I didn’t get past the episode of the third series. The show increasingly felt like the latter years of Six Feet Under when all the characters seemed determined to be both miserable and awful to each other. And that season premiere did nothing to persuade me otherwise. Also there is no joy or spark in the show that was…

I think people get hung-up on the ‘special episode’ thing. I think they always cover big issues, sometimes in smaller arcs or B-stories - Todd’s sexuality for one, even if it more a personal issue that is rarely discussed rather than a broad societal problem. This was a pretty big issue and maybe it was a crowded…

I had to just look this up. No. According to google her dad is Ken Malick and he isn’t a brother of Terrence. Nice name-play though.