I think that Lester wanted to blow up his life again the moment he spied Malvo in the bar. That necessarily means that his new wife has to die. There is something very, very twisted going on in Lester that he even approached Malvo in the bar in the first place.

I thought Duncan was trying to *reassure* Rachel that she is a perfect clone, whereas Sarah is a "failure". He just completely didn't understand that this news might be upsetting to Rachel. So, no, I didn't think it was intentionally "cold".

Whoa. Suddenly I'm imagining a whole platoon of Paul clones!

Isn't it nice that there are two whole shows in the entire TVerse that feature more women than men? With women that kick ass. Women with..wait for it… "agency*"? So what if they are off-season, limited run series on semi-obscure networks like BBC-A and Netflix?

LOL! Now I am, too. Thanks for that one!

I agree, but this isn't handling it properly or in any way worth watching. I am only glad I watched the pilot so I can warn others not to bother.

You are wrong. I just watched the pilot (and will never watch another episode) and it's pretty clear that the witches *are* the bad guys. Not that the the Puritans are made out to be all that great, either, but Cotton Mather gets a ridiculous pass as being wrong-but-his-heart-is-in-the-right-place. Plus he is played…

I agree. If Tituba was portrayed as performing a *real* abortion in that scene, without the use of supernatural forces, I would have been more comfortable with it. Midwives and women who knew how to use herbs were persecuted as witches. Let's not imply they really were!

Where is that quote from?! That is horrible! Also, how does Damien Lewis qualify for Lead when he was barely there last season and Patinkin was in almost every episode? (Lewis was the lead in the "Tower of… Whatever it Was" epi. but that's it.) The last season (it was the last, wasn't it? I hope so!) of Homeland…

Watching the scene where Elisabeth wakes up Paige and makes her do housework in the middle of the night, I was instantly reminded of the film "Mommie Dearest" (1981) and the iconic scene in that film where Crawford wakes Cristina to clean the closet ("No more wire hangers!") and bathroom (leaving a very young Cristina…

@olivesnook, I agree about StoryBrooke, but I'd argue that this version of Neverland is, to continue the reviewer's analogy, the Lost desert island version. Actually, it reminds me less of Lost and more like a Star Trek episode that has the characters going around and around in the apparently same section of corridor.…

@avclub-e8aafc74866f470de2473b4291972eb2:disqus Good point! Too bad the show didn't mention anything about it if that was the case.

Why do you have to specify "her white lesbian mom"?  Anyone reading this watched the show.  The "goth girl" (who isn't particularly goth, btw) will react to her *mom* "kicking the bucket" the same way any teenager would react to his or her mother dying - with a lot of grief. I know your comment was supposed to be a…

I loved when Joe's friend spray-painted the door onto the dome.  Which makes me think - doesn't the dome always seem clean despite all the blood and other stuff that's been sprayed on it? Is there an anti-graffiti nut or hard-core OCD running around cleaning the dome all the time?

Well, Joe's friend (I'm spacing his name) did spend the day with Angie and he's the talkative type - I'm sure he updated her on all the goings-on with Joe.  He also (or was it Big Jim) said onscreen that Joe was fine and hanging out with his new girlfriend.