Talk:Varian/@comment-11284001-20190423110332

I shall be very disappointed if Quirin is not eventually freed and Varian reformed. Usually I detest the convention of the villain’s easy reformation, but Varian’s descent into evil seems to me so abrupt and jerkily* managed, and his character far more suited to a “good guy” than a bad one, that I would take his ultimate condemnation almost as a personal affront. A good half of the lessons in the show have been about giving bad guys a second chance: why should Varian be deprived of one? Besides … dude is comedy gold.


 * …that is, by fits and starts. I’m not calling the writers “jerks” — not unless they cross me.