This episode, things only get worse for our twitchy, sweaty, hophead. Thack graduated to burglary in an effort to score some of his sweet, sweet yeyo (my husband assures me this is credible slang for cocaine). Did I say burglary? Add to that, crabby aggression, paranoia, and diva-like behavior. Basically he is being an enormous dick. More of a dick than he was in the season premiere. In other news, Gallinger’s wife managed to kill the new baby by drowning her in an ice water bath (ostensibly to cure a non-existent brain fever). Man, babies just cannot catch a break on this show. I believe this makes four dead babies? If Christiansen blew his brains out after twelve bad outcomes, how many will it take for the rapidly fraying Gallinger to throw himself off the roof? The good news being that he doesn’t have to worry about his wife anymore; not since the men in the white coats came to take her away. The men in the white coats and, wait, was that John Hodgman from “The Daily Show”?! That WAS John Hodgman! Son of a bitch! Is it weird that if I were crazy, I would want Hodgman to show up at my door with a padded wagon? It looks like we may have to chuck one more teeny tiny body on the pile. Robertson is knocked up and Edwards is the father. And naturally she wants the father of her unborn child to abort said unborn child because, well, god forbid. Edwards simply cannot go through with it. Look, I will spare the Den of Geek editors a heart attack and will (mostly) skirt the subject of turn of the century interracial relationships. Yes, knocking up Robertson might get Edwards killed. And anti-miscegenation laws would still be on the books until the 1967 Loving v. Virginia case. Making the mixed race whoopie was literally illegal. The fact that that Soderbergh is willing to deal with race, addiction, insanity, and child mortality in the stark and unforgiving context of the time, is absolutely astounding. He does not flinch, he does not blink, and every episode rubs salt into wounds we did not realize were so deep. @AtTheKnick Fun Fact: In 1900, cocaine was regularly sold in pharmacies – no prescription needed? Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
