I agree, I don't think Gus has anyone in the DEA.  Maybe some local cops Mike knows pass some info his way, but the DEA seems like a much tighter ship.  I think the resistance to investigating Gus is just about investigating a rich business man.  They don't want to upset Gus because even if he is innocent, he will…

"How did Kosovo get its shape? Genocide and rape."

I agree with quartz, this show doesn't do the "look at this crazy person" thing. Even, maybe especially, the deeply disturbed characters are presented as real, multidimensional human beings trying to find some way to survive and connect, not as cheap jokes or plot devices that exist solely to interact with Louie. …

Fear of a Bot Planet
Didn't that already cover the "Bender gets pissed off that Fry doesn't view robots and humans as equals" angle? And I'm pretty sure a least a couple of other episodes have touched on it as well, I just can't think of them off the top of my head. Tonight's episode was still pretty good though (by…

Who should direct?
I'm thinking George Clooney would be perfect for this, it could combine the styles of "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" and "Good Night and Good Luck". Also, who should play Burgess Meredith? And Jack Klugman? I really hope this gets made, I've always though Serling's life would make for a great…

I think it's easy for those of us who have grown up accustomed to hearing a lot of distortion in rock music to forget how jarring the idea of making distortion a key ingredient of songs must have been for listeners in the mid 70's. It's a little like "Citizen Kane"- if you watch it with 2011 eyes, it seems like a…

It doesn't matter whether you hate it or love it, Metal Machine Music was definitely influential. Just go back and listen to some Teenage Jesus and the Jerks or DNA and tell me there's no influence there. And the No Wave scene was obviously critical in the development of 80's alternative rock bands like Sonic Youth.…

Seriously, Pac, wtf?!

You're right, I do love "FDK". I probably should have worded my post differently, I didn't mean to say that they sucked after "EGBDF", just that their subsequent albums weren't, overall, up to the level of their first ones. I agree that pretty much everything they've put out rocks.

God, I haven't thought about Spin Doctors in years. I remember back when "Two Princes" was every-fucking-where.

The thing about Mudhoney is that their quality declined quite a bit after "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge". Their first two LPs are awesome though, and "Superfuzz Bigmuff" is just incredible.

I just feel sorry for the reviewer
I can't believe AV Club made you listen to Limp Bizkit, that's inhumane.

Sure, but the escort managed to find a working pay phone directly in front of a wall of "Richmond for Mayor" posters? Wouldn't it have seemed a lot less coincidental if they had just had her call on a burner and then toss it? A hooker's gotta have a burner, she's not going to use a personal number for jobs, right?

another anachronism
When the escort called Holder from in front of the Richmond posters, she was on a pay phone. A fucking pay phone!

I was also really confused about why a delay in the construction of the waterfront would suddenly mean the election is Richmond's to lose. Did any of the writers even look into how city politics and elections actually work?

All the smoking did seem unnecessary. I think at this point, everyone's seen a million shows with "used to smoke, quit, then started smoking again" symbolism. It's cliche.

The Holder worship is getting to be a little much, y'all. He was a somewhat interesting character for a while (which I admit is a rarity for this show), but especially after tonight's episode finally removed any remaining traces of darkness and made him into a teddy bear, I can't understand the continuing praises. …

love it or hate it episode
This seems to be the first episode on this show that people seem to either really dig or really hate, most of the other episodes seemed to have some commenter consensus about them. Personally I thought it was terrible, and was somewhat shocked to see Meredith's favorable write-up, then…

Re Cold Case, MadTV did a sketch about it several years ago that perfectly encapsulated the show. It was basically music videos and a horribly chliched cop show shot with a blue filter.

Maybe you can get away with not revealing the killer on a show like Twin Peaks (are there any shows like Twin Peaks?), but on a basically straight-forward procedural that seems to be aiming for some degree of "gritty realism", it seems like a mistake. I could be wrong though.