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I also wish Amazon Prime allowed people to share. I have a "friends and family" associate account, thanks to my sister adding my name to her Prime membership. But the only thing I really get out of it is free 2-day shipping — I don't get to borrow Kindle books or watch any of the video. I have her password and tried

… and that is why I've skipped AHS and Glee altogether. I've been burned by Ryan Murphy too many times before. Now I'm older and wiser (or just older).

I'm also glad that the writers made it very clear from the get-go that her daughter (Kayden? Oh, dear) was born before Moriarty and Sherlock ever met. A lesser show would've teased the mystery for a season or two, and the last thing Elementary needs is a kid. Plus, the hinted-at backstory gives Moriarty even more

Right after I finished watching this episode, I noticed that local PBS happened to be rerunning Sherlock's "A Scandal in Belgravia". Comparing the two series is pointless and really isn't fair to either, so I'll skip that! But seeing the other version of Irene Adler reminded me of how glad I am that Elementary took

I spent a summer binge-watching NCIS reruns out of a lack of anything else to do. I finally stopped watching because I was tired of this strange vein of mean-spiritedness that ran through the characters' interactions, especially DiNozzo and McGee. I certainly don't need all the characters on a show to get along like

I'm a high school teacher in TX with a surprising amount of Who fans on my rosters. Most would be considered the fangirl types who *heart* Tennant and/or Smith, but many have also told me that they're excited about Capaldi. So, I'm optimistic about the show's future here.

Random fun fact that you probably already know: before-they-were-famous Adam Scott and Jon Hamm get shout-outs by name in the Anchorman scene when Veronica and Ron are insulting each other at the news desk while the credits scroll by on the screen. They were apparently friends of McKay and the gang.

Alas, season two of The Americans doesn't begin until February. Dammit.

Late to the game here, but I've thought all along that much of the negativity is confirmation bias. Many people were so loudly upset with the end of S2 (even though many of the same people — especially critics — were praising the first half as the bestest thing ever zomg) that they went into S3 assuming it would be

I was inordinately annoyed by Henry taking an 8pm train while it's still broad daylight. In December. And I'm not up on train schedules these days, but would there also be a local train leaving at 12:30am?

Yeah, poor Jeremy has some serious psychological issues — and I'm glad the show took the route of not making him an adorable moppet. (They're getting close with Irving's daughter, but, well, RUE.) I don't really want to see fucked-up adolescent Jeremy become a series regular, as that would give me bad Connor

My new ringtone shall be Ichabod saying "hosiery".

I was fooled too. I believed his motives were genuine — turn traitor (again) and reveal Javadi's plan — until "This is where it all began." That's what got to Brody. After all he'd been through, he was willing to turn on America and betray the CIA's plan. He could've finally had some kind of life in Iran instead of

Good lord, I've been begging James to, as the kids say, DTMFA ever since Cyrus's borderline-abusive "You're so stupid for taking Mellie's bait!" speech last season. I actually cheered aloud last night at James's "I want a divorce." But OF COURSE James will go back to Cyrus. He always does. Dammit. (And because

Eh, they won't care because we got a heaping spoonful of Olitz (worst shipper portmanteau ever).

Eh, I'll give the swim cap a pass because of hair issues. But the suit? Delightfully ridiculous.

I missed the face licking because as soon as the torture started, I hit the FF button. Apparently my instincts were spot-on. (Though I could've done without the dental EEEK twelve hours before my root canal appointment. Thanks ever so, Scandal.)

This episode was worth it just for Dennis Haysbert saying "Duh."

I'm quite eager to see what Sonia Saraiya says about Homeland, given her apparently more optimistic POV. Not that all the criticism isn't warranted — it certainly is — but all the near-relentless negativity here and elsewhere is wearing on me.

I'll admit that I don't watch the F&F movies or know much about Paul Walker, but yours is the latest (and best) in a list of "Paul was a lovely, humble, generous, amazing guy" stories that I've read in the past few hours. Now I wish I'd paid more attention to him. My thoughts are with his family and the many, many