The first episode was a mess but after that it gets fantastic. Ellie Kemper is a perfect fit for this role and Kimmy is such a wonderful character. I like how she's not some clueless idiot but someone who used her relentless optimism to get through the darkest chapter of her life. Within two episodes I already…

This show is already such a mess, from top to bottom. Losing one of its more colourful characters is not going to help.

I know it's based on Judy Smith's life who is was definitely a pathbreaker of sorts but I doubt she had the amount of power and influence that Olivia does.

Oh yeah that would have worked. Having them defend a white cop would bring out some really interesting and complex ideas. That case could have also gone on to affect the characters' images for several episodes more.

I will post this interpretation of the movie which was on Reddit and makes a lot of sense.

Even if it was part of a case, it would have come off as white upper middle-class characters pontificating about topics and issues that affect them far less than they affect people of colour (and god knows we already have Aaron Sorkin doing that sort of stuff enough).

I think perspective matters too. The Good Wife was trying to tell a story about race from the POV of its white privileged characters while Scandal told it through the black characters. That made all the difference in why this was successful.

I honestly don't understand the criticism of this episode. Yes this show can be a mess a lot of the times but this episode was powerful and it got to so many interesting ideas. The guy who played the kid's dad was seriously aces. It could have come off as awful but in it the way it was executed, it was very well done.…

Midseason breaks seem to have become common for ABC shows though. Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, Grey's Anatomy and Once Upon a Time, although most of those have been for 2 months. However in all these cases the shows have returned extremely strong, matching or in Scandal's case even exceeding the ratings of…

I never understood the hate for Kate. Yes, the show wasn't really sure what exactly to do with her, which is why a strong interesting female character was sent see sawing between two men, but I think there are a lot of wonderful moments with Kate over the seasons as well.

Ugh. The more I remember how much of season 6 was spent in that temple it just makes me angry. I had such high expectations from it and instead the show just wasted all that potential. People get angry about the show's finale dropping the ball but I would argue the finale was a relatively better episode in the season.…

I'm not ready to let this show go from my life you guys. So I'll keep commenting and pretending like it's never left the air.

I noticed the difference in cinematography right after the first season. I don't know if it's the massive budget Lost started out with but the first season uses a lot of natural lighting. Most of the episodes were shot in real locations so the cinematography really highlighted the colours of the surroundings like the…

See the thing I love about the show is that it shows all the annoying aspects of a eleven-year-old kid like Eddie. Middle schoolers on most TV shows feel way too sanitised and so for me it's refreshing that Eddie feels like such a real kid. He's funny and smart but also annoying and dorky in the right doses.

I don't know how I missed this but I just rewatched the season 6 finale (which was even better than I remembered) and it ends with Leslie telling Ben she's not ready. In this finale, she's finally ready. This show really knows how to plant excellent moments of character growth.

Yup. Mike Schur mentioned it in an interview. It's supposed to be part of this theme of people growing up and maturing. I think it's bloody brilliant that they did it subtly without acknowledging it on the show.

The Middle is amazing! But it's still not Parks and Rec.

One amazing thing I read elsewhere. The guy who asks Leslie's help in fixing the swing was the same drunk guy that she chased from a slide in the pilot. That's honestly one of the clearest signs of the show's inspiring optimism. A guy who was drunk in a public park can clean himself up and make something of his life.

It was an extremely busy finale since it had to fill all the gaps in where the characters were going but it was wonderful and in parts extremely funny with its views of where characters would go. That ending with Leslie saying "She was ready" was beautiful. Unlike most other sitcom finales the show actually emphasises…

* high five *