I think she’s right and wrong about Raikes. He clearly had feelings for Marian before either had set foot in New York, but he’s also becoming “lost in the sauce.”

You want a ladder for that reach?

A missed opportunity!

I just wish the piano had been tuned for her! By the looks of thi gs, they can certainly afford it...She is such a talented lady, our Audra :-) I was, and still am delighted to know she was part of this production

Lol....what

I think Raikes will only serve to prove Agnes is right about him. He’s moving up in the world, fast, and he will on from Marian and break her heart before the end of the season.

still 20 years early for some good Ragtime

Agreed — this is going to go very badly for Church, if only because Fellowes (a) clearly has sympathy for British over American butlering, and (b) loves morality tales where a person gets what’s coming to them for forgetting their duty and station. A butler selling out a fellow butler just because his feathers were a…

What are you talking about? They talk about growing up together with their brother. They are most definitely sisters. 

I made an account to say I love Peggy Scott’s character...Granted, I’ve lurked on AV Club for a few years now, but I felt it was finally time to step into the chat, especially to say that. I know it was a few episodes ago, but that episode got the tears coming down when her story was accepted into that newspaper on…

The interviews that the cast did for the most recent episode seemed to suggest their tip sheet on how to hint at the rest of the season involved Crash returning in some capacity.

I think the whole point of Isaac’s character is to show how much times have changed. While I doubt anyone bought Isaac’s ruse during the Revolution, it was important to maintain the charade if he wanted to maintain his place in society. Few people, if any, would care today.

Maybe he got sucked off!

I had watched the British original first. That’s why some of the early episodes of the CBS version weren’t as funny for me. Again though ... they’ve moved away from the British storylines and have even added some new stuff (some works, some doesn’t) ... but I’m all in for both shows.

I get what you’re saying, but Rick and Morty is not really the best analogue here: it’s on cable, where niche shows are meant to live, and where cult-like viewership can manifest in ways that far outstrip linear ratings performance.

Speaking anecdotally, I showed my students the pilot for an in-class exercise on network testing and they were pretty lukewarm on it, but I caught up on a few episodes with my parents (who aren’t comedy people) and they were pretty hooked into the flow of the piece at that point.

everyone’s problem with every batman movie (particularly before they see it) has always been the casting, going all the way back to keaton.

If you mean stand up he’s pretty much the only I can stand. Who are you gonna say is better Bo Burnham (don’t even know if he’s a standup really) or Hannah Gadsby or Tig Notaro or some shit? Or are you going more for the middle aged Patton Oswalt Dave Chapelle Louis CK thing? Or some weirdo normal humans have never…

Yeah but that kind of casual cruelty to anyone with the faintest whiff of being an outsider was everywhere in kid and teen entertainment in the 80s so it’s hardly out of nowhere. 

I get you're joking, but the justification in the book is that if your spouse isn't in existence yet, it's basically the same as being a widow.