Sorry I missed this earlier.

It was pretty clear to me that Wednesday orchestrated the accident.

Why was he in federal prison, then, and not state?

That put me off, too. I would have much preferred to see the story pick up at the hotel room; Shadow's reactions to seeing her, etc. Her back story added very little.

I laughed at that: that house had a really appealing "boho" aesthetic. Different strokes, I guess.

Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory) are Odin's ravens, who fly all over the earth every day and let him know what's going on.

This kind of hints at what bothers me about giving Laura an expanded role in the story. Shadow is the protagonist; he's the one who lives, who has a "hero's journey." How does a bigger focus on Laura Moon help that? I only read the book once, long ago, but I don't remember Shadow's story "needing" more Laura, if…

I'll see how I feel next week, but I'm not sure if I'll keep watching.

It's very difficult to portray deep depression in visual media. Sophie's Choice did it well; so has The Leftovers recently with Laurie Garvey's character. Leaving aside whether it's a good artistic choice to expand Laura Moon's story, I found the way she was portrayed to be unengaging. Not sure if I want to sit…

Their meeting in the book, as well as Shadow himself, is so much more endearing.

And his overconfident douchebag pick-up of Laura? His added, unnecessary history as a petty criminal prior to meeting Laura? Just…no.

Ha, this is turning into a big fanfic where everybody gets to live. Which is great.

Re: "close-watching:" if I'm going to write this character, I have to know him… ;-)

But since you've referenced the Temple kids in your story, I'm going to assume that the above mentioned names are the ones you're talking about.

Or he'll call the Australian version of the Coast Guard and they'll find her.

Off Ramp definitely deserves mention here. In that ep, I got the sense that Laurie desperately wanted her client to be "all right," even though her client didn't seem ready to rejoin "normal" family life. If Laurie was projecting onto her client, now we see/know why.

That's right. Laurie's story is not random, and to me her suicide is clearly explained by what we see about her in-show.

Election is hysterically funny.

Yes, Matt's remark about Revelations not being literal is pretty standard Catholic and Episcopalian interpretation - not surprising given that Matt's an Episcopal priest.

It would drive you to the brink, and I think that's what happened to Laurie (among other problems.)