Feels like another entry in the Divorce/Married/Togetherness brand of “We’re white and Gen X and we’re comfortable financially but struggling with middle-age” indie dramedy that’s been popping up in the 2010s, with a dash of Desperate Housewives to keep people not part of that demographic from getting (sorry Danette)…

Inconsistent characterization & seat-of-your-pants plotting or no, I am really going to miss this show’s incorrigible addiction to wordplay.  The “Stay in your lane, Blaine / Make a new plan, man” bit and the “Rich / White / Mann” bit -- delivered by a black character named “Charli Collier” no less -- are just pure…

I guess my only (small) complaint is the total absence of the rest of the ensemble. No Gene, no Sally, no NoHo Hank — and I realize that including any scenes with them would have broken the fever-dream atmosphere of the episode, but I missed them all the same. The show may be called Barry, but there’s more to it than…

I must say I’m surprised if you genuinely haven’t encountered this before; it’s pretty much the go-to “strong (usually) female character finally breaks down after being assaulted or otherwise victimized” image as seen in dozens of movies and TV shows. Google Image Search produces many choice results for “crying in the…

I read an interview recently which stated that Stevenson & co. have four full 13-episodes seasons mapped out; I think what may happen is that each of the next three seasons will be “split” allowing for two separate release dates, as with the latest (and hopefully last) season of Arrested Development.

I had the privilege of sitting in on a food safety/alcohol serving course (the apprentice bartenders took it for two weeks, we convenience store proles only needed 2 days) in Austin before starting a job at 7-Eleven and turfing out customers who are asleep in your bar was a big point of emphasis. Cops will shut down a…

This was also my assumption — he wanted to get Holt to enter his password as a means of framing Holt for something, or just embarrassing him to the point where his career was ruined for good.

Amen. Rosa’s a good person who deserves to be happy but Jocelyn is absolutely allowed to decide dating a cop is too stressful and unfulfilling. For all the character development B99 has done lately, that’s one aspect that hasn’t really been explored much.

I briefly entertained the possibility that Andrew was in on it (perhaps wearing a stolen uniform) since the camera stuck with him a little longer than strictly necessary.  Then Amy recognized him and I decided it was too unlikely.

The possibly over-broad category of “fast food menu item” did seem to make for teams that are not easily compared to each other, though. Perhaps, as in most fantasy sports, requiring certain “positions” to be selected (say one sandwich/entree, two sides, a dessert, and a flex/wildcard pick) could help the commentariat…

As a middle-aged person, 95% of whose age-appropriate matches have children still living with them, I could really stand not to read “[my children] are my world” ever again. Of course they are, they’re your children! I am comfortable assuming that they are important to you.

Or how about NSF for “insufficient” (the opposite of “excess”) and also Not-Speed Force?

As goofy as it is, I kinda like Hsalf having his own Ecrof Deeps.

Also, everyone blaming Sherloque for the mess was unbelievably stupid.

Apropos of nothing, I was crushing hard on Carla Tannhauser (Susan Walters) last night. (Gorgeous, smart, and withholding pushes all my buttons I guess.) And Walters is well-cast as Danielle Panabaker’s mother; the two-shots of them together are very convincing.

Only on television does the public domain provide the most threatening music for a character.

I felt simultaneously seen and attacked by that Taco Bell commercial.

They’re trying to write about romance, sure. But can you name a romantic pairing that’s been written about so far that doesn’t fit into my two categories of “doomed” (Dr. Finn/Isaac, Gordon/hologram girl, either Xelayan/anybody) or “irreparably screwed up” (Bortus/Klyden, Ed/Kelly)? The closest we’ve come to the mark f…

By using the minimum necessary force to put them down. It’s an established rule in comics that no matter how strong your opponent is or how weak you are, if you get tossed into a wall you’ll make a full recovery in a matter of minutes.  Other forms of engagement are riskier.