Nobody even half this guy's age should get away with this Scott-free. I can scarcely fathom the double-standards that would need to be in play here to make this sound like acceptable adult behavior.

On reflection, it makes total sense that Bill would be sensitive to Marina's abuse– remember the horrific scars all over his back?

I am simultaneously torn between wanting to know and not wanting to know what the deal is with that f%#king clothespin. How does that even…? Gah! And there's something unbearably creepy and childlike about him calling his wife's vagina her "wormy-hole." Eugh.

Oddly, some of my favorite parts of the book and the show aren't the intrigues or the very good characters, but rather the culture shock of someone with modern sensibilities being transported to a time when racism was completely open and hostile, and when gender roles were so clearly delineated. Seeing people from the…

That's a fair cop. Didn't hamper my enjoyment, though. I rather liked the sedate, deliberative pace.

I loved the hell out of the book and the show is turning out fantastic as well, if different. I haven't seen a book-to-film adaptation done this well since Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Oh, absolutely.

They managed to pull off the Uncanny Valley exceedingly well with Leslie. I'm actually very impressed.

Good episode, but one moment ruined it for me. After the Wesen clerk shouted a creed and killed herself, they were left wondering:

I liked that Kyle tried to warn David away from messing with Cartman, but it seemed kind of odd that he didn't expand on "you don't know what he's capable of!". Namely, feeding you your own parents.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Levi plays Michaela. I'm also curious to see what "bond" he has with our dearly departed tsundere, Rebecca (the name "Levi" comes from Hebrew, and means "bonded"). Poor Michaela, though. She just can't catch a break. The seemingly genuine chemistry of the pool scene implies that they…

You could definitely tell she wasn't the "goody two-shoes" (read: opposing the actual murderers and saboteur defense attorneys) for the right reasons.

That makeup scene, good lord. That was the most powerful non-verbal moment I've seen on TV in recent memory, perhaps ever. I am a white guy and not easily disturbed, but by the end I couldn't keep my eyes dry.

This episode was worth every moment of the 'meh' setup episode. I laughed harder at this than at any South Park episode in recent memory. You know an episode's good when it doesn't even feel the need to draw attention to the fact that Butters' dinner with the Canadians was Canadian bacon, poutine and maple syrup. It's…

Oh, I didn't want to make it sound like I was making excuses for them. Far from it. It is, as you say, what they are paid to do- which is why it's all the more appalling that they miss things that single viewers can easily see. I was simply bemoaning the laziness that some writers exhibit.

Writing is hard. Like, really hard. To write an intelligent character, you have to be at least as intelligent as that character yourself- and/or invest a huge amount of time and effort into giving that character problems that they could solve intelligently.

Yes, this is prime hatewatch-material. Why? Because there were so many ways this could have been done right, and it somehow gets them wrong, wrong, wrong.

God damn, that was stupid. I was also expecting his back to be on fire. The show is predictable as hell, but even I wasn't expecting them to pull the dead-horse "he comes out of it unscathed!" cliche. Totally removes any tension.

This was almost impressive in a "what not to do" or "how to destroy an interesting premise" sort of way.

This was utterly silly and disappointing. Everyone and everything felt wooden and fake. Worse yet, it was rushed and shattered my suspension of disbelief. No one reacts like a human being! They're all being led around by the checklist plot, and it's like they know it but can't stop.