Right, he literally wrote a book about dating and relationships. Which is why I think that story really was an important thing to come out, if not maybe one of the most important of the #metoo movement, because it is basically a reminder to everyone to be present. Stop pontificating and be aware of your surroundings,…

I absolutely adored that moment where Eleven is running past the father and she takes a beat to turn around and be like, “fucking asshole.” It was silly and sweet and heartbreaking at the same time, and such a kid thing to do. The show is intentionally cliche piled on cliche but at its best, it’s those little moments…

Yes, very much this. I have two episodes left and I have really enjoyed this season but Hopper was a huge disappointment/frustration. He seemed to barely remember or be aware of Eleven outside of her making out with her boyfriend, which also casts what is typical sitcom father stuff into a more uncomfortable light,…

I get that they are doing a Romancing the Stone thing with Joyce and Hopper but their dialog is *painful.* My husband reflexively dove for the fast forward during one of their “banter” sessions. He stopped shy of actually pressing it but his gut was like, “No.”

I have found Hopper completely off-putting this season. It wasn’t even the beat down scene, it was the this thing that has carried over from last season where he completely forgets he has a child in is care. Which does not in any way make him unique in Hawkins and is in fact the social norm, HOWEVER, I find it…

I watched two episodes last night so I can’t recall if it was this one or the other...but the way he very slowly took a contraband lick of ice cream without blinking after Robin left them in charge...I was rolling. That was Simpsons-level physical comedy right there.

I don’t begrudge him for losing to Cruz, it is definitely about the party more than the man in Texas. I think he could have taken Cornyn’s seat as the right couldn’t be more mobilized and the close call might have shook out some additional lefties.

Huh. Off to therapy I go.

I think my answer is just More Girls. I distinctly remember “playing” Thundercats and being stuck with Wiley Kit because Cheetara was already taken. And even as a kid, I knew Wiley Kit was lame. We had She-Ra and Jem and stuff and I liked them, but just having more women characters that were not in strictly “girl”…

Just want to say, William Jackson Harper is making the most delightful William Jackson Harper face in that still from Midsommar. That is probably all I need out of that film, so thank you, AV Club.

The conversation Syd and David had was well-written and thoughtful. But it did not really touch on the other nonsense leading up to that point, including the waaaaaay complicated dynamic with Future Syd and Present Syd going all in for a dude who is just as powerful, who she barely knows and no one can vouch for. Her…

That picture of the two of them eating ice cream cones makes me so happy. It’s just so nice! 

It was an episode of Heroes, is what it was. Gives me the chills just thinking about it.

I do think the show has been an effective character study/metaphor for mental illness, particular in the way it has handled David’s “diagnosis” and all the ways that brings relief and clarity as well as confusion and pain. But it’s all still very abstractly presented that while I can pick out larger themes and…

I don’t believe the show should wave away what happened but one of my biggest issues with that storyline is that David and Syd’s situation is so far removed from reality that I hate having to apply real world ethics to it. If there was ever a scenario where I could empathize with someone committing such an act, it is…

I still liked (and like) the film. It was just a bummer to my pre-teen self. Probably because I secretly wanted a ghost boyfriend and what Beetlejuice proposes is, no. No you don't. 

The cartoon version of Beetlejuice was pretty woke, in that he was able to maintain a close and platonic friendship with a woman while still engaging in hijinks and tomfoolery. It was my first exposure to the character and it was one of the biggest heartbreaks of my adolescence when I discovered he was such an…

Dude, I was bawling during the S1 finale and it really took me by surprise how much I *felt* that, since it was totally a “put it on the background while I do dishes” show for me. That alone earns Elena a spot on the list. She’s kinda the best in the other ways listed but that would be enough.

Theo really grew on me. I was annoyed by a lot of the transition plot because a lot of those choices seemed forced (like basketball) though I have no experience so I guess I can’t really say. But towards the end when he was in full Scooby Gang mode, picking up shotguns and ready to go to town on some demons, I turned…

“But, yeah. If I go into a place that has no one that looks like me, I might assume that I might not necessarily be welcome there.”