It would be so much richer if they didn't do that reversal, though you're onto something in that they likely will do a smaller reveal.

Maybe that's what the following episodes of the show will be. Michael realizing that it is not, in fact, fair that you either have to be the absolute best of the best to not receive eternal torture, and they work together to carve out a middle ground, where the people who are redeemable fight to be better.

I think I get that they were trying to represent various viewpoints while still bringing out the humor; especially the humor on the liberal/academic side. Yet…while there is a lot to be made fun of on all sides of an issue, especially in identity politics, I think they missed an opportunity for something a bit more…I…

I was having a conversation the other day about sexual assault allegations. Someone was saying that they didn't know how to reconcile the "believe victims" narrative with the fact that sometimes allegations are not true, or the situation is incredibly muddied with drugs/alcohol/power dynamics/etc. Specifically we…

He's a tea partier! That's why a bunch of the other guys had tea bags tied to their hats.

But maybe not? Now that I've seen the very final episode, that is. They certainly want a third season! Stretching the bounds of suspension of disbelief. But I like the actors?

I'm still with the show.

Maybe use the guilt and the obsession to begin treating people better in the future, and it will dissipate?

I like slow burns. I'm only on ep. 5 (part 18) so maybe I'll agree when I'm done watching. For now though, the intensity seems to deepen every moment, the stress, the wearing down. It's exhausting but entertaining somehow.

It was supposed to be a slow burn that led to an explosion at the end, not a slow burn that gets snuffed out.

I didn't think Elizabeth was sincere in her talks with Tim until the last one. During the first one I thought I saw her calculating every pause, every sigh, every tear and bodily turning away to 'hide' it. Just more pseudo-emotional machinations from a master liar.

Well, they probably had backup plans if this one went awry. Something more direct.

This is a really insightful comment. It is so easy with long term partners to fall into habits and routines so rote that the relationship itself becomes just another burden, even if you really don't want it to. The scripts you build over the years take the place of real communication and change and excitement and…

Their problems ran so much deeper than not giving or getting attention for a day or a week. Their sexual problems were deeper, too.

I just finished the season, so I know you're probably not thinking about it now, but I came to the comment section to say something very related.

It's also the old myth about the tower of Babel, where everyone spoke the same language, and since they could communicate so well, they worked together beautifully and created the technology to build a tower high enough to reach god.

This is the perfect comment. Not necessarily because it's the best commentary, but I think it is great commentary, but also because of the commitment to your Cookie Monster character.

Ooh, even more metaphorically, the past died and the future survived, even if it isn't able to express itself clearly and it's imprisoned. :P

"Lou is in a men’s room with presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (Bruce Campbell), and the two men get to talking about the state of the world. Lou flat out says (after some stammering) that he’s worried the awfulness of everything has manifested itself in his wife as a cancer, and it’s the sort of overly direct,…

I get it with deaths seeming manipulative and cheap instead of heartwrenching and earned…two series for me: Rescue Me and the U.K. version of Skins.