I thought Bertie was being a bit of a bitch, personally. Yeah, I know those were the attitudes of the times, but still. He didn't own Lucy, and Lucy can do whatever and whomever she damn well pleases. She kept trying to extend an olive branch to him and be kind to him and he's acting like a petulant child.

I thought that Thack breaking things off with Lucy was the best thing he could do, especially when looking at it through my 21st century eyes. He was with her when he was using, she was his enabler, she stole drugs for him, she did that weird foot thing so she could get opium for him, and she even used with him! He…

Yeah, I agree Algernon doesn't feel the same way. He wants to be an equal, Gallinger wants to be adored. Algernon wants to be seen as the intelligent, talented surgeon he knows he is. He proved himself to Thackery, and made clear how useful and innovative he is.

Indeed he is. He took it like a champ, though! Nearly passed out outside the hospital as I walked him to the car, but he didn't cry during the lancing.

I love how Cleary is sticking by Harry. That is his buddy, and even after giving her a bit of shit last season for being a "baby murderer", he clearly does care for her. It shows what a stand-up guy he is, that he's not leaving her in the lurch.

Gallinger also seems jealous of Edwards, in a way. Remember last season, when Thack was in surgery with him and they were all chummy using the automatic suction machine Edwards rigged up? Gallinger seemed upset, not just that John was so kind to him, but seemingly worried that he wasn't so special anymore.

I do too! Zits, abscesses and botfly removals. So, so satisfying.

Pfft, I watched my brother's MRSA abscess get drained while right next to him a couple months ago. This was nothing.

Awesome season opener. The tension between Algie and Cornelia was very uncomfortable, but I did love the faces he was making. And though her brother talks a good game, can we really trust him to try and push forward for him eventually? I'm not so sure.

Wasn't he a pretty dismissive, seemingly verbally abusive shitheel to his wife in Olive Kitteridge?

To me, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is the only listenable Fleetwood Mac.

Thanks for the tip. The whole series is on the app too, I just noticed. Great way to work through this wicked hangover I have.

I just started watching Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell last week, after seeing an ad for it during Black Jesus. The Krampus thing looked completely insane, so I had to DVR is. I love it, and I hope there are more. It's just so damn twisted. It took me awhile to figure out that it was the FBI agent from The Sopranos…

Yes, absolutely. And as much as I would love more of the show, I was completely okay with the way that it ended. It was simply beautiful.

This makes me appreciate Paul F. Thompkins even more, because I can relate to a lot of this. I didn't get my license until last year, a couple months before I turned 28. At first I didn't have it because of health issues and passing out constantly. Once that was resolved, I was in my early 20s, paranoid of driving,…

Moira Kelly had that babe in the woods thing about her that made the performance so intriguing. It also made you understand why Laura was so protective of her. LFB was a cardboard cutout compared to her.

It's kind of like when I put ten different cheeses in my homemade mac and cheese, and all I could taste was the gouda. I had black truffle pecorino and carmelized onion cheddar and all I could taste was that fucking Costco gouda.

Yep. And since I'm not having any of my own ever, I now have someone to buy that stuff for.

My awesome brother and sister-in-law are coming in to town for a wedding. I'm so excited because I never get to see them and they're the most awesome people ever. They're taking an extra week of vacation so they can spend time with our side of the family and not just his mom's side.

I've wanted pierogi, but we are out of them from the 2014 pierogithon, and I refuse to buy them in the store because Mrs. T's are garbage, so I made a half-assed pierogi-like substance. I fried up some kluski, and drained a carton of cottage cheese and mixed fresh chives and black pepper in them. Then I put the…