You seriously think Jessica Chastain makes "morally bankrupt" film choices because she starred in Zero Dark Thirty, a film that is incredibly delicate in its balance of political and human perspectives? And you genuinely believe that art can ever be apolitical? Bless your cotton socks. Repeat after me:

Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska are both tremendously good actresses and there is absolutely zero need to pit them against each other or denigrate one in favour of the other in any way.

So much plausibility stickler bullshit in these comments. When has this show ever been logical? Just enjoy it for the nutty thriller camp it is.

Did you legit watch this episode and think, "Hm, Kerry Washington sure can't act"?

Oh man, when are they going to bring back Rona? She was great.

No moleste. Not tonight.

The Best Actress category was unusually stacked for the AACTAs. Snook, Davis and Mia Wasikowska were all more than deserving, and certain better than at least a couple of Oscar nominees in the same category.

All the gorp you can handle!

I really like the parallel that, as insidious as Gryzzl's trendy urbanisation is, it's turned Pawneeans into more conscious, better-informed, if still mostly insane citizens.

Nah, he was straight-up brilliant on Party Down. Dude is no slouch.

Also, Guy Branum's obsessive hatred of Looking is just kind of embarrassing at this point.

Agreed. Which is a huge call because that guy has a fistful of genius albums to his name (I don't think I've listened to anything in the past few years as much as I have Kaputt).

I guess by 'desperate for attention' I meant that it's unwieldy and overwrought at times, in the sense that giving each of the children their own separate sexual identity crises is such a basic approach (there are so many other ways you could parallel their experiences with Maura's transition without being so…

Eh, I expected that. It's a show that a lot of people - gay and straight - don't really 'get', for whatever reason. I think that's more to do with audience conditioning, where market forces and consensus and general attitudes tip in favour/against a certain kind of storytelling. At this point, I think people look at…

Yeah, it's really an accumulation. And it definitely helps to have a solid fundament in film/tv theory, because it definitely helps you get beyond that barrier.

have you read literally any of his other reviews

Yo, pump the brakes on the "I'm the only person offering real criticism here!!!!!" stuff, friend, it's tacky.

Honestly, for most people it's not necessary and pretty unhealthy. I asked a clinic nurse about it once and he said that even done properly it can lead to infections, lack of healthy bacteria, etc. Short-term it's fine, but long-term it can mess you up. As long as you're sensible and clean, if you've never had a…

Sounds like not being gay definitely has a lot to do with it. Straight people, generally speaking, simply aren't that gay-acculturated. Just a result of living beneath the surface for so long that this stuff is deeply embedded and partially hidden from view. It's almost like another language, I suppose. We perform and…

Yeah. At this stage - four seasons in! - it's pretty obvious the show isn't that interested in their day-to-day financial situations. And if anything I think it's moving further and further away from a very sympathetic view of its characters and more into pity. I really liked this episode because it really nailed…