Agreed on all counts! (Except for the stuff about the giants, which did not have payoff worth the time spent on it, Order of the Phoenix is my favorite. Everyone just totally fucks up in that book because of their own pride, which brings us back to Big Little Lies....)

I really enjoyed how this show was willing to have its characters make careful, thoughtful decisions, instead of having them blow up their worlds. And I love Tia, but I’m glad that Kat chose to focus on herself for a while.

I liked that Petra helped him face facts (her skeptical “Really?” when Rafael insisted Mateo was fine was the highlight of the episode for me), but yeah, he needed to apologize to Jane for overstepping boundaries, as well.

I keep seeing the last two minutes of Superstore, as my DVR starts recording Brooklyn Nine-Nine early, and holy shit did last night’s ending catch my attention. Is it worth starting from the beginning, or can/should I pick it up at a later season?

I have been so tired of the over-the-top finales of this show (whose aftereffects were often poorly dealt with), and I thought the ending of this, with Holt directing traffic, was pitch-perfect.

I think he’s Jane’s second son (whoever the father may be), or even a grandson.

Plus, Petra is friends and c0-parents with Rafael, so it would make sense for her to be supporting Rafael in all of this.

I’m behind on this show, so maybe my dreams have already been crushed, but I love the beginnings of Kat getting into grassroots political activism.

Jane sucks, but I think the fact that she was assigned to write for digital by episode’s end, after her snobbery about not doing it, was a bit of self-awareness on the part of the show. I love this show but I am not looking forward to multiple episodes about her freezing her eggs.

I love Guys and Dolls and am very excited by this news. I have often groused that it is a shame that the movie of this is so terrible. Most high schools can put on a better production.

JK Simmons is one of the main-ish characters (Benny Southstreet), and also sings the title track with Nicely-Nicely Johnson.

I thought this episode was much stronger than “Moo Moo”, in part because the characters felt much more comfortable discussing the issue.  In “Moo Moo”, it felt like the characters were tip-toeing around the the issue of racism in the law enforcement profession. Whereas here, Amy and Rosa are confident in their…

I loved Rent when I was younger, but wow had I forgotten how much padding there is in the musical. Basically nothing happens in the entire damn show.

Also, I always found Adina kind of controlling -- she pushed Kat into an open relationship and laid out all the ground rules.

I’m hoping that the resolution to Jane’s love triangle is that she chooses neither. At least in the short-term. Make Pinstripe work a little bit harder!

Maybe it’s because I didn’t watch season 1, but I really can’t get into the Sutton-Richard relationship. I otherwise love Sutton, but she feels like a different person (and not in a good way, to me) when she’s with Richard.

I am legit excited to show this to my eight-year-old, who has devoured all the science fiction and fantasy books in the house in the last five months.

I promise you that season 2 holds up to multiple rewatches. (But the less said about season 3, the better.)

I also liked season four (more than season 3, even), and I found the “remix” unwatchable. Having the season in chronological order did not make a given episode cohesive.

Now that we know the FBI is tracking the illegals via their garages and cars, I can’t take my eyes off of all of Elizabeth’s cars. Where did she get the station wagon? Where did she get the Mercedes?