absolutely. This was the first show I can remember that has such a frank and real portrayal about what it's like to inhabit a woman's body. I'll miss that, it's been a truly groundbreaking show in that way. Every episode had some aspect that made it utterly relatable to the point of being uncomfortable. I don't know…

I wish we had gotten a Marnie origin story similar to the one we had with jessa and her dad. That episode gave me so much perspective on Jessa and really made me feel for her in a way I hadn't before. We get some tidbits for Marnie when her mom comes around and in passing references about her cheating father but I'm…

our market actually had a commercial cut in a few seconds into the La La Land speeches and then immediately cut back, so I'm curious when exactly people started freaking the fuck out

I always enjoy hearing everyone's reasoning for who they like the most. I really want the best for all of them at the end of the series!

That's fair, but I do think she is getting there. She has these moments where her sweetness cracks and she tells people how she feels. I think those moments are some of the shows best and most memorable, like when she breaks up with Ray because he hates everything and is too cynical, and absolutely nails all of the…

Jessa's my least favorite character, but I do empathize with her and feel for her. She seems like the one who has had the most fucked-up upbringing (aside from Marnie's weird relationship with her mom). What gets me most about Jessa is that of all the characters, it really seems like she doesn't have any desire to…

I don't think Shosh was only mad about Aruba though. there's table setting in the beginning of the episode where she's clearly frustrated with Jessa still sitting around and doing nothing with her life but still making Shosh come over to record the bday video for their Grandma and being ridiculous ("I hope there's no…

certainly, but the witnesses here seem a little extreme and irrelevant. a person's past selling drugs (esp prescription adderal) would never be allowed in to a murder trial because it does not have a tendency to show they would commit murder or an act of violence. it's also highly unlikely that a judge would have…

didn't he say something about the stepdad threatening him or beating him up or something? decent motivation to help someone out who's trying to pin him with a murder

It's also highly unlikely that the prosecution, who has already concluded their case, would be able to re-open the case just to get in this highly prejudicial information.

yeah, i'm pretty much with you. I was very intrigued by this show as a murder mystery and procedural, but if we wanted it to be an in-depth character study that also had intense lessons about *the system* then it should have been longer than 8 eps. I'm losing my mind re the lack of preparation both sides have done.…

but Box has been showed as feeling weird about the crime since the beginning. Why is he still bothering to look at police tape and map out Naz's route if it's all a done deal? being a good detective and lawyer means you need to know what the other side might say too. It seems very odd that no one is making sure to…

in certain states, the default is for the property to go to the children with only a small amount being reserved for a spouse.

Yeah, the show seems like it can't make up its mind whether it wants to be noir/mysterious like True Detective or whether it just wants to be a gritty police procedural. The little things that bother me in each episode have really started to add up since about episode 3. The characters' motivations do not make any…

you would typically get discovery far in advance of trial.

yeah, i can let a show get by with a little bit of dramatic license when it comes to police work/legal due diligence, but this is absurd. it's really been taking me out of the show. no one interviewed the stepfather, no one looked into the value of the house, no one tried to find the hearse driver until the trial was…

not to mention the old Law and Order trope of the lawyers/cops not bothering to conduct crucial interviews/find motives until the trial has already begun. for a show that's supposed to be realistic about the system, that aspect has been driving me bonkers. you should not be googling how much the property was worth on…

I appreciated Pennsatucky's side too. I think the scenes with Big Boo were really touching, and I thought it did a good job of showing how complex a sexual assault victim's feelings can be, and that any of those feelings are valid. I also liked that her forgiving him was shown as a way of taking back power and control…

In a way I'm glad they returned his character to that state because i was feeling very uncomfortable with his arc being "poor guy didn't even know he committed sexual assault, pennsatucky should forgive him and we should feel bad for him"

The cut to Aleida was also very affecting for this reason, who only saw that an inmate was killed and must have immediately thought it was Daya.