While I agree with you that the scene is ultimately about the equality of their relationship, you actually have the timeline wrong.

I think I saw on a message board that LCK is returning in December.

Yes, her dish didn't actually suck. She messed up the technique, but was able to repurpose it into something that was quite good. That being said, she didn't seem to know that.

That's his actual hair.

In my view, when the actors on that show are cringeworthy, it is because the writing is cringeworthy. That cast would all be legitimately great on a different show with a less self-indulgent writer than Sorkin.

No, The Newsroom is itself horrid. Messina is perfectly fine in it, just like all of the other actors are perfectly fine in it.

Same here. I watched it from the pilot, but that's the one that got me hooked.

Um, proof that you didn't embellish the description of the scene to lead the witness to the conclusion you wanted to lead her? Try again.

Really, because you know me so well? If it was presented in the way this episode did, I would not assume that we were supposed to believe that the woman was so drunk she could not consent. I would have assumed the same as I did with Quinn - that enough time had passed that she had sobered enough to provide consent.

I am fascinated that you are claiming my post is "weird and nonsensical" when you are the one who a). claimed that we were meant to read that scene as rape and b). also then claim that the appropriate response for a victim of rape is to give some "wry," passive-aggressive statement to it.

I am presuming you think she "straight up raped" Quinn because we saw Quinn very drunk, and then the next scene was Quinn and the apartment manager having sex? Allow me to point out that we have no idea what the time lapse was between the scene at the pool and them having sex. It is entirely possible that they went…

So you're assuming that story lines have to be wrapped up in one season?

No, I got your point. My point, which apparently you were unable to grasp, is that since this is based on real life characters, the idea that you'll "root against" them will still be frustrating because it is doubtful that Michelle Ashford will change history so completely that they don't succeed.

True, but the kids are going to be seeing a lot more of him - and the way he really is - now that they are living at his house full time. So I suspect their relationship to him will change.

"And now Masters and Johnson found out that touching each other's bodies
leads to arousal? Brilliant discovery! Who would've thunk?"

Right, but there were scenes after that. You don't remember them, but they were there.

Well, they always seemed happier because he was the "fun" presence in their life, precisely because he didn't have to worry that much things like getting them to school on time and making sure they were doing their homework. I suspect that for both George and the kids, the "fun" will end when he actually has to act…

Well, to be fair, I don't think Libby just realized last night or even last week. I think she's known for a long time, so the awkwardness that would have occurred would have happened years ago.

I think a part of Virginia's life was destroyed, absolutely. Yes, she was often absent from her kids, but she does still love them, and they were, at least, one part of her that wasn't Bill's. I think that she wanted that part, even while she has been completely consumed by her affair with Bill.

But I mean, this is all apparently true - Libby and Gini were friends and had a friendly relationship (not sure how close they were but Thomas Maier repeatedly refers to their friendship whenever he's talking about the show).