I was sad enough about it that I decided to ditch the series right then and there. But then, I seem to often like the characters the creators seem to want us to identify with, but who are popular to talk smack about online: Jack from LOST, Piper from OITNB, Margaret from Boardwalk Empire, and Zoe on this show.

I didn't like it either, but not because it seemed too tidy or preposterous—although you make good points. I just found it too upsetting, coming on the heels of the also upsetting murder of the Corey Stull character. I signed on for a West Wing type political thriller with a little extra in the way of skulduggery…

I just wish Netflix would be the ones to parcel out the episodes. Do them every two or three days, if they want; or release three at a time, once a week. But not all at once. I love the service generally, and am very glad they are doing original content to avoid becoming an expendable middleman; but they are…

Sometimes it feels like my wife and I are the only ones who *like* the Claire/Gillian subplot. Similarly, we really like the Margaret storylines on Boardwalk Empire (and btw, I'm a season behind on that show as well as this one, so please don't spoil it if either of these women died or something in the most recent…

No apology needed: I thought it was an interesting read, and that you made several sophisticated observations of a lit crit nature. I feel however like when you say "stasis" you are really meaning something that is very nearly the opposite of that? It sure seemed that way from context.

I think it's a bit of a leap to say it was Jeff's connection with Annie specifically that opened the door. She was just the last of the group as he went through them—it was the combination of all of them that did the trick. That's how it came across to me, anyway; it never occurred to me that anyone would interpret…

Right, although she seemed more sensible in the finale. But this is why I say it was an underwhelming finale once Spencer left. You've got one guy who is so obviously a huge threat and can't play his hidden idols at F3, and also can't solve a puzzle to save his life, although he has done many other clever effective…

You're saying you think Kass would have taken Tony to the end, despite her saying repeatedly (including in private interviews) that she would not?

Please don't make me into a straw man. Never would I say that being a challenge beast on its own makes one a deserving winner. I am just saying that in this particular season, given the parameters, what has transpired, and who is playing, Tony should never have a chance to win without at least winning one individual…

Look, there's a philosophy that some Survivor fans have that all winners are equally deserving. It's a position one can take. I think it's wrong; but furthermore, it's pointless to even discuss. If someone is a deserving winner, ipso facto, because they won, then "deserving" is irrelevant. All you are saying is…

If you don't win individual mmunities, you need to be playing some kind of clever game that gets people to think that you would be good to take to the final but that they would actually be incorrect. Tony made a pretense of such an argument, but it was silly. Woo essentially admitted that he just wanted to take the…

It was a fun season, but it is hard for me to see it as having awarded a deserving winner. Really, once Spencer went out, there was no one left to really call deserving. I'm not considering Tony undeserving because he's a jerk or anything like that; it's because he didn't win any individual immunities—and thus, even…

A "discussion of a work of fiction" titled as such is its own spoiler warning. It is the random mention in a comment within the discussion of *another* work that is problematic.

That's just plain assholish of you. Like it's so hard to just throw in the words "spoiler warning". It's all about being considerate. Basic decency. Look into it.

Just a couple weeks ago, someone floated the theory that Jared had killed them and the general response was that it was a ludicrous idea. If the vast majority found it ludicrous 80% of the way through the season, I'm not sure how you can square that with it supposedly making complete sense now. (And yes, there's also…

I actually hope I'm right that they hadn't planned on his being the killer at that point (kind of like how Nina on the first season of 24 was later in the season—spoiler alert—shown to be a mole, but the actor only got a couple episodes' worth of warning, and there were things she did earlier in the season that just…

Better'n anything I got.

I went back to watch that scene, and he is all relaxed and even kind of smiles at Philip as they cross paths before he enters the hotel room. Yet in the past couple episodes he has seemed shellshocked as they move him around, even after he knew he could trust Elizabeth. I just don't believe that actor or director…

It's very strange. There is no angle from which it makes sense, unless Arkady is secretly on the Americans' side.

"Because first of all, they realized the political intelligence wasn’t all that valuable, and then second of all, their own technology sucked."