User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Flakers/@comment-30307603-20170505044504/@comment-31194372-20170505234609

I'm really surprised about how little the show exploits episodes built on simple character interactions. I get that pushing for something more conceptual has become the show's bread-and-butter at this point, but I've always found it more reassuring that the show can still do episodes like "The Flakers" or "The Misunderstandings" where plot is practically inconsequential to the events of the episode, and it works swimmingly. There's nothing wrong with the show pushing the boundaries, but it's nice just to see compact writing that doesn't rely on some massive altercation to prompt everything else - simplicity can be equally effective, if not occasionally better. (That's what my main thesis for next week is.)

I think the exam went alright, but I can't be too sure. I totally got screwed on the DBQ, though, but at the risk of catharsis bordering on illegality, I'll just keep the information undisclosed.