He's got that I-need-to-be-liked-or-else-I'll-do-something-permanently-disfiguring-to-myself-and/or-others screen charisma that Jim Carrey and a pre-lazy Adam Sandler also have. Carrey has been decent when tying that mania to dramatic/menacing roles, as did Sandler in Punch-Drunk Love.

He's got that I-need-to-be-liked-or-else-I'll-do-something-permanently-disfiguring-to-myself-and/or-others screen charisma that Jim Carrey and a pre-lazy Adam Sandler also have. Carrey has been decent when tying that mania to dramatic/menacing roles, as did Sandler in Punch-Drunk Love.

CBS needs to cast Lillard and Michael Rappaport together as a Terriers-style private eye team, but make it into the sort of show that the horrific ad campaign made everyone think Terriers was, complete with the crime fighting dog.

CBS needs to cast Lillard and Michael Rappaport together as a Terriers-style private eye team, but make it into the sort of show that the horrific ad campaign made everyone think Terriers was, complete with the crime fighting dog.

This week was silliness on top of silliness on top of silliness. And then Ope's wake. Which wasn't inspired. But still moving.

This week was silliness on top of silliness on top of silliness. And then Ope's wake. Which wasn't inspired. But still moving.

Both Bernie Kosar and Keith McCants came through as tragic, broken men who probably would have been happier with more modest lives. McCants was moving because of his self-knowledge. Kosar was moving because you could see his body and words trying to tell one story ("I'm okay") while his eyes were saying something else…

Both Bernie Kosar and Keith McCants came through as tragic, broken men who probably would have been happier with more modest lives. McCants was moving because of his self-knowledge. Kosar was moving because you could see his body and words trying to tell one story ("I'm okay") while his eyes were saying something else…

HBO had a pretty solid McEnroe v Borg documentary recently.

HBO had a pretty solid McEnroe v Borg documentary recently.

Pretty cute until Swimmy Darmody slipped his beak inside Gretchen Mol.

Pretty cute until Swimmy Darmody slipped his beak inside Gretchen Mol.

Do you guys also watch Sportscenter and then complain when they spoil the outcome of that day's games?

Do you guys also watch Sportscenter and then complain when they spoil the outcome of that day's games?

Handlen seems to review (experience?) shows as abstractions, as specimens demonstrating the possible structures and ramifications of modern televised drama. As if each episode is a speculative theorem about the nature of drama, and not something that is actually experienced and felt. It's why I'm bummed when I find…

Handlen seems to review (experience?) shows as abstractions, as specimens demonstrating the possible structures and ramifications of modern televised drama. As if each episode is a speculative theorem about the nature of drama, and not something that is actually experienced and felt. It's why I'm bummed when I find…

Opie walks through a pet store and all the animals are like, 'get the fuck away from me, misery magnet.'

Opie walks through a pet store and all the animals are like, 'get the fuck away from me, misery magnet.'

I want Gemma and the Khaleesi to have their own spinoff where they hit the road and chant "we want our dragon grandchildren" over and over and over again, distracting motorists from all of the other interesting things that are going on.

I want Gemma and the Khaleesi to have their own spinoff where they hit the road and chant "we want our dragon grandchildren" over and over and over again, distracting motorists from all of the other interesting things that are going on.