As an FYI to anyone freaking out about her link to a potential rape scene for a character (as I was!) apparently the Telegraph misrepresented an anecdote from a scene that actress filmed in season 2, the first time her parents were on set. This was backed up by the actors in the scene in other interviews.

Well, I'm late to the party so this will probably get buried. If I was a boy I would have been Lucas, and my dad was partial to Hannah. My mother, however, wanted to name me Roxanne.

I agree with your overall points, but your inclusion of Donna Meagle (the, indeed excellent, Retta) is a bit odd. She would seem to be the perfect example of what you want portrayed on television: a sexy, sought after plus size woman. She has tons of boyfriends on the show, and as her character has grown in prominence…

I assume most people heard the name when he won the Oscar for Capote. To wit, the only thing I have seen Christoph Walz in is Muppets Most Wanted, but I know he won an Oscar for something recently and thus is fairly well-known and well-regarded. So while I would not expect the average person to have been a fan of PSH,…