Didn’t spot the first reference to Wolverine? When Jen was looking at the job listicle page, the sidebar had a link titled, “Man Fights With Metal Claws In Bar Brawl”. There was also a link just below it that just said, “Why There Is A Giant Statue Of A Man Sticking Out Of The Pacific Ocean”, which cracked me all the…

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so in which reality/society men are allowed to “hulk out” in their everyday lives?

Also, implying men don’t have to learn how to control their emotions (not only anger, but ESPECIALLY being sad) is just offensive and shortsighted.

and it also makes no sense character-wise since Bruce Banner was abused as a child over…

Obligatory Canadian comment that Orphan Black is Canadian. Now that that’s out of the way: I think this show is a delight! I do not take issue with the character design whatsoever. The point Jen makes over and over again that women can’t really hulk out and have to learn to manage their rage lest they’re seen as…

What a wonderful finale to an amazing show. I think this was the happiest ending Jimmy could have gotten. One without heartache. I love that he chose a lifetime in prison, and still having a place in Kim’s heart, over a life of freedom (minus 7 years), and having no place in her life at all. I think this is one of the…

After several years of worrying if Kim survives, there was a little while there, where I was thinking maybe it would have been better if she hadn’t. I wonder whether the life she is leading is a guilt-ridden, self sabotaging form of purgatory. Maybe the confession, with or without prosecution, is the redemption she…

They’ve done the reflection thing before all the way back in the first episode when he first rewatches his old ads.

Much like the final breaking bad episodes, it’s remarkable how bold this show is with absolutely destroying any shred of goodness left in the protagonist. The series completely changes breaking bad for the better. I never would have thought the lovable wacky lawyer had such dark pits in his soul. Anchoring the final…

Insightful post, agree with your point about him working the divorce into the narrative but feel the need to be a pedant and point out he’s not /that/ recently divorced. I think it was sometime during the run of Nathan for you which is many years ago now.

As it happens all religions are nuts....
Go figure.

Why such low grades? This is a remarkable show.

I like the totally random nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey with the part number 1-9-6-8-AE-35.

yeah i get the impression this could be the whole rest of the show and the first episode was a misdirect. but i’m smart enough to know better than to try to get ahead of nathan.

Hard to judge this episode without seeing next week’s - didn’t expect it to be a two-parter!

No mention of the night owl who kept falling asleep?

Apparently— that is, if this person is who they say they are— Robin is very real:

I also love that he’s gamed out every conversation he has with the parents, like he has a decision tree script in front of him that he’s reading for that whole conversation.

The part where Nathan took a sly sip of his coke killed me. 

I really thought that Robin guy was an actor! Wild how Angela found a person that weird all by herself. Like, he just left? In the middle of the night? “Is that your bag?” Angela asks in disbelief. Same, girl, same. (Also, does Angela sound like someone doing a Kim Kardashian impression or is that just me?)

Man, I’m really glad they got that guy out of there. The more we learned about him the more I was worried for her. Not like he was dangerous or anything, but a general piece of shit. A few people raised the question of the show’s authenticity last week, and I don’t know how scripted this is, but that seemed a little…