Myles should have made it an animated GIF (ideally with sound), but Todd's a killjoy.

Glad it didn't do the flashback thing
When the episode started, I was convinced we were going to get a "5 days earlier" caption to show us how we got here, following that now-standard TV Trope. Thankfully, they pulled off a more straightforward way to replay the trial without resorting to cliche - another way that…

The second time through The Wire, you appreciate how brilliantly each season is set-up with the "boring" early episodes preparing you for what's to come when Pelacanos rips your heart out. It took the third time through the series for me to really appreciate the brilliance of season 5, which is now my favorite. (It's…

Heroes claimed to be following the model of shorter arcs, but as we know, Tim Kring was much better at claiming to do things than doing them. The final season of Veronica Mars moved from 1 season-long arc to 3 shorter ones - and all the fans griped that it was weaker.

The Anatomy of a Homicide PBS doc is fabulous, probably the best making-of TV feature ever. It's on the Homicide s6 DVD set.