“I was just too good at my job, and it made me angry because I was so good.”

I think of another sci fi television property - Star Trek. Patrick Stewart is more than willing to tell folks today about his attitude towards joining the cast of the show as a “serious, professional” actor with Shakespeare cred out the wazoo. The rest of the cast’s jocularity and casual demeanor, he thought, was…

Every time Eccleston talks about projects he’s worked on he complains bitterly about them afterwards, blaming everyone else and saying he hated doing it.

My guess is egoism all around.

Alternative angle, albeit third hand (and now, as you read this, fourth) is that because he was uncomfortable and Billie was inexperienced, he was a bully. ‘Why am I working with this failed popstar?’, said while he was standing next to her, etc. etc.

“he’s now revealed the full extent of what caused his departure.”

Agreed. That’s the thing that so many of us loved about the 9th. Whatever the cause behind the screen, on-screen he came across as *the* post-war doctor - damaged, gun-shy about his own power, and aching with loneliness.

Sad. Just incredibly sad; all the missed opportunities.

The tripwire bomb was in a super white neighborhood. Maybe he was trying to throw people off? - Austinite

In Jennifer Garner’s own words: ‘You know what we would say in my hometown about that? ‘Bless his heart. A phoenix rising from the ashes. Am I the ashes in this scenario? I take umbrage. I refuse to be the ashes.

I agree he’s a dipshit but the police didn’t do “nothing.”

You can’t prevent the dystopia, but you can enjoy the clever use of technology.

Yeah, you’re not wrong. When I read the book a few years ago, I fell head over heels for the nostalgia and constant references to D&D, Atari, and retro anime.

I can attest to how growing up I was constantly bullied in school and teacher’s who observed it did absolutely nothing other then to tell me to “not let it bother me”. The issue for me wasn’t so much the teasing as it was the shunning and non acceptance by my peers. The problem with current anti bullying campaigns now…

52 years old, and depression knocks me down like I’m nothing. Bless you, and bless that little girl’s soul.

I’m a grown man and when that wave (depression) hits, I can barely maintain, a 9 year old has no chance whatsoever. My heart goes out to the family, that poor baby.

The FBI’s been involved for weeks. The ATF, too.

Um, there have been multiple press conferences. Believe me, everyone in Austin has been watching them.

On his front porch? With no evidence of bomb making materials on the premise? That’s an... odd assumption for them to make.