I have a signed copy of Phil Jackson's book "Eleven Rings" from a book signing in Pasadena. I asked him, and he believes Seattle will eventually get a team back, though I remain far more skeptical :(

- Best child actors since…Malcolm in the Middle? I could not be more impressed.

This show deserves a best drama nomination (much more deserving than Homeland or House of Cards, and arguably Game of Thrones too), and both Emerson and Acker deserve acting nominations. You can probably count on one hand the number of shows in TV history that are this ambitious with the themes explored and questions…

I think The Good Wife is a more consistent show - there are no throwaway episodes with superfluous dialogue, meandering narrative, and relatively uninteresting stakes. But Person of Interest's very best episodes hit highs that no show on TV - not Breaking Bad, not Mad Men, and certainly not The Good Wife - can ever…

Finch devoted his life to perfecting a machine that redefined the Church-Turing thesis. But ultimately even Finch is constrained by Goedel's incompleteness laws. No complete AI will remain consistent with the rules intended by its creator. By endowing the creation with true "intelligence" you necessarily concede…

anybody else pining for an Elsbeth-centric spinoff? Also, the writers really missed out by not naming her Molly

I should clarify - I mean the guy who created Veronica Mars and party down!!

There are a lot of people I'd consider. Amy Poehler, Michael Schur, Rob Thomas, Wes Anderson, George Clooney, Louis CK, Mitch Hurwitz, Hayao Miyazaki, Trey Parker + Matt Stone, Judd Apatow (and Tupac Amaru Shakur if he were still alive) all come to mind.

"I'm a Jedi"

This episode had so many small but powerful jokes, but it was Andre Jr.'s two scenes - "Wanna go hit some balls" and the rehearsed mom appreciation at the end - that had me laughing the most hysterically. That and the perfectly executed movie theater gag (Andre's goofy subconscious projections would make Bill…

even beyond the idea of company-wide liability, they could've probably said more about Uber's growing volume of complaints regarding (non-conspiratorial) driver sexual harrassment. I generally enjoyed the episode but turning that scene into a rape joke didn't really amuse me.

I say this as someone who thinks Nathan and Mimsy are mostly annoying and is too young to fully appreciate the Wacky Races pastiche (though I still enjoyed it, to the point where I could see myself watching Wacky Races if I were 8 and if Saturday Morning Cartoons still existed) - I thoroughly enjoyed this episode! I…

*cue Julianna Margulies nodding in agreement on the Emmy stage*

I wonder if Finch sees any of himself in Malcolm - at one point they both thought their ends justified their means only to see that many choices that seem easy have unintended consequences and/or strings attached.

I'm going to pretend that Karen stumbling around in dance class was a callback to Liz Lemon's failed attempt to impress Floyd with her hip hop moves during season 1 of 30 Rock. Just let me have this one thing!

I enjoyed this episode, in part because i like screw-loose episodes, and in part i love this season's continuing trend of experimenting with inverted character dynamics. After conditioning us for three seasons to expect certain things from each character, they're pushing both the cast and audience out of that comfort…

I don't think i've ever disagreed with an episode grade more - "The C Word" is absolutely The A Episode, and would be my nomination for the best of season 1 (jack-tor, tracy does conan, black tie, and cleveland round out my top 5). Obviously the Tracy/Jack storyline was sublimely poignant, daring and trenchant. Some…

FWIW i was sad that she didn't use her time in the spirit world to go visit Iroh (aka the Yoda of the Avatar universe)

Amazing episode - possibly my favorite Korra episode of all time, for exactly the corporeal literalizations of ptsd that you described. "Zuko Alone" is arguably the best tv episode ever from the avatar universe, but "Korra Alone" is not far behind - unequivocally A episode for me.

ehh, not really. Liz's love life is mostly treated as a joke for the first 5 or so seasons (shameless plug: I wrote about this in more detail http://writers-fakeblock.bl… ) - the heart of the show was her relationship with Jack, which couldn't have been any more platonic.