I agree, I would have preferred that they stayed longer at Buell Green.

Yes, thank you for pointing out that Paul mentioned it was a ruse to get her out of the house. The whole point of those scenes was to show how exactly not taken for granted Libby is by Paul.

I disagree - I liked season 2 and thought the quality was almost as close to season 1. That being said, season 3 hasn't been as good as the first two seasons, IMO.

That's my thought, as well. They've been playing a long game when it comes to the conversion therapy stuff.

I disagree about Paul being a disaster. In my view, Paul is much more an actual character than Dan, plus he fulfills a very specific role - the decent guy alternative to Bill. He isn't supposed to be exciting, and he isn't supposed to fill a room.

I agree that part of the issue here is the lack of chemistry between Dan and Gini. I know why people dislike Bill but at least Bill and Virginia have chemistry.

I have no particular issues with Josh Charles (don't watch The Good Wife, so I don't love or hate him). I do think that the characterization of Dan has made him a much-maligned Manic Pixie Dream Guy. It was the same problem I had with Robert last season - all of Robert's scenes were just about Libby and advancing her…

Eh, I really do think that you're giving GIni more credit than she deserves in this instance. Her criticism there wasn't at all about any concerns that she has about Bill's gendered expectations (which he undoubtedly has). They were just about her anger towards him. There are times where Virginia absolutely calls…

He knew it, that's why he was so upset with the Bible-thumper and also why he was so thrown off with Gini's attitude the next day.

Yes, I agree with that. I think that there are issues with Nora, based on what we know about her, but it is kind of paternalistic on Virginia's part to assume that the women who are volunteering for this activity aren't emotionally prepared for this work. Now, they may find out - as Gini did with Bill - that they…

I agree that it is not as simple as she's just complaining because they're in a fight. But I also think that the "suffering males" stuff is absolutely about her issues with Bill (or just bad writing). To me, it doesn't ring true that Bill has put a priority on "suffering males" in the way that Gini suggests because…

I don't disagree that Libby is a bit underwritten, still. And one of the things I didn't like about the Libby/Robert relationship last season is that Robert seemed to exist entirely to tell us stuff about Libby, he just didn't seem like a fully fleshed out character. Paul, at least, we've been given info about…

I don't think that this season has been as strong as seasons 1 or 2, and I agree that the theme has not been as cohesive as it could be.

The notion that Virginia is some sort of member of the proletariat overturning the male patriarchy is, IMO, an extraordinarily reductive perspective that, in fact, misses most of the nuance between Bill and Virginia's dynamic. While I don't agree with everything in your review (I don't share your disdain of Libby, for…

I think Gini's objections to the surrogacy are mostly about her issues with Bill. I am not saying all of those objections are illegitimate - she rightly wants to make sure the surrogates themselves are protected. But IMO, her objections aren't rooted in some deep feminist beliefs that Bill will only treat the…

That may be Lester's goal, but that has absolutely nothing to do with why Bill would include a straight male as part of the surrogacy program. He's including Lester on the chance that they will be treating single women.

I still like the show though this season has been more uneven, to me, than either season 1 or season 2. That being said, IMO, Monkey Business was the only episode that was really bad. The other eps were either uneven-to-good or good.

I think you are giving Virginia's objections to the surrogacy program more legitimacy than they deserve. When it suits Virginia's needs, she's perfect fine to help the "suffering male." And Virginia has traded coddling one "suffering male" - Bill - for another - Dan.

You have no memory of him dying because it happened off-screen. Which Libby just explained in this episode.

I am not sure if season 2 was my favorite, but I thought it was just as high quality as season 1. Not sure if this season 3 is as high quality as the first two seasons but it isn't nearly as bad as so many seem to think it is.