Mike, I'd like to respectfully disagree with the concept that Morpheus is wrong when he says "Nobody can be told what the Matrix is."  You're forgetting an important concept:  at the time Morpheus delivers that portion of the speech, Neo is still a physical part of the Matrix.  In the films, the only people you ever…

A really subtle detail I enjoyed:  the animation character model for Mr. Barrington was basically identical to Carter's model, but with every single element just a tiiiiiny bit bigger.

She was indeed.  And Headline News lives on, as far as I know….

If my memory serves, the reasoning Andrea Thompson gave at that time was that she had been presented with an opportunity to join a newscast in, I believe, Arizona, and although she liked the show and the cast (hell, she married Jerry Doyle…), she couldn't pass it up, because she always wanted to go into journalism.…

YES.  I was coming here to say just that.  I think it might actually be the perfect Lynchian scene:  an expert and skilled deployment of color, shadow, music, and batshit weirdness that only he can manage.

I'll be honest:  I never, ever looked at the Simpsons the same way again after this episode.

Hey, don't forget about Chris Isaak's cover (from "San Francisco Days"), which — like his earlier cover of the Yardbirds' "Heart Full Of Soul" — really brings out the inherent darkness in the song.

Noooooooo…..

… in crayon.

So long, Scott, and thanks for all the great reads.

Hodor hodor?

Hypnotoad.

In my midnight confessions… when I'm tellin' the Giant Space Chicken THAT I LOVE YOU!

Obligatory Juliana Hatfield shout-out!

He has stepped up his game dramatically this season.

Yes.  These kids today will never believe that once upon a time, Jay Leno's Letterman appearances were almost at the level of do-not-ever-miss appointment TV.

A plea:  Please keep on recapping and reviewing this show.  Please!  I don't know if the re-evaluation has occurred yet…  but if it hasn't, please!

Yes, yes I have.  It's… an experience.

Is it possible that Jimmy is suffering from some sort of undiagnosed autism?  Because he just doesn't respond to things in the way a normal human would……

Champagne Supernova features Paul Weller.  That automatically makes it awesome, even if the song makes no fucking sense whatsoever.