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Is nobody else going to highlight this cringeworthy line? "Here in this sanctuary you have your freedom. All I ask in return is your unwavering loyalty."

"the erosion of civil liberties"

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend went up in the ratings! It pulled down a .4 A18-49 and had its highest ratings ever at 1.06M! Spread the good word, people. The hope of a second season ain't dead yet!

Man, I am completely at odds with the reviewer on this one. I was soaking in every minute of the episode. It never felt plodding or confusing. The fight scenes were awesome, Lydia verbally bitchslapping her bitchy son was awesome, that young chick who punched MK was awesome. At this point, the only complaint I have

Jewish children with "Aryan" features were forcibly removed from their parents (who got shipped off to labor camps) and then resettled into German parents' homes. So, yeah. If you could pass then you didn't get gassed. It's a horribly unfair system.

There's something horrible about modern culture where men have to apologize for something as awesome as a sexy, powerful woman.

I actually think Hay is doing an incredible job portraying a very damaged, vulnerable, yet fiercely resolute character. She completely sold me as Claire Robbins. Or maybe I'm just too mesmerized by her as an impossibly beautiful woman. Either way, more Sarah Hay please.

At the end, when Rebecca is hugging/dancing/hysterically laughing with the homeless woman, I was grinning from ear to ear. I kinda wanted to join her in that moment. And then I lost it at the menstrual cup tag.

Dislike.

Yes, there are many cliche characters and storylines…but does it really matter? Everything is derivative of something. What matters is the execution and I found Flesh and Bone breathtaking. Granted, there's that whole sexual abuse thing that kinda threw me in for a loop (not sure how I feel about it, other than gross

Considering the attitudes at the time, the Robertsons were quite progressive. The fact that they gave their servant's child a first class education in the belief that "the Negro" can become just as capable as a white man, juxtaposed with the eugenics storyline with Gallinger, and it's quite stark.

The pilot actually sucked me in from the get-go. I still play the West Covina song on my computer every now and then.

I thought that was clearly the case. And it's not like her interpretation was that far off. "I know you're still into Josh….but….go out on a date with me?"

Did we watch a different series? April clearly became friends with the people she worked with even if she had trouble showing it.

Heather is definitely channeling April Ludgate from Parks and Rec. I love it.

Soooooo…….get out of my house? Get out of my house.

That is worrying to me. The musical numbers of the first two episodes were definitely a cut above. Hopefully it's an aberration but even if this is the new normal, I still love the show (and Rebecca Bloom) so much that I'll keep watching regardless of how far the songs degrade.

Yeah. They really hit it out of the park with West Covinaaaaaaaa, Califoooooooorniaaaaa. I still rewatch it occasionally. It's just tons of fun.

What struck me was how the tone of the scene changed so abruptly. It starts off like a traditional comedic scene and then rapidly shifts to a super raw confrontation between her parents that traumatizes young Rebecca for life. I felt so badly for her in that moment.

It introduces an interesting twist because Josh was pretty awesome to Rebecca during that whole scene, which kinda justifies her crush ex post facto. I just assumed they would keep Josh as a vacuous fantasy that Rebecca projects all her insecurities onto instead of turning him into an actually decent guy.