Let’s call it a Silent Plurality.

I think this is a weakness in the show. In the book he wasn’t quite so rosily depicted. Claire and Frank didn’t have “an arrangement” in the books. He just cheated on her repetitively with a series of his undergrads who frequently rubbed Claire’s nose in it. He also was terribly resistant to her medical career and…

You mean like in countries where the USA illegally seeded the ground and sea with mines and used the CIA and military to enforce poverty and authoritarian dictatorships?

People all over the place wanted him to resign the first time around. It’s not hard to google the hundreds of op. eds. it produced.

Two decades ago, these asswipes would have proudly declared themselves Homers while somehow managing to ignore the sound of the point whizzing past their heads.

If I remember correctly, there was no inheritance from her uncle in the books. I’m not sure why that was added to the show.

I’d watch that episode as a GG Buffy crossover episode.

Starring for everything but the Chris love. He is garbage.

So many of these episodes have left me feeling hollow but this was the first one that left me weeping. I had to get up and leave the room.

The absence of any sort of acknowledgment of Young Pope is inexcusable. I can’t remember the last show that not only subverted my expectations but actually rendered expectations moot in the face of its absolute creativity. Law was just captivating to watch.

The best laugh I’ve had today is you trolling commenters about proofing their posts...and then posting this. Also, the historical elements of the book series really are endearing and redeeming in the face of some..um..not so artful storytelling (e.g. everyone being raped to create “drama”).

Every moment that started to resonate was ruined by a poorly timed joke. This is one of my least favorite episodes of the show.

Stilton’s “Could you, would you, with this mouse?” made me lose it. I need more Caroline and Ralph.

As a Kansan and a decent human being, I hope this man trips and pokes his eye out with an erect penis.

I just finally started watching Young Pope and all I want to read the original AV comments. It’s killing me.

I so miss being able to sort comments—not that it’s super necessary now that there are only fifty comments per article. I’d been a Gawker commenter back under the old banhammer days and I’ve been in the greys ever since the kinja-ing. I don’t even understand how to get out of them. AV Club had been a refuge from this…

Yup. And from the season page you can’t tell which episode is which until you actually click on it.

This is all I never knew I wanted.

Because I literally cannot imagine why a person in these United States would want to watch a movie in a movie theater.

This is precisely why robes exist.