This is the best part of the beginning of the month for me. 

Actually, psychologists (as human beings tend to) disagree on these issues, but we also talk pretty constantly about them because they're legitimate and they concern the profession.  Generally, we don't want to make our clients miserable and poor.  Also, problems that bring people to therapy (as human problems tend…

@avclub-749a8e6c231831ef7756db230b4359c8:disqus Also, from what we've seen, plant-bending (without taking the water out of the plants) takes a certain amount of spiritual awareness, whereas bloodbending/plant-sucking seems to rely more on rage, the way old-school Zuko did.  Korra doesn't have much of either yet.

I'm wondering if the reason there was no Zuko is the same reason Aang was so angry.

I'm interested in this too.  Obviously there's some fluidity to wessen powers, since Nick's blood can take them out completely… maybe some potion or other including Grimm blood can change them into something particularly suited to killing Grimms when they become Reapers?  There's a lot of interesting stuff to be mined…

Yeah, seems like he should be putting together a blood-filled bolt if he hasn't already.  I wonder if that would be better or worse than death for most wessen… the Hexenbiest (sp?) girl certainly didn't think it was very merciful.

Ha, yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking.  It's easier to trace in one way— once these bodies start piling up, the police is going to know there's one guy doing all of it, and Renard is going to be certain it's Nick— but the other option is either to use a service weapon or to carry two guns all the time…

I really liked that conversation, and Nick's denial that the vote meant that the beavers are cowards, too.  Obviously this isn't going to turn into a Fairytale Wire anytime soon (she said, secretly hoping it would) but I appreciated  the picture Nick's getting that there are some rigid and unjust rules in this world…

You're right, and I shouldn't have said she seems stupid.  To clarify a little, I don't think she IS stupid— Juliet(tte?) has her stuff together in a lot of ways, and she was obviously smart in turning down Nick's proposal that way.  I'd really like her to become part of the main group, and it seems like such a slam…

Wouldn't the lightning-benders at the power plant qualify as average citizen benders?  

I'm really feeling more confident in this show at this point.  I was happy to have a kickass girl in the lead, but I really can't stand the trope of having a girl who's somehow just always winning at everything, so I was nervous, too.  I was afraid that Korra was going to tend towards the super-girl-power side when I…

They had better be leading up to a big Juliet reveal.  Hank does seem like a minor character at this point, but at least he doesn't seem quite as stupid as Juliet does.  And it's just appalling that they're maintaining their relationship without (a) considering the problematic implications of keeping this big a secret…

Whether or not it was the intended meaning of the show, I think this is now canon for me.

I'm actually wondering if the version in syndication didn't show it. This is one episode I saw as an adult, and coming in 2/3 of the way through I was glued to the screen through the last scene…and I specifically remember -not- seeing the painting, and being really impressed by the choice.  Of course, I haven't seen…

I like Wallace Shawn too, and I kind of find it admirable just how annoying he is in DS9.  I swear he went into the role trying to set a record for sounding as annoying as humanly possible, and just kept raising the stakes.  After awhile I stopped trying to not find him grating and just kind of enjoyed how irritating…

I think the NBC site said something about Renard being royal.  Of course, given the connection between the families and the Grimms, they might not be mutually exclusive.

I was wondering about Nick's knowledge about the Verrat too.  My best guess about the handcuffing was to also fake out Ian, maybe just as a way to take out some justifiable anger at him by letting him think he was screwed (as well as reminding him about how much power Nick has over him if he comes back) before letting…

You've blown my mind.  I've been researching that for awhile now.  How did I get that name so firmly lodged in my head if they never said it?  Anyway, at this point I think they should just go with it— bring in some old obnoxious friend who nicknamed him Eddie for no discernible reason or something.  When it's made it…

That might be the longest the show has ever gone without getting Eddie
onscreen and still been enjoyable.  As cool as it is when the fairy tale formula works correctly, I think they could do a lot worse than spending some time just exploring the world… I really enjoyed this one.  Yay for the Captain finally getting…

I think a part (maybe not a majority, but a part) of Verad Dax's confidence can be attributed to Verad's insecurity around not being joined.  His reason for being nervous and self-loathing is gone once he's joined, and he's really talked himself into believing that this is the solution to his problem.  Kind of a…