The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber in hours, and indeed even in minutes. Hemingway biographer Carlos Baker claims that Macomber loses his fear as the buffalo charges, and the loss of fear ushers Macomber into manhood, which Margot instantly kills. Baker believes Wilson symbolizes the man free of woman (because he refuses to allow Margot to dominate him) or of fear; the man Macomber wishes to be. Wilson understands, as he blasts the lion dead, that Margot is a woman who needs to be dominated. Jeffrey Meyers considers Margot Macomber to be the villain of the story. She characterises "a predatory (rather than a passive) female
All Happy Families Are Alike Leo Tolstoy: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The episode was watched by 4.93 million viewers. This was an increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 4.58 million viewers. This made "Gotham" the most watched program of the day in FOX, beating "The Following". "All Happy Families Are Alike" received mixed reviews from critics but acclaim from fans. The episode received a "rotten" rating of 59% with an average score of 7.3 out of 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's consensus stating: "'All Happy