Wow, lotsa folks somehow posting about Dollhouse without mentioning the Dollhouse reference in the episode. "Did I fall asleep? For a little while."

I'm apparently the only person to comment on this show who hasn't already seen the rest of the series, so I hope I won't get flamed for this: meh. I mean, it was extremely well done and I'm a big fan of Rory Kinnear, but I didn't buy that things would go down this way. There's a 0% chance the PM would go through with…

You know, the worst part of this incredibly terrible episode of television is that even the grand conspiracy is stolen: they already did this plot on Rubicon.

Wow, NBC is now reduced to almost explicitly stealing the stupid cop show idea from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Which, in the movie, was on NBC.

There's actually a pretty good arm wrestling documentary called Pulling John. I think it's on Netflix. It's got the aging legend, the upstart American challenger, the insane Russian whose training montages are straight out of Rocky movies…it's actually a kind of fascinating subculture. I mean, I'm still not going to…

Oh man, that wolf was perfect.

Zach, I'm definitely coming to the conclusion that your opinions diverge heavily from mine/much of the commentators. You seem really down on the episodes we all like, and gave a high score to this boring, messy episode severely lacking in laughs.

"J.B. Smoove as his security guard/assistant"
I'm in. Don't even care what the movie is about, that's gonna be funny.

Whoops, the perils of writing at 2 am.

My favorite moment was Varro's death. It was so brutal, and it was the moment I knew that I'd never stop watching this show. I'm a huge Whedon fan and I'd been waiting and waiting for Steven DeKnight - who made his way through the Whedon system - to really turn the show into something great. And killing off Varro that…

I continue to have tons of problems with both Mickey and Karen. Both were introduced as basically flings for Ian and Lip in ways that make sense: Mickey is tough and fun for Ian and Karen is as laid back about her sex life as Lip is. But then both Ian and Lip seem to have been hypnotized by these two despite the fact…

I really hope Vladimir Kulich had a conflicting schedule or something and could therefore only appear in a few episodes. Because killing off Vladimir Kulich, on a show about Vikings, is just incredibly stupid.

I dunno, I think the rape was exactly the kind of What The Fuck this show has been delivering for years now. Rape is clearly in Tiberius's wheelhouse, and he's definitely too stupid not to overplay his hand when he's in favor with his dad. Also, I actually said to myself, "Well, I've never seen Julius Caeser get raped…

I completely agree. He's no more responsible for taking down Agron and Crixus than the random Lannister soldier is responsible for defeating Ned Stark when the latter was dueling Jaime Lannister on Game of Thrones. He won the same way Ashur used to win - by being a devious, backstabbing dick and claiming credit for…

Definitely cover it! I'm fascinated to see how a new player like the History Channel does in scripted TV, and what it means for TV if the History Channel can succeed. I mean I've only seen the pilot but it feels like the History Channel just made a better show than any NBC drama (except Parenthood probably) on 1/10th…

Wow, the FBI is terrible at their job.

The best part of the episode was at the very beginning: Mozzie charging $13 for a scoop of gluten-free ice cream, which he snobbily justifies by telling some guy he couldn't possibly find ice cream like this in Kansas. The guy replies, "Yes, I can" and walks off. Clearly a writer on that show was poking fun of…

I love that Archer's tinnitus is worsening. Waaaay back in season 1, his tinnitus was one of my favorite jokes - how come superspies who are constantly in the middle of immense gunfights and escaping explosions don't have hearing problems? It makes no sense, right? It's also pretty much the only truly original joke…

I don't know, I think it's explicable. I couldn't stop laughing that these guys first inform their friend he's on a prank show and explain the prank before the food is actually delivered to him, and then their friend completely, genuinely turns out be be delighted to have that much tuna. It's perfectly weird and…

"The night is young, and neither are you."