"One reveal in the finale expertly swaps fear for the Jennings kids for fear of the
Jennings kids, laying pipe for a third season in which Paige gets all
of the answers she sought across the past 13 episodes—at a considerable
cost."

So they used that to explain why he decided to flip-flop back into helping Jack upload the file.

I mean, ratings were down season-to-season right off the bat, but a respectable amount of people DID show up for the premiere. There was clearly interest, but it was likely predicated on the idea that this was going to be an evolved, improved version of the show.

So glad Todd agrees on O'Quinn's performance. I couldn't believe how badly he phoned this one in — you'd NEVER be able to convince anyone that the bald white guy on this show was, just a few years back, the most compelling actor on television.

After just two episodes, the ratings are slowly venturing into mediocre territory—and that's WITH Jack Bauer.

Excellent episode as far as action goes. But…

I just love the whole claim that the device "can take control of up to ten drones." What an oddly specific fact about bogus technology.

I definitely think there's a regional skew to the private vs. public school question.

Classmate?

True, but that also confused me this week.

The season premiere was terrible by Mad Men standards, and last week's wasn't great either. No way they should even touch B+.

All the ad agency names throw me, but here's how I interpreted it.

So I happened to stumble upon the TV listings for this week's episode (I rarely read them) and it says "Pete is given an invitation to join an exclusive club."

I don't know that I took Noel Wells' that way. I just read it as an FU to the haters…

Always thought Bennett, based on his voice and proven deadpan ability on those AT&T commercials, would be perfect. No idea why he didn't get the call.

When Sam Smith performed, his song went into the Top 5 on iTunes.

I'm from New York, I go to concerts all the time, and I've never seen someone sane even attempt to pull off that look.

I think it stands out to me more because this sort of act is what the "online" demographic is supposed to want.

That actually brings up a good point. I think part of what makes her such a weapon for Orphan Black - beyond her acting skills obviously - is that she has such a non-descript face with such muted features . That enables them to, just by using makeup, actually create "different" people.

Wasn't referring to the grade - as I don't believe they scored worse on AVC (at least not the Kerry one). Was referring to the commenter saying this was the first semi-decent one since the Jamie Foxx ep.