Let's not pretend his character wouldn't go for his daughter if she was in any way amenable.

I can excuse it by saying that Major is choosing to focus on the possibility of a new romance with Liv instead of on the real problems in his life that he needs to deal with, but I agree that the sudden shift in his mental state was jarring. I think the point the episode is making is that Major was trying to use Liv…

I'm glad to see that Teyonah Parris is getting work. She was so great on Mad Men, and yet so unappreciated for her work. Plus, I'm still mad that Dawn didn't get a send-off scene while freakin' Harry Crane got two.

In fairness, porting Lysistrata into modern settings is hardly a new idea Senseless war and the battle between the sexes are evergreen topics.

Well, it's based on a play that is 2400 years old, so you would have had to really hustle.

Liv and Major's long discussion of the (impossibility) of safe sex between them reminded me of something I saw someone say about the show over the summer that has really stuck with me. She said that iZombie is one of the best depictions she's seen of what it's like to live with chronic illness. Every aspect of your…

I don't think we're meant to think she's ignorant. We're meant to think she's heartless. She sees zombies as lab specimens, no longer human. She queries Major about the capabilities of a functional zombie because as far as she's concerned she might as well be asking about a lab rat. That's the difference between…

That actually makes a scary amount of sense.

True, but this is hardly inconsistent with Homeland's simplistic, dismissive take on left-wing protest movements. The writers seem genuinely to think that these are entitled brats who have nothing better to do with their lives except cosplay in the shadow of riot battons and tear gas.

Given Robert's reaction to Alison in this episode, I wonder if that's something that has been brewing for a while - he did watch her and Noah having sex, after all - and whether Yvonne has picked up on it. Her comment about Alison being "cold" in her shorts and sleeveless top can definitely be read as "don't parade…

Eh. Cole pointed a gun at a child and is pretty cavalier about threatening women. I think he's a better person than Noah, but he's also really wrapped up in his self-image as a good guy, which paradoxically makes it OK for him to do awful stuff without engaging in anything like self-reflection or self-improvement.

that's why it seems so important for women to bring some grace and refinement to their choices

I loved that Noah's novel appears to be a trashy romance. It's such a perfect note that a novel along those lines, written by a man and treating its main female character as nothing but an expression of his sexual needs, would be hailed as High Art.

I think Treme is brilliant. It is absolutely slow and character-driven and a lot of the time nothing happens. But the characters are achingly human, and when things do happen in the plot they're so horrifyingly real and handled so well that it's almost painful. I think the second season, when the characters have…

I definitely wouldn't go in expecting particularly strong stories or character, so if that's what you're looking for you're better of going elsewhere. The first few seasons of SG-1, and the first two or three of Atlantis, are quite tolerable as a decent space adventure with likable characters and a world that builds…

I don't think there are a lot of happy endings in del Toro's films. The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth both end with tragedy, albeit also with a glimmer of hope. And I would argue that the ending of Crimson Peak is far from happy (though I suppose it could have been worse, if del Toro had killed the doctor,…

You joke, but Hallmark had (has?) a show about the brave employees at the USPS dead letter office who work tirelessly to bring misaddressed letters to their destination. In the first episode, they saved a child's life!

I agree that this is how Dipper sees things, but I'm pretty sure that's not Gideon's take on it. Dipper may say "be inspire by this person you think its awesome to become awesome yourself," but Gideon hears "be inspired by this person you think is awesome to become awesome enough for her to love you." Hence Gideon's…

Apparently, since I wrote this comment, there's been a one-off character who casually mentions that he has a boyfriend. But honestly, that's so little. The show has ten main characters and at least half a dozen recurring ones. It's ridiculous that none of them are queer.

Just off the top of my head, Bonnie killing Rebecca? Keeping that secret is destroying pretty much all her other relationships, and is probably the reason she's going to end up shot.