I think this show is meta enough that it kind of explains itself and by extension excuses the crazier shit that it pulls, and what it did tonight was nothing less than brave. Is Rachel right about TV having the potential to change the world? I think so, just not in the way she thinks. Is she in effect talking about…

i'm positive i heard the mail robot beeping before gaad went into the elevator to hear of his fate in the FBI. unless something else beeps in that office, the mail robot has still been around

this is the americans finally back on top form, but i'd be hesitant to give it the A grade too because it really seems like this season is going to get even better

if anything, "louis c.k." — if that even is his real name — actually owes ME money. give me back the money louis

pretty much all interactions on this show were isolated from figures in the background. i wouldn't interpret it that she was invisible to others. i think the only time something close to this happened was pete's imagined conversation with uncle pete in episode 9 where he directly addresses horace behind the bar but he…

i thought that guy lee from 11.22.63 was pretty interesting

fat betty was due to january jones' pregnancy by the way

'thinks it was excusing rape or something' — more like you feel the need to justify your outrage that someone felt uncomfortable with a piece of television that was designed to make people uncomfortable. 'you just don't get it!' yeah and you cannot understand actual human interaction

ken jennings is a wound-hoe

can't tell if this is satire or not

"season 5 was so shit except for that rape scene which was actually fine and people just overreacted"

well i thought this was the best episode of the season and a return to the empire we all know and love

i bet the people saying the premise is terrible are the same people yelling at characters in movies about how wrong they are in their techniques of evading law enforcement