"I don't think anyone can argue that the overall pacing of the series isn't slower than most other tv shows."

What shows would you name with "fast" or "normal" pace? I never thought BB was slow, except in "Fly", the bottle episode so many people love but which I consider the only really bad ep of the series.

That was the sense I got too. But there was surprisingly little discussion of it in the comments—maybe another thread on it got deleted?

I loved the glimpse of her chambers, her attire under the robes, etc.

"the now headless Dorium Maldovar"

My ears were definitely not plugged, and I just cringed at the unfunniness of those jokes. But it's interesting to know that not everyone thought so.

I agree, except for the gratuitous "America's" thrown around. This is hardly unique to this country: there are certainly a few places that are more sexually libertinous (if that's a word), but the U.S. is still above the global median in this regard, I'd wager.
But yeah: I'm definitely tired of TV and movies treating…

It's a really intriguing idea, but it ends up being a red herring in this movie, hardly explored at all.

If there is a clear and logical narrative, please explain it to me. We kept having these infodump scenes in which characters would putatively explain to Robin (and thus also to the audience) what was going on, but it didn't make sense to me. Were people still in the "truth" (real world) while being animated? If so,…

Right (although it's down to 76 percent and only 54 for "Top Critics"). I thought this review from RT was spot on:

The "Top Critics" rating is only 54 percent. But I actually thought it had some good things going for it. Did you think Keitel's performance even when she was being scanned was bad? I thought that was a great scene. (It's weird though when she's playing herself but a name actor like Keitel is just an agent.)
It…

The topic is a great idea, and I was on the edge of being willing to accept it as a brilliant film right up to near the end, when it became clear they really didn't know where they were going with any of it. I mean, just fundamentally: when people get into this animated world, where are their real bodies? In the…

Indeed, those are both in my top 11 all time, even though I've seen a LOT of great movies, so much so that there are over 200 on this list that I would grade "A" or "A+", and another 200 that are "A-" level:

I think it's great, and not a mess. I agreed with most of the others named though.

And Anna Gunn's acting in terms of facial expressions as she sees through the bullshit is spectacular.

I do the same thing with various other shows I started years late. In the case of BB, I am on my third time through (first on my own, second with my teenaged son, third now with my wife). Did you finish yet?

Yes, the antibodies were one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The line you quoted totally cracked me up, as did their reassuring response when the bracelet turned green: "Your existence will continue."

These reviews are very well written, but after reading the one for "Looking Up" (I haven't read the "Mirrors" review yet) I found myself really surprised by a couple of the author's interpretations:

My feelings for Ali turned sharply to hate in this episode as well. Over at Hitfix Alan Sepinwall said something along the lines of Ali doing Raquel a favor. I totally disagreed with him, and think it was absolutely awful of her. I don't even understand why she is so bent out of shape that her friend and brother…

So did you take that as a death scene as it was happening? I thought the joke was on the euthanisers and that he was getting better!