It’s always so fucking creepy when people go to bat for some serial groper to be cast in high profile roles again. People are excluded from those roles for being too old, too fat, too thin, the wrong race, the wrong gender, openly gay, trans, and a thousand other inconsequential things. But the fact that the studios…

even when he was at his absolute movie star peak it’s not like any normal person gave a shit about k pax or the shipping news.

I think there was probably a sad cause-effect there. I had heard stories about Spacey from industry folks when I was in L.A. (and about Bryan Singer). So it was a well known issue. I think once his career was on a downturn more victims felt comfortable coming forward because he had less ability to influence their…

I wish we wouldn’t come down so hard on people asking the question “how long is long enough,” because those conversations are the only way to move forward!

If the people asking “How long is long enough?” were not 9 times out of 10 bad faith white knighting for their problematic favorites I might be inclined to agree. It’s just very rare that the question comes from a source that appears at all neutral or genuinely interested in fairness.

We’re stuck because we can’t decide which is the litmus test: how it made the other person feel vs. what it actually was.

A pat on the ass might make one person feel terrible, and another, annoyed. One person might fixate on that ass pat; the other might shrug it off.

Same pat, different asses.

I think there should be…

You don’t need to tiptoe around the fact that on this point (and setting the Spacey topic aside entirely), she’s right. The expansion of the definition of sexual assault has only served to render the phrase less valuable and impactful. Some of the statistics we read include experiences like being made to feel…

They also seem to think that fame and fortune works like a ratchet and once you reach a certain level, slipping back is an unfair punishment.

Shit is so funny to me. What does she want to have happen here? What action should be taken and by whom? There’s no Grand High Cancellation Council that is refusing to hear his appeal.

I’d argue that this episode was the best episode since GoT season 7's “Spoils of War” (where Dany torched the Lannister army). One thing all of this franchise’s best episodes have In common is they’re all character centric. Rhaenys and Aegon were at center stage and the story seemed to almost unfold through their…

nah. they're all family. they're past that petty shit. i think it was totally appropriate.

Maybe if Tommy hadn't been on the porch, but it was the story of how he met his son, and that's a story that Matt and John, as parents themselves, will always understand the power of.

"the great dissapointment" basically dude calculated when the departure would happen, and people gave away all their shit and nothing happened.

Nah, it was just one of dozens "end of the world" cults of that time. I think the ending is just her going to church to be with other people still left in it, probably because they all got kicked out of their houses, supposed to show that despite everything they still have each other.

He was absolutely brutal but I also found John a compelling character. I rewatched the S2 finale this week and it was clear that the combination of finding out Evie left on her own, combined with what happened with Kevin, profoundly affected him. I hope we see flashbacks to see his evolution over the last three years.

Well, not "nothing". The GR managed to open Galen Jarden up to everyone who was trying to get it in. At the cost of their own lives, it turns out, which has definite Biblical resonances.

For Laurie this is just another version of what she was doing with the cult manufacturing in season 2. For John, I figure that after everything that went down in the season 2 finale, his opinions on matters faux-spiritual if he thinks they're helpful have changed. His attitude about how to deal with the Departure left…

Agreeing to that 'small price to pay' is predicated on believing that is even the price for it. There's no evidence that she awoke from her coma because of the town. To her, Matt is using a delusion as a means to control her actions.

After a rewatch the porch scene is a lot deeper… Like everybody is hanging on Kevins every word, like they're composing the "He Then Spaketh Unto Them" passages for The Book…
And considering Matts fixation on Jarden/Miracle & the upcoming 7th anniversary, changing the toast to "The right place at the right time"…

Also, surely Matt was thinking that they were all there in that house and in that town because Kevin happened to meet Laurie that day.