1.12 Fool Me Once

'This is changing you. It's changing me'

Extraordinary oblique conversation between Bennett and Pornstache in the bar, the former giving the latter advice that he himself should have taken.

Here's the real candid judgement of Piper that we saw prefigured at the wake in the last episode. 'You a mean person.' Just imagine being told that by someone you look down on in multiple ways.

I keep calling her Punxsutawney instead of Pensatucky. Culture wars again, and archetext from Dubya. The question is, how can you relate to the 'Hussein Obama' people? At first it seems like we might get away with a touching illustration of how Piper and Pensatucky can only converse through prayer. But no. It revolts Piper's instincts to go through with the baptism, and it revolts Pensatucky's to understand why it does.

I've been on that ride myself I should add. I got baptised, confirmed and welcomed into the church on the same day, and I meant it all quite sincerely and don't regret having done it now. But at the crucial moment, there was no water in the jug. The minister had to send one of the elders out to fill it for her. How's that for poetry?

Apologies for this turning into Shallow finds catharsis for her issues with class, authority and religion. 'This is changing you. It's changing me.'