Seconded!

I agree, it's laying the groundwork before delving into the meat of the story so that those who have been keeping up will get a stronger payoff. And I think part of this is due to the creative shuffle behind the scenes after the pilot - the network wanted to make sure they had a strong series on their hands. Overall,…

Mustache Guy played Annoying Mustache Guy in 3:10 to Yuma

Brotherhood
Any fans of Showtime's short-lived crime drama Brotherhood out there? Henry Bromell was one of the main writers on there and he's brought along Brotherhood's creator Blake Masters to be a consulting producer on the show. Brotherhood had a very slow burn too, but by the end of its first season had a really…

Psychology class
I've never seen an episode of TNG, but I thought I'd share that a few years ago I took a Social Psychology class with a rather intimidating professor who'd often come to class wearing a dashiki. He didn't look like it, but he was a massive Trek fan. I don't remember the lesson for this particular day,…

Plan B
Is the use of the phrase "Plan B" a pun on the fact that Brad Pitt has a production company called "Plan B"? Because that's clever!

"Crash" takes place entirely in LA

Larry Sanders
It's been a while since I've seen it, but what "Talk Show" from the first season of "The Larry Sanders Show." It's the one where Larry tries to do his show and have a conversation with his wife during the commercial breaks.

Agreed - God returning in the form of Cas would have been appropriate.

Final Confrontation
I was a little disappointed that this season boils down to just a conversation between Lucifer and Michael in a fairly ordinary looking field. But in retrospect this season has been great and if Sam and Dean weren't such great characters I probably would have lost interest ages ago.

I think they've written themselves into a corner. When you start trying to explain magic and the supernatural, it's bound to sound idiotic, but I'd hoped the writers would have figured out a way around this and offered some sort of explanation. Guess not.

Locke Meets the Monster
Apparently Smoke Monster originates from a pool of golden light. Remember when Locke first saw The Monster in Season 1? "Walkabout," I think. When he talks to Eko in season 2 about the monster he says he saw a bright light while Eko says he saw something much different. I wonder if that's…

I thought the first half was a little difficult to get into, but I think, like most of this season, it will play better on multiple viewings.

I think I was left with more questions than answers by the end. But it's still a great episode.

I think it's weird for the writers to make a mystery out of something seemingly so simple (ie, a name). But that's Lost for you.

Death
Thank god that final confrontation didn't involve Dean trying to stab Death. It would have been quite absurd had he succeeded. Not to mention we'd have missed out on that great conversation. Completely absorbing and such a strange tone. Especially when he mentions being older than God and that eventually God…

Congrats on your first.

Catlin not Catlina. I am so silly.

"…directed by Sam Catlin and written by Scott Winant"
It's the other way around. Written by Sam Catlina and directed by Scott Winant.

But their baby has never even been on the island.