When Elizabeth was telling Paige about living with her mom in a small apartment crammed together with three other families, did anyone else think that Paige might be wondering why her mother was working so hard for a country with such lousy living conditions, especially since the Jennings itself home is pretty nice?…

I think yours is a minority opinion.

That scene of Elizabeth in the garage made me reflect on the incredible stress this woman is under: a daughter who knows the truth about her, a dying mother, an intelligence operation that's developed a major snag, and on top of all that she still has to play the sexy seductress with the hotel manager and then come…

Just be grateful you live in this period of truly excellent drama.

"Bequeathal"? Do you mean bequest, perhaps? Do adult editors ever read the recappers'work and offer advice on how to make their copy better? Ugh.

Sons of Anarchy was never, not for a second, in the same realm as Justified. Even in its fairly decent early seasons it was never more than a guilty pleasure.

Let start with your phrasing and word choice. For example, ". . . he attempts to ingratiate himself into the Jewish experience" is a very awkward way to explain that a non-Jew is simply paying his respects to the bereaved family of a someone he loved. Don is doing it to honor Rachel, who happened to be Jewish, not to…

Matt Weiner has said as much.

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One might have said the same thing about Neve Campbell last year.

"When Don visits the mourners, he attempts to ingratiate himself into the Jewish experience—“I’ve lived in New York a long time,” he says to give himself a certain Hebrew veneer—"

It was just funny because he called it cooking when all he did was stick it in a toaster.

The fact that a feisty, intelligent woman who knows her own mind is the main character will always deter most male viewers from watching a program like Outlander, no matter how much sex or violence there is, no matter how good it is. Men resist stories told through a woman's point of view.

This is the best essay I've ever read about one of my favorite shows. Thanks.

I agree. He's a great foil for Philip and Elizabeth being just who is, a sincere man of faith who wants to do good and make the world a better place—and he doesn't have to kill anyone in the process.

Not this viewer. Philip and Elizabeth would never hurt Paige or Henry. They love their children more than their country. That is the one element of the show that creates the greatest dramatic tension.

For now.

Really? Then you haven't been watching the show.

I agree. I teach Henry's age group, and it's very typical of the kids who start watching SNL to start doing impressions of the characters. One boy last year did a hilarious Stefan. I love Henry but dread when his world is smashed to smithereens the way his sister's was last night.

You can either understand and appreciate a program like Mad Men or you're incapable of doing so. Teto85 obviously falls into the latter category. Don't waste your time with such posters. Ignore them.