Wow. Looks like the writers of this show finally took some writing classes when it comes to “social consciousness” episodes. This episode wasn’t anywhere near as hamfisted as the gun episode or the racism episode were. Those episodes were just godawful as far as writing. This one wasn’t too bad.

A 30 year old worth more than 360 million dollars singing about how she might be more successful if she was a man kind of rings hollow.

I wonder how exactly they expect to determine which black people in the US are descendants of slaves. Genealogy? Because, contrary to the often repeated narrative, not every black person in the US is a descendant of slaves. And what about people who are half black? Do they only get half the money or does their…

From the start of this whole thing, there were a lot of red flags. The timeline seemed odd. The location seemed odd. His whole account of events seemed odd. It felt scripted. It was almost as if someone was going through a checklist of elements to try and maximize the results.