DearEvette

@Willowy I think it is more a function of how exasperated I became with all things Kurt on the show. The writing for him and Rachel basically ruined the show for me.

Favorites romantic couples: Brad & Jane (Damon Wayans Jr. and Eliza Coupe) from Happy Endings Dwayne & Whitley (Kadeem Hardison & Jasmine Guy) from A Different World Riker and Troi (Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes) from Star Trek:TNG Peter and Olivia (Johnathan Jackson and Anna Torv) from Fringe Alisha and Simon (Antonia Frasier and Iwan Rheon) from Misfits Allison and Carter (Sally Richardson Whifield and Colin Ferguson) from Eureka Stef and Lena (Teri Polo and Sherri Saum) from The Fosters Favorite Platonic couples: Penny and Max (Casey wilson and Adam Palley) from Happy Endings Abbie and Crane (Nicole Beharie and Tom Mison) from Sleepy Hollow Zoe and Mal (Gina Torres and Nathan Fillion) Pembleton and Bayliss (Andre Braugher and Kyle Secor) from Homicide:LOTS Marc and Amanda (Michael Urie and Beckie Newton) from Ugly Betty Least Favorite couples: Carrie and Big from Sex and the City Kurt and Blaine from Glee Sookie and everybody from True Blood Elena and Damon from Vampire Diaries Daya and Bennet from Orange is the New Black Andrea and The Governor from The Walking Dead

Really good season. Upon reflection it felt darker and meatier than the first. Interesting how we got deeper looks and more character development for some last season favorites (Piper, Taystee, Poussey, Morello, Suzanne and Gloria) while getting bigger glimpses of earlier peripheral characters that went a long way to explaining them (Fig, Black Cindy, Caputo, Sister Ingalls) , while still giving other characters meaty plot arcs to work through (Healy, Pennsatucky, Larry, Alex, Red, Daya/Bennett), while still managing to give key screen space to other characters (Boo, Nicky, Sofia, Watson, Miss Rosa) all the while introducing a couple of brand new characters that stamped their personailty indelibly on the season (Vee, Soso). Plus they fleshed out the guards more so that they weren't these faceless day players. If you think about it, it was a master class in how to keep a lot of character & plot balls in the air without letting them drop. Regards Suzanne -- my overwhelming feeling is one of immense sadness for her and anger on her behalf. If nothing else, the fact that those two inspectors who clearly saw that she was not mentally of sound mind, were willing for her to take the rap just so they could go home, goes to illustrate how profoundly she is being underserved by a system that either is not equipped to or is unwilling to deal with criminals with mental issues. Suzanne was nothing more to Vee than that mop Vee broke to threaten Cindy with. She was nothing but a weapon for Vee who used her till Suzanne was broken and then she threw her away. And If schemers like Red and Gloria can be easily taken in by Vee, someone like Suzanne had no chance. The only dud the whole season for me, was the Daya/Bennett story. To me those two have no chemistry whatsoever and every thing that came out of both their mouths just annoyed the heck out of me. Last observation: They did a fantastic job of casting all the younger aged actresses in the flashbacks. Not only did they look like the other actresses, a lot of them captured the mannerisms of the older ones really well. I was especially struck by the resemblance between young Rosa and older Rosa. Final bit of trivia: I was tickled to learn that Miss Rosa was protrayed by Barbara Rosenblat who is one of my very favorite audiobook narrators. She is a fantastic voice performer.

I agree Vee's seeming warmth is part of her socipathic nature. And I love that Toussaint is playing it with just the right amount of nuance and restraint so that it doesn't come off as over the top. Vee is a villain. Her actions portray her as such. Toussaint isn't twirling her mustache or chewing scenery to get the point across. Instead, she's portraying Vee very warm and maternal yet allows her ruthlessness and coldness to undercut it. As much as I despise the Vee character, I am loving watching Toussaint portray her because it is a joy to watch an actor play a charismatic villain without making it too broad.