I've had a huge crush on the guy for years. I remember, he went through this period when he only played gay characters.

And even then, they're not capable depicting the same kind of epic pyrotechnics that a Marvel film might be able to. There's just not enough cash.

Isn't Kenealy a Tory? (i.e. Labor Right)

Yeah, I'm pretty psyched for it.

It’s somewhat surprising that Fox retained the title, given that the word “rake” is used here for its rather archaic connotation of a dissolute, licentious person.

Hard A.

I was a Jim Beam and coke drinker, but that was before I developed a gluten intolerance. Now it's vodka (with a mixer or neat) or when I can't afford that, cheap wine from the Barossa valley.

Yeah, it's incredibly ironic that the most acceptable ways to tell queer narratives is to aggressively break taboos — I guess that's where the Coven comparisons come into play. Eye gouging and minotaur fucking are the remit of homosexuality because they're all equally strange? Gee thanks Slate!

Yeah, I'm shocked at how badly it was received as well. Looking is low-key, (even, dare I say it, banal) to the point of political statement making, and that's just not the narrative people associate with marginalised groups. Outlier groups have to be outlandish, right, otherwise what's the point?

Real happy to see Jessica Collins again. From what I understand, she was originally brought on for a four episode arc, so the producers must have really liked her. Hope her new form means that she can stick around for a long time, even though she's dead. Have to say, I liked Cynthia a lot better than Priscilla. Of the…

I dunno, I'm not that big a fan of plague narratives. There are really only a few ways to tell these kinds of stories, and the threat is ultimately pretty random and unclear. For all that these things are diseases, there usually isn't a clear vector of transmission, so characters are infected largely at random and the…

I added that at the last moment, just to hedge my bets. I was worried because I was critical of your work a few weeks ago, and I didn't want it to be taken as part of an axe grinding campaign or whatever.

Yost said, in an E! interview or summat, that he's not coming back.

I keep on seeing parallels between Justified's Mara and the Sarkeesian woman that Shane got involved with on The Shield, Eastern European accents, working for a man stuck on a hospital bed, slippery loyalties…

The choking scene between Monroe and his maid feels particularly strange, as though the show doesn’t know quite what tone that moment should have. The subsequent scene in which Monroe is shot outside of Wynn Duffy’s trailer also feels off, perhaps because so much of the vital action occurs offscreen. Allison’s sudden…

Oh yeah, I'm hopeful of that, and I'm not throwing in the towel. There's enough about the show to appeal to me even if I'm not "getting" it yet, and this comment section has been pretty damn fine.

Shameless, gosh.

That could be it, I'm not a smoker.

Oh I wish. I've always wanted to be overseas — particularly the UK — but I've never had the chance. It's definitely on the cards though. I know a guy whose sister lives over there, and has family in Belgium. I could probably wrangle being able to check out Europe into the deal.

Yep! I'm a Sydney-sider, (though most locals think I've a British accent for some benighted reason!) I grew up out West, the poorer parts of the city, between Sydney itself and the Great Dividing Range. The club scene was about an hour and half away, in the city centre, by public transport (I couldn't drive at the…