They revealed it was a virus within the first minute of the pilot.

He didn't leave anyone to die in the desert. He just planned to and then his conscience wouldn't allow him to go through with it.

Great point. There is a strange amount of puritanical finger-wagging around this show, which the recapper also bemoaned. I truly hope the showrunners aren't too heavily influenced by all of this tut-tutting, because it will turn the show into pablum.

I enjoyed the plots you are referring to. Although for me they were more like "Phil is a lovable scamp". I hope they didn't sand too many of the edges off him, although I'm fine with focusing on other things besides his scampness. I just don't want them to completely take away the only character on network TV who…

Being addicted to heroin is actually better than being addicted to cocaine, though. In my college psychology text, they bravely went against the CW and explained that most of the negative effects we ascribe to heroin addiction have to do with poor, marginalized people living a fringe existence and not taking care of…

But their house is still too nice, 12 years after Aunt Ginger left. It should be a lot more rundown, with shabbier furniture, cracks in the wall, and a lot of things duct taped. (Like my house, heh.)

I had been hoping the nun would take her away. :(

I know, right?

I think it's a little bit of both.

Yup—when I read in the review "He may not be hers, but no one else can have him either", I thought of so many instances of this I've observed. Women like this want to keep a subordinate guy in their hip pocket, a puppy dog they can whip out to lick their faces if they feel like having their ego stroked.

You are right, it's both of their faults. But I saw a lot of people earlier in the season put the blame all on him, which is ridiculous.

Good catch on the hummus toast bit!

Ohhh…great point!

I took it the same way as you! Oops.

Yes, someone downthread said some of those images had children as young as 6. I actually turned someone into the cops for that kind of child porn, and there is absolutely no excuse if that's true. But that is what he should be getting nailed to the wall for, then, not for the hotel trips.

Okay, then he is a total scumbag. I read the information in the main story and thought it was just about 17 year olds, which made it seem like he was getting a really bum rap.

Pretty arbitrary that this completely changes at midnight on their 18th birthday. If we go by brain maturity, that doesn't come until age 22 or 23.

And beyond the age of consent in most states.

So they were 17? The news reports I've heard earlier referred to "children", making it sound like they were, you know, actual children—as opposed to being older than the age of consent in most states. If none of the "kids" he had sex with were younger than this, he is getting WAY too harsh a penalty (I mean in…

Yes, things will become less exciting. But I hate the idea of reacting to that with a lot of artificial role play and especially BDSM, which I abhor. If people initially connect with each other on that basis, it's one thing (although I'm still gonna side-eye a D/s relationship where the man is the D). But if they…