Stephanie is the MVP of this episode, Jerrika Hinton couldn't have asked for a more beautiful send off, and for a more beautiful devotion episode.

I guess I am just trying to find her narrative purpose on the series. It makes no sense for her to be entangled in both of their worlds. I can't see Wendy's purpose in the series otherwise. I like that she is more important than "the wife" so often featured in most male lead shows but I don't see where else they could…

I'm convinced the only reason Wendy is attached to Axe Capital is because at some point Bobby and her are going to sleep together. Wendy has always been a tennis ball between these two men, I don't see what other end game there could be with her placement there. There is literally no other reason for her to be there.…

I agree with this. I think there is alignment with Nathan and Madeline but there may be bruised pride there. I'm wondering how everything will come to pass with the quartet in the last episode.

Except all of these characters are horrible people who have no empathy. GIRLS doesn't have a moral center. I have tended in this last season to see these characters as two halves of one person. Soshana/Marnie both want success and to win in their lives but lack the competencies to be able to achieve anything real and…

Reese Witherspoon is the best thing about this show, which is a surprise because I am not a fan of her acting but she's just so natural in this role that it becomes hard to not root for her. She's borderline mesmeric. I'm also surprised to like this as much as I do. It's one of my favorite things to watch on Sundays.

Why is Alison so captivating and interesting when not in her point of view, and then so dull and uninteresting when we experience the world through her eyes. Noah and Cole have this vision of her as this irresistible siren, and she is so incredibly provocative and interesting through their eyes, and then she is so…

Did people really watch for Macy though? I know I didn't. I mostly caught on due to watching this as an alternative from Dexter and Weeds. Macy does nothing for this show. I literally can't remember the last time he had a pivotal storyline that moved the show forward. The litmus test for Shameless is usually the…

I would say there doesn't necessarily need to be a white majority for dessimination of western ideologies, due to western imperialism. India especially has very close relations with England and British culture. Western ideals are still the status quo that receives value to people, even in places where they aren't the…

If we are talking individual person to person racism, I would loop that all in with personal prejudice. Not knowing you are enacting racist policies sounds like prejudice to me, in not meaning to do it by still being complicit in the system. In this way you can have racism without trying to intentionally be racist so…

That sounds fair. I've always understood the "ism's" as coming from a place of power imbalances. Where sexism comes to play with women being disempowered compared to men, classism where the poor are disempowered compared to the rich, and heterosexist come from a perspective of heterosexuality being the norm, and…

My point was to highlight all of the factors that go into systemic racism, and how to fully understand all the facets power plays into that. As you can see its multifaceted.

I would say an important clarification would be needed to make that decision. Does he get away with subverting the law? Does he get away with doing something illegal without consequences of the judicial system? Is he able to consistently use his power to limit the opportunities and chances for those who he sees as…

It's not a pass it's a clarification of the issue as you speak of it, since it seems you are coming from a more limited perspective.

That is racism , but to be more precise it is an effect racism has on the black community that they are forced to engage in because of the devaluation of their culture by the white majority. So it is not in the context that you mean.

I disagree, personal prejudice doesn't automatically become racism. If that is indeed what you are arguing.

I would argue that individual racism is merely prejudice, and thus not truly racism, as it is understood in a larger context. Individual person to person "racism" is prejudice. Racism or institutional racism is the entity which drives, preserves and births racist ideologies and is what most people mean when they use…

I would say the answer to that has been discussed about in the opening scene in 1x03 when Kevin and Patrick are working during the Folsom street fair, and it's kind of been answered again in 2x02, 2x03, 2x04 and 2x06 I believe. I guess it just comes down to if you believe Kevin loves Patrick, but it's been expressed…

First off, I want to say thank you for this post. It was great to read this and I appreciate the time and effort you put into making it. I have to say I agree with a lot of your interpretation. Kevin is a symbol that epitomizes everything that you have spoken about, and he is the ideal choice of the two in the…

That would be horrible if that were the case. Just because Kevin and Patrick come from a similar social, economical and racial background doesn't mean that they shouldn't be together or don't have a right to be together. I honestly find that argument to be quite disheartening. I don't read Kevin and Patrick as being…