It was really moving. I felt like I got to know him better by seeing the entire breadth of his work. And his final stylistic period from the ‘70s was funny and ominous and sad.

That’s the one. I saw the Sargent show and the Philip Guston show the same week in London. Both had been in the U.S., but I’d missed them there, even though I'm in Chicago, too.

At the Sargent and fashion show at the Tate Britain. It was kind of overwhelming to see so many of his best portraits all at once. He really was an incredible painter.

That portrait is amazing. I saw it in person recently, which was a real treat. 

The word is “queer,” and some of us still use it. It’s not in fashion right now because a) it doesn’t differentiate enough for the current trend of radical self-identification, and b) for some reason young people are convinced it’s a slur again.

It was called Willy’s Chocolate Experience? That’s just a porn parody waiting to happen.

I honestly didn’t realize The Cape was a real show until just now. The more you know...

As much as I like both actors/characters, I don’t agree that they have much chemistry in the final season, and I definitely thought an Otis/Ruby pairing would be more interesting.

I won’t go so far as to say this list is invalid without a Guy Maddin entry, but I am going to imply it.

This context helps a lot. It sounds like the Brooklyn Museum is doing its best with limited funding and low attendance. I don’t think turning into a pop-culture showcase is helping, but I also don’t have access to their budget numbers. Maybe the Star Wars and sneaker shows bring in enough money to justify their…

I’m starting to realize one of the strengths of the time jump was highlighting how Barry hasn’t changed. Sure, he’s religious now, but he’s still running from himself and his past actions. He’s still making decisions in the moment only to benefit himself.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that Sally’s the only one who talks about it as a murder. I think it’s her guilt and remorse talking. Which makes sense - anyone with a conscience would feel horrible about the entire incident, justified killing or not.

Anyone worried about accountability should be upset about Fuches instead.

I completely agree, which is why I go back and forth about whether it was murder or self defense. Did she have to follow him into the sound booth and beat him to death? No. He was already at least partially incapacitated from the stab wound.

No, you’re right. She stabbed him through his head/neck into the back of his eye. It’s just easier to say “stabbed in the eye” than qualify it that way. Same idea.

I don’t know. I think Keeley’s storyline has been fine this season. She’s been at sea the whole time because Roy dumped her out of the blue and her company isn’t exactly what she pictured for herself. But there’s nothing wrong with that.

I really hope we get a season 3, too. Sam still has a long way to go before she’s actually as mature as she thinks she is, so there’s plenty of emotional territory left to explore. But if we end here, I’ll be grateful for the two seasons we got. The funeral, reunion, and wedding were a great way to cap off this story.

I thought Michael Cumpsty found a real solid balance. It must’ve been hard not to go even harder with it. His restraint is appreciated.

I have no doubt that Root will be heartily rewarded for his work on this show. I’m really curious to see if anyone can find roles worthy of newcomers (to me, anyway) Carrigan and Goldberg. They were both so much better than I expected from their early scenes in season 1. So, so talented.

Sally was definitely the one to kill him. But, given the circumstances, I go back and forth about if it was murder. He nearly choked her to death, which arguably makes her subsequent actions self-defense. She had every reason to believe that he would try to kill her again, pen in the eye or no.