I like exploring Serena, like Lydia she has the potential to be a for more interesting character. June is powerless, thus largely static. With her status quo largely defined and out of her hands, she quickly becomes a less interesting character.

It’s nice just to have no damn idea what’s going to happen, how it will happen, or how it will be presented. Will they fight a giant wormhole/portal/cloud devouring NYC? Will they epicly shoot fireballs at each other in the desert? Will they have another dance-off? Will they posses giant Godzilla sized Teddy Bears and…

Might depend on your age, era or community. I hear now all the kids just spend all day on their smartphones instead of sneaking around, getting, committing misdemeanors and fornicating. Aside from how easy it was for high schoolers to get alcohol, the movie rang pretty cool to my teen years 20 years ago.

Not sure if “Kids” fits the theme. As you note, it is definitely less saccharine coated. But more critically, I don’t think any of the characters “come of age”. It’s an all-nighter of teens and partying, sure, but they are all pretty static characters. Even the somewhat similarly meandering plot of Dazed and Confused…

“I just rewatched Season 1 and the Amador stabbing was a result of the fight, it’s not like Phillip set out to kill him. I think he really felt bad about it.”

Sure, WE know that. But could Stan believe that? The undercover Soviet agent who has been lying to you for years murdered your partner,an FBI agent in the…

Oh, and btw, I murdered your partner, and now want you to violate your sworn duty and raise my son.

I don’t know, that scene was as good as it could be, but the conclusion of the Americans just seemed to leave out so much that had happened over the seasons.

Meh, This is still the definitive cover to me

I found this shirt/jersey in a Goodwill in Miami, FL about 20 years ago. It’s for Soviet National Team and also the Red Army league team, CSKA (UCKA in Cyrillic alphabet) Captain Vladimir Krutov (Kpytob in Cyrillic). He played for them from the late ‘70s to the mid-80's.

More a Buffalo Wings and Rings guy myself. Oh, to relive 10¢ wing night.

“You win by trying. You learn by losing,” she [Bao Nhia] told me one day.

I hear “Yarry”. Closer to “Yanny”, definitely not “Laurel”, but ain’t no n’s in that thing.

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER.

I knew someone else had to have thought of it.

What, no love for the Cornballer??

I’ve been seriously wondering if the price of copper had cratered lately, and that’s why all the hucksters were suddenly peddling copper pans, copper compression fitness garments, copper bracelets and whatever other copper thing I can’t think of. I don’t even watch that much live TV, but I still have gotten the sense…

But was that support for his policies, such that some other Democrat could run on it and be as successful, or was it just “anyone but Hillary” votes?

I think people underestimate how much of Bernie’s support was “Not Hillary” votes.

So Michael Cohen had three clients: Trump, the Trump Organization and Sean Hannity, and his “practice” seems to be entirely paying off Trump’s lady problems. Because Trump never likes to actually spend his money, so the Trump Organization paid off Stormy. But who paid for it? Well, Cohen’s other client, Sean Hannity…

Remember in the John Edward’s case, for a year or so a campaign aide named Andrew Young claimed Rielle Hunter’s baby was his, not John Edwards’. Sounds like Avenatti is suggesting Elliot Broidy played the same role.

I wonder if Donald Trump cheating on his wife, knocking up a playmate AND paying for her ABORTION is…

Twenty-five minutes?? To cook fresh, spring asparagus? Who’s got 25 minutes to cook spring vegetables? Throw them in a pan for 5 minutes, splash some butter and salt and pepper on them, then eat those fuckers. DONE.

Who???