It was a bit of a flash forward, yeah. At the end of episode 5, during Kevin's painting speech, we see Randall in William's bedroom, tearing up while holding his father's hat, William's belongings all packed up.

That's how you say goodbye to a character. William's backstory was perfectly written. Two images that stood out for me : the look of love in William's eyes as he breathed his last breath, his son's hands on his face ; William's mother giving her adult son a big, loving embrace. Also, I'd like to give a shout out to…

Is Cush Jumbo really a Good Wife "vet"? Nope, don't think so. Sorry, still not completely over this shadow of a last season.

Or, it's just a way of saying that life goes on, just like the seasons. That's how I saw it, anyway.

The meeting with Autumn is a tag, exactly, a wink, to tell us that Tom got his sentimental groove back. But when I think about the ending of the movie, I think of their scene on the bench (with, by the way, a nice and rarely-seen-on-screen view of L.A.). That is, for me, the more cruel ending. Yes, Summer was upfront…

Is the ending really corny? Maybe the very last scene, when he meets Autumn. But before that, Summer basically tells him they were never made for each other and that he was right about his idea of love but that it was not her he was right about. I never found this ending corny. At the time, I felt it was new, to make…

I don't know why, because a lot of the players here are great, but every time I come across an article about this show, my mind goes "Ugh." It all seems so presumptuous.

"That’s why getting up, dusting yourself off, and trying again is one of the bravest things somebody can do". Well, I can't not : https://www.youtube.com/wat…

"17-year-old girl"? You're being too generous.

But then again, April Ludgate. And a group text with the Parks and Rec cast for the rest of her life.

I think I like the quick cut to him lying on the floor after saying that line almost as much as I like the line itself.

When I think of Rob Lowe, I think of Sam Seaborn, and longitude and latitude.
Oh, and also, "Stop. Pooping."

I agree. What touched me the most in the season 2 spoken version is that it came from Rebecca and her mother. That Rebecca used her own buried story, her own misery and turned it into pretend. It was hidden in plain sight the whole time. The other version worked very well, too, but more as a fun story told by…

The spoken version of the theme song was even more powerful here, for me. It gave us the true meaning of the lyrics, the dark truth behind the bubbliness of the song. Of course, we knew the joyous feeling of the theme song was based on self-delusion but to learn that it actually came from such a sad moment in…

#humbleandblessed

Very interesting. I particularly enjoyed the part where he talks about West Covina now that Rebecca's here, as a place "of actually confronting issues rather than continuing to ignore them." And the idea of a place where all these diverse characters (including Nathaniel, the straight white male) cross path. "It's just…

Also, I liked that there were some leftovers of the Santa Ana effect here, with the drum part of the "Mr Wind" song used when Nathaniel was daydreaming about Rebecca.

Seth Green lying on the piano, in these shorts. Cute and disconcerting at the same time.

Josh Charles wanted out but they pretty much managed to keep it under wraps until Will was killed. It was brutal and definitely a surprise for me. Much more than Wes' death here, which was always a probability, not so much unexpected. After all, we knew someone was going to die.
And, death is VERY casual in Shondaland.…

It was not the comedic side that stood out for me. I mean, it is the episode where we finally learned when Jack died. Those funeral flashbacks tainted the whole episode and because they were paired with such sweet sweet Jack scenes, it made them even sadder. And, because the kids were in their late teens when it…