I was 11 or 12 the first time I saw The Hunt for Red October (I'd imagine Carey was probably 7 or 8) and I thought it was awesome. I wanted to be Jack Ryan and I was a little black girl living in The Bronx. So I have to imagine in the midst-to-tail-end of the Cold War, it wouldn't have been too weird for a smart,…

Different hair textures is my first thought about that. Different hair treatments is my other. It's not really a matter of what should or shouldn't happen.

I think they're trying to add Crosby to the Braverman Death Watch™ with this sudden motorcycle business. And let me state for the record, I DO NOT approve! That would be such a low emotional blow (that said, it would give that whole side of the clan —including Jasmine's long-missing fam—something to do).*

Co-sign with Pierce. Upvote avalanche.

Was it a cover? That sounded like Prince to me.

Agreed. I'm no "Mellie-stan" but Fitz and Olivia, as in FitzandOlivia (I'm really going to try and stop saying that other thing) are beyond annoying, beyond delusional, beyond tolerable at this point. I love Olivia, with all her flaws, but whenever she's with Fitz, at this point, she's too morose to be as much fun as…

I think you're confusing our real president with their fake one. Fitz actually slept with Amanda. (He blamed Olivia for that, remember? Actually, Mellie did too. Ugh. To borrow from Marry Me this week, they are real garbage people.) The show was never completely clear on whether she knew her baby was or wasn't Fitz's.…

Ironically, I don't think so.

YES THIS! No call on my side but I did sit in a stunned silence for a bit.

I think the argument (or better yet, assertion) was that we are not comparable to men in drag. That was my suggestion at least.

I think it was a bejeweled wedding band.

When your hair is short you don't necessarily have to wear a scarf but you can. If she's like me (who is wearing a scarf right now over her chin-length hair) it's actually for the purpose of protecting your hair from breakage. I'm not a hairdresser so I can't explain the particulars but I was brought up and taught by…

I know I'm going to dread wading into these waters with you guys, but that comparison doesn't sit well with me either. Yes, there are definitely more than elements of performance in her use of the wig, make-up and eyelashes. That said though, I feel as if saying she was in "drag" was a stretch. I could understand you…

As a Black woman, I found the fact that they went there more shocking than her "LAST. NINE. WORDS." actually. Last week, I was remarking to my Facebook people that they (and Viola herself) were okay with showing her wearing a scarf to bed. And now they stripped her all the way down. It was so daring. I'm honestly…

I was pleased that the writers acknowledged Karen's agency, even if the characters didn't. Very few shows grant teenagers any agency in their sexuality at all. It's so puritanical. Even on MTV and ABCFamily which are channels I'm assuming are supposed to be for teens. Every one is either a naive virgin or a…

Well, technically, Cyrus fixed the Amanda Tanner situation.

I would think in Olivia's profession, she'd have seen some sex tapes that could make the most low-down, dirty, pro blush. So yeah, I found that a bit much myself.

I absolutely hate their "love theme". It sounds like a bad variation on We Shall Overcome. Which somehow makes it so much worse and treacly. I thought that they'd briefly changed it in Season Two but then it was back. It makes my ears bleed.

Can we talk about how scary Dandy and Gloria have to be that Twisty just bopped Dandy on the head and ran? I mean, you're so fucked up you made the blood-thirsty serial killer nervous?

My thinking is Del's an old school Carnie. They don't rat each other out. So he planted it on the person least likely to be believed as a killer (besides Elsa's little assistant). I guess he didn't factor in the police being so prejudiced/stupid they could actually believe Meep did it. And that Meep wouldn't make it…