Glen Garry Glen Ross has 3 sets (IIRC), but the lion's share of the story takes place in the one office, So I'd say that's counts at least as much as "Reservior Dogs".

I agree it would've been a better example of a bottle episode, but I think "Balance of Terror" captures the claustrophobic feeling so well it probably edges out "Corbomite" for purposes of this list. Although you do have a point that it's not really confined in a physical sense. Not only do we have action on the…

Dastardly - thanks for mentioning that, I had forgotten about it. Family Ties might have been a fairly standard old-scholl sitcom, but they did through in some deeper stuff there sometimes (the 3-parter when the dad almost dies was pretty good too). It's about time for TV land to bring the re-runs back, they'd…

If not being intelligent enough to see through Pixar's bullshit mean enjoying the hell out of one of the most emotional kid's movies I've ever seen, then sign me up. I had high expectations for TS3, so when we found out that it was coming out the day my son turned 6, we planned his birthday party around. The kids all…

season-long arcs are good and all that,
But it seems that they've pushed the old style of more moderate serialization out of the way if you want to make a "serious" dramatic series these days, you have to have longer arcs to lend the proper artistic credentials to your show. On the other hand you can eschew arcs…

I think just about every interpretation here OTHER than Juanito's is pretty valid. Juanito, I don't get how their homosexuality is portrayed as wrong? First of all, we don't even know if they're gay or not, that's part of the joke. The bystanders are reacting to the irony of the situation, not passing judgement. That,…

The Chemical brothers
I was in college at CSU back in 1997 and The Chemical Brothers were playing somewhere down in Denver. Anyway, my friends and I were all so broke there was no way we could afford tickets, but we figured we'd go to the synergy club downtown instead, which was an 18-over after-hours dance club that…

For me that'd be Radiohead. For most of the 90's an early 00's I primarily followed electronic music. I'd heard of radiohead of course, and was aware of them as a band that I'd probably really like and should catch up on, but I'd never bought any of their albums (as it turns out I'd already heard quite a bit of their…

No, I did it again on accident. Once I make a stupid mistake like that it tends to get ingrained that way in my head…

But what if you're imagining it just to calm your fears that you could be imagining it all?

Shit! That's my pet peeve in real life - I can't believe I did that! sorry Zach.

If you're that much of a completist, then by all means jump in head first with TOS. There are all-time great episodes as early as the 7th in the first season (or thereabouts, I'm thinking of "Balance of Terror") Like all geeky obsessions (and to a greater extent than most IMO) There's something of value in every…

I don't know how long you've been following Zach's write-ups, but you might cut him some slack. He's been known to have his share of typos and assorted errors, but the quality of the reviews more than makes up for it.

Apples and oranges, Man. TOS had better characters and some more dramatic stories, but was cheesy as hell at times. The Wrath of Khan is a great movie no matter how you look at it, so you can't go wrong there. TNG had some early blandness but developed a broader scope later on. I might go with TNG just becuase the…

It's gotta be Picard, no doubt. He'll kick Rikers ass and then make him sit through some shakespeare before finishing him off. Later he has a three way with Crusher and Troi just to rub it in.

Anything that makes sense of Riker's refusal to accept promotion is a welcome argument to me. I could see turning down a freighter or something becuase you're living high on the hog aboard the Flagship, but after you turn it down once or twice you're file's going to be marked with a big red flag.

It's hard to say, but probably the season finale from season 4 (IIRC), the one where they actually fim the pilot. If only becuase it's a good episode that also ties together and calls back to elements from the entire season (kina a proto- "Curb" season finale) It' got a bigger scope than most Seinfeld episodes, but…

It's up there as a good early episode, and notable for one of the first that develops Lisa's character and her relationship with Homer. But I doubt you'd find it on many people's "all time greats" lists.

I've got a thing for a woman in a sharp business suit, so it's 100% Dr Melfi for me (it's a damn shame they used a body double for Tony's imagined Melfi shower scene). My own biases aside, you can't deny Adriana's hotness.

That's what I always thought as well - that it would be pretty cool being freinds with a standup becuase he's always going to be entertaining you (no offense to my actual freinds, you're ok too).