Irishmaple

I'm still enjoying the show though I agree it is darker. I thought it was pretty dark last season too though with Odin Rossi turning out to be Briggs, deceiving everyone, killing Badillo. For me, the show was most enjoyable when it was darker. I really liked Mike watching movies with Bello, never sure whether Bello was his friend or about to shoot him dead. I liked watching Briggs try to dig himself out of a corner by hurting everyone who trusted him. I liked Jakes better when he was disenchanted with the house. Johnny was my least favourite character because he was so unconvincing as a FBI agent so watching him actually work is interesting to me. I agree he pushed the limits in supplying the drugs to the women, but they made the choice to accept despite already knowing Johnny was the wingman for a complete jerk. I feel for Charlie, weighed down by her guilt in trusting Jangles, which did not lead to Juan Badillo's death, and in distrusting Briggs, who was responsible for the homicide. Despite the sex and the emotional connection between these two, Briggs has tied that poor woman into knots. The payout seems like something that could come back to haunt Charlie, though. If Mrs. Badillo contacts the FBI for any reason or if someone from FBI human resources does a follow-up, the scam will unravel. I thought Mrs. Badillo's reaction to the cheque was good too. She might have wanted the insurance money but, as long as the FBI wouldn't pay up, there was a chance that Juan might still somehow be alive. The cheque was an acknowledgement that her husband really was dead, and it hurt her. I thought that was a nice touch in the writing. I loved Briggs' guilt and self-loathing on display while comforting her. That relationship is really appealing to me in all its disturbing, twisty goodness.

I still mildly like this show. It'll never be a favourite but I don't wince when it shows up on the PVR. Joe has really grown on me and I enjoyed the reveal that he's a bit of a chameleon. Cameron is right in that he really has very little personality of his own. He gives what he needs to give in order to get what he wants. I thought the desire for authenticity was a relatively new concept (post Oprah) so I found it odd that Cameron was looking for that. I can see why Bosworth is popular with the troops because he's blunt and clear; Joe is opaque and enigmatic, which can be unsettling. I felt some empathy for Joe when he was steeling himself to swing the bat, his ribs still so bruised he could barely move; I strained some ribs earlier in the spring and it was almost six weeks before I moved without pain. I really liked how Joe gradually lightened up with Donna and her girls. He was very manipulative at first, steering the kids into the tent and away from himself, but they seemed to grow on him. For a few moments, I hoped I was watching a psychological thriller in which the cuckoo takes over the nest and Joe gradually evicts Gordon from his own life. I don't like Gordon at all. I remember one of my sisters had a Cabbage Patch Kid; it was a pretty ugly doll but she adored it.

I enjoyed the "I love you. Now stay away from me" bit. It cracked me up. And what will her staying away from him accomplish? He's still going to love her and he's still going to worry about her, but now he doesn't get to sneak around and make out with her. I just loved the stupidity of his thinking. It made him seem like a real person instead of a cardboard character. His inability to accept that she was a serving Naval officer clearly capable of performing her duties and assignments was less charming and I hate that trope. Why can't the guy accept that his competent GF is the best person for the assignment and do everything he can to support her instead of over-protecting and undermining? The Russians didn't really get a good look at her until he slowed down the craft so they could argue, and if the Captain and XO don't suspect something's going on between the Lieutenants, it's because they're choosing not to look too closely now. At least two of the Russian officers were side-eying their Captain; the guy with the dark hair and the other guy with the reddish beard seemed likely to mutiny at a moment's notice. I wish them success. My PVR cut off the very end so all I saw was some guy (played by an actor I recognized but couldn't name) behind plastic. So he's a scientist too? The not-so-dead Sergei?

I finally got to see the show last night and it was worth the wait. I liked the way everything tied together in the end. I'll never love the idea of Brona as the Bride rather than Maud but I did expect it so wasn't disappointed. I think the monster in the first episode was Ethan because the screams from the bar in this one were numerous. I think he was killing everyone. The show unveiled Ethan's guilt very gradually and the final reveal was very well done. Once he stretched out his arms and gripped the edges of the table, I knew it was coming and I was still on the edge of my seat. He must be the family embarrassment. No doubt his father told the Pinkertons to use the shackles before even talking to him but they took one look at him and thought they could handle the spoiled son of a wealthy man. Poor choice on their parts. I really liked Caliban and Maud all through the show. He was so eager to be loved, and she enjoyed his attentions while offering genuine kindnesses. She was a shallow little thing but I liked her for those kindnesses. He read more into them than she wanted and I doubt she ever expected him to act on what he perceived as encouragement, but I don't think she ever played him. I liked that he never blamed her for his behaviour, given the era in which he lived. I've always been indifferent to Brona and would rather Maud be the Bride because of the connection already existing between herself and Caliban, but it was always going to be Brona so I'll just deal! I really didn't know if Victor could shoot Caliban so I found that scene very tense. Victor was still angry about van Helsing and rightly so; I didn't expect him to put his hand so comfortingly on Caliban's shoulder and I found that very moving. Vanessa, Sir Malcolm and Sembene have been psyching themselves up all season to kill Mina. I don't think any of them really believed she could be saved. Sir Malcolm had the strongest hope that she could, Vanessa was resolved to do what she had to do, and Sembene never seemed to doubt that Mina was a dead woman walking. Timothy Dalton was freaking amazing in the episode. The show has been Eva Green's from the start but he took this one for me. Sir Malcolm is now responsible for the deaths of both of his biological children and Dalton sold the weight of that guilt. His breakdown in Vanessa's arms cracked my cold little heart. This show has been such an unexpected pleasure. Next season, more Tarot please.

I have season two of both The Vikings and Hannibal on the PVR waiting for my attention. I also have shorter seasons of In The Flesh (British zombies) and The Returned (French ones) looking for time. Tonight, Falling Skies returns and The Leftovers debuts, while Penny Dreadful airs its first season finale. I also have The Last Ship (science on a boat) and Halt & Catch Fire. I'm catching up with Silicon Valley which I discovered while watching Veep but missed the first two episodes so waited for a rebroadcast. I barely understand how my laptop works but Silicon Valley is funny and makes an enjoyable counterpart to Halt & Catch Fire. Monday is Switched at Birth (ABC Spark); 24: Live Another Day, Longmire (A & E) and Murder in the First (TNT/Bravo Canada) Wednesday is Suits and Graceland (I don't know what the host US channel is but I get them on Bravo) Thursday is Line of Duty (a British police show that is really, really good and has addictive theme music) and Defiance. Friday is Crossbones, the John Malkovich pirate thing that has surprised me by being a lot of fun. I'm waiting for August for Hell on Wheels to come back and I think that's it for my summer viewing, aside from the World Cup games. Despite having dual nationality, I don't have a team in the tournament but I still have to watch because it is awesome.

I'm deeply in favour of the bolthole option. I'd like to know I have stashes all over the place, secure places I can hide if it gets dark or if I hear people coming. It would be dispiriting to find a stash gone but I'd rather the scavengers find a stash gone than have my semi-permanent base raided. It might be smart to seed on principal anyway. If raiders find the stash, maybe they'll restock and leave without spending any more time in my area.

Do none of the agents have a handler or oversight from their individual agencies? Is there someone at ICE who might be interested in the fact that Jakes is going through major emotional and mental turmoil, getting himself to the point that other agents actually find him dangerous to be around? Is there no-one at DEA or FBI who might be concerned by the fact that over half of the house's population is sexually involved with fellow agents? That Charlie is losing her edge? It seems like it might be time for a visit from Human Resources because the house dynamics are starting to look more dysfunctional than the people they're chasing. I still enjoy Briggs trying to be a good guy while having no intention of telling Charlie the truth. I love his sideways approach to solving problems.

I don't really like backstory episodes so I'd be fine without flashbacks, but I would like to know how Beth's suicide is effecting Paul. Theirs is the only 'romantic' relationship I find has any weight in the story to date. I like Paul so I hope the military clone storyline actually gives him something to do aside from being enigmatic and reluctantly helpful. The storyline seems to have moved on from Paul and Sarah, which I can accept despite my disinterest in Cal, but I do want Paul to keep his connection to Mrs. S (I enjoy their moments) and I also want him to apologise to Felix for terrifying him the way that he did.

The cruise ship really bothered me because I've convinced myself my immune system, hardened by years of working with young, hygiene-challenged children, will see me through any viral, bacterial and contaminant-to-be-named-later pandemic. 100% fatality rate, even within the confines of a cruise liner, was troubling. My fanwank: it was a plague ship. Italy, being a pragmatic nation, put their infected on a liner and sent them off in the hopes of curtailing the crisis in their country. Plague apocalypse scenarios freak me out because they seem more likely than vampires, aliens or zombies so I need the delusion of my own indestructibility in order to watch this show! I sat through the entire season of Last Resort too and, after a truly excellent pilot, that went downhill quickly and was a huge disappointment to me. Helix, which I also watched, was what it was and didn't disappoint so much as thoroughly bemuse me. I have no idea which way this one's going but I'll stick around to find out.

The cliff rescue made me fear for the young woman. Walt made no attempt to check if her neck was stabilized or anything. If her spine was damaged by the fall, the climb could have been fatal. How did she avoid serious trauma from a fall impact from that height? And Wolverine should be charged with harassment for terrifying her in the first place. Jerk. Speaking of jerks: Branch, what did that cute little bunny ever do to you? I know the species are a pest in many areas, but that was a particularly adorable one. Unless it shot first, Branch lost points with me. I was happy to see Sean decide he deserves more than a woman who treats him like an inconvenience. Vic's marriage does seem to be a security blanket against her former lover so I do wonder if she ever loved Sean or if he was just a safe way out of a scarier relationship?

Eva Green owned this episode from start to finish. It'll be the most perverse Emmy reel in television history but she completely deserves it. If there has to be demons then I need a demon on the ceiling and this one was probably creepier than Fenton climbing the stairs (my previous nightmare fuel champion) I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the make-up room with Eva Green and the technicians seeing how wrecked they can make a beautiful woman look. Vanessa looked like death. All the kudos to Eva Green; she was freaking amazing. I wondered if Victor was going invite Caliban inside so he could see what a real demon looked like. I think Vanessa in her full satanic glory could have scared the Monster himself. Ethan was pretty badass with the banishing too. I agree that it wasn't a full exorcism because he lacked the props and the prayers. All he had was an heirloom medal filled with the belief of a generation or so of superstitious Catholics (and Irish Catholicism is fairly rife with superstitions, at least where I grew up) St. Jude is the patron of lost causes and Vanessa was all but dead, Ethan is haunted by his own secrets, and the former owner of the medal is pretty lost herself. I'd risk that medal against any number of demons! The demon inside Vanessa seems Satanic in nature, a part of the Judeo-Christian theology and doesn't really tie into the Egyptology aspect which is a completely different belief system. I'm curious to see how they're going to tie that together. I can't believe next week is the finale and I'll be out of town because of work. Damn work, always getting in the way!

Nice to see Briggs's curse continue. The man can't even pet a goat without the poor thing having its throat slashed minutes later. If I ever saw Briggs approaching, I'd take a second to admire the pretty and then run for my life. Everything he touches ends badly. I enjoyed the Briggs/Charlie chemistry last season when they knew they shouldn't hook up despite the attraction and I wish they'd kept to that because I don't like Charlie in this relationship. Her concern for Briggs came off as clingy to me too. She was really snappy to everyone around the table too. No wonder they kept her in the dark. I didn't care for Charlie in the Team Mom role last season, but Brigg's Girlfriend is worse, I think. I wanted to watch Briggs repair his friendship with Charlie after tricking her into believing in him after her doubts; the romantic relationship isn't working for me because it's based on him continuing to lie to her. If Briggs does develop a relationship with the Widow Badillo, I'm going to be so happy because it's just the kind of thing a guy with his history of bad decisions would do. It's his fault she's struggling so his motivation is genuine but it's Briggs. There's nothing he can't screw up. I have no idea what's going on with Jakes. It seems like he gave up his parental rights, abandoned his child and is now trying to re-insert himself into his son's life. He was really premature in providing a bedroom for his son because the kid doesn't even know him and would likely resist overnight visitation. This seems like a baby steps issue and Jakes is sprinting.

Last night (for reasons known only to itself) my PVR recorded a movie called Austenland. Jane Austen is high on the list of writers I read and re-read regularly but I'd never heard of this movie so I watched it. It was a terrible movie, starring Keri Russell, about some kind of low rent theme park in England mining American dollars from women in love with Mr. Darcy and all things Austen. A complete waste of 90 minutes. The only reason for a 100 fan to watch this is: Lincoln's in it. He works at the theme park, playing a sea captain from the Caribbean complete with fake accent. He doesn't have Lincoln's usual grime and The Abs are on view too. The one thing his character had that Lincoln lacks so far is a sense of humour. Ricky Whittle really seemed to be having fun with the role, much of which consisted of romancing ladies and having other characters joke about his enviable physical attributes. It was a huge change from stoic, brooding Lincoln.

Bailey Chase and the make-up team are doing a great job with Branch's recuperation. He moves like everything hurts and he still looks hellish, though slightly better than last week. I'm used to shows where people get grievously injured one week and are hopping around the next like nothing happened. This is a refreshing change. The Miss Cheyenne pageant was lovely to see and I too didn't get the point of Vic pushing through the young women. It isn't like the body was going anywhere and the arena was laid out in a circle; it wouldn't have taken her five minutes to go around. I really liked Walt's connection with the Native American woman who spoke for Henry. There was a quiet sense of history between them and if Walt dates her, Matthias's head will explode and I'll enjoy that a lot more than watching Walt and Vic. I like Matthias but he lost points with me for speaking so vehemently against Henry. Cady and Branch still have a lot of awkwardness between them. Her hug was odd though. It seemed like she was letting her old friend from college believe she was unavailable. Branch seemed surprised by it so I guessed they hadn't been hugging a lot lately, what with him trying to strangle her and all.

I'm running out of ways to articulate how much I love this show. It's like the writers wondered what I would like, peeked into my brain and then delivered. I am a bit disappointed that there was no follow-up to Ethan hooking-up with Dorian but I guess I can't have everything. Last week's episode added delicious layers to the Malcolm/Vanessa scenes. Now their mutual hostility makes perfect sense, adding a sharpness to their snarling at each other, and their sweet moment was so unexpected and lovely. I didn't expect Vanessa to approach Sir Malcolm for approval and reassurance before she went out to dinner; and he responded like a proud father. The Tarot reading was delightful. I don't use the layout Vanessa did but it looked like the inner section of a Celtic Cross layout so that's how I read the cards she turned. I was frustrated by her not turning the central card to tie the reading together but ones she did turn were apt. The 5 of Cups is (in general terms) the card of betrayal and regret, and lay at the base of Vanessa's situation, the foundation of her circumstances. An excellent card for every character on the show. The Moon is a fate card and signifies things hidden from view; its position in Vanessa's reading hinted that this influence was passing and, sure enough, they found Mina. The element of Cups is water and the moon influences the tides (I think the Thames has a tidal basin) so that's how Vanessa got the information she delivered to Sir Malcolm. I really would have liked to see the rest of the cards. I continue to love Caliban. There's something about his primal hunger for connection that gets to me. I could kiss the show for giving me that moment between him and the actress. I'm willing to concede Brona seems the more likely Bride, but I could live without Billy Piper and her iffy accent. Ethan's reluctance to take the medal was interesting, he seemed to shy away from it at first and only took it at Brona's insistence. Perhaps it wasn't real silver? Brona and her family never seemed to have money so if it was of real value it might have been sold off long ago, heirloom or no. Or perhaps he was willing to take the pain because his acceptance mattered to her? Their mutual declaration of love was surprising to me. I didn't think their connection was that deep.

I wasn't too surprised when Joe seduced Jean Smart's boyfriend. I think Joe uses sex as a weapon because there was a vibe between him and the leader of the IBM team that I thought had a personal edge to it. The venture capitalist made a point of specifically saying how nice it was to see Joe again. He's using sex to counter Cameron's stress and keep her motivated too. His sexuality seems fluid and mostly used to get whatever he needs from whomever's in his sights. Lee Pace mostly irritated me as Ned the Piemaker so finding him hot when he's angry and controlling came as a complete surprise to me! I'm enjoying Donna a lot too in contrast to Cameron who's coming across to me as entitled and dismissive, as low on empathy as Joe is. Her sudden connection with the teens in the laneway was bizarre. Was she proving to them she wasn't selling out by booking a room in a nice hotel so they could trash it? Stupid. I'd rather she arrogantly dismiss them by pointing out that her job just let her buy all this stuff and they're penniless in an alley, begging cash from her.

I really enjoyed the episode. I'm glad the cult part is pretty much over because that one dragged for me. Henrik was seriously creepy about propagating his divine genes, even using his own daughter as surrogate. Presumably most, if not all, of the children at that compound are his via the different women. Gracie's mother going to British Columbia for "brood mares" was apt because of the Real Life controversial fundamentalist community in Bountiful there. She would have no problem finding appropriate girls. I was surprised that Mark thought Gracie would be fine carrying a child partly fathered by her own father. She may have been born and raised with that knowledge but I like her for wanting none of it. I also liked that Mark's personal concern for Gracie overcame his loyalty and belief in her father. That was a bold step for a true believer like him. I continue to love Alison. Her scenes really counter the darkness of some of the other elements of the show for me. Even sober, nothing rocks her and I enjoyed the fact that Donnie is doing his best to be worthy of his domestic goddess. He was so proud of himself, showing Alison he'd learned to keep the safety on and threatening Vic by saying he wouldn't shoot him accidentally. Rachel's really growing on me. At first I didn't care for her iciness and the clinical execution of her sexual encounter with Paul was off-putting, but I'm starting to like her. I have a soft spot for fictional characters who present all buttoned-down with their crap all figured out only to turn into real people, all flaws and personality, when life starts having its way with them. What Rachel seems to crave is the love and belonging she experienced as a child. Now even her phone call to Paul looks different; was his absence noted and "irksome" because she missed having someone around? I'm hoping Rachel survives this season because I want to get to know her better.

I think Vanessa and Sir Malcolm have some leeway because of the long connection between their families. If the reason for Mina's breakup was kept secret, then people would probably go on believing that the Murray family remained close with the Ives. In that context, Vanessa could be considered Sir Malcolm's ward. She's a bit old for the designation but, as a single woman, might get away with it. As a "close friend" of Vanessa's parents, he would be expected to look out for her in London. Vanessa seems old enough to be considered a spinster so socially she'd be an oddity because of that alone and have some freedoms younger single girls wouldn't have. She's too old to make a good marriage so her reputation isn't as fragile as that of a girl with more to lose. Vanessa isn't working outside the home. Her occult interests seem known only to those in her intimate circle. She was a guest at the party and wasn't working there. The guest medium, Madame Kali (?) was intended to provide the chills and entertainment, but Vanessa's demon wasn't giving up the limelight for anyone. It was a social faux pas, but the party was composed of people willing to dabble in the occult and probably (like Dorian Grey) not entirely respectable themselves.

Okay, now the show makes less sense to me than it did before. The Mountain Men look military, perhaps descendants of survivors who sheltered in bunkers and such while the rest of the population either evacuated the planet or did the best they could with what they could find. So the well-equipped and provisioned militia are still hunkered down on Mt. Weather while the rest of the population survives as best they can with Stone-Age tech and tribal warfare? If this was The Walking Dead, I guess Mt. Weather is Woodbury where everyone is clean and safe; the 100 and Anya's group are in the equivalent of prisons which are fortified but vulnerable, and the Reapers are the Walkers? Or if this was Game of Thrones, Mt. Weather is King's Landing where everything is okay on the surface and Anya's people are the Wildings who want none of that civilization? I see the influences, but not the compelling storylines or the characters I can care about. I was very uncomfortable with the incineration of the Grounders. The guns and the rocket fuel were game-changers for me, making it more difficult for me to root against the Grounders when they faced lethal threats like that while managing with spears. I did see the indigenous population versus incoming colonizers aspect of the show, and I wonder if the writers ever considered that or did they intend the 100 to be the sympathetic ones? I did appreciate that Clarke looked shocked when she saw the extent of the devastation. On the shallow end, I'm happy Lincoln survived and will return in October for that, if nothing else.

Maybe her life became easier when Vanessa stopped fighting the demon and allowed its possession? She channeled it without any issue at the séance and she still uses sex to deal with its presence, which seems to be the demon's preferred method of contact.

I thought the Walt/Vic stuff was surprisingly blatant in this episode and it seems very stepped-up from the 'maybe they will' simmer of the previous seasons. I'm really not happy about that - this table's getting crowded! I don't see much romantic or sexual chemistry between them, and I don't see why they have to hook up just because they work together. I was hoping Vic being married meant the show could avoid interoffice UST. Branch looked like crap in this episode so kudos to the make-up people; he really looked like somebody who should be recuperating on his couch. The actor really sold the movements as well. Every time he tried to walk, I winced for him. I also enjoyed the sheer and unrelenting awkwardness of the Branch/Cady hug. The 'rehoming' aspect of the storyline was genuinely disturbing. It's horrifying to think that troubled kids can be shipped around like that with absolutely no oversight.

Normally I'm not a fan of backstory episodes because I like my narrative to go forward. Last week's episode had questions I'd like answered too: did Ethan spend the night? Did Brona cough up a lung? Did Caliban drop something on that actress's head (I'm holding out for her as Bride)? In this case: that was freaking awesome. I do like Vanessa and have since she cut her deck of Tarot cards; I was curious about the 'transgression' that bound her to Sir Malcolm and I was curious about her fervent praying to the Cross. This whole episode was so high gothic and Victorian that I loved every moment. It was like something out of Mrs. Radcliffe or a Bronte sister. I think Vanessa always had a dark side; she was trying to talk Mina into the sea further than they'd ever gone, she believed in the power of names, and she was aroused and likely confused by the sexuality of her authority figures. Her being Catholic ties her to ritual and iconography and she gets to pray in Latin which sounds appropriately gothic. The demon knew what he was doing when he went after Vanessa. The Catholic Church believes in demons and the devil, so Vanessa would have been raised with that awareness that these things exist. A more prosaic soul might never have heard the whispers, much less understood what tempted her. No wonder Vanessa doesn't bat an eyelid at vampires and so on; she screwed a demon and the shock killed her mother. Eva Green was amazing in this episode. I've always liked her, but she is blowing me away in this. I believe trepanning holes have been found in Stone Age-type skulls so it's been used to relieve pressure on the brain for a very long time. I wonder if the asylum doctor dealt with women who were actually possessed before. He seemed confident that he could deal with Vanessa until she used his full name. Then he got very nervous and quickly summoned help.

If anyone told me two seasons ago that Kit Harington would anchor the show as male lead I would have laughed rudely in their face. I found him to be one of the weaker actors on the show. He has grown on me though and last night I thought he did an excellent job, coming into his own as the only next-in-line leader of the Night's Watch. I wouldn't vote Janos Slynt as rat catcher in chief so he's off the list. Ser Allister Thorne showed real balls standing there, giving Jon permission to say "I told you so" and then going down to kick Wilding butt until he broke his leg or whatever happened; there was so much going on I started to lose track of people. I was beyond ready for Ygitte to die and I'm glad that kid, Olly, got to avenge his parents. He looked so proud of himself afterward, completely ignorant of the fact that he'd just broken Jon's heart. I liked Sam going for the fine-print in the Night's Watch contract but I'd always assumed that was the case, given there was a brothel in Molestown that didn't seem to be hurting for business. The recitation of the Oath at the gate was truly moving. It is a great set of words and, when delivered with belief, just sets the moment like nothing else. I like the North storyline because that was the one that pulled me in from the very first episode. The Wall blew me away and any chance I get to marvel at it works for me.

Lincoln and his abs better survive the mine-dwelling Reapers or I'm not going to be a happy camper. At this point, Lincoln sightings are basically the sole reason I'm still watching. I'd like to thank Anya for shooting that arrow and necessitating a quick shirt-lift for medical reasons. Much appreciated. The show has stopped making sense to me at this point. I agree with Anya that the 100 are invaders, a risk to whatever hierarchy exists in the area and a threat to the local resources. I agree with Lincoln in that Anya's just being mean now. The 100 are reducing themselves, are out-of-their depth but might make useful cannon fodder in whatever war she's got going on. She'd be smarter to co-opt them and boost her own numbers. I agree with the 100 in that they're there now and need to be accepted. What's the alternative? There is absolutely no reason that the Grounders can't mow these teenagers down for pastime. I had no idea Anya's group was basically a military unit; they seriously couldn't sit in trees and use their arrows to snipe at the teenagers, picking them off individually and locking the survivors into the compound until they starve/dehydrate? Either finish them off or open negotiations. The status quo just looks stupid at this point. No wonder Anya's superior officer got bored of waiting. I think my main source of dissatisfaction with the show is my failure to invest in any of the 100. I don't care if any of these kids survive. I do, on the other hand, like the Grounders, and I'm curious about their civilization and their survival. If I was watching that show, I think I'd be happier.

This show is starting to feel like Crisis to me. I like most of the other characters but I want the male lead to die a horrible death. He's so intense he comes off as unhinged. I know PTSD has many symptoms but what I'm seeing in TC is major anger management failure, an overdeveloped sense of entitlement and 'people indulge my assy behaviour so I'm not going to change it' which I have seen in dozens of characters before this one. The confrontations with Ragosa have all begun with TC physically assaulting the man in some manner. I thought the shrink was way out of line when she deflected Ragosa's request for an assessment of TC by implying that the confrontations were because of Ragosa's issues and not TC's behaviour . The fact that she's counselling one side of the disagreements while sleeping with the other looks a bit unethical to me. The show is acting like TC walks on water but all I see is a human resources nightmare and a crippling lawsuit in scrubs. I'm going to need the other characters to start calling TC on his bs or this show isn't going to work for me. It's a hospital show and the "caring" doctor is making me root for the bottom-line, treatment-denying bureaucrat. That's a first.