Has it ever been established though that she was hired formally through an agency? Perhaps it was done all under the table? There are documented stories of families bringing domestic servants to the US and then abusing them, and in those cases they apparently figured out how to skirt the au pair agencies.

I don't have much experience with Mr. Robot or Westworld so can't really comment on those. The last show I watched as closely as I watch AC was Mad Men, where the character based writing was second to none for me.

"Ridley's way of building suspense relies on the audience being willing to patiently work things out. They must wait longer for the pay-off than they do watching an episode of Law and Order that begins with a body floating in the river. Thus the complaint that American Crime this year doesn't seem "very exciting."

Exactly. Especially in sexual assault cases, it is so often one person's word against another's. There is no definitive evidence, so the show's decision not to reveal exactly what happened just reflects the reality of those cases.

Near where I live, a wealthy family from the Philippines kept a poorer Filipina woman as a slave for almost 20 years. The kids grew up treating her like crap and the parents treated her like crap and they told other people she was an aunt who didn't speak English and didn't like to socialize. They refuse her…

It's definitely MMV. It reminds me of Short Cuts, one of Robert Altman's movies, where you had a huge cast of different characters that were all involved in deeply personal dramatic events and their stories were connected by loose threads. It's very naturalistic and humane, and to me, it serves the point of…

The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that Nick is abusing Gabrielle, physically and/or sexually. Maybe Clair is, too, but I tend to think her warfare is emotional rather than physical. All the elements of this episode would support a twist that Nick is abusing her and Clair is one of those people who…

They are all thematically tied together. The characters don't have to exist in each other's orbit to have a unifying thread.

Someone should tell John Ridley. He used it to refer to his own marriage in the past few weeks.

Is mixed race considered improper terminology for a relationship? I've seen it used synonymously with interracial.

Ugh, Shae. That was a tremendous twist that hurts and yet makes perfect sense given her lifestyle. And for anyone complaining about disjointedness, the conclusion of her story definitely ties it more concretely to the Teo/Luis story. At-risk people are real people, and the show did an amazing job in making us feel…

The network press releases also also spell it Shae. Not something you'd necessarily note as a casual viewer, but you'd think the reviewer would be clued in . . .

I hadn't noticed that there is a different reviewer, but that makes sense. The brief segue into shipping JD and Jeanette in one review and the immediate leap to "gay interest" to explain Isaac's interest in Coy in another were definitely clunkers that suggested someone who isn't overly familiar with the show or the…

I don't think she's supposed to be playing a black woman, from what I've read. Ridley intended the relationship to be mixed-race.

I'm not convinced Nicholas isn't hurting the nanny, although he may not have the same access to her given his work schedule. But the scene after the fundraiser party where he walks to the car clenching and unclenching his fists felt foreboding.

Other site that do weekly reviews consistently rate the show higher,which is probably part of what jupiterpluto is complaining about.

If they do get a Season 4, it will focus on women in the workplace and harassment. They're gonna need all their middle aged white males getting their Ailes on. ;)

I have felt that way at various points with all three seasons, and I do think Ridley goes out of his way to be neutral at certain times when other shows would have written that scene and/or directed Hutton so that Nicholas was clearly a villain for thinking that way.

I like the Nicholas-Clair marriage. Both have their flaws, both are not really hearing the other person in the marriage. Those relationship details are really well done, which is one of the reasons I'd like to see more of them. Also - Hutton and Taylor together are really good.

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