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Grim Fandango
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I thought the direction and the visuals of the Dalek episode were trippy and awesome, I'm tentatively on board with Mary Poppins in the Promised Land, I thought the first half hour of the premiere was excruciating to get through, I think Capaldi and Coleman are the best actor combo assembled yet and I hope the writing

The golden arrow defies every kind of physics or materials science known to man. It is literal nonsense.

Danny Pink's blonde afro is a more unexpected twist for next week than the astronaut costume.

Everyone knows that the best thing about Doctor Who is relentless navel gazing. What better anchor for a children's sci fi show than a self-loathing war criminal? As though Smith/Eleven were delusional for putting the show's viewers first in delivering entertaining content instead of wallowing in grimdark.

The kid from Looper is an intense little guy, but I too was not expecting a murderous android on the same show as the alien psychic rape baby. They seem like they overlap more than reinforce each other.

Boy, is that a plot point that wasn't set up for shit. It's tv, this should be easy stuff. Davos (or Selyse) walk in on Stannis and Melisandre staring into the fire and ask what's happening, they announce that there is work to be done, end scene. Instead, the only foreshadowing is a scene where Melisandre is

He doesn't even rape well. Twice the turnoff.

I believe the point of the Unsullied is that they are…wormless. So you would inevitably be disappointed.

It's nights like tonight where I call bullshit on the alleged virginity of all the spoilerphobes and show-watchers-only. Why would anybody who only knew of the show care about the Mountain? He's been recast in every new appearance. The only thing he ever did that was noteworthy (decapitate a horse and then disappear

FATALITY!

He spends the entire story admitting to being a total fucking parasite and sponge in every way. What do you care what "small measure of dignity" he reclaims in his petty power struggle with a nameless (fictional) club owner in Poughkeepsie?

His story is a perfect test to identify irrepressible douchebags and petty tyrants. Reveal yourself at your own peril.

We're talking about one of the most closely guarded secrets the Pentagon had. I realize that viewers have fallen in love with Nina's toothy grin and occasionally naked ass right along with Stan, but c'mon. No contest.

What's Stan doing dreaming about Martha stealing classified docs? And what's up with passive-aggressively typing Nina's death warrant? That's a chickenshit move, Stan.

That was a refreshingly large amount of Yvonne Strahovski for one night.

That was just really tired and miserable. I'm bummed out. I actually wasn't expecting anything different, but it's dispiriting that yet more Hollywood idiots have no idea how to write about anything in the world today without it being all about Russian intelligence asset Edward Snowden or that mucous-y Julian Assange.

What is it you've done to acquire your very own European(?) troll?

That was actually really good. I mean, yeah, like they kidded themselves about, it was pretty much identical to the Lego Movie, but maybe that just means more people need to do Lego stuff?

It's becoming quite the trend for shows to have a defacto series finale and then get renewed anyway.

I was expecting a new clone, though I guess Rachel partially qualifies.