Also, I found Katniss completely unlikable in the book. Her inner dialouge was annoying and she is depicted as so self-righteous I could not even sympathize with her. Truth be told, I wanted her to win the Hunger Games only so her mother and sister could be in a better position. I didn't actually root for her as a character.

I agree with ElTejon that I am leaning towards the view in recent years that most zoo animals would be better off euthanized, than in zoos. For every great zoo out there, there are 10 that suck. And even the best zooshave more than 50% of their animals in small and unstimulating enclosures. My local zoo is San Diego, which is one of the best in the country, and still their reptiles, birds, small primates and small to mid-size cats are in old-school cages that are sometimes so small, they pace (particularly the cats).

Heck, many of the animals zoos keep aren't even in the right climate. The giraffes and elephants at the San Francisco zoo have horribly painful arthritis because they were never meant to be in such a cold and clammy weather. Not to mention the fact their enclosure is small and lackluster because giraffes don't get the attention from the public that elephants, or gorillas do.

One of the greatest arguments for zoos at one time was that it allowed the public to see and identify with animals we would never encounter, and therefore protect them. But nature shows now fulfill that goal without having to sacrifice the health and happiness of individual animals. And many times with greater effect. I'm not very moved seeing the polar bears swim in a concrete enclosure at my zoo. And I certainly don't get any sense of the environmental challenges they face seeing them that way.

This Walter is first of all very lonely. And he has not forgiven himself for any of his past sins, because Peter wasn't around to give him his forgiveness and to generally confront him about his craziness and further his emotional development. We've seen already the result of this is Walter who is more sad, distrustful and fearful, and often petulant when crossed. We've also seen that this Walter and Olivia are closer than they were in the prior universe, as Olivia has had to be his protector and emotional crutch (to the extent she is able of course) with Peter gone. Olivia is, in fact, about the only person this Walter has any emotional connection to (sadly in both universes Walter just isn't very attached to Astrid).

So when Faulivia showed up and took advantage of that connection and fooled him, of course he was totally pissed! And this episode added another layer to that anger, in that I see now Walter really liked Fauxlivia. They have a great, almost flirtatious rapport, which probably made him even more angry when he found out the truth.

Another thing I liked about this episode is that they FINALLY got back to one of the most basic mysteries: the nature and origin and purpose of the Observers. Frankly I'm surprised that doesn't warrant more discussion in this recap.

For instance, it was suggested that an Observer's ability to see all points in time simultaneously comes from that little blue machine the "angel" recovered from September. Which leads me to wonder if Walter himself (some version of him) may have created the Observers, since he is always the origin of the technology attached to Fringe events.

And the redundant law proposed here, would have a terrible effect, even though it sounds reasonable. What's an "undue burden"? You know many years of litigation and millions of dollars it takes to get a court decision to lay that out? In the meantime, every little mom and pop is being sued for alleged violations. And ambiguities in the law are not only expensive for employers; they also arm workers, because companies don't like risk. They will avoid hiring workers that they fear could sue them under an ambiguous law (in this example: women of child-bearing age).

And the example cited above of a woman being fired because she could not lift while pregnant does not demonstrate any discrimination. If a male employee whose job involved lifting was given a restriction from lifting by his physician due to any medical condition, such as a back injury he had at home, or due to age-related spinal degeneration, or any other medical condition, the employer would have to engage in the interactive process to determine if there was a job in the company that he could perform instead. And if the answer is "no", just as with the pregnant woman, he would be let go.

The only accurate thing about this article is the statement that poor women, who tend to perform more physical jobs, are far more likely to lose their job in the event of a pregnancy, which prevents them performing full duty for a period of time. But that's not due to discrimination, it is due to economic realities. And it's not more common in women than men. Low-income men also lose their jobs when they have disabilities, even temporary ones, like broken arms. There simply aren't a lot of factories, or retailers, or cleaning services that have open desk jobs to put a disabled workers into. The fact is that if you can't perform your job, even for a few weeks, most employers don't have a choice but to let you go, and give your job to someone else.

As to whether her head was blown off or not, I definitely can't tell, but the actress herself confirmed that half of Tara's head was missing in several post-finale episodes. Thus she didn't know how she would be returning, but stated Alan Ball promised her he had special things in store for her and she would be full-time in the next season.

There are no zombies in the TB book series, and I really hope the show is not planning on introducing them. The word "zombie" was uttered by someone in each of the last two episodes, though, so I'm a little worried. The same foreshadowing was used at the end of the last season with witches, so it wouldn't totally surprise me. But I think it's more likely Sookie will develop some new power of reanimation via her fairy-blood, and Tara will be brought back whole, but perhaps changed.

Either way, she's coming back. And didn't we all know this, even as we jumped off our sofas and squeeled with glee when she was shot? Alan Ball loves Tara, for some reason I can't fathom. He's keeping her. And all I have to say to that is try, just TRY, Mr. Ball, to make her less annoying this year. I suggest you start by eliminating all the crying and whining.

I read on Giacchino's twitter earlier this week he was in the studio recording a solo piano album based upon the themes from Lost, and I was beside myself.

I myself, despite comprehensive sex received in school and at home, did not practice safe sex very regularly when I was a teen. I was on birth control, but didn't always take it, and I rarely used a condom. And I was "mature" at that age, compared to my peers. But getting pregnant or getting an STD seemed so surreal and impossible, I didn't realize the danger I was putting myself in. It wasn't until my early twenties that I fully realized the risks of unprotected sex, and stopped seeing myself as somehow immune to them.

I wonder if PBS has a moderated forum?

Went into the ending with an open mind and was a bit disappointed with the last 5 episodes as stalking ghost says below. But overall I enjoyed it. It moves pretty fast when you can stream and watch 3 episodes at a time.