I watched the first episode of the new Tales of the City and maybe my expectations were tempered by the early reactions of others but I...liked it a lot? I have many THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS and most of them are good. None of them are bad. I have quibbles and questions, but I felt such love and affection for all of these…

People really made a deal about the characters in Chernobyl speaking English? Was that the first time they ever saw a film or tv show that takes place in another country made by and for English-speakers?

“Occasional comedian”

Jenny Slate cursed in her first episode and was present for the rest of the entire season, so I don’t know that the line from her swearing on air to getting fired is as direct as Jezebel thinks it is. 

Have you seen the woman that propositioned him?

Right? What hottie wouldn’t want to bang this, given the chance? 

Do we call it an affair in 2019 when neither party seemed to be married at the time?

What’s happening with that last sentence?

There’s no such thing as traditional marriage, unless you’re talking dowries and bigamy. 

With the gutting of the VRA, there aren’t enough voters.  

It’s part of their show.  I am sure neither does anything without the other knowing.  They are both monsters.  

Fosse/Verdon, now that it’s over, was derivative storytelling camouflaged by smoke and mirrors, a confused point of view (It was still always more FOSSE than Fosse/Verdon), but anchored by almost uniformly excellent performances. Michelle Williams’s uncanny without caricature embodiment of Verdon is deserving of every…

It’s okay, because karma isn’t real.  Anyone who believes their thoughts can create a change of job loss sounds like they are dealing with OCD. 

O’Rourke was trying to cram every single talking point he could into a place where he was really just being asked about his own behavior and choices

So, um, what’s actually going on here?

I mean, in Catholicism you have to confess the sins or you’re going to hell.

I liked the episode inasmuch as I don’t care about anyone or anything anymore. It’s the little things, like the callback to Cersei watching the Sept burn when she watched Kings Landing burn tonight.

I’ve been a little annoyed with the storytelling and it’s reliance on(or lack of interest in) what it’s audience already knows about the people (and I’m someone who knows a fair amount about the major characters involved!), but the show is anchored by Michelle Williams’s incredible performance and it’s worth it for…

Oh, wow, when it more or less sticks to a single time period and has an episode with an actual arc and stakes that aren’t grafted on by editing tricks, Fosse/Verdon actually lives up to its promise.

No, we mean Krissy and Kammy, too.