*prepares for next life as tape worm assistant to Lorne Michaels*

What, what?

Yes, absolutely, I don't think that would be a valid criticism under any circumstances, especially for a professional critic.

But the work that Deadwood and The Wire required was due to the very qualities that made them great: the complexity of the story lines and the richness of the characters and setting. Even if you were not up to speed immediately, you were left wanting to understand more. I had that feeling after the first episode of…

Thanks for those explanations. I especially like FM Last's plot justification.

Ron Perlman reads the audiobook for The Strain, and it is awesome.

I was really hoping that it would take a page from The Walking Dead by being set in a world where the central monsters hadn't previously existed in fiction (at least that's my memory of the Walking Dead, I could be wrong).

Why the hairpiece? He was bald in his to-date signature role. He knows we know he's bald, and everybody should know we're fine with it. I don't get it.

I think that the title refers to "Baby Jesus and The Adult Christ." Raymond Brown, a pretty significant Bible scholar in the late 20th century, wrote a book called "Putting an Adult Christ in Christmas" that, among other things, contemplates the Christmas story's larger context in the gospels.

That's a hard interpretation for me to buy - I think given the federalist nature of the document and the limitations on executive power, that most state and federal judges would agree there's nothing in the U.S. Constitution allowing a president to pardon individuals for crimes against the respective states. So I…

Underlying CIA Agent: (hanging up the phone) "Mr. President… it was Jack Bauer. He said the moon is going to fall out of the sky within the hour."

I don't really understand the criticism that the show doesn't make it clear why he wants power - it seems clear that power is the end in an of itself. It's like saying a show doesn't make clear why a character wants money. For example, why does Tusk want more money? He has enough so that there's very little he…

Don't you think this is a little offset by the fact that the episode set up his absolute dedication to Gemma earlier? He was clearly quite affected by Gemma saying she loved him, and told Wendy that was the only reason he was still around. I buy that he might make a stupid decision like that.

beema - I agree.

And, despite my initial problem with this, I do have to admit that Jax's plan isn't exactly "text message news."

I had that thought as well, but I'm glad that didn't happen. Juice has done some pretty terrible things, but sacrificing himself for Gemma could have been the worst.

I believe you mean "Eddy Jimmy" Olmos. 

Unilateral action is kinda Clay's things.  Cigars, arthritis and unilateral club action. 

That was one of the most useful skills I learned. Also, I'm a lawyer now.

Put it this way, if Raylan bit someone every week, people would eventually start referring to him as a biter.