No, I think it came off pretty judgmentally, but also served to make Patrick see it from outside the bubble. He IS a homewrecker.

Their morals?

But Dom is only 40.

Yeah, watching Dom break down to Doris was just so sad. I'd never heard of Murray Bartlett prior to Looking and last season he was a bit glib and underdeveloped but his scenes last night, first at the flower shop and then at Esta Noche, were some of the best scenes so far.

I also think Patrick's deeply ingrained biases played a big part of it. He could never let go and accept Richie's more working class and, yes, Mexican, roots.

Everyone has a sob story they can use to explain their bad behaviors. But by the time one reaches his 30s he should be able to know the difference. Kevin's shitty behavior is because Kevin's a shitty person. Even if he came from a tough background and his mommy left him.

Ha. I forgot about Miranda and Steve's baby being named Brady. That would be so cute.

Not romantic. I agree Richie deserves better than who Patrick is now, but Patrick's been growing up. He might eventually not be the dick who kept treating Richie poorly but he has to show that to Richie. That's what I meant by he needs to suffer a lot more. He can't just say, "Okay, it's over with Kevin. Let me get…

I get what you're saying, I just think that Haigh has a fundamental misunderstanding of how that kind of story plays out. Kevin's not just a cheater, which would be bad enough, he's also in a position of power over Patrick. It's the double whammy that makes him odious.

Not that Richie's perfect, but Patrick was a right dick to him a lot of the time. If Patrick wants to reunite with Richie, he needs to prove that he's not still the same selfish little baby he was when they were dating.

I remember that guest spot, too. Which goes a long way to why I can't ever see him as "hot."

Yes, cheaters are relatable because everyone's known selfish assholes. But Haigh feared that one, or both, characters would become hated because they were acting in selfish, assholish ways. It's like he wants them both to retain a level of "likability" even though their behavior is not likable at all. It's like that…

Patrick needs to suffer a lot more, though. He needs to earn Richie back.

Not necessarily. When I see Russell Tovey I see the unholy combination of a fetal chimp mated with Casper the Friendly Ghost. And I actually liked him, a lot, on Being Human. But all these tight close-ups aren't doing him favors because his face seems so … unformed.

And Patrick's not likely to magically learn social skills overnight. He'll still be the dithery, twitchy, over-analytical Patrick.

I'm glad "the affair" looks to be over because it was beginning to veer into soap opera territory and threatened to swallow the series whole.

Was it really that hard to interpret, though? There was a big house painted on the canvas, so she could have done something homey. She managed to incorporate the colors that vexed her, so why not make a ratatouille (homey) using the grilled eggplant as a base (gray) and make a tomato cream sauce (pink) to finish the…

It's not that he's not in every other scene, or even in more than one scene at all, it's just when the writers removed him from Patrick's orbit they removed his primary role in the story. I'm speaking from a straight writing point of view that while he's a regular he's not a lead, so to completely remove him from…

True. Maybe it was Kevin's initial dickishness that made me think he was used to having power. :)

I can't envision Patrick in any position of authority or power, though. As he's been written he's very comfortable being the coddled little boy, even though he's far from being a boy.