I mean in my eye, expectations for turning a woman who wants to murder puppies for fashion into an anti-hero for a prequel were quite low. The only way to make this work would be to play into the inherent stupidity of the premise. Just treat her like a villain in Batman 66 and you could pull this off.

Don’t waste the pizza

I feel like you could have boiled this whole article down to:

They should cast a monkey sidekick. the ratings will skyrocket. That idea is free, AMC.

You've convinced me, Charlie Jane. Damn io9 contributing to the ever-expanding nature of my reading list.

Whoa!

If anything, this could be a positive. Its an example of the scientific community calling somebody out for their bullshit. It may prove to people that scientists are really about critiquing and reviewing, and are not against turning in their own for lying.

"I have failed as a scientist, as a researcher."

How dare there be an article based solely on a fun (if ridiculous) premise. I must submit a complaint, good sirs! More hard science and entertainment news, pip pip, cheerio, and all that, else I will take my finely cultured mind elsewhere.