Especially since him saying all the words and her saying practically none really undermines the argument he’s trying to make.

I’m wondering if mother ever got around to making him the pancakes Ole asked for. That’s the one thing that’s bothering me about the very clear communion/absolution allegory. Did he not get pancakes (round bread like, probably no accident) earlier this season? I feel like there’s something I don’t quite understand.…

No, it makes sense. Communion and Jesus sacrifice is meant to offer eternal life in heaven, not on earth. What Munch has been ‘living’ through is literally hell on earth, devoid of love and kindness, serving penance for the sins of the rich. Death of his earthly body leads to eternal life spiritually, his…

You got it.  

This whole season was one of the most effective middle fingers to performative Christianity from the media I can think of.

Oh yeah. That relationship is so out of bounds that I just assumed we weren’t playing in the same sandbox as real life. If the show is going to start holding its characters accountable like real life, both Sagal and Malik’s characters are being sanctioned/losing their license next season.

I love the contrasting line reading of “You look so much like your mother” from the first episode to this one.

He’ll always be Jefferson Darcy to me.

That was truly a revelation. He went from Jefferson Darcy to an actual human being who knows exactly who his wife is and how to balance that against his own needs. I loved it so much.

Heidi is a Chiefs fan, so it makes sense they’d use her more with Kelce, especially in those dating sketches.  They had a good time leaning into the ‘himbo’ vibe.  

I’m not trying to be shitty here, but until babies are 1 year old, breast milk/formula should be still be the primary nutrition source and solids are supplemental.  ‘Under one, food is for fun.’  But there’s no way a healthy 6 month old should be breast feeding every hour.  

How about the lawnmower scene in Mad Men?

Point of order, Mellors is distinctly not friendly, and is dutifully helpful, but no more. Lawrence left no room for a possible interpretation that he seduced her.She cracks that nut, and then, well, yeah. I wish the film had the balls to stick w/ Lawrence’s ending, though. That’s part of the allure of the story. …

He doesn’t have to be traditionally handsome, but there needs to be some kind of ‘what the french would call a certain… I don’t know what’ that translates across the screen so everyone gets why Tish is always DTF. Guzman is funny and he’s got a nice dad rapport with Wednesday, but he’s not that.

Anyone here been on both sides of the coin? Mine are 18, 17/17( twins), and 21 months, had her at 43 (hell of a covid surprise). It’s definitely easier money wise, but everything else is harder. My parents are both dead and Mr Sockpuppet’s parents are too old/infirm to be of any help. The older 3 are mildly…

I remember the show John Ritter was on when he died didn’t try to replace him and shifted their focus to grieving the loss of a family member, but it was supposed to be a family comedy and I don’t think it ever recovered.  

Reducing Nya to ‘the crazy girl who drowned’ seems mean spirited, like it was her fault she drowned saving her son. It was incredibly sad, regardless of the quality of the vehicle that made her famous.  Maybe that wasn’t what you were going for.  

Just going to leave this here for exhibit A on why Last Week Tonight deserves a top 10 spot, though I’m not sure what I would demote to make room. Probably Big Little Lies.

It looks like this narrative is meant to be the parallel stories of the the Big 2 Maia of Middle Earth, Gandalf and Sauron. I hope this means next season will be Gandalf and Nori finding Saruman, along side Sauron taking over Mordor from Adar with an unwitting assist from Orandir/Theo/Isildur. The elves will be too…

This is the concern, given who Galadriel’s daughter goes on to marry in the text, I agree it’s important. I’m sure they are setting up another horse saves his rider moment like in Two Towers, which, ok, fine. My other weird little niggle is changing Isildur’s brother to a sister, which wouldn’t be a big deal if the…