The podcast and newspaper story were so good that the TV series suffers by comparison. In those accounts, the real people did an excellent job of representing themselves—and because they were real, they felt fresh and authentic. Try as she might, Julia Garner (a wonderful actress) could not get down Terra’s…

I agree, Joe’s not gone. But may I also say these new travel rules are damn complicated. For a minute there, I thought Smith might have shot Julianna to allow her to travel. (Wrong, I guess ...)

It hits close to home for most of us. But I guarantee you many Trumpanzees are watching it with zero self-awareness.

The episode 9 cold open showing Smith watching himself and his family, all of them happy, carefree and relaxed, was one of the series’ most devastating. It filled him with sorrow and longing. It will be interesting to see where Smith goes in season 4.

Dang! You’re right about that ... :-)

Wow, I didn’t see Chuck as “stealing the show” from Jimmy at all. He’s a much better singer, obviously (Spinal Tap!), but I thought the spirit of the performance was very sweet. It made me really sad, given the larger trajectory of their relationship.

I think the point is that Kim is ruining herself. Yes, he introduced her to the life, but she is choosing to stay, with a vengeance.

“And that’s not what makes Kim feel alive.” What an echo of Walter White’s sole honest admission of his own motive for breaking bad: “It made me feel alive.” Kim hasn’t uttered those words, but that passionate kiss for Jimmy in the courthouse stairway after her victory said it all. “Coushatta” is a fun title, but the…

I loved the book but found the show unwatchable. The book offered a fresh, rallying-cry take on so many unresolved injustices in our culture while retaining a certain comic quality that must be very hard to translate to television. This show felt dark and bitter in ways that the book managed to more skillfully…

I’m gonna go follow her on Twitter right now.

Thank you for putting my angst into words. I would love to believe that Kim simply rides off into the sunset with her brilliant, meaningful career, leaving Jimmy behind, but I fear she won’t be allowed a “she’s doing better without him” exit. (I actually wish they wouldn’t part ways at all, but I accept the boundaries…

Kim and Jimmy have reached their fork in the road. She’s moving up to bigger and more fulfilling work, while he isn’t interested so much in criminal law, as he tells her, as he is in a life of crime. I’ve been dreading this moment.

Yes, she  lied.

Alpine Shepherd Boy, a mark is on your back ...

I think it’s the same strip mall. 

It reminded me of that Fargo scene, too.

It could bomb, but I’m choosing optimism. (Remember how great Fargo II was ... )

Wow, and I thought The Terror was leagues above this in every way: writing, acting, cinematography. To me, nothing in Sharp Objects matched the horror of Hickey’s scene on the hill (trying not to spoil here), to name just one moment. No character was so fully realized as those in The Terror. Sharp Objects was…

That’s not clear. But this piece breaks it down nicely: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/26/17780592/sharp-objects-mid-credits-scene-killer 

Of course, Camille could have taken a blue bottle and her suspicions to the police rather than allow herself to get poisoned nearly to death. But then, those would have been the actions of a sane reporter.