"Crabby"?

Ah, I missed that about the goosing being a reference. (My best guess was that  Shawn's heterosexuality had to be [re]established in preparation for that look he and Gus share at the end—Shawn has just uttered the "make love to our wives" line, someone reminds him neither of them is married, and Shawn and Gus look at…

I've always wondered if the /sh/ sound in "Sean" comes from the letter S by itself or if one or both of those vowels are also required for it.

Maggie Smith too. She herself has commented on it, how she went from "girl" to "grandmother" with very little of the "mother" stage.

Knowing "The Killing" (fuckyouTheKilling), Rosie Larsen comes back from the dead. Argh!

"And with any show, the upside of week-to-week coverage can be an almost
familial relationship to the characters that I think can be really fun
and welcoming in this kind of forum."

It's pretty inconsistent, for example, what the aliens do and don't know about life on earth, so from one episode to the next the premises might even contradict each other slightly. But I enjoy the characters: all four of the main aliens are fantastic. I agree that there isn't much to analyze, but I do hope we get…

And can he move *all* balls with his mind, or just roulette—

In the episode, Lesley Ann Warren (the original Miss Scarlet in the film) was given references from a few of the movie's characters—she was something of a composite here, more than any other actor, I think.