In tort law, there can be many causes of a harm, but that does not mean that there is no liability. If the conduct of these people was a significant contributing factor, that can be enough in many states to find a person liable for the wrongful death of another. Tort law also applies the concept of the "thin skull"…

@missinaction: I have tried, but couldn't get through it. I was so excited, both because I love him and I have 3 dachshunds! I will try again.

@LadyTudorRose: It's coming in January!

@hej hej: It's opening the season in January.

@ameliabearhart: No, they are not. They don't push the envelope of verisimilitude too much, but there was a woman of color in a significant role in Little Dorrit last year and no mention was made of her color at all.

There's not a single one of these British period pieces that I don't love. They're involving, have really great actors, and are removed enough in time from ours to be mostly pure escapist fun. I canNOT wait for this one.

@The Queen of No: That was exactly what I thought. I'll be pissed if he slides back at this point.

@yepyepyep: Yes. Me, too.

I'm a bit torn about this.

@sarasasa: I'm afraid I find Zooey equally unbearable.

I know nothing about how to actually do heroin, but these pictures look more like shock value play-acting than actual shooting up.

If you're going to be that blonde, you cannot be that tan. That is all.

I agree that it was a fragmented show. What bothered me was how toothless it was.

Good. As a lawyer, I have been driven up a wall with the toothless way the legal system has handled this repeated scofflaw.

@em.: It did, but I also was eating next to nothing.

Good for her. I know a few people who stay thin in these and other unhealthy ways. I actually smoked for a year while on a crazy diet so that I could stay thin — there was a Time magazine article that told me it was actually healthier to smoke than to be fat. Luckily for me, I just hated smoking and didn't get…

@KiddyKat: Actually, very smart question.

@AllieCaulfield: Don't hold your breath. It's not a commissioned piece as far as one can tell from this report.

@sekushinonyanko: I have never seen any evidence of this. Her rants on twitter and facebook and elsewhere — even when she is supposedly sober — are incomprehensible messes of misspelled narcissism.

I would consider canceling my subscription if the New Yorker published this illiterate nutbar.