Am I, a disabled woman who has been routinely discriminated against, ridiculed, feared as a terrifying, uncomfortable Other, and isolated in all facets of life, but especially in dating and friendship, supposed to sympathize Stahl for the plight of perfection? Go kick rocks, AH writers. Forgive me if I do not weep for someone who will never get a disease or die of anything but old age unless she's killed in the line of duty. I don't give a spastic rat's ass about how hard it is to be a gorgeous, healthy genius.
Now, if they had taken the tack that Stahl resented her parents for being unwilling to accept who she might have been had they left her to chance, I'd've been all over it, but nope. Just a whole infodump of how perfect she is.
I loved the rest of the episode, though. The case was solid and well-paced, and everyone, including the perpetrator, was sympathetic. I can't help but wonder if things might've turned out had John said he'd never been loved instead. I think the thought crossed his mind, but in the end, such an admission was too painful.
And poor John. He made his move too late and was left floundering and alone. We're supposed to be loved, indeed.
I can't help but wonder if things might've turned out had John said he'd never been loved instead. I think the thought crossed his mind, but in the end, such an admission was too painful.
Yes, this. That felt like one of the most suspenseful questions posed in this season to date, and it felt not only like he really had to make a choice about his answer there, but that his answer was probably the wrong one. Deliciously uncomfortable moment.
I feel like if only in her brief exchange with Maldonado that Stahl's baggage is meant to revolve around what she rejected as a chrome but you're right, they didn't really develop it properly in that direction with all this weight placed on how oh-so-perfect chromes are in every which way. Tonight more that most, I'm getting rather indignant about Stahl since there's been so few opportunities to get to know the character and tonight was the closest we've been to seeing where she comes from and the choices she made - and yet, she's still pulling chrome privilege (to kick-start the investigation, to go to the club instead of Kennex) and the writing is leaning more on that idea of perfection than the more interesting story about what happens when the seemingly "perfect" person rejects those expectations.
Yes, this. That felt like one of the most suspenseful questions posed in this season to date, and it felt not only like he really had to make a choice about his answer there, but that his answer was probably the wrong one.
I have a different take on it. John seems to be pretty close to his dad so I do believe that he has been loved. I thought he hesitated for different reasons: One might be regret, because he thought he had been loved by Anna. The other that he didn't want to get too personal with that guy.
I always understood John as someone who has been loved a lot by his friends and his family (dad) and that he knows about it. Infact, I think he pretty much had it all before the incident - friends, family, girlfriend and a striving career - and is now struggling with having lost everything.
Now, if they had taken the tack that Stahl resented her parents for being unwilling to accept who she might have been had they left her to chance, I'd've been all over it, but nope. Just a whole infodump of how perfect she is.
I loved the rest of the episode, though. The case was solid and well-paced, and everyone, including the perpetrator, was sympathetic. I can't help but wonder if things might've turned out had John said he'd never been loved instead. I think the thought crossed his mind, but in the end, such an admission was too painful.
And poor John. He made his move too late and was left floundering and alone. We're supposed to be loved, indeed.
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Yes, this. That felt like one of the most suspenseful questions posed in this season to date, and it felt not only like he really had to make a choice about his answer there, but that his answer was probably the wrong one. Deliciously uncomfortable moment.
I feel like if only in her brief exchange with Maldonado that Stahl's baggage is meant to revolve around what she rejected as a chrome but you're right, they didn't really develop it properly in that direction with all this weight placed on how oh-so-perfect chromes are in every which way. Tonight more that most, I'm getting rather indignant about Stahl since there's been so few opportunities to get to know the character and tonight was the closest we've been to seeing where she comes from and the choices she made - and yet, she's still pulling chrome privilege (to kick-start the investigation, to go to the club instead of Kennex) and the writing is leaning more on that idea of perfection than the more interesting story about what happens when the seemingly "perfect" person rejects those expectations.
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Yes, this. That felt like one of the most suspenseful questions posed in this season to date, and it felt not only like he really had to make a choice about his answer there, but that his answer was probably the wrong one.
I have a different take on it. John seems to be pretty close to his dad so I do believe that he has been loved. I thought he hesitated for different reasons: One might be regret, because he thought he had been loved by Anna. The other that he didn't want to get too personal with that guy.
I always understood John as someone who has been loved a lot by his friends and his family (dad) and that he knows about it. Infact, I think he pretty much had it all before the incident - friends, family, girlfriend and a striving career - and is now struggling with having lost everything.
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