I think for me it was partly because every interior scene seemed to be lit by one small lightbulb. I'm not sure what the plan is with that, but so far it makes everything look kind of the same.

I am within a year of being Henry's contemporary, and at that time you did Algebra I, then Geometry, then Algebra II. Algebra II started by going back over Algebra I concepts in a more intense way. You could definitely get bumped up halfway through the school year if you were very good at Algebra I.

It was to remind us that they live in a social fishbowl. So many of their actions were based on the fact that they were always being watched and judged.

Not genetics. That was the point. Jane worries about Ziggy because of his genes, but he's the sweetest kid in the world.

That explains why the witnesses kept saying things like "it's amazing only one person is dead." So there was more going on at trivia night than Celeste, Perry, Madeleine and Ed's issues.

I think the "Benny" aspect of the Shadow King should have just been dropped when Hawley changed his mind and decided to go with Aubrey Plaza. I read somewhere that Benny was left in at Aubrey Plaza's insistence. I guess I can see how it could have added a layer of interest, but I don't think it worked — it just…

I have high standards for Noah Hawley shows.

Why would Oliver see Lenny? Shouldn't his version of the Shadow King be, maybe, Melanie? If both Benny and Lenny really existed, isn't it kind of an odd coincidence that David met a woman in Clockworks whose name rhymed with "Benny?" Am I the only one with questions about these logistics?

I don't think we've ever seen Philip or Elizabeth kill someone out of disgust and anger, the way they killed that midge scientist, before. It's also a big part of this season's arc that they are using the evil of the US tampering with food supplies as a way to get Paige more actively on side. Everything in their life…

Maybe so, but I think he's passive-aggressive and controlling, too. He blames Madeleine for the lack of intimacy between them, but then won't let her reveal to him anything that lies beneath the "perfect woman" he fell in love with.

All of these characters have inauthentic public identities. Why would Bonnie be any more authentic than the others? Just because she has dark skin?

Depending on what kind of group you hang out with it's pretty trendy right now to give the sex talk very early. As young as three or four. The idea is that you should tell kids about it before they are old enough to conceive of it as being shameful.

Maybe the Aussies are like the Brits in that they tear down their own celebrities?

I read it the same way you did, and I thought it seemed a little sinister.

"Chipper" is on a whole different planet from the terms I would use to describe the tone of "More than This."

You would think so, but in my experience Americans can't distinguish among accents as well as British people can. Northern Irish, Scottish, Australian — it all just sounds "British" to most Americans.

It reminded me of Under the Skin.

I'm going to be bummed if Oleg's plot from here on out is just watching him get destroyed. I understand that this isn't a goodtimes show, but after Nina and Martha it will seem like retreading old ground, to me.

Ha, so she'd basically really be what Philip was pretending to be with Martha?

And yet, with all this going on, the show spent 10 minutes — at least — on the digging of a hole. I'm a little worried, tbh.