User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Girlfriend/@comment-26215750-20171028084756

As always, great article! Having me stumped on sentences in order to offer a second glance on the matter at hand is always a good trait for a writer!

But from my vague memories of watching "The Girlfriend" I can say it was a pretty neat episode. Your observations regarding Jamie really made me think if she's really that one-dimensional as most people think. While I do not find the "cliche" annoying by any means, seeing the crew diversify with her is a nice touch of originality. The good thing about her character, like Felicity's, is that she doesn't have any sort of comeupprance. Usually, I'd be against such a thing, but here it's played for laughs so there's no unintentional harm caused.

And like you stated, it's great to watch Jamie painfully try to adapt to normality while using her definitive traits to do so. It employs a great shock factor for the audience that keeps them fearful and delighted to see Jamie at the same time. All of that ties in neatly with a plot involving a multitude of characters that all react differently to these.. outbursts, so to speak.

In summary, great article, 9000 iq observations, just write a book already, bye.