Also, Alexander deserves some sort of "Euro DJ Appreciation" plaque for writing "Murder on the Dancefloor"…15 years later, that song still rules.

Annie, this was a really good read, and I especially liked the point about musical transition.

As someone who clicked because I thought this would be an F, Nathan did a good job of the two funny scenes elevating this to a D-.

There are many things I love about Rectify, and one is the ability to have any character acts as the protagonist for an episode. Teddy's situation generates a surprising amount of sympathy (full credit to Crawford): his birth mother is out of the picture, he had his step-mom ask him to stop calling her "mom", and his…

Amantha's stilted conversation with Peanut, a thousand times yes. Hilarious scene, and what I really appreciated was how it didn't end with a disdainful note, but Amanatha's bewilderment that this is her life.

Co-signed.

Get the hell out of here…

Great idea. The use of "Funky Drummer" could be a 10-part essay:

Twix -> Betwixt -> Between -> State of every character on this show!

Excellent use of The Raconteurs' "Together" in the bar while Amantha and Jon split-up.

Internet Goldmine from 2005: people posting their initial disappointment with Colbert Report!

One of Carrell's segments that killed me was the Tour de France updates where he juuuuuust kept missing a live report of the racers. Super simple concept, but Carrell sold the hell out of it.

Colbert: "Condoleezza Rice, you have the last word…"
Rice: "Thanks for having me-"
Colbert: "YOU'RE A MORON!"

Yeah, that is a huge quote I hadn't read before.

And her brother's name is Daniel - totally mainstream!

If your friend could follow everything in Fargo, your friend can watch Rectify without a problem.

This year might be rough because Jon Hamm nailed the finale of Mad Men. However, I fully agree that Young is worthy of some kind of recognition.

Legitimately great news - this is my favorite drama on TV alongside The Americans.

Season 1 definitely hangs over the criticism of this show, but that's the risk with an anthology.

I'm sure this movie is terrible, and I remembered little about the actual plot (little heavy for a freaking game trailer), but damn, it produced 1-liners that I still recall 20+ years later…