Pretty sure they don't allow a "motherfucker".

This episode took place in February, that was around Christmas. I would say stoning a woman to death is a good reflection of the mood regarding the Remnant.

Jews are often white-skinned, and hate crimes against them are justly vigorously prosecuted.

Yes, it was only humans.

There are two chapters in this novel—the flight from Brakebills and the subsequent stay in the Antarctic—that are as sublime and thrilling as anything I've read. I enjoy these novels fairly happily, but Goddamn, those are so good.

Apparently they were messing around some.

I genuinely forgot about the cup breaking. Guess she's not dealing with things quite as positively.

Yes, no real mystery. This is about what happens after an irrational, magic event occurs. One effect is the strange reaction dogs have had to it.

They explained it in the pilot. All those dogs were witnesses to someone disappearing, making them go feral.

Thanks for posting! Very interesting stuff, especially his being interested in focusing on completely different parts of the world(!) in subsequent seasons. Could be nuts.

I like that the show is thus far showing very stark reactions, and contrasting them appropriately. Many teens are embracing nihilistic rituals of destruction and hedonism; Jill's just trying to figure things out. Kevin is a dying sun of emotion, ready to implode at any moment, yet lost no one; Nora lost her entire…

They don't seem to much cotton to technology.

The Departure is far and away the most significant event in human history. 1 in 50 people instantly vanished from the planet, confirming a force, likely an intelligent one since it took only humans, exists in the universe that is completely beyond our understanding it, be it God or magic or aliens. It ALSO implies…

Since the Disappearance, apparently cults and fringe groups have popped up left and right, prompting the ATF to adapt accordingly.

People are shaken enough by this magical, most important event in human history to see it effectively as the end of society. Efforts to move past it are an affront.

I did that! A bunch! And reset the console, and all that shit.

Well, at least one major character thus far introduced dies.

Yes, that's all well and good but…it actually did work, very often. EVERY time, it was just coincidence and cognitive bias working together?

Tom, the guy driving the Congressman around and giving gummi worms around, is the Chief's son.

Lindelof was an immensely more public figure throughout Lost's run.