If I'm unfair it is in proxying your review for what is in essence a fundamental aspect of the show, which I have at various times felt uneasy about as possibly exploitative. Ultimately, I find that the show has managed to balance this inherently difficult subject matter with genuine and thoughtful portrayals of…

Sorry, I edited to clarify my point, but my issue is not that he thinks the rest of it is realistic, but that the fact he takes issue with verisimilitude of university minutiae in an otherwise wholly unrealistic show smacks of something akin to slum tourism, to me. Just my feelings and putting it on the record is all.

On "University Verisimilitude Center": I had a hunch last week that your focus on the "unrealistic" aspects of the university process reflected that you must have grown up in a pretty nice household. This was validated with reference to your still-married parents moving to a nicer home recently. Anyone who has…