Wow, that was quite obvious repetitive word choice on my part. That will teach me to post before fully awake.

And I found Sarah Polley kind of annoying last season, but I like her a lot this season.

I completely forgot she was even in last season.

You mean Sarah Paulson?

This season is much creepier than last because everything is presented as a taboo to be shamed. The helplessness of being trapped, plus infinitely more body horror, is also pretty intense.

And I will never look at James Cromwell the same way again.

PAULSON, duh!

And I said pretty much the same thing about Cromwell to D Wed. night.

I agree. I thought the scene with Paulson and Quinto this week must have been incredibly hard to film for both of them, for a variety of reasons. It's creepier on a different level because, although there's a supernatural/alien element, it's really about the evil that lies in the heart of humanity.

What's appalling (at least right now -- god, I hope Quinto's character doesn't turn out to be evil) is that I think what we are seeing is a genuinely good man trying to do what much of society thought of what was right. Which makes it so much more horrifying is that THIS HAPPENED, and on a meta-level, that Quinto the person is a gay man. It would STILL be appalling if the actor was straight, but...layers.

I read some stuff about that scene and apparently the set was closed and everyone involved was just...quiet. And Paulson and Quinto were consummate professionals.

I may not always like Murphy or everything he does on his TV shows but he's got balls and some spicy brains...and hires spicy brains.

And apparently the next ep will have even more of a HSQ than last week's.

Ben came home from school while I was watching it, and ended up sitting down with me. We talked about that scene after, and it wasn't as awkward as I thought it might be. It was really painful to watch, and Paulson and Quinto were incredible.

Ouch. That would be...potentially awkward, yes. Worse than my mom deciding to watch Basic Instinct with me at 20.

It WAS painful to watch, and that's why it was really good storytelling, acting and social commentary, I think.

He's pretty mature about stuff like that when he can sense that's it Serious Business, I think. And honestly I was glad he got to see an example of what it used to look like to "cure" someone of homosexuality.

The Anne Frank/Nazi stuff is freaking me out, too, and Sister Jude's reaction is one of the things that really humanizes her. Seeing her go to another nun for counsel really brings home that she actually thinks what she's doing is right, and that some atrocities are going to cross a line, even for her.

The end was shocking, too -- I guess I imagined Chloe Sevigny having a bigger role, and I'm not sure where they're taking her now. Arden has clearly done more than the amputations to her.

The Anne Frank/Nazi stuff is freaking me out, too, and Sister Jude's reaction is one of the things that really humanizes her. Seeing her go to another nun for counsel really brings home that she actually thinks what she's doing is right, and that some atrocities are going to cross a line, even for her.

I was tiptoeing around it; I really didn't know the name of the episode, and was unspoiled and was "What? Franke Potente? WHATTT! IS ANNE FRANK?!" I...am torn between wanting her to be the real Anne Frank and just being interested in the storyline even if she is schizophrenic. Because it awful but good storytelling. Because all this stuff is real. If you took away every single supernatural/alien aspect in the show, evil is real, yo.

And Jude is an awful person, who has done awful things, but who also is drawn to doing good and it is so ambiguous and struggle-y, that you can't help but seeing her a a human, but deeply unlikeable. But parts of her struggle make you identify with her. It's a real look at a human spectrum of behavior, and it's awful and true, and hopeful and true. It give me the thinky-thinks.

And Owen! It's my first episode of Season 3. Sadly, I won't get to see it because I'm in Toronto for the filming of 310.

just getting around to watching. yay Owen!! i love him. great ep!

Just bit the bullet and started watching. It took me 7 years to start Supernatural, and now I'm head over heels. I've caught up on that, so I thought I'd try Nikita before S7. I'm kind of liking not having cable anymore, and discovering old(er) shows instead.

Just watched the Firefly reunion special, and now I has a sad.