"Mr. Robot"? Original? They even admit they ripped off … I mean … were "inspired" by "Fight Club".
And another season of the story would make the show a soap opera. He has a story to tell and when it's over, it's over.

25 years ago, when Godfather III came out, I think I was the only person in the world who said "I don't think Sofia Coppola is a bad actress. I think her character is just supposed to be like that." But no, Becca was bad.

Yes. Coach Dan does not see how much like Leslie he is. She put the wellbeing of the school above the wellbeing of the kids. Coach Dan puts the wellbeing of his team above the wellbeing of any other kids. But Taylor was one of the kids at that school too and he was equally sacrificed by both of them.
When Dan lectures…

Important difference: "Reds" was a biopic and those people actually knew the real man. While the tone is VERY different, I was put in mind of how Rob Reiner filmed old married couples about how they first met for "When Harry Met Sally".

It symbolizes his character. He's only living on the edges of society, but invisible in the middle of it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!

I didn't recognize her at first either, but I bet all they did was remove all her make-up and that is what Felicity Huffman (age 53) really looks like. If I'm right, then she deserves an award for bravery. Aging actresses just don't do that sort of thing often.

Thanks, but once the money from the Nigerian Prince comes through I won't need to work anymore. I just sent him my bank account details so I should be getting the money any day now.

Yeah, I expected them to be distracting, but I thought they actually worked ok.

"I felt the real-life Columbine survivors and bullying victims did absolutely nothing to add to the show."
If you read comments on past episodes you will see a number of people criticizing the show for being unrealistic about the degree of homophobia being depicted in the show. If nothing else, having the bullying…

My stray observations:
- It felt like not much happened this week, but most of it still worked, especially the Coach vs Headmaster scene and Eric confronting Kevin
- The actress who plays Becca is TERRIBLE. In the scene with her dad (Coach Dan) I felt sorry for poor Timothy Hutton. Even at the end of the scene his…

So if no rape actually happened and the shooting was actually self defense does this mean that the REAL crime this season is shoplifting? Oh my….

The story took a big turn in this episode changing the story from one about rape to one about school shootings. It now seems clear how the show can link the stories of the two schools. There might be another shooting, this time at Marshall. Or at the very least, the news of the shooting at Leyland might change the…

Eric did not admit to raping Taylor. He said Taylor changed his mind about wanting it, but did not say that change of mind was before they did it. He could be just saying that Taylor decided afterward he didn't like it.
But surely Taylor is not lying, even if he is wrong about what happened. His initial revelation to…

No. A more melodramatic plot-twist-for-the-sake-of-plot-twist show (like SVU) might do that, but it would be too absurd for American Crime.

I was just going to say the same thing. To call it an irresistible trope is to trivialize just how common gay bashing is, especially in such a homophobic community as the one depicted. It's not there for dramatic hype. It's there because it's realistic.

Calling it a "waste" is too strong for me, but the idea is that it is completely unrelated to the major plot. The major plot is about rape and homosexuality and (to a lesser extent) sports team culture. The public school story is about none of these things. The major plot is only a little bit about race, and…

In episode five Evy says to Taylor "I don't care that you're gay" and he immediately replies "I'm not". So yes, someone does directly say it to him and yes he specifically denies it.

That scene was brilliant. It is so easy to paint these parents as cartoon villains, but the show manages to present them both as real, complex people while making it clear they are very wrong.

She also got a good hand washing in again right after her meeting with the angry board member at the start of the episode. Now I am really sure it's a Lady Macbeth reference.

Yes, he talked about how they used to go to Colts games (and the show is set in Indianapolis). The incident he recalled was at a game against the Packers. It was NFL football.