Could they really keep slavery going until the present day? It's hard to imagine, surely they'd have to abolish it at some point?

If I wanted to start a fight I'd tell you about how I don't like The Day of the Tentacle.

My only complaint was about the article, and it was a very minor one. My comment about the international market was simply an observation that this won't be another Game of Thrones, which was based on my guess that HBO may well expect it to be, since it comes from the same creators.

It's OK friend, you don't need to get angry. The US has won, hasn't it? It's the sole superpower, as you said, and it's cultural influence is second to none. So you can relax. I'm pointing out a) don't assume everybody on the internet is American, and b) this show probably won't have strong international legs.

I'm sure there won't be any highly dubious rape scenes with slaves, because they've totally learnt their lesson…

"These are epochal turning points in our history"

"my understanding is that Indian food is a lot more common in British commonwealth countries than it is in the U.S."

As I recall she's previously stated her interest in buying a beach house being in a superhero movie.

"I read a British person's mind and now I have the accent or whatever - just go with it!"

That would be pretty great, and make a lot of sense. They sort of foreshadowed that in season 1 as I recall too.

You know, when you put it like that it actually doesn't sound even remotely more rational. "Somebody disagreed with me politely over a TV show, THAT MONSTER. I better put him in his place!"

I see. So I say nothing much happened this season, you say it did, and your response when I ask what is "fuck you!"

So five seasons ago he was done with the job and wanted out, but couldn't get because Elizabeth didn't want to. Five seasons later he's now realized that the kids are also messed up.

There are few things more cliche than a sitcom constantly resetting itself back to its original status quo.

So basically he was uncomfortable with the job, but now he's REALLY uncomfortable with the job.

Didn't he say to Elizabeth, in the very first episode of the entire series, that he wanted to defect and didn't believe America was anything like his country claimed? I'm not sure I see much progress from that position.

I don't understand why the showrunners can't see the comedic potential in having Richard succeed and slowly morph into some version of Gavin. I used to think that's where the show would be going in the big picture, but at this point I realize it's not going anywhere.

What's that?

First time I ever heard of these was on an episode of The Good Wife. Neither me nor my wife could understand just what the hell they were saying and had to go back over the line a few times before we got it.

Yeah, pretty much.