The worst grade imaginable?

This one got an A , while Mr.Greg got an A-? Seems weird. It might be that I am just kind of fed up with Peridot, but this episode was no more than a B/B-, especially compared to the rest of the episodes of season 3 this far.

I wonder if it was deliberate as well as a style choice. Pearl (who was created to be a cloned servant) has a visible reaction to the scene of Greg and Steven infront of an army of nearly identical servants…

I liked season 3 better than 2, I really did not like Vee or the forced need for a villain.
Season 1 remains the best season though, since it had an real arc. Hope season 4 returns to that.

The alternative was no healthcare reform at all, which would have been much worse. From what I have seen, no Repuiblican would have voted for any proposal that would help the uninsured in an actual effective way or allow more government control of healthcare, which is the only rational way to do large scale healthcare…

The Bible has many wise words to share with us:

You need a system like in Scandinavia. In Norway, the government knows exactly how much you earn and what you owe, and you file your taxes online. You can check through it to see that everything looks ok, but most wage-earners just click through.

Have you read the statistics on this kind of thing? It is sinister. I believe the tally of dead bi or lesbian identifiying characters in 2016 is now up to 11, which is more than 2 a month. Somone did the math, and the ratio of (just lesbian or bi) characters dying in any tv show ever is 25%. That is kind of absurd,…

So this is sadly going into the very disturbing statistic of LGBTQ characters being killed off on TV in 2016 (it is weirdly large precentage, especially since the amount of actual characters is so small).

Here's the deal: Domestic abuse is horribly underreported (27% of what is calculated to be the real rate) and on average a person has to be abused around 30 (!) times before they report it or try to take other actions. Knowing this about human physcology, the likelyhood that such claims are true is much higher than…

Clearly yes, I never believe what anyone tells me without physical evidence, I assume everyone is lying at all times.

Yes, that poor starving artist Ocasek. Clearly a cause worth fighting for.

I guess "After the Flood" is the easiest to adapt, through "Oryx and Crake" is by far the superior book. But it is to reliant on the narrative conceit of "Snowman" telling us the story and being a unreliable narrator. "After the Flood" is more generic, but also much easier to translate to TV or film.

A show made by two people that are both over-the-hill assholes with very high opinions of themselves? Sign me up!

Clarke and Lexa have extreme chemistry in their scenes together. This kind of push-pull mechanic has been a staple of romances for years, though usually it is between a "powerful" male figure and a "rebellious" woman. It has always been a popular trope.

Sure, Clarke has every reason to be angry. After all, the majority of the consequences of Lexa's action fell on Clarke. Still think Clexa is the way the show is going though.

Not according to most sources….

Don't think I believe that romour, sounds like something fans would come up with.

I like Octavia precisely for this reason. The Sky People are not her people, they sent her to her death after forcing her to live under the floor for years. They are objectively her enemy and has never done anything for her. The Grounders, on the other hand, accepted her nearly at once and gave her a role and a place.

The second one is better. The "our elves are different" trope is very good in those books, and Archeth and the Helmsmen are the best characters. It also manages to some interesting takes on moral ambiguity beyond the cursing and swearing. Sadly, Ringil (the main protagonist) is extremely boring, though the the world…