Has Forrest really not experienced any comeuppance prior to being framed for arson? Because it felt to me like he had on several different occasions, perhaps chief among them being shot and nearly dying.

Pumpkins were the year before. The year after was Metallica, Soundgarden, Ramones, Screaming Trees, and so on. Also Shaolin monks, because why not?

Dennis Kasich? Is that the Gem Fusion of John Kasich and Dennis Kucinich?

Exactly on all points. It's entirely reasonable not to take that seriously, but they definitely played to it later on with Scully's supposed moment of death being taken from her. And it just sort of feels right, you know? Of course Scully will spend the rest of her long, long, long, melancholy life becoming more and…

Not my young self. I was already a pretty dedicated fan of Jon's before he even got the gig, so I knew we were trading up. Though I also felt bad for him at the time, as it looked like he had really enjoyed his time as guest host on The Late Late Show and he seemed perhaps hurt that he was ultimately passed over in…

See also the life of David Duchovny?

Oh, man. I was just telling someone about Mulder and Scully's predicted fates the other day. Or, in Scully's case, non-fate. If that's how they ended this miniseries, especially in the wake of this bit of news, I would be totally okay with that.

For a moment I thought the scripted MTV series list would work all the way back to Dead at 21. A dopey show, but I ate it up way back when. I was also entertained by the fact that it starred Jack Noseworthy and Whip Hubley, because those names are amazing.

And who, pray tell, voiced Mary Jane on that series?

I kind of do, actually. Yes, I'm serious.

First one is surprisingly non-awful. Can't comment on the second, except that it's surely not as good as Babe: Pig in the City.

No, Jobs was on Cap's list of things he missed and still needed to check out.

Well, that last part seems accurate enough to where Stark's head has been since the Battle of New York. They've now spent two movies showing how much that experience shook him. So "under the thinnest layer of repression" feels about right to me.

Hm. I'm afraid I also don't really understand, and I read your revised exchange several times.

Oh, man. I would be all over that meal. Now I'm hungry, dammit!

Yeah, I don't make a habit of complaining about review grades, but I do feel like this deserved higher than a B+.

I'm quite late in commenting, but I have to say that I was pretty disappointed in this finale. Marco's death was far too predictable, and Jimmy's U-turn at the court was only predictable because A. we know what comes later, and B. it was telegraphed from the moment he learns of the job offer. It was not, in my…

Golly, that's an insightful bit of analysis. Thanks for elevating the discourse!

Off the Air is perhaps the least appreciated bit of brilliance on American television.

Yes, I really doubt that most of these characters will be in more than a couple of scenes.