I don't want to make this more overblown than it is because I get that in this case we're talking about someone the viewers have known for literally a decennia versus someone they've barely gotten to know

Oh I'm not saying you're wrong, there can be a plot-related reason while also creating a real world discomfort for me. My discomfort was more based on my perception than the plot, but there's the problem mentioned in the review of viewing a story through your own worldview.

This is all very based on our perception of Meredith as the lead we've been following for 10+ years which… proves my point.
Maggie is acting from her relationship to Mer and besides being petty as hell when she just found out, when actually talking about it to Meredith she makes it clear she feels betrayed about being…

I inferred something similar because the Dutch (while also profiting from slavery) used a similar religion-based reasoning to say that any slave that sets foot on the soil would no longer be a slave.

I love how you noted that even with everything this episode did well on a racism issue, the prolonged look up to the Doctor while he was speeching was a little uncomfortable.

The storyline they picked for her would have Meredith be the bad guy (which she admits this episode) and viewers putting that back on Maggie is just classic "our lead can never be bad" thinking

Its a little boring to keep ending up as 'defending Maggie' every week in the comment section but she specifically mentions that it isn't about Nathan but about her sister lying to her. I don't understand the urge to make this seem like Maggie overexaggerating when Meredith herself acknowledges she really fucked up…

That Fitz-David conversation was one of the most annoying moments for either EVER. One of the women should've walked in during this stupid speech and laughed asking them "The bigger question is why would they even choose you?"

I wasn't on board with the random 'let's choose the widow' story which fits for maybe a mayoral election but not a position 1 heartbeat away
BUT your point of a blank slate makes sense, they really need to find ways to incorporate new side characters because the ones we know already have too much baggage. Esp after…

Another Nightly Show alumni (Francesca Ramsey) is getting a Comedy Central pilot which was announced last week-ish.

It is that episode.
They did a great job finding a black perspective on the election that they explained much better than Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle did in the SNL special.
And they also made care to have it months after the election so that it didn't seem like 'a necessary mention' so I dont really get the…

Most of them were already evil. Some lost their principles bc their powers required hurting others in some way but took time to become 'evil'

Holt's speech was amazing and reminds me how many shows have a 'tv version' of police work that actually harms real life because it makes police seem infallible. Nine-Nine on the other hand shows crazy cops that still get cases solved and just want to provide a service to the community

The high fives in the future between all of the male characters irked me so much.

Yes! How difficult is it to find a realistic machine for them to sit to combine with the green screen? 'driving through Google Maps' is just a step below this nonsense.

But I mean the cast of Zootopia really should try not to draw attention to the weird implications of its 'social themes'. It falls apart completely if I think for half a second that there is an actual message behind the film.

Honestly Isabelle is the perfect counter point; someone who clearly only existed in the first season as eye candy but manages to sorta portray a human being and even sorta deal with a larger role in the revamped season 2. Still 'meh' but better than expectations.

new showrunners have upgraded almost every aspect of the show in its second season from genuinely terrible to to 'meh' and she's literally the only actor who can't keep up.

I might be remembering it wrong but Rosa was one of the few people in previous seasons who didn't judge Jake's idiocy bc she knew he's still a good detective. I liked having that revisited.

Aah, how true it is to the source material.. nvm then.