The LaCasse testimony is another aspect that makes this whole thing so baffling. When questioned about not listing her in the Vox article, Reade states it was because she had told LaCasse only a few years after the incident and thus didn’t think her backing would matter. Which in itself is odd, as it was still in the…

I think this and the Vox article linked here really highlight why the coverage and some of the discussion on this has been so frustrating.

What is really weird about that Grim tweet is that, according to the timeline as presented by Intercept, at that point they hadn’t been ‘working’ on the Reade expose yet,  if I’m understanding it correctly. So why would Reade be responding to him in that manner? That isn’t a disqualifying tweet in anyways, rather…

As a sidenote, because this drove me nuts. And if I’m wrong here, please correct me.

Seriously, Tara Reade went with Megyn Kelly? Out of all the options, Kelly? Also, while I completely agree that every accuser should be able to tell their story in their own words, I really don’t understand how that has been the case with Reade, at least with the articles from Salon, New York Times and now Vox? Not to…

The Bella/Shirley stuff felt more like setting up the Bella episode, but it was weird. It was like every scene I just learned a random fact about history while the Jill/Phyllis stuff had that sense of momentum and clarity.

As a sidenote, there were three really awesome comparison scenes between Phyllis and Jill in this episode.

While I get the complaint about focusing each episode on a specific character, I feel get the decision. It isn’t just the show attempting to feature how divided and multi-faceted movement was, and how many issues it was dealing with, but it is also positioning Phyllis as a twisted reflection of all those parts of it.

While a lot of those examples are of certain type of extreme fans that exist on both sides, I do really agree on the central sentiment and especially the last point. There’s been this weird shift I’ve seen at a couple of sites that the people who like the Snyder DC are the real aggressors who need to be mocked. And…

While I loved the episode itself, and thought they did an excellent job mocking Batman in a way that still felt respectful and true to the character, I really struggled with those wrapping scenes.

Reading this, what I found myself thinking was a Daily episode about a month ago where they interviewed the NY Times responsible for health crises about the US response. It was seriously one of the starkest interviews on the topic I’ve listened as the reporter essentially explained how the US lockdown wasn’t being…

As a sidenote, I know that it was meant as a tragic scene, but I couldn’t stop laughing when the Gestapo agent shot the two old guys following him. Like what the hell did anyone expect to happen there? Seriously? It was so dumb.

Completely agreed on the worry concerning Daniel Zovatto’s performance here as Tiago Vega as he simply does not have the charisma to carry the role. He just seems lost in a lot scenes and even the crying in the stairways scene legitimately felt like someone just acting that scene.

Slight correction to the recap. Tiago’s brother Mateo saw him shoot Raul and actually literally tells him that he saw what Tiago did. It wasn’t a warning if Tiago had anything to do with Raul’s death, it was a warning that if Raul dies, Mateo tells the others and will hold Tiago responsible.

Hell, I can work with regret. The defense there was that Scylla felt a moment of doubt before choosing to ignore it and mass murder hundreds of innocent people. It was a mindblowing scene they were attempting there. What makes it even more frustrating that it was utterly unnecessary. She had already done the big…

It’s really a shame as if they more patience and trust in their show, and thus take it a bit more slowly and build things up, it could be something truly special. Hell, it really captures the sense what magical terrorism could be.

For me, the big problem with Paxton was that it was so all over the place that I couldn’t even understand the character. Like Ben I got, which made it easier to invest in him as that love interest, while Paxton was whatever the scene needed him to be at that moment.

My mistake, Fabiola of course. And by the way, I would have been completely fine with her not being interested and that being story. Instead they show almost literally refers to her as someone no one at the school would be interested in, which made the casting so insane.

I actually did like The Half of It, even if it had some really odd narrative choices and seemed to want it all, but I get the hesitation.

I binged Never Have I Ever on Netflix and feel so conflicted about it. On one hand, I really liked Devi and how flawed she was as well as her journey with her grief. The revelation what happened before the father’s heart attack was truly affecting and really did a great job explaining the difficulties both of the…