She's a goddess. They don't have to care about humans.

Hm, framing a god as an apex predator is an interesting idea. I don't think that gods are, as a construct, even interested in humans as prey. I think that one of the chief characteristics of most gods is their utter disinterest in humankind—even animals.

In the Greek myths—and I believe even in the Roman adaptations— Persephone is a steady goddess, b/c like her mother Demeter, the seasons hinge on their schedules. (Persephone ate four pomegranate seeds, which meant that, she had to return to her captor's lands for a time every year.)

Sure, but also, Shadeless Julia was depending on Kadie's outrage and feelings to be her gauge re what actions she was to take. When Persephone (returning belatedly to her duties as a mother — a bad habit to all Greek Gods and Goddesses) to save the life of her murderous son appealed to Julia, she was appealing to a…

Yes. I wonder what Kresteva has done to Ada.

Yes, they can. It's a huge problem, that passive recording with NO customer control over their own device.

I'm so happy that SPEECHLESS is getting reviewed now. I love this show, and this episode was so good. But then, I've loved them all.

This episode was about grief. It was about Maggie's grief on a few levels and her other feelings. It's a story about MAGGIE and her reaction to the stunning news that her mother has Stage IV breast cancer and that she was NEVER TOLD about it, she is unable to DO ANYTHING about it, and the realization that her mother…

We're watching Maggie's story. This arc is about Maggie and about how
she responds to the impending death of her mother.
That her mother kept her knowledge of her cancer to herself was her
mother's decision. Maggie's frustration, anger, sorrow, and desire to
fight is perfectly logical given that she was never told…

All my sympathies were with Buffy in Dead Man's Party. All of them. NONE of the Scooby Gang EVER takes into account the emotional, psychological, and physical labor that Buffy carries every single goddamned wearying day having to save the world over and over and over.

Sounds like you wanted to watch a show different from the one presented to us. Why is she the lead? Because she had beaucoup name recognition in the States. Botto is new to us.

He would have been great as Harry Dresden. Blackthorne tried, but he wasn't hard-bitten enough, not world-weary enough, not lived-in enough. Blackthorne has done well in "Arrow" though. I'm so sorry that they screwed up the series then.

Hi. Kitty is a place in the emotional landscape of the relationships in the series. She's an isthmus joining the past and the present. Her dangerous past resurfaces and she has to ask for S&W's help—though it seems clear that she's been living away from them for years, uninterested in having any sort of relationship…

Noting the presence of a nascent movement to help men not normally ones to consider taking self-defense—and exercising to the point where they can be effective—isn't advocating hot-headed violence against hot-headed, ignorant, racist neo-nazis.

Hi. I kind of like the idea of revolving actors playing different interpretations of Trump. It could also open up the writing and offer some different angles: Delusional Trump. Bully Trump. Tantrum Trump. Indifferently Ignorant Trump. Then a nuanced Trump showing all of those in an extended skit—as la Melissa…

I like most of the characters this season.

Hi. Hm. Swallowing rage = he'll take it out on some hapless government agency and the rest will be absorbed into his body, stressing his heart, upping the high levels of cortisol already coursing through his body.

I really, really, really wish this were being covered here. SPEECHLESS is such a great show.

You are not and were not silly to believe that. She would be all of that.

White House staff are not confirmed by Congress. They are direct hires—or temps vetted by the government assistant pool. Everyone though, has to be deeply vetted in order to even stay working there.