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Wayward Pines Arrogant People

WAYWARD PINES
Watch Out For Arrogant People

June 29, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The people of Wayward Pines can’t watch out now. It’s too late. But it’s important to distinguish between arrogant people and someone who wants to help. Arrogance gives you no Choices. Truly, there couldn’t be a more ironic title for Episode 6 of Wayward Pines. Because no one who ended up in Wayward Pines really …

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Watch Out For Arrogant People
Orange Is The New Black Piper Isn't Manipulative

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
“Manipulative” Isn’t Piper’s Story

June 23, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

“Manipulative” is a throwaway description that never tells the whole story. Piper may be manipulative, but really she’s desperate for love (and scared of it). Wily ways to get what she wants, even out and out lies, might seem the best way to go. Especially since openness doesn’t work so well with her mom and …

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“Manipulative” Isn’t Piper’s Story
Wayward Pines Mind of Your Own Think Again

WAYWARD PINES
A Mind Of Your Own?
Think Again.

June 13, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

We’re being led astray in The Truth, just like the people in Wayward Pines. The big reveal seems far from the real story. Otherwise, why was Dr. Jenkins (Toby Jones) AKA David Pilcher in Seattle telling Ethan’s boss (who wanted to call it off), “It’s been done, Adam? Nothing for you to worry about.” Why did …

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A Mind Of Your Own?
Think Again.
Wayward Pines Where Fear of Your Personal Truth is a Prison

WAYWARD PINES
Where Fear Of Your Personal Truth
Is A Prison

June 9, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon), Secret Service agent, apparently made a mistake and let someone suspicious go. Apparently, 621 people died. This weighs heavily on his conscience. Other mistakes weigh heavily, too. Such as having an affair with his partner, Kate Hewson (Carla Gugino), and hurting his wife and son. Yet, as four episodes of M. …

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Where Fear Of Your Personal Truth
Is A Prison
Caitlyn Jenner Free to Be A Message To Us All

CAITLYN JENNER FREE TO BE
A Message For Us All

June 4, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Courage is an understatement. More like it – refusal to accept anything less than freedom to finally be who Caitlyn Jenner is. I can’t help thinking about Marlo Thomas’ 1972 Ms. Women’s Foundation project (and catchy song) – Free To Be You And Me. Originally, it was meant to teach her then-young niece to refute gender …

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A Message For Us All
Mad Men Season 7 Finale It's The Real Thing 4 Ways We'd See A Changed Don

MAD MEN Season 7 Finale
It’s The Real Thing
4 Ways We’d See A Changed Don

June 2, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

We’re left to wonder: what will become of Don Draper (Jon Hamm)? As Coca Cola’s hilltop jingle ends Mad Men Season 7 Finale, we have questions that don’t have answers. Has Don changed? Or, is he just the quintessential ad man – a man who escapes into his stories because they’re better than his personal …

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It’s The Real Thing
4 Ways We’d See A Changed Don
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