Between Katherine's moonstone reference and the Civil War being discussed in a classroom setting, I felt like I'd returned to an earlier time! So good.

Katherine is Elena's ancestor, but not Jeremy's. Elena is descended from Katherine through her birth mother, Isobel, who is no relation to Jeremy. Cause Elena and Jeremy are actually biologically first cousins, not siblings. Just to clarify. ;)

Are you gonna hurt women?!?!

Burning baby fish!

Also, Fosters thread:

I'm glad that you noticed the weird seatbelts in Regina's car, too! I thought that maybe it was one of those cars where the lap belt is separate from the cross-body belt, but there just didn't seem to be a cross-body strap at all.

That is absolutely a thought that occurred to me.

She said that explained why he puckered his lips up when he makes "o" sounds.

Yay Fosters thread!

Thanks for posting this! I was really surprised but pleased that the show addressed colorism in what felt to me like a reasonably realistic way. I am white, but I am given to understand through friends of mine that colorism is a pretty big deal for black and biracial people. OWN recently aired a documentary called…

Yay for The Fosters thread!

Obviously! That sort of thing never does! Particularly not in an episode where one of the themes was 'guilt.' It's like you don't know how tv works… ;)

I actually appreciated Andy and his comic relief progeny. Particularly the fact that he introduced himself to an infant by saying, "I'm Sheriff Andy Bellefleur."

@avclub-236e42b5af241c85d97910f5c1aa6107:disqus OT3 is a common one…

Oh god. The tension in the last scene had me holding the covers up next to my face, taking lots of deep breaths. I was so afraid and upset while watching that scene (as opposed to the more traditional open-mouthed, forgot-to-breathe horror I felt during Georgia's death). I hope to god that we don't see Abigail's…

I definitely wondered if the "in this life" thing was a reference to that. If I had a twitter, I would ask Bryan Fuller. He will sometimes answer questions like that.

Valid. Honestly, I realized today when talking about this show with a friend that I have pretty much never liked Regina all that much because of her seeming lack of interest in pursuing any kind of relationship with Bay. Hopefully that might change some in the upcoming season.

I definitely got that vibe too. I guess if you're a sixteen-year-old dude just out of juvie and you realize that not one but both of your childhood pals are now very pretty teenage girls, you want to keep your options open.

The ASoIaF wiki claims that legitimate sons of bastards can change their surnames to make it clear that they themselves are not illegitimate. It gives the example that the legitimate son of someone with the surname Waters (which is the bastard surname for the Crownlands—King's Landing and the surrounding environs)…

How do you make your Cap'n Crunch last two and a half months? Mine don't even last two and a half weeks… What's the point of buying it if you're not going to eat a third of the box in one go and ride that sugar high for the rest of the day?