I've always appreciated her talent, but now I have a whole new level of respect for her. I can't imagine any other actress doing a better job as Peggy.

He seemed pretty forgiving at the end there, probably glad not to be dead. They're probably going to realize they could use someone like him, a guy who knows how to use a gun—although his arm isn't in great shape right now.

Oops. Didn't register that you connected the name Madison to Splash already.

Madison started being used as a girls' name in the mid-80's mostly because of the Darryl Hannah character in the charming comedy "Splash." As I recall she was a mermaid who gave herself the name after reading a street sign for Madison Avenue in New York, where the film was set. So yes, I think the Kim Dickens…

Grade inflation indeed. He's been awarding undeserved marks since the beginning.

Actually this is far more entertaining than the show. Good job.

Since I've never been one to fear stating the obvious, I'll just say that any show that has to constantly and consistently rely on one character not believing another ("I see mirror flashes in the distance, Dad." "It's your imagination; I don't have time for this."), is a show in which the writers suffer from both a…

No.

It's been disappointment to me, a big fan of the first season.

The dialogue ruined it for me. Every character had the same pattern of talking in phrases instead of complete sentences; there was no variation. Good script writers capture the variety in human speech patterns based on their characters' background, sex, age, etc. Certainly, Nic Pizzalatto did much better with this in…

Fortunately there are a lot of southern women who think that is a bunch of hooey.

I happen to be part of the old liberal set, and I'm here to say that we don't bash modern southerners for slavery, but we do get upset when, say, for instance, black church members are slaughtered in cold blood by a member of the young conservative set.

You're right. The recapper, as I said once before on an earlier thread, is just not capable of understanding and evaluating this show. Further, I've had 8th graders who are much better writers than he is.

What is it that you missed in the quiet strength of Janet, the teacher, feisty Amantha, who got her brother out of prison, Sondra, the D.A, Lourdes, the tough probation officer, or Rebecca, the marriage counselor? Granted Tawney is a wounded young woman but there's a great woman in there.

Well, some opinions are actually coherent and filled with valid insights.

Love Lorrie Moore. Sallgood man is right. Watch seasons 1 and 2. They're not depressing. They're exhilirating.

Sorry, but I miss the recaps done by Erik Adams in past seasons. For a show like Rectify, which is so elegantly written and beautifully acted, this "analysis" really fails to do justice to a great episode. You know you're in trouble when the "stray obsevations" are longer than the actual recap. This exemplifies the…

Dear Dennis,

Yeah, because vicious physical violence resolves so much for the better. That's what we tell the parents of kids in our school: just go over to the bully's home and knock his dad senseless in front of him and then threaten his mom. That should fix the problem..

Can anyone tell me where it is that a cop can get away with beating a man senseless just because he thinks the guy's kid cut up his son's sneakers? And even if it were true, that's a real good way to lose the moral high ground right there.