diametric opposite of Lola's creepily intense attraction.

It's the healthier option

It's the healthier option

I always liked the idea that all the problems could be traced back to loss and wanting things to be different (hence the possibilities opened up by an alternate universe) rather than EVIL CONIVERS EVILLY CONIVING TO DO EVIL. I always kind of saw the Observers as these sad, potential-less and therefore passive figures,…

I always liked the idea that all the problems could be traced back to loss and wanting things to be different (hence the possibilities opened up by an alternate universe) rather than EVIL CONIVERS EVILLY CONIVING TO DO EVIL. I always kind of saw the Observers as these sad, potential-less and therefore passive figures,…

Also the implication that Harrow sees the erasure of the unpleasant memory of the Darmodys as correlative of America's attempts to forget WWI seemed to make it pretty clear from a psychological perspective.

Also the implication that Harrow sees the erasure of the unpleasant memory of the Darmodys as correlative of America's attempts to forget WWI seemed to make it pretty clear from a psychological perspective.

Economy. Is anyone else willing to start the Anglo-American culture war by talking about HOW MUCH British shows manage to accomplish with so much less, in both run time and funding? Even in comparison to the shows it has been compared to, such as Parks and Rec or Community, the shear comparison of world/character…

Economy. Is anyone else willing to start the Anglo-American culture war by talking about HOW MUCH British shows manage to accomplish with so much less, in both run time and funding? Even in comparison to the shows it has been compared to, such as Parks and Rec or Community, the shear comparison of world/character…

Perhaps a point to be made is that Adam explicitly rejects those trying to be his friend because they are wrapped up in his duty as a vicar. A huge part of the show is that for a religious minister who views their job as a calling, it becomes impossible to separate his personal identity from his public role, so trying…

Perhaps a point to be made is that Adam explicitly rejects those trying to be his friend because they are wrapped up in his duty as a vicar. A huge part of the show is that for a religious minister who views their job as a calling, it becomes impossible to separate his personal identity from his public role, so trying…

Yeah, I'm just catching up on the show, and I thought the scene totally worked. Almost a fantasy of how truth, moral authority, beauty, glamour and social recognition are SUPPOSED to be interconnected in the idea of a universal value system.

Yeah, I'm just catching up on the show, and I thought the scene totally worked. Almost a fantasy of how truth, moral authority, beauty, glamour and social recognition are SUPPOSED to be interconnected in the idea of a universal value system.

It pleases me that somewhere, somehow, someone is teaching their children to play at superheroes

It pleases me that somewhere, somehow, someone is teaching their children to play at superheroes

Whose Lance?

Whose Lance?