Considering the focus on conspiracy and secrets in the series, I think there would at least be some lip service paid to something as huge as the whole SHEILDRA fiasco if it had happened yet. I'm guessing this is a little before Winter Soldier.

They both come from working class backgrounds. Could be that they took some time between undergrad and law school to work and save up money, which is pretty common for people going into grad school. That would at least bump their ages up another year or two.

Eh, gallows humor is pretty common for people who spend a lot of time around dead bodies - after all, Ravi's also joking about it. And I'm thinking that the lack of curiosity about the brains is more about being giddy around the guy she likes and assuming that the usual method of brains acquisition is grave robbing.

Honestly, he seemed to be holding his own until the other guy went zombie mode.

It occurs to me that if other zombies can recognize Liv for what she is, then the police chief definitely now knows that there's a zombie in the M.E.'s office who's not part of the big plan. That'll make things interesting.

Until proven otherwise and with no personal understanding of biology, I'm going with the headcanon that the spiciness kicks the taste buds into gear long enough for other flavors to sneak through. So the spiciness has to be there for them to taste anything, but it's not the only thing they taste.

They do bring the same energy of "entertaining jerk" to the show, even if their specific character types are different.

But part of the whole Magical Negro trope is that the sage knowledge tends to be of the down home, folksy variety and that the character in question doesn't have much motivation outside of helping the white protagonist. Ben Urich's advice is more along the lines of just trying not to let Karen get killed and he has…

Somehow I doubt that a lot of the pop hits of the 90s have the same kind of staying power as Mozart, and in any case having heard of Mozart isn't the same as knowing his music. Outside of maybe two or three tunes, most people wouldn't be able to identify his music just from hearing it.

That kind of excuse is like Dennis talking about "the implications", though.

According to some definitions, coercion does count as a form of rape. It may not be as easy to recognize as the more violent forms that we typically think of, but what it comes down to is that she didn't want to have sex and he used his power over her to force her into it. Just because he didn't physically threaten…

From what I can remember of it, Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders would be at home on this list. He had some pretty brutal things to say about the manipulations of advertisement.

Brisket Fink

Somebody probably made a tableau of that.

I'd definitely be interested in seeing what else they did with it.

Not too far off from my reaction to getting punched in the face on the bus when I was twelve. (This was a school bus, so it was another twelve-year-old girl who did it). I was so surprised at actually getting punched that I just kind of stared at her as she went back to her seat and then went back to the book I was…

Or maybe Wee Free Men or The Amazing Maurice? I can't think of any 9-year-old who could resist tiny blue drunken Scotsmen.

I agree on Mort, Guards! Guards!, or Wyrd Sisters, since they all begin their respective sub-series. Or just find a book that satirizes something that you really like or know and roll with it. There are books that focus on everything from opera to vampires to revolution, and it's particularly fun when the jokes are…

I've got five cousins under the age of six who I plan to get reading through any means possible, and Wee Free Men will show up among birthday and Christmas gifts the moment any of them are old enough. Just as reference for my plan of attack, how old was this younger brother?

I'd have given anything to have a teacher like Susan.