It’s crude and ugly (in a good way) – and, for those of us whose pathology is to romanticise Italy, it is another fizzing antidote. The Telegraph

Robust direction and immaculate photography package the grim reality of Naples’ darkest side in an authentic, nonsensationalist narrative: With almost clinical accuracy, the imagery reveals the cultural cancer of the Camorra through myriad unflattering details.

Unlike the film, “Gomorrah” the series hints at the systemic nature of the Camorra, which the showrunner himself refers to as the other face of capitalism. Cameras even enter the palaces of power, in whose elegant corridors the economic dimension of organized crime comes full circle. As in the original book by Saviano, who oversaw the screenplay, the mob is here framed within the larger context of the global, neo-liberal economy. Variety

• he’s a genius
• he enjoys some pretty heavy literature 
• greek epic poetry, vonnegut, whatever.
• he’s an incredible cook
• 50 kinds of mac n cheese? the best burger you’ve ever tasted? all of it.
• he is guilty of nesting as hard as the mother hen he is
• he wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up
• he didn’t speak for an unspecified amount of time after the fire
• he was amazed by the fact that so many different tomatoes exist
• he’s totally a cuddler
• see: cassie robinson
• he’s never forgotten the name of any of his one-night stands
• he knows his shit about poetry
• he’s a total neat-freak
• and kind of a germophobe
• he is allergic to cats
• even as a toddler all he wanted to do was make sure other people were happy
• he wuvs hugs
• he was on the wrestling team in high school (and was damn good at it)
• he cares about his little brother more than literally anything in the entire world and would gladly sacrifice anyone or anything if it meant keeping sam safe

make me choose: Amy or Rose requested by the-moonlight-mermaid