If there was a story about an alien planet where a fundamentalist sect of the race flew flying saucers into two large buildings in the major city of the planet to prove a point about the disenfranchisement of their part of the world, the story would be an OBVIOUS allegory to 9/11.

@avclub-c701a997d9bef627835b036efb4eca63:disqus Just because you easily recognize the "hidden message" doesn't prevent the story from being allegorical.

My inner 18-year-old is gonna have to agree with you.  It looks so. fucking. good.

@jkmatteson:disqus What about those of us that find the selection of THIS song by THIS artist to be evidence of cowardice in the face of the issue at hand?

Anyone who truly believes this song is "Rape-y" must have totally blocked out MOST other music ever made to be danced to at a club, specifically Hip-Hop and R&B.

NO.  Avoid East 5th!   For the love of God!

@avclub-13d7df3c17502af69aafccc758195f96:disqus if I had the motivation to go make a Harold Bloom gimmick account, you'd be in BIG TROUBLE!

@avclub-1d04064d540beb34e0cc414561bc6f35:disqus  We've now descended into "get off ma dick!" territory!

Ah, the old "we we just having a conversation!" excuse for acting like a douche!

Also: is it any surprise that a TV show about a self-important blowhard has die hard fans that cry about conspiracy theories and editorial slants and that everyone else is a sheep!! SHEEP, I SAY!

@avclub-7aee1b75b527e215f31e20a5c4e7a768:disqus Are you paying attention?  Here's how to review this show:

Why?  Do you need to come here and discuss this show only with people who love it like you?  Does it diminish your enjoyment in some way?

No, it isn't trying to make anything right.  It's trying to offer perspective on the recent past trapped within a television drama that is tonally all over the place.  Now we have a character rushing away to cover unrest and possible terrorism rising in Africa- because she screwed up two relationships by having her…

Can't we just accept that this show's place in the national conversation is to make some people feel snarky and superior; while others get to nod their heads smugly in agreement?

Yup. Can't wait for next year's dredging of that story for unearned drama.

Regardless of what the reviewer thinks @avclub-4a51fda79bbd54b4e7327dd6559b6c4d:disqus , I just look at that as some seriously low hanging fruit.  It's easy to look back on the unjust execution of a man in Georgia and wring drama out of it.

My Official Submission to Syfy:

I guess we could say he's a veritable….

The more correct answer is the machete CROSSBOW!

He "bought the farm", yo!