"If you spill a drop I'll cut your fingers off!"

Do I even have to say it? This is the essence of tragedy (in the strict sense, according to the Classical templates). When there is something truly precious at stake.

She's a despicable person, but a great character! What do you mean?

There's definitely a satirical element to the Dougie office sequences. It's unusual, since it's Lynch and the strict categories of tonality don't really exist in his work — all the different moods of storytelling are blended together like melted ice cream — but I think we're definitely supposed to see a kind of…

I still want someone to explain to me how Kim, with the kind of retainer(s) that go with not one but two corporate clients dealing with major litigation, doesn't have a budget to hire even one co-counsel, staff attorney or even an unpaid intern.

"How's that, Squirt?"

NO CLASS

She's a fantastic character — everything involving her is a joy to watch (and, in a way that in no way could be predicted from the glimpse you've gotten of her on this show).

Come on, nobody "turns to meth" to deal with fatigue issues. Benzedrine; Dexedrine; a dozen other things.

Why does the show have to "find a way to make people root for" the protagonist? Do you "root for" Michael Corleone, or Macbeth, or Tony Soprano?

What is that? I Googled it and just found you again, posting it elsewhere! I love it.

Or maybe you're missing it. Give it another pass.

Coop's first scene!

Stop watching, then. Problem solved.

I imagined your first sentence being spoken by Joseph Cotten as Jed Leland in Citizen Kane (during the post-election drunken scene).

Go fuck yourself

If I never see Nadine again it'll be too soon.

And this is misogynist? Depicting bad treatment of women?

That's a good point re: Van Sant's Psycho. I had a similar realization when I saw Watchmen, which I assumed would be great since Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons had already done all the work and it seemed like the filmmakers understood that their job was simply to shut up and put the graphic novel onscreen — what I hadn't…

Nothing is "weird for the sake of weird."