Yeah, I think that if Pino had been responsive to her distress and been willing to consider living in New York or somewhere else, she might have stayed with him. You're right that it was about the feeling of smallness and resignation in her life. But Pino was completely unwilling to listen and so he became a part of…

Sorry for the extreme delay in responding … ended up going out for drinks unexpectedly.

I don't even know if it was intentional or just serendipity, but I was thinking about it a lot in the second to last episode.

It's a tough call. I do lean toward thinking that the show is, at the very least, being critical of the (potential)relationship, if not Dev's behavior. But I do wish it had been more direct, because, you're 100 percent correct that Dev has some kind of weird savior complex where he wants to scoop Francesca out of a…

Oh one more thing. Sorry, my thoughts are so disorganized today. I think one could maybe see a meta commentary from NYILY, in which we spend delightful vignettes with complete strangers, to Thanksgiving, in which we see vignettes of one non-protagonist's life and in which the emotions are more complicated, to the…

P.S. I have to go out until evening, so no rush replying.

New York I Love You:
This is everything it was hyped to be. And perhaps more. I loved all the segments—the doorman's unintended but satisfying comeuppance of the asshole tennant and the deaf woman having a "loud" sign language fight about her sex life unintentionally in front of children who speak ASL—but the cab…

I really don't think organic farming is going to make a difference to the birthrate within one generation, within a handful of years even. That seems pretty farfetched.

Wait so will five and six be available for streaming on Sunday, or will I have to wait two weeks to learn more?

The tone of the show is completely strange and can be kinda off putting until you find its groove. I'm glad I didn't give up and I've counciled several friends not to give up, all but one of whom loved the show in the end. It might not be for you, but I'd try at least another couple of episodes.

That sketch works because you can tell it was made by people who love Gremlins 2 as much as it deserves, which is a lot.

Get out. No seriously.

He's in tons of stuff. I thought he was excllent in Don't Think Twice.

If he'd left a couple of days earlier that would have been absolutely true. But he only left after Richard became convinced that they needed Gavin's participation, not just his patent. And he took actions based on that decision that will hurt them in a Gavin-less company.

True.

You know there are two more, right?

I would strongly recommend against it. It doesn't take long to binge through the show. I did it a few years ago myself.

Who says throwing random shit into a scene isn't art? I don't think that's what Lynch is doing, but I would still say it was art if he were and achieved these results.

Showtime is doing a free trial thing on Prime right now, which is how I saw 1-4. Will definitely pony up the $10 or whatever to get the full season.

Lucy and Andy and son were a welcome humorous respite from all the sad and scariness, as much as I love the sadness and scariness.