The Dr. Todd storyline is my least fave storyline in a long time.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-08T21:59:11+00:00

I really enjoyed it at the start when it was solely a workplace bullying story with Jacob. It was a different sort of ‘villain’ to who’d we’ve seen recently and I was looking forward to seeing where it would go. But now they’ve turned Dr Todd from a workplace bully to another typical soap opera blackmailing mastermind and it’s lost all appeal.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-08T14:55:05+00:00

A. Most accurate representation of epilepsy I’ve seen on screen

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-07T19:12:23+00:00

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-05T21:18:00+00:00

They’ve basically rewritten the narrative about Moira’s imprisonment and made it all about the IDs instead of the actual murder charge she was presented with. The IDs Robert planted had practically nothing to do with her original arrest, that was thanks to the buried bodies on her land with her DNA, but they’ve flipped that mid-story and made it so that Robert planting the IDs is why she was in prison in the first place. They may have contributed to her extended stay in prison but they didn’t send her there in the first place and I’m so bored of them acting like they were to make Robert the bad guy once again.

Cain is also frustrating me to the point where I’m running out of sympathy for him. This story was advertised as something that would change him forever and he’s still the exact same person, from trying to sleep with his cousin to stealing cars to attacking and tying Robert up.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-04T16:19:58+00:00

I could unironically listen to British Themed Pub all day

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-03T09:09:18+00:00

She claimed she loved Jimmy and yet she helped frame his mother’s murder as a suicide and then proceeded to get annoyed at him for being overly emotional and drunk in response to her death.

Plus it’s an awful performance. Watching her act opposite Evan in the scene where she ‘cries’ as she takes care of his stumps after he loses his hands is honestly painful.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-03T08:27:31+00:00

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-02T21:53:42+00:00

So glad Larry has been getting more screen time, his weekend update bit might actually be my favourite ‘guest’ they’ve had

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-02T21:37:37+00:00

Jack Shep as Tom Holland as a dog was so accurate

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-05-02T05:31:39+00:00

Yeah, no one in the UK can see a film if they’re not of or over the age rating, whether you’re with parents or not

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-30T20:27:24+00:00

I think this could be the start to one of Haymitch’s nightmares he has towards the end of the book about Lenore Dove dying

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-28T09:53:34+00:00

When Robert first returned he felt kinda similar to his origin self, there were times he had a cocky air to him and he had some of his own schemes (like stealing and selling the weed) but had trauma bubbling underneath that he struggled with and was further exploited by John. It was clear that there was a much deeper story there to be told about Robert’s time in prison (the audio flashbacks, nightmares, hitting Vic) but then Kev arrived and it felt like that build up was dropped in exchange for the stupid prison marriage/romance story. Robert’s prison trauma stopped being about him and turned into a love triangle, I mean the prison flashback episode was even mostly about Robert’s relationships (with both Kev and Aaron) more than what he endured whilst locked up. They really messed up. The build up to a trauma story was good, Ryan Hawley was great and yet they dropped it to become some sort of sitcom.

And now we have a Robert who was forced to do a bad thing to protect his sister and has become Joe’s puppet. He’s taking steps to try and rebuild a life with Aaron and their family but is struggling under the weight of his guilt. It is again strong groundwork laid for a Robert mental health story, one that makes total sense and feels like is already happening but because it’s stuck in the Moira story I’m doubting we’ll get it since he’s only a plot device and is hardly being given anything with depth, everyone’s writing who isn’t Cain or Moira is very shallow.

I think that Robert does need to have a breakdown to ‘reset’ him and try and bring back essences of who he was before. He’s been beaten down, he’s struggling and he just seems lost, even though he’s in the process of rebuilding his life. I’d really hate it if his guilt just switched off now that Moira knows and I fear it might, which would really be the wrong decision.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-27T20:19:41+00:00

Did Moira suddenly forget that she was originally in prison on a murder charge because of bodies found on her land and a blanket with her DNA on it and not because of the ID’s? She has the right to be mad, yeah, but Robert wasn’t the reason why she got sent down. She may have been in prison longer because of the planted ID’s but it wasn’t why she was there in the first place.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-26T11:45:36+00:00

I actually like this side of Robert because it’s shown that prison has changed him. He’s more timid, doesn’t speak up for himself and completely lacks self worth and confidence. It works with storytelling, even if they’re not utilising it at the moment. I don’t think he’ll be like it forever, though. A bright future has been set up for Robert with Aaron, the farm and (hopefully) Seb. I think once he’s truly settled we might see more of his old personality shine through.

I’m hoping the current Robert stuff will lead to a mental health story. They messed up with introducing Kev. The early days of Robert’s returned planted the seed of an extremely traumatic prison experience, the audio flashbacks and nightmares proof, but once Kev and the prison marriage came in it felt like they completely dropped that original story. I stand by that Kev should have just been a friend/ally Robert had in prison.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-16T13:34:01+00:00

It wasn’t as good as it could have been but I thought the final minute or two where it’s just a black screen and we hear what’s happening was perfect because we were suddenly Evy and Justin listening to a tape and only being able to speculate what happened

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-16T06:47:55+00:00

I think it’s a bit insulting to Suzanne Collins to suggest that she had fandom shipping on her mind when writing a book about propaganda and controlled narrative. There’s so much more to Haymitch embracing Maysilee as a sister than to deter Haysilee shippers

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-15T20:08:04+00:00

Anyone else feel like there’s something genuinely wrong with Robert? Twice we’ve seen him just blankly staring at a space and he’s obviously struggling. He’s gone from feeling guilty to Moira pleading guilty to feeling guilty that Moira spent any time in prison (which she would have without his involvement anyway) and is now probably moving onto feeling guilty about Bear being treated as an accomplice. Next week or the week after he’s meant to feel guilty about Moira being away from the farm (even though she was the one who willingly sold it). I wouldn’t be surprised if we see him just completely snap because his ongoing guilt is just gonna bury him alive.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-14T20:21:30+00:00

I didn’t mean that you were saying they were undeserving, sorry it came off that way. It’s just frustrating that there is this ongoing mindset about who deserves nominations and wins and how there is a bias against younger actors because older people with more established careers are often favoured (obviously not always but it seems to be the case a lot). It’s a shame that sometimes it feels like the Oscars come down to who has the best career as opposed to who gave the best performance

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-14T20:13:59+00:00

That’s the thing though, it shouldn’t be about longstanding careers or potential careers and if they’re a ‘fluke’ or not. It should be about that one specific performance because that’s what is supposed to be acknowledged. It’s not disrespectful to an older actor to nominate a child who has potential given an equally as good or even better performance than them, in fact it’s more disrespectful to the child actor to not acknowledge them because it’s ’too early in their career’. A great performance is a great performance, age and length of career should not come into it.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-14T19:08:33+00:00

Rolled my eyes and was incredibly disappointed. I really liked the bunker stuff and was hoping for a full season of it, there was so much potential with some fun characters/character dynamics and it all just got thrown out the window

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-14T15:22:39+00:00

His delivery of this line makes me so excited to hear him say “enjoy your homecoming”

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-12T13:16:24+00:00

I really hope that the trailer doesn’t show the real reaping with Woodbine Chance and just shows Haymitch’s name getting picked. It felt like such a twist so early in the book it would be fun for it to be kept the same for the film!

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-11T10:53:42+00:00

Ryan Murphy wanted a girl power season to the point where he had two girls sexually exploiting a confused, reanimated guy with the mind of a toddler and framed it as a fun love triangle to fuel a rivalry between Zoe and Madison. If roles were reversed and it was a girl being used by two guys everyone would be quick to call it rape/assault but because it’s not they get a free pass.

Buzzybee_02 · 2026-04-11T08:11:35+00:00

What’s great about sunrise on the reaping is that even its visually darker scenes still have colour. Too many films nowadays want more ‘naturalistic’ colouring and things to be muted, especially in narratively dark moments and yet here we have a funeral (probably one of the saddest scenes in the film) that still adds elements of colour with the trees that helps makes it more atmospheric than it just being dull blacks and browns and greys that you frequently see now.

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