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Don't feel bad. There's no way to live in LA and not recognize yourself or some archetype in your social circle.

Yeah, the decompressed use of time is kind of unique for a series like this. Much of it is 1 episode = one consecutive day.

I thought the best piece of writing this episode was "Bury Me Here" and how the connotation retroactively changes.

Season 2 does a better job of not making Gus such an unmitigated douche. He's still annoying but his redeemable qualities are more fleshed out.

Yeah, the problem with dropping so many pop culture references that it becomes noticeable is that it stops feeling like natural banter and more like what happened to be playing in the background when the writer was working. The whole Wilco bit felt like it was reverse-engineered into the script because I Am Trying To…

Slightly more likely than a Cosby Show reunion…

I always liked that he pronounced it "Astanaut." I wonder if that was in the script.

Oh wow, thanks for that.

That's interesting, thanks. Have any of the modern adaptations gone back to the intent of original material? I haven't read any of the Dynamite books but that would actually be pretty cool.

Yeah, it sort of becomes a tip toe around political correctness. That's why I asked if there might be a non-English word without a direct translation, because it could help separate Eurocentric bias from how Asians define themselves.

Well, I've almost never used it, but technically I'm @secretbastard. Would you mind tagging me so I can follow the resulting conversation?

Exactly!

Right?

Well, you left out one important bit that makes Emma's actions slightly more understandable:

Okay, strange question.

I guess we'll find out when we actually see Episode 7.

Yeah, I feel like this was a case where editorial was more concerned with the optics of the character in terms of the team they hired than the character as she's been written.

Has anyone actually seen the entire series, beyond the first 6? Everything I've read has been "it sucks, but gets better by Rza's episode."

His Lando series was probably the best of Marvel's Star Wars minis.