That doesn't negate the evocative reverberations & the sheer rhythm of the phrase, very appropriate for out of control/close to melodramatic/scary behavior of some of the main characters, especially in the first season.

The yellow touches in that scene were as obvious as Donna's red blouse in the kitchen scene. They support what the literal words of the script explicitly told us repeatedly: that Joe is expressing a need for connection to Sara that might be deeper than using her for her connections & her devotion/approval. Why is this…

Love all the stills on this!

Hannibal is so slow, repetitious & obvious with its visuals/symbolism & there's so little else going on…it would be more like footnoting locations & sources , not pointing out anything the director isn't shoving down your throat.

So glad he did not lean on the flatulence gross out humor or over the top outrage/craziness. Yes his humor was subtle & deadpan & he doesn't do a lot of mugging/schtick(except when he's doing a dead on impersonation of Jon Swewart channeling Jerry Lewis) but his genius is his range of perspectives and yes his gift…

Yes, and the pained expression on Rachel's face, because she really understood….

The trolling had some of the best jokes, telegraphing that his troll would be another comedian. If Amy Shumer really did watch Tavis Smiley enough to know how seriously not funny he is(Mr. Gravitas/sincerity), tho, she'd might have thought to include a few Black actors who weren't identically dressed backup twerkers…

Mary's decision to dress up in a ball gown and jump when the cameras were off as well as her expressed fantasies about her & Lily being loved & protected by The Suitor argues that at least one contestant entered for the escape/princess fantasy rather than a purely narcissistic fame quest. It was so striking that she…

Are they talking as if The Suitor or whatever they call him really does decide who he wants to keep—-which he's actually done against their wishes already, to a certain extent? It seems like Chet was betting on who The Suitor as a representative typical male would choose & Quinn was countering that a 40 year old could…

I wish you were right, but irl I bet they'd settle with the families asap so they could milk the suicide season for ratings gold.

Yes, that's what made the scene so funny. she was dying there & he was helping her out—-and he happily went along with "we Killed it!." this makes his capitulation on the 40% & "it was your idea" much more understandable, as if he really does care for her & has contributed something professionally to the building of…

Brilliant review & worth the wait. Need to add tho that the dynamics of domestic violence/abuse rang true if a bit over the top. The competing framings of what the victim had actually done & felt, the narrative of "standing up" and "moving on" undermined by contriving to insert a "white knight" to save a still…

Her jumping was also quite beautiful & insightful into the mind of a distressed suffering individual who believes they are doing a good thing for others. Rachel's "Think about your daughter" highlighted that she'd bought her abuser's cruel narrative that the best thing she could do for her loved one was let her grow…

They are asking themselves the question & answering it for the person they care about instead of asking the person what they want. Gordon deciding Donna is too busy with work/too caring to be told of his health problems, Donna deciding not to burden Gordon with the guilt of her choice, Joe deciding to "help"…

Maybe I'm using the word wrong, but "nebbishy" meaning like a sad sack, in contrast to machismo or charisma. Not that that's what I think of Gordon, but it's the role he seems to be fighting against.

No of course not. I meant that they had but one heavyset guy who was (barely)featured & replaced him in the ensemble with another heavyset guy. They did make that guy pure comic relief, tho.

It's a terrible situation, but sadly ime women with husbands & families of that time who had to work to help support their families/pay for childcare were more likely to get abortions than unmarried rather than give a baby up for adoption. Unmarried women could "hide" a pregnancy by going away for a while(pretext of…

Yes, very very heavy-handed to feature a heavy guy & then write him out. He seemed so real. the actor deserved more screen/story time. Really wanted to know more about his character.

Joe feels as close to those people as he ever has with anyone, and his pitiful attempts to help them are seem as characteristic, flawed, needy, and patronizing as Gordon's. The reviewer reacts to Joe as many threatened men would to the tallest guy with the deepest voice & has more tolerance/sympathy(empathy?) for the…

Yes, most interesting/less predictable aspect of an episode that was repetitious as could be.