I thought it was good when Symone Sanders interrupted the mansplaining David Jolly to say she was one of the people he was criticizing, and Bill Maher to say that the Dems had, in fact, gone for the jugular and been ignored.

Maybe you could pick another reason for the apocalypse that causes society collapse, because I really think the metaphor of rebuilding from ruins is an idea that has only been done in Apocalypto. And, in that, the movie leaves us just as the hero and his family escapes into the jungle.

Hahaha. I think you are right about that.

You're right.

Oh, jump up my ass.

Exactly. I kept thinking that the show would eventually be about how to rebuild humankind but, as you said, it was just torture and depression.

The murders on the river bank by the Vulcan militia were as difficult for me to watch as the attempted lynching of Shadow. But the show began to come together for me in this episode,

Thank you for those tips.

Trump gives us so many things that are outrageous that I fear nation wide outrage fatigue.

Well, good for you. I think she is the epitome of a smug, faux intellectual.

Even insane nutjobs can get a PHd.

Maher had just asked Nebraska's Senator Sasse (who is a virtual beard for the Koch Brothers) why people in red states hate the Democrats. Sasse suggested he come and find out for himself. Maher's response, after months of excoriating the GOP for racism, misogyny and elitism, then acted out the deep-seated belief that…

Sasha did an incredible job this week with her costumes. She should have won the challenge.

I loved the homage payed to 1960s Italian romance movies in this season.

I see! That's a great way to be, and it speaks to your ability to be in the moment.

Well, that is a pretty shitty thing to hear.

This season is very, very dark.

Yes, but it's slows the theme development and the plot to a glacial pace. And it may be a problem with the screenwriter or director chose to translate the book into a visual medium.

"Why did YOUR wife want to watch YOUR brother have sex?"

The show introduces multiple characters every week without giving us much back story on who they are or what they will contribute to the script. Even though those characters are played by stellar actors, the story so far works best when it focuses on the humans (or used to be humans) like Shadow or Laura. The rest of…