There are no words that could properly respond to that article. She's a real piece of work.

I'm not enjoying this. It's getting her attention, which is what she wants, and will lead to more book sales and popularity. It's everything I hate about her, and yet it will work for her.

Well, Naipaul is far superior to Rushdie, so…good on the Nobel Committee.

I agree with most of what you said! I do worry that the writers don't get why the gloss over the massacre makes sense.

I cosine your suggestion.

*Polite golf clap*

I don't know about "nuanced." It's basically: who ends up with money? Personal injury people sometimes get wealthy, but they do spend more of their money on contingency cases. Civil guys don't have to worry about that, and get all the take-home, whether they win or lose.

The difference is that the civil defense guys are rich. Therefore, they are held in higher regard in society, and invited to all the fundraising parties, etc. They get reputations for being charitable, they know all the politicians, they're "nice guys" at the country club.

In seriousness, it really doesn't sound like the lawsuit will be able to pass the summary judgment stage if the plaintiff didn't include the required affidavit from a mental health professional. I'm curious about how/why her attorney omitted that.

I love the biological warfare theme on this show. The people of Mt. Weather are the closest inheritors to the American legacy (they have a "President," they're on an abandoned US army base). This show is surprisingly subversive.

The actress actually did a good job playing it as a horror scene. Which surprised me, I usually find her lackluster. But the director, who did a great job with the action scenes, didn't make the bunker as horrifying as it should have been.

I imagine that the Mountain Men see the Grounders as plebeian riffraff, and don't particularly want to share their already-rationed supplies with them.

This show is big on redshirts.

Huh, I pretty much assumed that the girl in the corner was the leader. It just seemed like a typical sci-fi twist. But I'm a woman, so maybe my bias is different from yours? I dunno.

I miss Sierra desperately, and I'm still annoyed that we didn't get more time to mourn/process her death.

I keep hoping they kill her off. Instead they'll probably kill off Kane, which sucks because he's become a really interesting character.

The one thing that I did buy was that the adults from the Ark would let Finn off for the massacre. The Ark was one fucked-up fascist society.

And, while I dearly love The 100, so far Continuum is the better sci-fi show. Which isn't to say that The 100 can't keep evolving and becoming the better show.

Finn is definitely a weight dragging down this show. I have similar reservations about the actress who plays Clarke—she's not nearly as bad as she could be, but she is one-note, and I don't buy her as a charismatic leader (or as particularly intelligent). Scenes between her and Finn are downright painful, and not…

I was disappointed that the episode skipped forward after the immediate horror of Finn's massacring. It took away from the dramatic despair, and it gave the audience the chance to "forgive" Finn a little. We didn't have to watch anyone bury the bodies or mourn the dead.