I don't know, I think Trinity was robbed in the lip sync. Yes, Peppermint had the cool outfit change, but I never felt that her act really picked up in intensity too much after that, and it didn't make up for a boring first half. Trinity just seemed to want it so much more.

Yeah you'd think they would, but don't worry not a spoiler!

I put villain in quotes because I know things change, but they're more or less presented as the antagonists at this point of the story.

Or "Roadies"!! Which I had a similar hate/obsession with. I feel like this is a new genre that's emerging that hasn't been named yet. Maybe "Prestige Dad"?

Well I'm not the one making sexual conquests of its denizens. But I'm sure it is indeed lovely. I have a friend in Ann Arbor, so someday I'll visit.

Well I've never been to Michigan, but thank you for assuming that's what I meant by flyover country. Check your privilege.

As someone who was raised on the coast and now lives in what I once thought of as flyover country, I see the error of my ways…

For me my criticism is not that it's trying to comment on history, it's that it seems overly earnest and simplistic. Like "if only people would see this is a new era of comedy! Other than those old school racists and those disapproving Midwesterners, who don't understand comedy because they're from Michigan where no…

This show is such a rollercoaster. There are a few sparks of fun or insight and then, said with total earnestness:

And even on the "villain" side, Mr. World is still kind of a mystery, and Technical Boy is still kind of a joke. Media is the truly compelling villain- stylish, innovative, manipulative, cunning. Though granted, any character that Gillian Anderson plays is pretty much guaranteed to come out looking the best.

I love this episode’s focus on how religions have to adapt to survive, and how this theme dovetails with the episode’s other focus- the female experience. Throughout history people (and consequently their gods, like Easter) have been forced to adapt their religion to fit the prevailing narrative of their time.…

Yeah and we spent a few solid scenes with her per episode for a while, so I thought more development was coming. I guess we'll have to wait for season 2!

I love this tradition that a person's god comes to collect them at their deaths.

I absolutely love this half anthology/half procedural format- every episode is a surprise. The problem with such a rich tasting menu (let's pretend this is Hannibal again) is that incredibly compelling characters are introduced and then abandoned for weeks at a time- I love that we've delved into Emily Moon and Mad…

To their credit they did replace "clueless but vaguely supportive mother" with "clueless but vaguely supportive sister," which is a whole fresh take.

Bill is a blah character overall, and the relationship with his family is blah (Studio 60 called, they want their "Midwest dad who doesn't get comedy" storyline back). But I did laugh at "[the dog] is NOT my brother," delivered in a way implying that Bill has had to say this many times before. I hope they really delve…

Agreed. She is by far my favorite character on the show. It's so refreshing to have the woman be the "complicated, dark antihero" for once.

Right now (and this is definitely subject to change as the story progresses) for me Shadow and Mr. Wednesday’s storyline is the least compelling of the series. They have the main storyline but so far not one of my stand-out moments (e.g. Mr. Nancy’s speech to the slaves, the djinn/Salim relationship, Laura Moon’s…

Not to drag this out too much, but the theme was not "Felipe Rose." It was "Native American." Furthermore, if the challenge was to do Mr. T, there are very specific things about his look to emulate- chains, hair, etc. The queens would not have been given a table full of "African American stuff." I don't think it's an…

Yes, and I do agree it's a drag show so stereotypes are inevitable, but having "Native American" as an assigned theme made me uncomfortable. Imagine replacing that with "African American", for example. And, as the review notes, they did have the option to do the sixth Village Person, or another group altogether.