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Granted, I only watched JJ S2 until ep 8 and then quit because it was incredibly boring and uninteresting, but ... Kilgrave wasn't part of it, was he? Maybe a mention now and then of last season, but as far as I could tell there was no villain once her mom became her mom. Sorry for the diversion. I watch all these Marvel shows with subtitles on for everything, because there is *a lot* of whispering and mumbling. So I can read what Busghmaster says, but the language itself is a big pidgeon so you have to get used to it even if you read the words. For someone who mostly seems portrayed as bright, Tilda entirely missed what was going on with her mom and Shades/Comanche when she came in to fake chide Mariah for "putting me on the spot." There is clearly some shady (pun intended) stuff going on with her mom, and Tilda is missing or ignoring it.

What was up with all the eye shadow on Johnny? It was really blatant in some scenes. Even with all this origin story, I don’t know why Dutch kept Johnny. Twu Luv wouldn’t have been enough for someone like Dutch.

The problem with all of these reports is that it greatly depends on the exact way the statistic is defined and what is asked of the respondents. Many of these groups gain from higher numbers: https://newrepublic.com/article/119364/cdcs-report-one-five-women-raped-other-statistics-disagree That NYC site includes prison rapes, which may also mean this: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/21/us-more-men-raped-than-women Rape is never OK, men or women. It's notoriously hard to quantify. All that said, even if I don't fault naive Plum for returning to a guy she rated a 4 and who she ran away from before, it's hard to believe she didn't do *something* in response to his attack. I had to rewind because I thought she was drugged at first, but I don't think she was. And yes, I know that victims can zone out as a defense mechanism. Others fight back. Plum's ping-pong between woke and angry and victim is confusing.

This has gone from mildly interesting to a howler. Mr. Big Shot goes from some reasonable points about the unfairness of punishing men for past behaviors with no context to being a complete tool who can’t believe he can’t pat a woman’s ass at work, in 60 seconds. I was almost crying at the ridiculousness. Meanwhile, Plum is all over the place. First she provides a history of blame for male behavior through the ages, then she says in an interview that she is for peaceful resistance. Ok, well, keep this up and you’ll fit the image you hate of a crazy woman. And announcing Calliope House in an interview? That was thoughtless and basic media relations 101. I’m just a dumb man and I cringed as soon as she said it in the interview. Interesting that this is the second ep in a row where the characters reference not comparing experiences. The sisters and their power are interesting. Not sure I follow it but I enjoy the mystery.

Not a bad start. While there are some similarities to JJ, I hope there are only a few because JJ S2 was awful. Only Marvel series I quit watching (ep 7) and I watched all of Iron Fist. I cannot spend a whole season watching a powered person with an annoying sister whine with no real villain. I like that there is a new bad guy on Luke Cage, though he seems to catch the bullets and heal perhaps vs. have them bounce off? Don’t know why anyone goes after Luke at this point vs. his family and friends. I don’t dislike Shades because he thinks he is cool. I just don’t get much of a sense of menace from him because he spends so much time posing. He seems very stiff.

So Jeff always felt shame for not helping his dad? Were we supposed to know that? Aside from a couple of flashbacks of him hiding, like he was supposed to, I don’t remember that. Tobias brings back Lala only to blow him up? OK. Martin whoever is not an impressive villain. He’s a blow hard. And sort of comical. Tobias’ sister has armor under her skin? What? Gambi whines a lot. ”No Jennifer” who is on fire “you’re trembling?” THAT’S the main issue there? So Thunder holds her breath to be bulletproof... and then inhales further to clap while being shot? What? That special SWAT team didn’t have very good armor. The EWF Shining Star was awesome though. I’m trying to like this show. So many illogical holes.

The actor who plays Gambi just isn’t very good. I tried to go with it but he sounds like he is reading off lines one after another. I feel no connection for him or concern for him. Khalil a bad guy... yawn. I’m not sure what I want from this show. I liked it a lot at the start. Now it feels like the powers and bad guys are all too personal and not enough about purpose .

I wasn’t implying that you thought this because the doctor was a man. I meant the show seemed to, as it does in so many situations.

I agree here, though I'm not sure he realizes it. Also, I think it's important to note that Plum's youth is a factor here. If indeed she "huffs and puffs" sometimes, well, at her age, it's probably not a big deal, and even people who weigh less do it. If she were 60? Might be a more valid concern, though it should be framed in the sense of fitness and not weight. At some point for us geezers, the huffing and puffing is not a good sign.

Here's the thing, though. It doesn't matter that the doctor is a man. The doctor could have been a woman and Plum could have experienced the same result. Or she could have bought defective tires at CostCo. It's like there was a Ralph Nader moment in a show about feminism. So what? The worst part of that whole deal wasn't the doctor, it was the female receptionist. The key word here is "finally." It sure has taken Plum a long time to discover that one option is to be happy with yourself and ignore those who try to make you into something else. And men.

Ok, now the show is starting a a slide toward CW-ness that I had hoped it would avoid. The Pierce family is ridiculously black and white about things. Whether it’s Jen mad because her parents didn’t tell her about BL, or BL mad because Gambi did something 30 years ago that he worked for decades to atone for, or Jen fretting about her powers (man, I hate the angst from people who find out they have powers), all the anger and refusing to talk to each other is becoming very annoying. I don’t understand why BL and L’s costumes are so... gaudy.

I wish this show didn’t fling itself into tropes without more rational reasons why it is happening. Henderson assuming the guy who has so far gone out of his way not to kill anyone suddenly flash dries a prominent member of the community? Without even asking him a question? BL watching his quarry get away and choosing not to fly after him? BL really needs a homing device. Does Gambi have powers? He threw a guy through a window? I liked the fact we had two villains who didn’t agree. No sooner than we had that then one is dead.

There could be 100 explanations. Grandpa paid a lot in advance, the owner of the storage facility is a pal of grandpas, grandpa was a part owner of the facility, grandpas estate is paying for it, etc.

I haven’t laughed that hard at a TV show in years. “Dresses like Earth Wind & Fire,” and name dropping Maurice White? As an old school EWF fan, loved it. And it addressed my puzzlement over the kind of silly light up costume, which tactically can’t be a good idea. Unfortunately the show went in the one direction I detest for these superhero shows... making the public hate the hero. So tedious. It happens in every one of them.

I’m not sure how useful Anissa’s powers are if she has to be scared or angry to access them. She’s the hulk? If I were the 100, I would shut down the hotel. That seems to be causing the issue in town, shut it down and focus on your other “businesses.” I like so much of this show. My only issue is making Gambi a wise white man. Well, that and Gambi was the name if a very different character on Vice Principals. Also, I know it’s intrinsic to the show, but it seems odd that every reference to the superhero is always “Black Lightning.” Seems like someone would sometimes just say, “Lightning.” Captain America is sometimes Cap, The Incredible Hulk is Hulk, etc.

That I agree with. However, it's a mirror reflecting a specific thing to the exclusion of all else. There are plenty of men who don't think like this, don't act like this and can't fathom, say, Plum being punched by a man no matter what she did before that. Patriarchy does not equal misogyny. The former focuses on men and men having power for their desires, the latter is consistent contempt or hatred for women. One can be a tool of the other, by some people. Misogyny does not have to be at the heart of a patriarchal culture. For Plum, it may be in the people she is shown meeting, but there could be as many or more other people who don't act or believe that way.

That has nothing to do with my point, which was that these issues are societal and shouldn't be laid at the feet of men. SOME men are PART of it. But so are many women, and so is our society as a whole. There was a time when bigger women were seen as more desirable and attractive, and representative of success. Different time, different society and, generally, same men. As to the point you are making, I would argue that men face different issues that are MORE onerous than what women face. Men are expected far more than women to be successful in their professional lives because they are expected to take care of their family. It doesn't matter if you are upper class or on the Maury show, the concept of "I take care of my responsibilities" applies far more to men in this society than women. And for men who are struggling, they are viewed analogous to overweight women. This show is trying to divide us. I think we all have issues, and we would all be better off if we gave each other a break on all of them. This is why I struggle with Dietland.

Season 2 traded narrative consistency for shocking weirdness. I had a feeling right after Julio's dad was killed that the season would either end with no justice. or that we would find out Julio actually did the crime. While we were all dazzled by the weirdness of amputee guy and the secret siblings, so many plot developments made no sense to me. These include: - Why exactly did Billy Bob and Marisol "fall in love?" Why would a woman who looks 20+ years younger than Billy (and Billy is a drinking, smoking mess) fall in love with him - especially given she is running for office? Why would Billy ever believe she would? One moment they had just met, the next moment they were banging and taking trips together. I thought I had missed an episode. Her motives became more clear in the finale, but it still made no sense on his end - our ours. - So Mr. Amputee Tom, how exactly did that work? He kept those two "actresses" playing his mom and sister captive? He paid them? He kept them drugged? At one point, he replaced one of them after drugging a different woman and hacking off her leg. Did he periodically replace them with new people? How did he keep them there? The two women didn't look comfortable, though the one suddenly without her leg seemed surprisingly OK with her new life. I didn't follow how his whole fantasy thing worked at all. - Why was Billy Bob held hostage for a while, and then why was the order given to then kill him? What was the delay? What was the point? And why was the Chinese woman with him? And what eventually happened to her after he pawned her off on the two people at the parade/celebration? - In fact, why the bad guys didn't shoot Billy Bob at any time (like they did Julio's dad) made no sense. It's like all the bad guys were Bond villains. "Instead of simply shooting you, first let me show you my vineyards! And then we will capture you when you are blind drunk, along with a random woman, and create a set piece where everyone wonders what will happen ... only to bring you back to the US and start over like nothing happened! Bwa-ha-ha-ha." Somewhere in this mess was an interesting story about the secret siblings, and a struggle for power in LA. But too much time was taken with stuff because it seemed cool and weird instead of pulling together the plot into something coherent.

Except ... you never hit a woman, if you're a man. Ever. To defend yourself you can hold them, push them away from you or just leave. But hit a woman like that? Plum could be stabbing at me with a knife and I would never think to hit her. Maybe I'm just old. And I don't think you were stepping in it. Just adding to your comment. Sometimes I wonder if this show were about prematurely balding men, how would it be different. Yeah, that's the classic advice, isn't it. I'm amazed that Plum even tries anymore given all the jerks she keeps running into (I know these particular dates were arranged, but I mean in general). It would be a relief almost to not try dating, and instead focus on enjoying your life.

So now that some 'bots have escaped, does next season become The Americans, with the main plot point being whether the escaped 'bots are identified and captured? That doesn't sound very interesting to me. Here's the problem: The show started, but didn't go far enough, making the robots' plight sympathetic. In fact, it did a 180 and made most of the freed robots entirely unsympathetic. So what should have been a cathartic moment of Bot Hale leaving the "island" with the orbs, pursuing a free and "human" life, instead was meh. So if we're not rooting for the robots to start over away from abuse, and we're not rooting for the humans because apparently all humans are assholes (except for a few like Sizemore who see the light), and we have little idea of what life away from Westworld is like or why the world will apparently end (mostly) in the future (robot war?), and it doesn't appear we will see new and interesting Westworld worlds and how they interact with humans, then why are we watching? What does this show have to say?

So the show opens by skipping right past 6th graders forming their own Jennifer group, and instead focusing on the fact that men, who apparently have a poor description of Plum, bail when they see her because ... she’s fat, I guess? Which of those should we be more concerned about? Dominic, if he is truly only using Plum for info, is really good at also being more of a friend. I have a heavy female friend who I’ve known for 30 years, and our relationship is a lot like their exchange as they walked to get ice cream. We didn’t date 30 years ago because she wasn’t my type more due to her personality than her weight. But she is a great, smart, funny friend. Kitty making women a victim. For money. Ugh. And then Kitty having to feel important over Plum. And BTW, Kitty can be as bad as men. And Plum? There are tons of other writing outlets. Aiden should have immediately recognized Monty Python. And what a dick. But, as a guy who 30 years ago had a woman ditch me to “go to the bathroom,” it goes both ways. Always has. And Plum has no idea that the guy who wasn’t eating while she was eating had a fetish? And then a dude hits her? Are you kidding me? What kind of city does she live in? I thought for sure the show was going to say men killed Stella Cross in retribution, per the comment earlier about battle of the sexes. Which would have made no sense. BTW, the groundskeepers didn’t smell gas? I posted before that this show is feeling like Westworld... everyone’s an asshole.

I was the one who, in my post, noted all the whining and finger pointing, so I'll respond to my thought at least. I wasn't talking only about Plum, I meant more the entire dynamic of the show, including Marlo and "Jennifer." There is a lot of blaming of men, and a society whose rules are laid at the feet of men, and less so, women who enable it. Instead of spending time blaming others, reject it. You can reject it without killing people. And going straight to killing echoes the current environment around Me,Too/Time's Up and related claims where, as soon as a woman alleges something against a man, his career is over. That's death of a sort. There is no dialogue, no discussion, no investigation ... they're done. That makes me uneasy. Maybe I don't get it. I'm just saying that I would rather be who I want to be, and turn my back on body image and these aspects of society, or launch my own counter efforts supporting my perspective, than make other people pay for their opinions when it involves simply how people may view me. Of course it is totally different when it is physical abuse.

YMMV I guess. We found those eps, and the British jokes as well as the British take on America, some of the funniest of the series. So what happened here after 8 episodes? More are coming? That ending seemed incomplete.

Like Westworld, this show seems to insist that most everyone (humans in Westworld, and men in Dietiand) are either actively creating or passively supporting an immoral and unfair system whose weight is borne disproportionately by a specific subgroup. Leaving aside the gross assumption of how many people do this, in Dietland it also removes the power of the individual to reject that system and refuse to play by its rules. Sure it’s hard, but people do it all the time. Is it fair? Of course not. Almost nothing is fair. And some of the greatest stories in our culture were written by people who refused to play by the system. We all face challenges, many “unfair.” And we all can rise to them, submit to them or, like this show is starting to feel like, whine and point fingers. I’m trying hard in my limited way to stay with it, but it’s getting more difficult.

What was with the intense, loud, drown out everything music after Teddy killed him self? Did Christopher Nolan direct? Seemed overdone. So MIB’s entire back story is that he is an asshole human. Well, this show is consistent.