I’m not sure we are supposed to believe Perrin actually has strong romantic feelings for Egwene. The Black Wind says it, and Nynaeve infers it, and then Rand reacts strongly to the suggestion. But both Egwene and Perrin deny it, and I think we are supposed to see Rand as overreacting, in a way that is a potential hint…

I think that is exactly what the TV show is doing. The original main protagonist of the TV show was Moiraine. Egwene and now Nynaeve seem to be stepping up as well into main protagonist roles in the TV show.

From what I can tell you consistently do not like this show, and often seem baffled by things which to me have obvious answers in the show, but which you seem to have missed. Perhaps because you are expecting something else, or perhaps because you are watching looking for fault, and not watching for enjoyment and…

The upgrade of Nynaeve to a more meaningful point of view character has been very well done, and it is paying off with this very compelling relationship with Lan.

I’m not sure we are supposed to entirely believe Rand yet, or at least Rand may not entirely believe it yet.

I think we are not supposed to know exactly what Perrin feels for Egwene. The Black Wind is deceptive, and Nynaeve could be wrong.

So Rand already  knows he can channel at that point (at least since escaping the Dark Friend’s tavern, in fact), but so can many other men. He also has known his adoptive father found him under special circumstances, but at that point he doesn’t know for sure what that means. And despite what Egwene says, he does not…

Somebody get them a show where Yelena just cooks for Kate!

I feel like Kingpin being the Big Bad in an Avenger-led TV series is de facto elevating him to a higher level in the Bad pantheon than mere city-level crime boss. The possible connection to Val, and for that matter Eleanor, seems to be pointing in the same direction.

So Kate goes to Eleanor’s home right after the multi-way rooftop fight at night and meets with Eleanor, then goes back to her own apartment where Yelena is waiting, and they have their conversation.

The deep philosophical problem is all those tragedies caused in the past by the Snap are not necessarily something you can disentangle from all the good that was caused in the past by the Snap. Presumably there were all sorts of romances, babies, and so on that came out of all that, so simply resetting history would…

I gathered from part of her conversation with Kate that Yelena has uncovered—or been fed—information about Barton’s past that independently makes him seem like a bad person and a liar. And given everything we know, it isn’t hard for me to understand how a selective interpretation of verifiable information—possibly…

Yeah, my assumption by the end of the episode was that Kingpin was the one who actually wanted Barton dead, for some reason related to Kingpin having used him for some dirty business back in Barton’s Ronin phase, possibly involving Maya being on the hunt (note Kazi, who I now assume is working for Kingpin, wants her…

I actually liked the first Sing movie. Not a great movie, but I found it reasonably pleasant for a “family” movie, with a mostly decent pace and at least some nice moments of humor and song. The critics’ consensus at Rotten Tomatoes says, by way of apparent praise, that is “undemanding”, and I agree with that being a…

Yeah, case in point: I am finally getting around to watching Agents of Shield. I quit on it during the original broadcast due to a very weak start, but always had heard it got a lot better.

My fourth-grader really likes Sk8ter Boi.

O’Flynn’s DC Emma Lancing is one of my favorite characters/acting performances this year. Of course Colman and Thewlis are also excellent, but they have been given the meatiest possible parts. O’Flynn’s sardonic, world-weary, and quite funny Lancing is operating as the perfect foil to the Edwards, grounding scenes in…

Roman was obviously desperate, but I saw him appealing to her at least much as a former co-conspirator and strategic partner as a quasi-lover (and I note this season, Gerri had really kept it to the former).

I thought this season made clear that by now, at least, Greg is really motivated by status, not material consumption. Of course that is true of all of these characters in one sense or another—they all have far too much wealth already for more wealth to matter in any consumption sense. But striving for/defending status…

I really hope this season was setting up Connor joining fully into the family power contest next season. But I am not sure he will be joining the ill-fated Team Shiv (as Roman called it).