I love that the writers are able to respond to complaints (recognizing valid ones, disproving empty ones). It makes it into an actual discussion, instead of the one-sided self-fellation machine the Internet usually is.

A lot of it felt inessential, to be sure, but there were more than a few moments that really hit on something terrific and true. In particular, I'm thinking of the episodes "Ghosts in the Machine", "The Imperfections of Memory", and "There Is Another Sky", all of which would be great television in their own right,…

Oh, and then, immediately following drinks: the nerdiest, quirkiest sex ever.

Yup, at the end of the last episode, right before Katherine walks past the API building, Miles and Julia are walking out together, presumably for drinks.

I'm really hoping that they go back and [explain/retcon] it's some kind of "personality bleed" or something, a kind of mental/physiological analog to the way she was involuntarily seeing through to The Other Side in the S1 ep "The Road Not Taken".

Seriously. She's gotten SO much better than her lackluster performances in the first few episodes of the series.

Olivia's shooting
Here's the thing, though: in "Grey Matters" (and other episodes…I think maybe "Bound", too?), Olivia really is a crack shot. (I might be getting those episodes wrong, but I'm certain she's had some serious Halo-worthy headshots.) So was that lucky shooting, or inconsistent writing (which I doubt from…

Pleasant surprised
Just watched this, and it was nowhere near as bad as I was expecting. Mostly because, yeah, it embraced its own ridiculousness.

So
Ed's kind of a dick. I found myself actually rooting for Angelo, which is something I'd never thought I'd be doing.

Damn, I didn't even think about the briefcase being bugged. Yeah, that makes total sense.

Briefcase
Spangler's obsession with Will's briefcase (or lack thereof) is actually a great example of why I really, really like this show, despite its near-glacial pace: it's a nice humanizing moment, sure, but it also gives a really stark and creepy insight into just how dangerous the world of intelligence analysts…

Overarching plot
Still nowhere near as good as Season Two's master plot, but I mind this one a lot less than last season's, if only because it feels like the scope is going to be a little more controlled—with Vaughn as this season's Carla, it'll at least *feel* more focused than S3. I hope.

From Jerry Saltz's write-up on the episode:
"Her picture of twin dead fawns made China, Jeannie, guest judge David LaChapelle, and even Peregrine herself cry."

All good points. I guess the thing that annoyed me wasn't Toby's accusation (which, yeah, was pretty close), so much as Leo not saying "Actually, it was Hoynes who gave the final order, and he was elected, so shut up." But then, that's less dramatic.

I love "17 People" a whole lot, but one thing always bugged me:

Maybe I'm alone in this
I thought this was actually a really good episode. I like that they had Fiona actually trust Michael, instead of complicating things (and further suggesting a weird love triangle) by giving the Bible to Vaughn. I liked the firefight with Reese, though it would've been nice if they gave it some…

@Snugglesaurus:

Really, really pleasant surprise
I was worried they were just going to coast by on the pure, unadulterated awesomeness of Bruce Campbell *and* Burt Reynolds in the same scene at the same time. I'm incredibly happy they didn't.

Also, I just started reading Jerry Saltz's recaps, and not only are they more interesting than anything he's said on the show so far, they're more interesting than the show in general.

Yeah, I was just reading her rundown of the public art challenge, and it's actually pretty enlightening about how the show-as-aired is different from the competition itself.