It's still pretty damn soapy. If anything, it's even MORE soapy, given the whole Bob Benson . . . thing.

This is one of the best pilots I've ever seen, though Breaking Bad sort of edges it out. The only thing I don't like about it is the domestic scene at the end— like we're supposed to be SURPRISED that this cad is married to a model and has gorgeous children. Don is defined by his constant need for more; we shouldn't…

Oh, I meant Damon at his peak, obviously. He bores the crap out of me now.

Am I a terrible person if I immediately thought you meant, "erection"?

Witchy Woo Woo Thread

Deep thought of the day: Is The Spaghetti Incident in any way related to the infamous Noodle Incident?

I agree that this was a far more exciting episode than past ones have been, but I'm still (unsurprisingly) disappointed in the gender divide. I know the Mikaelson men are nothing if not ridiculously sexist, but watching Bex clean up their bloody mess instead of, oh, compelling someone to do it and telling her brothers…

The opening scenes made me wish this was a sitcom about ancient, hot vampires.

I'd be shocked if anyone cares about those two.

Wasn't Dunston an orangutan?

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Dramabomb!

I was neutral on him before, but pushing BMO is

How often do you do these? I adore The Golden Girls and I remember a few of these episodes (though I certainly doubt I understood the vibrator joke when I was a kid). And the idea of Sicily v. St. Olaf makes me squee.

I feel you. I'm too much of a perfectionist to want to complete such a long project in such a short time frame. I might get a decent first draft, but then I'd want months and months to edit it.

Among the elite class, arranged marriages are political alliances; they don't need to imply ownership and there is no canon evidence in this particular series proving they do. Some aspects of their culture are inspired by historical Eastern society, but they are by no means identical. There isn't a single other…

They call the Wu Tang Clan "the Velvet Underground of the decade."

Yeah, obsessive nostalgia is annoying, but Pop Culture can give people with different backgrounds and interests some common ground. It's kind of beautiful in that way, even if it does just involve talking about the opening sequence of Are You Afraid of the Dark.

Didn't the guy from Salute Your Shorts join Rilo Kiley or something?

I agree. My Brother and Me had a token white kid instead of a token black kid. And there was always Shelby Woo.