The "Melissa Leo goes out of town" episode was co-written with Fontana. The Jeffrey Donovan one was written by Jorge Zamacona (with a shared Fontana/Bromell story credit), same deal with the Marcia Gay Harden one except with Yoshimura instead of Zamacona. It's possible he was still the driving force behind all those…

How do a bunch of posters make sarcastic jokes at the expense of the Murray brothers without mentioning "The Sweet Spot"?

I have no idea how you equate a film like World's Greatest Dad with the work of Uwe Boll or Troma.

I saw Rob Roy for the first time in years on television over the weekend, and I was amused to see that it was basically a much more prestigious application of the modern Neeson template. Also, the final sword fight is pretty much the best thing ever.

A meme I really liked was the Sam Waterston article, where a bunch of posters took on the identities of various Law & Order characters and made up an episode.

Dustin Hoffman is playing a criminal freshly out of prison and out for revenge, so I'd say there's plenty of opportunities for violence. I'd also say there was plenty of humorous moments in the pilot, mostly stemming the gamblers' interactions.

Are you seriously claiming that Nicolas Cage's accent in Con Air isn't awesome? Repent!

Isn't Dickie also in jail for assaulting a marshal?

There might be something to that. Directors quite often prefer movies that they'd never make. According to David Gordon Green, one of Terence Malick's favorite movies is Zoolander.

I recall him going on Letterman to promote Willard. Letterman reminds him of the kicking incident, and Glover pauses for a couple seconds and then deadpans, "What a strange thing to do."

Says every fan of every book ever written.

I only started watching last week, and I kind of love it, even though I don't really have any intention of going back to watch the earlier episodes. I'll definitely be back next year.

Second season, third episode.

My point is this though, even if they have no intention of following through, the possibility (however faint) will always be there. If they ever do go through with it, the show will cease having any reason to exist.

As soon as they gave her a nude scene, the show served its purpose and was no longer needed. House Of Lies will have a similar predicament concerning Kristen Bell.

You're right. It is hard, as is making great television under any circumstances. Then again, you just cited two great shows that were able to handle such challenges, so it's not like it's impossible.

I think you're creating a bit of a straw man here. If Brody were to have set the bomb off, there is no reason that the writers would have to, simply have to, create an even bigger threat for the next season or arbitrarily escalate things in some unsatisfying manner. To say the writers would have no choice but to make…

I believe he was talking about faking an insurance claim, hence the money.

Mann will be much more involved than Scorsese with Boardwalk. Mann is overseeing all filmmaking aspects of the show: casting, editing, music, hiring directors … pretty much everything besides the writing. Hollywood Reporter had a good article about his involvement from a few months back:

I got the sense that during that meeting with the old colleague, Ace was just putting on a show for the guy, playing the doddering old fool in order to put him at ease and not suspect him of being out for revenge. He seemed to be much more calculating in all his other scenes.