Winston Wolfe

The best thing about the GH Baddies' "Chamber of Horror" is that it underscores what a lazy, uninspired, and boring serial killer Ryan Collins is. He's been storming around Port Charles almost two months and only has a single kill to his credit. Laura Spencer has a higher body count, lol.

I remember that episode of Homeland. Because Melissa looked so young it was really uncomfortable to watch. You think this isn't going to happen? This is totally going to happen. It will make for a great acronym though - MEGA.

Yikes, as hard as I'm trying to like this show you guys go and pick out all its flaws, lol. Lena is so going to be the show's next meta-human. Nothing about Lena says she'll test her tech on a human subject, even a willing one. She couldn't deal with the consequences of a failed experiment on a human subject. And as others have said, Supergirl as an employee of the DEO makes absolutely no sense. If, as General Haley implies, the DEO is a military organization, wouldn't that make SG an officer with some kind of assigned rank? Also, since everyone at the DEO seems to know that Kara=SG and Brainy=Alien from the Future, I can't imagine General Haley isn't aware of these facts. She'd look like the world's biggest idiot otherwise. Also General...you could have just given Brainy the recipe for your sweet potato pie...I've found that nutmeg, vanilla extract, allspice and a graham cracker crust make for a first class pie, just saying. Puff the Magic Dragon is the latest baddie to put Kara flat on her butt, it really doesn't take much, does it? Finally dawned on me, this show is going with a Byrne-esque reduction of SG's powers to make her seem less invincible. On a positive note, I like how they finally explained why J'onn doesn't like using his telepathy, takes another Deus ex machina off the table and helps keep the character in play. Overall, Kara does the worst job in history of maintaining a secret identity. She's constantly seen with all of SG's friends and acquaintances, it shouldn't be that hard for folks who know both of them to make the connection. Reminds me of an episode from the 60s Batman show where Robin has to rescue a kidnapped Bruce Wayne from the Joker. After they beat the bad guys, Robin asks Bruce, "aren't you going to press charges?" In a rare bit of realistic writing for that series, Bruce replies, "no, then we'd have to appear in court. You and I have been seen together in public too much as it is." Hard to believe that no one has realized Kara and SG not only look alike, but travel in the exact same circles.

This is one of the most thought-provoking threads I've read on this site in a while. A lot of good perspectives. My heart goes out to those of you who grew up in alcoholic families. My dad was a high-functioning (i.e., weekend) alcoholic long before the phrase was even coined. Reading the comments here have helped me understand Violet's position a bit more, although I still don't like her actions. It would be great if this show dealt more with the concept of alcoholism/addiction as a disease. Science has proven that it is to an extent hereditary. But seeing my dad slowly die of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver when I was 23 has led to me living the life of a complete tea-totaler. As another poster said, you live what you learn. Violet, as far as we know, is living clean and sober, so there's that. But the hardest part is putting the dysfunctional family dynamic behind you, an issue a lot of us struggle with daily.

Heh. How many people could deal with 365 days a year of Bonnie and Christie stone-cold sober? But of course, the heart wants what it wants.

If Kiki is truly exiting the canvas the doping will somehow lead to her demise. If it does, I'll actually be kinda sad, in some odd way Griffin somehow makes Kiki somewhat tolerable.

RoHo eats in almost every scene now. He really doesn't need craft services between takes. I remember a scene years ago when Luke showed up at Alexis' door eating a Croissant out of a paper bag while they talked. It looked natural, organic. In RoHo's case it's just affect, an annoying tic based on the fact that he brings little else to the party.

They are so gonna screw. You can see it coming.

Well, I won't see today's episode until tomorrow. Here in NYC the wonderful Mayor has taken 45 minutes to explain why 6 inches of snow paralyzed the whole damn city yesterday. ETA - I see @YaddaYadda and Dubbel Zout feel my pain too. Thank goodness for on demand.

There's the line of demarcation between the three. Christie would have never pulled that scam, but Bonnie in her younger years would have had absolutely no problem. Could be that the "life preserver" moniker is based on Violet's conscious or sub-conscious identification with grandma. Sara rocks soooo hard, always has. Wish someone would give her a new sitcom.

Agreed, you couldn't tell by looking who's the mother and who's the daughter. I was thinking from an "aggressor vs victim" standpoint.

Like her Grandmother, Violet is all about the current scam. What happens after she milks the "Mother of All Problems" cow dry? You're right, scam artists never look that far ahead. And anyone who gets close to Violet has to wonder when she will turn on them in order to make an easy dollar. Yep, it's an optics thing. Violet is physically larger than her mother, and the perma-sneer/resting bitch face she's had from day one makes it easy to look at her as the bully and Christie the victim.

Christie has always been a very convenient scapegoat for her daughter. In the past Violet has seen periods of time where she's "doing a lot better," self-sabotages, and the default is to always blame her mother. Thinking about it, even though she sometimes backslides, Christie has made the most progress of any of the lead characters, guess that's why Violet's strident rejection really impacted me. Aaargh, too much emotion over a sitcom....

Love your post. I felt really bad for Christie this episode. Violet came off as an older, more polished version of the hateful shrew she always was during the show's early run. Yes, she had a bad childhood. So did Christie, so did Bonnie. It's called a cycle of dysfunction for a reason. Violet airing the dirty laundry publicly and making an easy buck out of it doesn't sit well. It kind of indicates she hasn't grown, still looking for an easy buck at someone's expense. Really foul. And, story for story? Bonnie sounds like a far worse Mother than Christie ever was, and honestly, doesn't seem to be the better person in that equation even now, still does tons of shady stuff on a regular basis. Yet she's the life preserver? Yikes.

Agreed. The veteran actors on this show, other than the departed Roseanne, has always been so top notch. Even OTT Jackie works, thanks to Laurie Metcalf's talent. It's a pleasure watching them work, even when the material is weak. And it can't be said enough - John Goodman is a national treasure. The man's not capable of a bad performance. I actually thought ABC should have let this show die, really pleased that they are proving me wrong.

Yep. And he could use his telepathy to uncover Agent Liberty's true identity. Wouldn't leave the writers any story to tell, lol. As another poster said, it's difficult to think of a situation where J'onn isn't more useful than Kara. I think the writers realize this too, but haven't found a work-around yet. The actor is great, and the writers clearly want to use him, but it's probably very challenging finding a way to keep MM in play without upstaging the title character.

Kara is still incredibly naive for someone who has been to different worlds and who currently works as a reporter. I don't get it. In other news, it's interesting that the best episode of Supergirl in ages had...very little Supergirl. This episode had more of the team/ensemble vibe that works fairly well in Arrow and the Flash. The villain of the week was not somebody Kara could punch or heat-vision into submission, she was more or less forced into a supportive role while Alex, J'onn, and Brainy took the lead. It really worked to not have SG save the day for a change. Loved seeing J'onn actually make some meaningful contributions. Now that he is, it's fascinating seeing how he chooses to use his powers. J'onn seems to be adverse to reading people's minds unless he has too, but he'll phase into somebody's apartment at the drop of the hat, lol. Last time he and Kara visited the jilted mom they didn't even bother to ring the bell or knock, just phased right into her kitchen. Reminded me of folks beaming-down from the Enterprise and suddenly appearing on some planet. Re: James - didn't the DA say that there would be repercussions for him suiting up as Guardian again? Was that the reason for Lema's worried look at the end? Minor flaws aside, a real step in the right direction. Hope the show-runners and keep it going.

For some reason the ending of Friday's episode made me think we'll be seeing some Sonny-Margo sex in the future. Ugh. And I just saw that Sake614 is on the same page with me, lol. Great minds think alike. Margo is a petite brunette and Sonny does have a thing for those.

Yep, I'm thinking this one might go the distance, happily. Some of the best writing in a while - loved how Raj pre-emptively addressed the whole "sitting on the floor" thing. Shallow note - Anu is really pretty with a cool personality. So glad she didn't bail on Raj and actually gave him a chance to explain. The rest of the episode was kind of meh to me.

She's a pretty white girl with a nice rack?? More like a cute, blond, white girl with an augmented rack. The way she "presented" said rack to her new sponsor in the last episode was funny in an awkward, weird way.

I had that hunch too, and checked Google. In the comics he was an anti-hero, as well as a Professor X-level telepath and telekinetic. Not sure if he has powers in the SG universe, but this episode kind of hinted that he might be a low-level TK. She is stunning in a Anne Hathaway kind of way, isn't she? Broad, fairly unique features that really shouldn't work together, but the end result is actually very pretty. Man I loved Glenn in 24. But he's a little to good for SG, sadly.

Wow, didn't think about the ruined dress. Jill and Christy have a very strange love/hate kind of friendship.

I've always liked Kristen Johnston, but now that she looks...different...her exaggerated mugging looks so grotesquely cartoonish. And her behavior is OTT even for this show. I'm hoping next week sees her character go "bye bye" and we get our sitcom back.

Funny, I always thought Oprah (and BFF Gayle) had a kind of "African American/Middle America" female accent. Their speaking voices are kind of resonant and musical at the same time if that makes sense. Note to Megs. No one tunes in to see you cry every day. It doesn't make you relatable. Or sympathetic. Or even human for that matter. Stop it.

Ironically enough, I used to think MM was marginally attractive too. But all the ugly on the inside overpowered whatever pretty is on the outside.