I agree with most of your analysis, including how disjointed the stories are and the degree of interest each possesses, but I will take issue with one point. You describe Jeanette as trying to "assuage her privileged guilt". That makes it sound like you think she does not really care about the people who have died…

That's the kind of simplistic, telegraphed writing that is antithetical to what "American Crime" has been for two seasons so far. It would be more likely that Kimara ends up taking in both Shay and her baby, since Shay is still a kid herself and seems to have nowhere to go. But maybe they have something more…

I don't see anything wrong with that, especially since she expects the guy's wife might be ok with it. I cannot imagine it was done to make her look bad.. But I'm not wasting a lot of time worrying about the logic of a plot thread that probably should not even be in the show.

Actually, we find out eventually that the fight was a result of Evie having been sexually harassed by one boy and another boy standing up for her. Race was only a secondary issue.

"Do you guys get the feeling that there could be something there between Coy and Isaac?"

I'm willing to give the show a chance to prove me wrong, but it does sound like a greater stretch this season. At least with the two schools they were both dealing with issues that involved students who reported being sexually assaulted. That seems superficially more similar than comparing middle-aged Mexican migrants…

I'm glad this show is back. The acting might be the most authentically directed on television. I agree with the review that the story (or more properly, stories) were quite spread out here. I am not sure how this will play to people who were not already watching the first two seasons of the show. It might make it a…

My favourite trainwreck sentence was this:
—- “Only Women Bleed” is a song about a woman in an abusive relationship, and on was read for as misogynist when Cooper first released the ballad that became one of his bigger hits.
Seriously? "…and on was read for as…"? It is bad enough the article wasn't proofread by anyone,…

The episode felt like a pile of leftovers. I don't see any real connection among the four little stories. In that way it felt a lot more like an episode of "Louie". But the Joe Walsh segment was rather long and without much point to it. The table segment made no sense because giving away a table really can't be that…

Discuss? Ok. We all noticed that 8 weeks ago. What took you so long? :-)

I liked the review, but I have just a minor quibble or perhaps a correction. I think you might have missed what the actor playing the husband in the sitcom pilot scene was saying. When he said that the pressure was all on him he also says "It's my show". I took that to indicate that he was like Jim Belushi in…

Unlikely that Chris is alive. Remember they first told Madison he was dead before they knew who she was and that she knew him. They had no reason to lie then and if Chris had really just run off on them they should have had no problem bitching about it to her. It also makes no sense that they would tell Curits that…

1. A narrow stairway? Forcing walkers into a narrow passage way is a preferred way to keep them from surrounding you while you take them out.
2. A narrow stairway? Walkers can't climb stairs. At least, they never could before this episode.

The got past the herd of walkers no problem to get in to the Colonia. Getting past them again to get out should have been equally easy.

So the Pelicano gang finally figure out where the Colonia is and they decide to tell Nick so he has time for them to either prepare for a fight or gather all the drugs and leave. In return the Pelicano guys get what exactly? The Colonia was not exactly a secure fortress.

Fear The Walking Dead is set in the same world as The Walking Dead. TWD came on TV in 2010. So in the world of FTWD it is probably 2010 or 2011. Breaking Bad was on TV from 2008-2013, so she's not late at all. Of course, TWD comics started in 2003, so maybe she is a few years early.

Danette, for whatever it is worth, Ofelia was pointing to El Paso Texas on the map. The line of the US-Mexico border was clear even if none of the place names were.

Well, Pamela Adlon's actual three daughters are named Gideon, Odessa and Rocky.

Actually, the word "lover" makes me think of kookie hippies from the late 60s and 70s who liked to use it. They resisted being married (too "establishment"), disliked boy/girlfriend (sounds too juvenile), and rejected "partner" (too corporate sounding). "Lover" always sounds too icky a description of a relationship to…

The ratings are in. For the fourth episode in a row, the show had its lowest rated episode ever. At 2.99 million total viewers, it dropped 19% from the previous week (3.66 million)