My parents live in an over-55 community, and the internal politics make middle school look sophisticated.

Her alcoholic husband Dougie has been missing for days after racking up an enormous gambling debt, with goons looking for him. He is in a semi-catatonic state. He has a son to look after as well. She finds out he has been cheating on her. She is worried he might be on the brink of losing his job. Under the…

"Jane-E Jones similarly transcended her portrayal as a hectoring harpy—and not a minute too soon, if you ask me—"

Yep. There is usually a big dose of egotism in there as well, which fits well with Stone.

Clearly you need to get her name out there. One person harassing her about her fake dead dad isn't close to what the Sandy Hook families went through. Maybe having a hundred or so people on FB accusing her of lying about it might get the message through.

This may just be my crazy, out there opinion, but I have always had a sense that Shakespeare was suggesting the murder of Caesar was something of a tragedy

I think the biggest difference between the TV and movie business these days is that cable and streaming TV services are actually trusting showrunners to do their job without interfering. You mentioned Lynch, and this season of Twin Peaks can be frustrating at times, but I absolutely love it. If someone were…

I understand. The way I look it it, this thoughtful pace is going to make this a much better show in the long run, both for us to revisit and for new viewers in the future. A faster pace might be more immediately satisfying, but also result in something isn't worth coming back to.

The clip of Paltrow on Jimmy Kimmel that is embedded in the NY Post article is disgusting. He is calling her on her bullshit, and she, realizing she is in front of a mainstream audience, is trying to laugh it off as not really believing it.

Thanks! I appreciate you digging that up.

What's it all about, Alfie?

It's odd, as the ending of a show like this is usually tinged with irritation when the credits appear. These musical outros ease me into it though. I just sit back, enjoy and let the credits wash over me.

I remember the original series from when I young, and my mother had the books. I've visited Cornwall, and it is beautiful.

As someone of Cornish descent, it isn't something gets a lot of attention in pop culture compared to Ireland. It's not a big deal, but kind of a bummer to see it taken out of the story.

I momentarily had The Brink and The Knick confused when I read your comment, and it seemed a little harsh until I figured it out.

Given this is a Gaiman universe, I think you hit the nail on the head with the stories you believe being key.

"So was Sweeney bringing Essie luck when she remembered to "pray" to him, and then abandoned her when she forgot about him, or was he so dependent on her faith that he fell into bad luck himself when she slacked off?"

Having had a full night to mull the episode over, it has ocurred to me what great episodes this show is producing. It's a common complaint today that a lot of shows are made to be streamed, with each episode feeling like one hour snipped from a much longer movie. Granted that this was largely a stand-alone story, but…

I sighed as soon as I saw the reviewer's name, as his reviews are generally about making an unrelated point. The review also has comments like "Everyone knows that stories are more memorable than facts without a narrative.." No, Ryan. They don't. Maybe you your background as a professional writer means you have read…

He was so good at being douchey in Crimes and Misdemeanors that I actually thought of Alan Alda as being a genuine douche for years. Around 2000, I saw an episode of Scientific American Frontiers and remembered he had just been playing a part in a movie, and that he was actually kind of cool.