It seems to me that they're basically dramatizing Julia's arc from the second book here, since it does happen chronologically at the same time.

That line was brilliant, as was the delivery.

To be fair to Julia, the way Quentin treated her last episode was incredibly nasty, and Stella Maeve played the rage really well in the creepy laugh at the beginning of the episode.

The Dev Fleishman bit, while funny, really felt low budget and dumb. I appreciate the nod to the author and the tacit approval of the show, but it didn't work at all as a viewer.

I actually really liked the way they completed the Charlie plot - I know the reveal comes fairly late in the book, but I feel like seeding it in at this point allows for the dread for Alice to really seep in. I just hope that they get (and use) three seasons to really tell all of Alice's story - ending where she ends…

I was less disappointed by this week's episode than I feared - the previews last week made me flashback to the terrible Buffy episode Lisa mentions, but it was less interested in trying for a Dickian "what even is real man" trip and more interested in shaking up Julia's status quo. I really need to do my reread of the…

A pretty good list! So pleased that Wraith Squadron is high on the list, as is Mara Jade. I think it's kind of telling that in the Vader comic series and in the dreadfully mediocre Aftermath novel, Kieron Gillan and Chuck Wendig both create murderous droids. Gillan's black 3PO unit is probably closer to HK than…

Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction to the replacement news. And the artist doesn't give me any confidence at all - I loathed their issue of Birds of Prey in 2010-11.

I did too, though Messina has some distinct strengths. Particularly in drawing my favorite character, Steph. :)

Sales are critically low. There are lower titles, but this run got a full year plus annual. I'm sad to see it end, but I don't think it's capricious or mysterious.

It is honestly one of the more forgettable stories - not because it has a bad premise, but because it's kinda racist and extremely messy and unnecessarily complicated in structure. I think the Jeremy Brett/Edward Hardwicke adaptation was brilliant in its cleaning up of the story.

Getting Kitty back would be a dream, as long as they didn't kill her.

Well said! I just wish they'd tie up the last half a bit stronger.

Wrong canon case! This week was Wisteria Lodge! Plus, they've already done Thor Bridge twice, and referenced it once besides! :)

Seconded. Every now and then I'll recognize someone (Mamie Gummer and Sutton Foster last season), but sometimes, they're not - D'Angelo from The Wire was an early red herring. I don't find it that distracting - maybe because I don't watch enough, or maybe because in the long run of the show, it won't matter.

To be fair, he's threatening the son first, and the wife tangentially.

I thought Major killed the dog as well!

I think VM handled it by having a very strict twist structure. iZombie is much more conventional, while Mars required almost every murder to have a dramatic emotional twist.

As Deborah points out, the killer last week didn't. But I noticed and was bothered by the confessing killers too.

It might also fit with her long-term plans of taking over the company. Having Major on her "team" might be a piece in her moves against her boss (father?)