Agreed. I'm all for good-hearted religious belief that makes people better versions of themselves and is internalized. The opposite of Coach in South Pacific, basically, and a real tonic for some of the other "religious" behavior I've seen on this show (and in life).

Something about the phrase "a business executive and Rodney" makes me giggle. Like Rodney's so singular that he can't be categorized by any descriptor.

Ugh, that interview is just . . . ugh. I can't tell what's more annoying: Dan acting like someone should be afraid if he did "come looking," Dan acting like being told he doesn't take direction well is an unforgivable insult, Dan clearly calculating his behavior to earn a certain narrative ("On day 2 I'll cry about my…

I loved that Will started to put it on from the front, but Mike turned around like a wife getting jewelry on her anniversary.

This reminds me, didn't Rodney say something in the penultimate episode about swearing on his sister's life? Does Rodney have another sister or did he really just swear on his dead sister's life?

Oh yeah, Keith was the "stick to the plan" guy, wasn't he? Oh man. I can't tell if that makes me less or more excited that he's back. (I'm excited regardless, because he's from Louisiana, which means there's a tiny chance I can get my dad to watch this season and finally have something to talk to him about.)

Remember that one time Dan made fire? He sure does.

I suspect the latter, which is hilarious because Will has to be some kind of dumbass not to realize he was never going to be in the crosshairs. I wonder if he even realizes he was a goat.

I think Jenn was kidding, but if she wasn't, I assume she would have voted for Rodney in a "Fuck it, I'm voting for Rodney! Ha ha ha!" sort of way. I love Jenn.

Happy Birthday!

On the one hand, I don't think the collar designations necessarily match up with socioeconomic status (Hell, run my last name through the salary database at my institution — I'm in higher ed admin — and there's a carpenter who makes twice what I do [as he should], despite being "blue collar" to my "white collar."…

She was eligible; she just didn't get enough votes.

Dan's not gullible.* He's an asshole who took the opportunity to try to look magnanimous (worse, he probably thought he was being magnanimous). I hate Dan so much I couldn't even get too chagrined on his behalf at the reunion, and I thoroughly reject public shaming.

At first I was a little worried that letting Carolyn save herself via a fire-making challenge was dangerous (giving her an opening for a "look how gutsy I am" jury speech), but then it dragged on so long and they both looked so ridiculous that I had to admit it was a solid move on Mike's part (not to mention a gift to…

All those shots of Dan shaking his head at Mike were amazing. It was "Marsha Marsha Marsha" levels of obviousness.

Oh that would have definitely been satisfying. But it would have also interfered with whatever plan Sansa has and left her back on the run (which may very well have been the best thing for her, I don't know). I guess I'm just hoping her moment of triumph is pending, and it will be one based on her maneuvering rather…

I don't disagree that the show's casting has had some issues (though I'd argue Doran, at least, is not a hot-blooded Latin as far as we've seen, and there's also his bodyguard, though I imagine you might have an issue with "bouncer" [essentially] as well). But you're deflecting my original point, which is that you…

Oh COME ON. You can't have it both ways. If Ramsay were not white, you'd be hollering about this depiction of a character of color as illegitimate, savage, and obsessed with white characters' sexuality, a creature of base, uncontrolled urges. But he is white, so you say he's "coded as an other" and get to have the…

Well that's fair. I'm hoping she does have a plan, but we're just not privy to it (or even that the plan is exactly what LF said, but Sansa somehow ends up back in control of Winterfell without LF in her life). Until they actually show her dying giving birth to Ramsay fucking Bolton's child or something, I'm assuming…

Sigh. Why would Sansa lighting the candle be an act of agency, but her clearly choosing not to do so (in the wake of Miranda's revelations) is not? Agency is making choices. Would I have cheered to see Brienne kick the door down and skewer Ramsay before he could touch Sansa? Of course! But Sansa decided to stick with…