Me too! I wish they could just roll along forever, like soap operas do.

I think you're both wrong. It's ridiculous for you to say "it isn't his Asperger's". It's also ridiculous for someone on the other side to say that if someone has a condition like Asperger's, there can't be any other reason for any of their behavior, or that they can't be held to account for anything they do. It's…

And this was a censored version anyway.

I'm with you! All these people are saying the new boyfriend is creepy, and I'm not seeing that at all. (Even people defending him say that the showrunners are trying to portray him that way to make us root for her to get back with Joel, and I'm not even seeing that much.)

The elevator scene *was* the perfect way to leave them…until the showrunners lost heart within the same episode! How can that even happen? I mean, if they changed their mind, they could still re-edit the episode. Very puzzling and disconcerting.

I'm with you, except I don't think viewers are being manipulated to see him as anything negative. I think they are doing that on their own! He seems like a great guy to me, and I hope (against hope) that Julia stays with him and tells Joel he's a day late and a dollar short.

Yeah, but there needs to be at least some attempt at realism, doesn't there? They should have said they were at a grandparent sleepover or something.

Whoa, really? Why not invite Sarah along? I am divorced and remarried and would never, ever go do something with my ex and the kids we had together without bringing our new partners along. That's weird, creepy, and super disrespectful.

Hank was oblivious; but WTF was up with Sandy and Ruby inviting him out without Sarah? Who does this? I am divorced and remarried with kids from both marriages, and I can't conceive of this happening.

I was thinking the opposite: when he said "the system is breaking down; it's awesome" I thought he broke character for a moment there.

I care!

Yeah, I think it allows the storylines to be better paced, and it shouldn't actually cut any characters' cumulative time for the season. More ensemble shows should think about doing this.

That was so weird, that his was better than the characters who were not intended to be faking it!

I lived in Minnesota for years. It's the other characters whose accents and mannerisms are (unfortunately) over the top (though I still love the show). Ironically, Malvo's imitation of a Minnesotan was more uncannily spot on than any of them!

I always thought Thornton was a good actor, but this was on another level.

I thought the Minister Peterson act was awesome: he actually did a better accent than most of the characters who are supposed to be real. And I buy the bumbling obliviousness. However, what bugged me was the line in the men's room from Odenkirk when hearing the name Peterson: "I knew a Peterson once…". Umm…you live…

I thought he looked like the guy who played Kevin James' character's cousin in King of Queens.

How do you know Dylan's parents are supporting her financially? They might be, but I'm not sure we can take that to the bank.

It's true that class is about a lot more than just income. But you seem to be setting up a binary: he's either upper-middle class, or working class. How about just middle class? I think to be *upper* middle, you do actually need money. I mean, my parents both had Ph.D.s (my dad's was from Stanford), and though I…

Lots of people are negative about the Ruby storyline, but I like it. And I think Sarah is much more than an afterthought—she has gotten solo scenes with Ruby, after all. I liked what Michelle Newman at EW had to say: