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True, but I do think that LaToya has a point about Eph being more a hero in his own mind than a hero for the show. That would be okay except that I think the show expects us to see Eph as the hero of the show.

I would also appreciate if spoilers came at the end, with a little more separation from the random observations section, which I thought was kind of standard practice for the A.V. Club. I read the words "SPOILERS FROM THE BOOK" so quickly that I started reading the rest of the line before it really registered on me…

Agreed, saying that this show's "implied thesis" is "about the need for emotional connection in the bedroom" is fundamentally misreading the show.

Interesting view, but I'm not sure I respond to the characters in that way. I don't understand the need to "like" or even feel sympathy and compassion for people who can do such awful things. One thing I find so compelling about MoS is that it invites us to try to understand these people, it doesn't try to manipulate…

Exactly! I feel like Gwen is either looking for uncomplicated heroes and nonredeemable villains, or looking for the show to tell us who's right and who's wrong. That's not what MoS is about. Conflict comes from these disparate versions of "everything that's ever happened" colliding with each other. Gwen says Bill is a…

Well, S2 is better than S1, on the whole — in no small part because the groundwork Sheen laid in his complex performance in S1 is paying off now, as he peels and picks at the layers of psychosis that was William Masters. S1 was good, but a little too pat in its plotting and somewhat simplistic in its portrayal of one…

It's at least an A- for me.

The John Ford films I found it easiest to connect to (which is not exactly the same thing as saying "these are his best films"):
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
The Quiet Man (1952) (OMG, Maureen O'Hara! She's amazing in this.)
Mister Roberts (1955)

I don't think I've squirmed so much and for so long watching any episode of TV in a very long time. That was remarkable. When Black Jack was starting to sound contrite, like he might actually be redeemable, I didn't believe it, and I kept not believing it, but doubt started creeping in, and right at the moment when he…

That's more or less what I took from the scene. (I haven't read the books.) I thought Claire was asking him if he minded that she wasn't a virgin, not informing him that she wasn't. I didn't necessarily think she was making a last attempt to get out of the marriage, I just thought she felt bad for Jamie being forced…

Thanks for linking to that review. Very interesting. I, for one, found myself nodding in agreement more often than not, especially about Masters of Sex being so much more on its game than this show is.

Well, I haven't given up on watching yet, so maybe I can't answer your question exactly. But I was pretty close to giving up, especially after last week's episode, which was a slog for about 3/4 of its running time then got a better. This episode, I thought, continued the series recovery, so that's encouraging, and…

He's a character actor relegated to "B-horror thrills" instead of "prestige character dramas." So make of that what you will. Personally, I liked his bid for Shia Laboeuf-dom by getting beat up (allegedly) by the Vancouver police.

Bringing a silver hammer to a warm gun fight will seriously impact your happiness.

Any movie that unites two of the sexiest actors who also happen to be good actors deserves a half-grade bump: raise to B-

They should have called it Animal Kingdom. Oh, wait…

Queen Elizabeth I was no slouch in waging war. It was under her reign that the British defeated the so-called "invincible" Spanish Armada. Eleanor of Aquitaine did not fare so well in the Second Crusade, but that was largely the fault of her then-husband Lous VII of France.

Yeah, I'm struggling with it too … didn't get around to this episode for five days, because it is becoming a struggle to get myself to watch it. I try to give a show six episodes before I abandon it (unless it's really bad, which this isn't), so I'm going to preserver a bit longer. I'm growing weary of the unrelenting…

No Ted Prior? Maybe Ted restricts himself to films directed by his brother, or maybe they just can't afford him, him being the deadliest prey and all.