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I feel like will branner has the perfect facial expressions for professor hidgens

I don't think Hey Melissa is like. The Most Feminist Story Ever (arguably Melissa does fall into the 'Evil Man-Hating Woman' character type). But I think it's very important to acknowledge that a lot of the story is about how men objectify and dehumanise women (Ted and Freddie's harassment of Melissa, Paul not speaking against that harassment, Bill's unintentional infantilising of Melissa, even the police officer flirting with the nurse at the end while both of them are meant to be doing their jobs), and how Melissa and the Kitty Cat Club ends up inflicting similar dehumanisation onto the men they torture and kill. Boiling it down to either 'Melissa is Uniquely Evil and Awful' or 'Ha ha weird nightmare time story' does the episode a huge disservice.

I love, love, love, love the visible discomfort whenever Paul is being touched, even if it’s by someone who’s not infected.

Curt Mega as Paul Mathews??? Curt Mega as Paul Mathews please??? I need to be witness to that. I need the full thing. Please put it into my grabby paws.

I think the saddest part about the ending of TGWDLM is that Paul probably died thinking he saved the world, when really he never had a chance of making it