One of my favorite tropes is characters trying to learn to become real people ("actual and whole" as Malcolm Reynolds would say), so I really love that line.

Thanks for giving me the excuse to rewatch it twice, Todd!

Not too much to say about this one. It has some lovely moments that Todd identified, but it's mostly set up for the final two episodes. Still, we have Anna being great (and soon to be greater), and everything with Oliver (in therapy and at Charles's) is wonderful.

- I like how, in one episode, we start to think that maybe East Hastings might be a good show - as Todd says, "Trying To Be Heard" is a perfectly decent song (though not decent enough that I don't mind that, every time I watch this episode, it gets stuck in my head for the next week), and Megan does have a nice voice…

Unreliable narrator.

Barney's identical reaction definitely recalled it to my mind.

I love that shot of the daughters, because they're not sitting in order, but the angle and the camera movement still manage to reveal them in order.

Yeah, I checked the text, and Sophie cut him off like four lines early.

- Richard has gone from claiming that he played Schroeder and won the Drama Award, to playing Snoopy and losing his virginity to Lucy. I'd like to think this is not a continuity flub but deliberate resume fluffing by Richard.

It gives us a nice scene of Geoffrey directing the two young actors, too.

Moira shows up exactly three times, in fact, which I like to think is intentional. Throw in the creepy little girl who asks about Oliver, and you've got two thirds of a maiden-mother-crone triad. Unless you count Ellen's sister….!

I wish the show had followed up on Ellen's question about Lady M, after giving such good insights about other characters (like Ophelia).

I'm pretty sure she appears exactly three times, too.

In law school I had this professor who made up a course called "Law and Rhetoric" which was supposed to make us better lawyers or something but was mostly an excuse to get her Shakespearean actor friend (Jonathan Epstein of Shakespeare & Company) to come in and have us fuck around with some text. It was great, and…

I seem to recall they addressed Rachel's appreciation of Christmas in the Christmas episodes.

I seem to recall they addressed Rachel's appreciation of Christmas in the Christmas episodes.

"How about that Snow and Charming “Let it Snow” holiday ad from ABC? Pretty goofy."

"How about that Snow and Charming “Let it Snow” holiday ad from ABC? Pretty goofy."

I was hoping her disappointment stemmed from learning that Tommy was pursuing Laurel, and that Thea was upset because she wants Laurel to be with Ollie. Oh well.

I was hoping her disappointment stemmed from learning that Tommy was pursuing Laurel, and that Thea was upset because she wants Laurel to be with Ollie. Oh well.