I know I'm late (not to mention I'm also not the person you asked), but I watch both so I thought I'd answer anyway.

The progressive-minded comment that pulled me out of it a bit was also during the jail scene when that schizophrenic guy was wandering around and Earn said "Shouldn't he be getting help?" In my mind, I thought yes, but you should be showing us this through how he's treated (which the show did, to its credit) and not…

I wasn't necessarily saying I agree with James. Justina is Gretchen's therapist, so as far as her involvement in this show goes, she pretty much exists just to help Gretchen regardless of her race. She mentioned her boyfriend and her issues with him already, so it seems like she won't just be defined by her…

Okay, thanks for the clarification. Maybe the problem is a misunderstanding of effective treatment of depression and not an unwillingness to use it because it won't fit the show's intended character arc. The whole checklist of one thing seemed pretty patronizing and ineffective to me. When Gretchen blurted out that…

I think James means that so far she exists only to help Gretchen with her problems and not as a complex character in her own right, not that she's a new character who's black and therefore must fit the magical negro stereotype.

I don't think Lindsay is a spoiled trust fund kid. It's safe to assume most of the characters on You're the Worst aside from Jimmy and probably Edgar grew up relatively well-off, but Lindsay wasn't nearly as wealthy as Paul before they got married. She mentioned marrying him for his money and talked about how "hot sex…

I think Gretchen's depression mostly fit with the character she was in season one. The main problem I had with the arc last year was how severe her depression was and how it made her pretty much completely non-functional. I don't think anyone was going to miss the point after she explicitly stated she had clinical…

It definitely seems true that most shows rely on old stereotypes about therapy instead of portraying more modern forms that would make the show seem more realistic. I think the reason for this is because shows generally use therapy as a way to reveal past trauma that's meant to inform who the character is now (that…

What specifically do they get wrong? It's hard to imagine a profession that's portrayed less accurately on tv than law and medicine…

LOL. I can't tell whether or not you're doing a bit based on your character, so I'm choosing to take this statement at face value. I don't really like watching characters in therapy because it feels like a cheap character device that's meant to justify unearned emotional/ vulnerable moments.

I felt the same way. Everyone seemed so cartoonish this episode, especially Gretchen. Almost nothing she said or did seemed to fit with the character we'd known her to be for the past two seasons, from her jokes about Jimmy's dick to her comment about the mail making her fee guilty about not talking to her grandma,…

Of course. Without Rupaul, Drag Race wouldn't exist and drag wouldn't be nearly as mainstream or accepted as it is now. Even though it comes off as slightly hypocritical for the judges to read queens for not being versatile when Rupaul isn't really either, it's an understandable critique to give someone on a reality…

The team challenges definitely hurt the quality of the season because so many queens got lost in the crowd. Like you said below, the horrendous scripts for the acting challenges didn't help either. I practically had a cringe seizure watching some of the acting challenges. Maybe a cast that was more naturally funny…

It's true. It really is RUPAUL'S Drag Race, and queens are going to be judged on whether or not they're able to please Rupaul regardless of how good they are outside of the competition. The competition really seems to reward versatility, both in terms of look and talent, while many queens, including Rupaul herself…

I felt the same way. Sharon's Michelle was incredibly brave and risky, but it didn't seem all that accurate or funny to me.

Yeah, I think a show like Drag Race tends not to favor bigger queens. If you're insecure about your body and try to hide it with bitchiness, you'll come off as much more sour and less funny than you probably intended to. I also think bigger queens get much less leeway when it comes to having a sloppy look than fitter…

Her justification for it being "sequins" instead of "sequin" because it had multiple sequins covering it was what made it truly hilarious.

You might be right about that. I think Ru would've lived if she'd done a good impression of Tammy Faye, but maybe Ginger held herself back because she didn't want to offend her idol. This also might just be the best she can do. Her season 7 Snatch Game didn't really impress me either. All of her jokes about Adele were…

Based on what we saw in the work room, I'm inclined to think she was right. Alyssa's Joan Crawford was still more Alyssa very much being Alyssa while using a few catchphrases than an actual impression of Joan, but that bizarre clash seemed to work in her favor this time. Maybe Roxxxy could've pulled out a funnier…

It's interesting to see how the season seven queens stack up to the other All Stars. To me, Ginger and Katya were the most memorable queens in a pretty lackluster cast during their original season. While I'm happy to see that Katya still has enough personality to stand out among more charismatic queens, Ginger seems…