I so disagree with anyone who thinks the shows gets better without Diane. Season 1 to 3 is great, season 4 and 5 drags a little but the end of season 5 “have a good life” never can be touched. I cried so hard at 13 years old. Fuck I cried when Diane said “I rather be with you” when she was going to leave with Sam’s…

Non-reader here (so please no spoilers). My view of show Bonnet: he’s an attempt to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was Black Jack, but he ultimately turned out to be a pale imitation. More of a frustration than the kind of villain we love to hate like Jack was.

Is there a rule that seasons have to end on a cliffhanger?

I think its one of the most well-done episodes of the show, ever, in spite of the brutal rapes.  

I am in the extreme minority in that I have good things to say about this episode. Claire’s dissociative dream sequence during her brutal attack was brilliantly executed in my opinion. There were so many Easter eggs and exquisite details for long time viewers in this sequence that tie years of storytelling together.…

This reviewer misses the point regularly. Who hired her?

100% agree about Roger and Bri. Bleh.

Totally agree. It wasnt clear that was a handjob, but from all comments i see a lot of people who would like to imagine so, as well as people who would be scandalized. This debate over the handjob misses the point: in critical moments, you want to be touched by your loved one, touched deeply and intimately and wholely.

Kayla’s shtick is filtering everything through the woke queer lens. It’s hard to criticize that approach without sounding like I’m criticizing certain things about her, but I’m just not sure that this show benefits from being filtered through sociology-101 as remembered by a former C student who doesn’t have a lot of…

Totally agree. All that the article could focus on was rape??????? And so many comments?

An article and comments that displays a stunning incapacity to see beyond screen from somebody whose “job” is just watching. This episode was about love in all its grandeur, as the whole show is. Real love in tough moments, not soapy love.

To be fair, even though it’s overused, it’s never glorified or depicted as anything but horrifying.  So I’m pretty sure no one is “getting off” on it.

Because it’s not real?  Just like every murder on tv?  or any crime?  Why aren’t you as outraged at those crimes in a fictional universe?

Thank you!

So, legitimately, why are you still watching? In five seasons, this is the fifth rape of a major character -- all directly pulled from the source material. It’s obvious whether you agree with the author or not, it’s not something she is going to shy away from in her storytelling. So, what are you still doing watching? 

Completely agree. The thought of losing an appendage is pretty difficult for even the most courageous. Jaime is no exception.

I am so over Roger and Brianna.  I agree there are (hopefully) more interesting things that could play out this season.

This episode didn’t work as well for me. It didn’t feel like an accurate representation of PTSD, which more often consists of periods of both good days and very bad days. It also crammed in far too many metaphors, from the “last words” lesson to the silent film to the “lost and gone forever” lyric to the Hanged Man…

I attribute that flog line to poor writing rather than a reflection of her character. The line was just silly and I doubt book Claire would have said anything of the sort.

I'll point out that we don't know what happened to Claire in the time between arriving in France and returning to 1948, though. She's a firebrand, all right, but it's entirely possible that bad things happen that weaken her resolve quite a bit, not to mention her (apparent) belief that she's now trapped in 1948 (well,…