I unabashedly love the show, especially since they changed the rule so that teams are no longer begging strangers for money as a penalty. Also, ever since Mirna and Schmirna stopped showing up.

I suspect you are absolutely right, that there is something about conjuring an image in one's own imagination that makes it a stronger memory

I was 10 years old when my parents took me to see Dances with Wolves in the theater. That scene where you see a landscape full of buffalo after buffalo that had been skinned made me literally have to flee my seat from nausea (and anger and indignation); it was not a good fit for a sensitive child.

I read that book over 10 years ago and recall vividly the scene you describe. It was horrifying and part of my brain is still like "Nope, nope, nope these things do not actually happen and have never happened in the history of the world lalalalala I can't hear you"

Exactly. I got so tired of the "5/8 tablespoon of this" and "one sliver of cheese the depth of a piece of vellum" nonsense. It's like the recipes want you to become one of those insufferable shits who tries to get their guests to guess the secret ingredient. Oh you'll never guess! Should I tell them, honey? Oh no,…

Oh god, his poor wife now that he doesn't have those insufferable letters at the beginning of each Cooks Illustrated issue as an outlet for his bloviations. "Darling, do you see the FedEx man walking up the drive? Times like these put me in mind of summers as a boy, the scent of hot cross buns wafting on the breeze,…

Wait, where is the zippy, punny article title I have come to expect from The AV Club? "ABC decides to grow its Modern Family!" "ABC decides not to abort its Modern Family" or something. Cmon!

Well, Pence will necessarily be the next President when Trump is removed, resigns, or dies of a broken ego (a little-known ailment that only afflicts narcissists).

Also, the either-or nature of the argument baffles me. Ok, say you think Obamacare is a hot pile of garbage and Obama is the devil and Hillary is his handmaiden. Why does that preclude a person from also thinking, "And that Trump character may be unreliable!"

I (quite foolishly) visit Ivanka Trump's FB page once in a while. The number of people who post things — totally apropos of nothing — about what an ugly pig Chelsea Clinton is is astonishing. And no, they do not seem at all upset by the notion of privilege, given their relentless fawning over Ivanka.

His memoir is excellent; I highly recommend it

I don't know if I agree with the point you're making, but how can I not upvote these amazing TV show names you keep laying down.

Right, I agree. I think it comes down to picking one's battles. I don't think the Jezebel author was wrong that the joke is homophobic, but I do question the Jezebel editors' decision that a message of outrage was necessary to be published on their site.

It's ITV Encore (I'm not actually sure what that is), not BBC. But I agree with you that British TV — and actually canal+ and some other European channels too — have done better with figuring out when a series should actually be a miniseries.

I think it also comes from the Woke Olympics side of the left. For instance, there was an article in Jezebel about how homophobic this joke was. I think there is a certain segment of the left nowadays that is like that obnoxious college freshman who comes home for Thanksgiving and lectures everyone about how to be…

I know you wrote this almost a month ago and probably no longer care, but since I read your comment I have found myself asking myself this question with every episode I watch: is this show actually good, or is it just a vehicle for some amazing acting by Samantha Morton? I think the jury is still out. Morton is…

If this is essentially a mob drama, then Lucy is starting to look more and more like Jackie Aprile Jr from the Sopranos: the golden child of the boss who fucks up waaaaay badly and is covered for for a while until they become too much of a liability. And like Jackie, Lucy doesn't have the savvy to navigate the…

Yes! I second this motion. Nowadays it's such a pain in the ass to figure out where anything is streaming.

Totally agree. The writers were on fire with Ravi lines this episode

I loved this scene. Such a departure from most cop shows, where the defense attorneys seem to just sit around with their thumbs up their asses until they get up enough verve to holler "see you in court!"