I don't think it's so much that he's not a fan of violence as that he's not a fan of getting distracted and playing around when they're here for a reason. What that reason -is-, well, that's the question.

It probably matters that we are a huge, spread out country with a lot of rural space in between urban areas, which I believe is not true to nearly the same degree in Europe. But there's still really no excuse for how bad the situation can be in said urban areas.

There are perhaps theoretically multiple providers in major cities, but in my experience this practically amounts to there being one provider of each type of internet service (DSL, cable, etc), which may look like competition if you squint but in reality one service is dramatically technologically superior (in my case…

It regularly frustrates me that laws like this were passed back in the early days of the computing age when the future implications were either not understood or not really considered and then they don't get revisited. Or worse yet, laws that were passed before computers were even a thing get applied to digital issues…

Weirdly, I am able to discern that mashing like four different high calorie foodstuffs into one super-sized entree is probably not healthy for me without actual counts. Or items touting how giant a meal they are, for that matter.

There's more nuance than there was, but I don't think we've seen any evidence that the demons aren't inherently malevolent. We have Kyle's mom and wife both violently attacking their children, we have the cop who murdered and partially ate his best friend's wife and is still gleeful, manipulative and sadistic years…

Man, Allison did not think this plan through. Everyone knows Kyle beat her so bad she went to the hospital. I bet everyone knows she had a restraining order against him, and I doubt she went to the trouble of removing it before she dropped by. And now she vanishes and he's got his kid back. Who exactly is going to…

I'm definitely hoping that's the case, but the opportunity to expand on that story just shrank dramatically. Still, it seems like they're substituting visions of Eugene for visions of John Wayne, so maybe they'll have a heart to heart about it sometime.

Random observation: it felt like the show spent 90% of their licensed music budget on this one episode. A new song in basically every scene. More than one in some!

It definitely felt like a shoehorned reveal for additional unnecessary drama to me.

No, you're correct. Also, a bad person.

I would argue that Arseface's origin is actually more sympathetic in the comics, since it doesn't make him a creep who shoots off part of a girl's head because she wouldn't go out with him and is generally super tragic. But in general the show's been a LOT better at establishing its characters as nuanced, fallible…

I think she has a pretty good idea, just not the full extent of his sins. But even so, you are correct that it's a major (and shocking) moment for her character that does not paint her in the best light. I just think it's not as straightforwardly "heel turn" as it's portrayed in the review.

As long as we're including Outcast, Preacher should definitely also be on the list. I think it's a stronger show overall and certainly a lot more fun, though I think both are excellent. Preacher has its detractors, but half of them just seem pissed it's not a perfectly faithful comics adaptation and the other half…

And he cries and is really upset when she finally dies. Too upset to, say, turn around at a sudden flash of light. It's definitely not easy for him.

Hey now. Some of us like both. ;)

Pretty much exactly what I was going to say.

He comes over regularly, yes - often uninvited. He wasn't asked to show up or make the kids breakfast or get them ready for school. They are not in a relationship, and he doesn't live there, so doing shit like that is creepy and manipulative, not a sign that someone is a caring person. (Even if they were in a…

Exactly. The idea that he's an innocent who "loved and trusted her" is I think a fundamental misreading of the situation. He may have thought he was in love with her, but the way he's just constantly pushing his way into her life wherever he can is not the act of someone who genuinely cares for her. It's someone who…

It's not that it's full of 90s references, it's that the style, sensibilities and attitude are distinctly those of the 90s. What was cool and uniquely transgressive in an comic book in the 90s doesn't necessarily play that way on mid-list cable in 2016. Or even get greenlighted - a lot of the sexual content is too…