I don’t actually think that’s what the show has set these characters up as. They’re not wild cards in that way; they are limited people who act within their limitations of character. Yes, they’re grasping and conniving and their wealth insulates them from many consequences, so they often say outlandish things. But…

I can see how you could make that argument. I guess to me, Kendall’s one innate talent is bluster. He’s empty inside—devoid of the things that made Logan an effective leader—but he’s mastered the empty rhetorical performance and rising to that moment. (At least he is when he’s not cycling. I think the series has made…

One of the things that struck me during this episode is just how thoroughly alone Roman is. While it’s true that neither Kendall nor Shiv have deep friendships that we’ve seen, we’ve gotten a sense of relationships they have cultivated outside of Waystar. Both have been married; both have occasionally called upon…

I honestly don’t think any of the kids ends up atop the company, regardless of whether the deal goes through or not. I think both sides of the deal—Matsson and/or the Board—have seen their unsuitability. If they haven’t been preparing to look outside the Roy family for the next leader of Waystar, they’re dumber than…

Yep. And then Matsson offers him something (or is at least conciliatory enough to suggest he could have some future value to Mencken). So there’s a new Number 1 Boy for Mencken now. The Roys should all be afraid.

I continue to be stunned at how Armstrong and Co. can put out such consistently stellar writing and direction each and every episode. Seriously, I can’t think of an episode this whole series that was a misstep. The characters are so finely drawn and fully realized, and that’s so, so hard to do consistently across…

That whole episode, I just winced every time Greg opened his mouth. He’s cut from the same mold as Tom, but Tom at least has the barest ounce of (something like) loyalty to balance against his opportunism. Greg is pure opportunism at its most bald-faced and grasping. 

He was in no way a perfect man, but he was a role model for generations of athletes. News of his passing has sent shockwaves through the football community.

I live in NE Ohio so I’ve had to put up with people gushing about Jim Brown for my entire life, and now that he’s dead, pretty much every single commentator on the radio has led with: “His past was ‘complicated,’ but...” and then gone on to talk about what a great athlete he was. Some have talked about what a great rol…

Yikes. A lot of the moving help apps or websites are hit or miss with the service you get since a lot of the time they’re independent contractors (ie: anybody with an internet connection can sign up to be a “mover.”) I’ve had pretty good luck with hiring people through movinghelp.com, but I recognize that’s probably…

Right?! He would be great. 

One paragraph is not a sufficient enough discussion of Jim Brown’s long, long history of beating (and in some cases nearly killing) women. So we should all head over to Diana Moskovitz’s incredible piece for OG Deadspin to remind ourselves just what a piece of shit he truly was: https://deadspin.com/jim-brown-did-great…

Is it possible that this is more of a Wisconsin thing than a midwest thing? I am a lifelong Midwesterner, having spent time in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, and I’ve never heard of them or seen them in my local grocery stores.

Right?! The series would have laid the groundwork for it in season 2, with Rebecca teaching Nate her power stance before she goes into the meetings. Then we could have seen her in a series of owners’ meetings before coming into her own in the final one with Akufo. It makes SO MUCH SENSE! It lets Rebecca be a boss.

The promo ends with the question, “Are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?”

So let me get this right: We’re supposed to believe that the superior packaging is a single-use plastic with a cap that you can’t remove and therefore can’t repurpose for something else? No.

Nah, I didn’t miss the tells—they were insufficient in scale and scope for the arc of the character. There is a sense of proportion that is out of whack with Nate and his redemption arc. Season 2 set him up to be the Big Bad. He went very dark. And then Season 3 gives you whiplash with how quickly it pivots from Nate…

This. The expense is a factor, sure. But I’ve also learned a ton more about mixing drinks and I’ve gotten pretty good at it. So now I am more keenly aware that most bars—and yes I’m generalizing here—do not make good drinks. Last weekend I was out and I ordered what was supposed to be a variation on a Kentucky mule…

I think your vision could have allowed some of the hasty storylines of this season to develop more fully. Remember Zava? We hardly knew ye, dude. But what would Ted Lasso have looked like if there were a short, 8 episode (40 minute max) season where the team struggles to incorporate him into the fold. You could have…

It is ironic to me that you use Nate’s storyline as an example of your point here, because the last episode literally engaged in the most egregious telling rather than showing of the whole series. The writers just let Nate make the biggest character shift off camera and told the audience about it rather than showing…