Yeah, this bothered me too. Now, I am not an archer, but it seems to me that drawing a bow uses pulling muscles (e.g. back and biceps), while slapping water uses pushing muscles (e.g. chest, triceps and shoulders). Think of it this way: if a person wants to be able to do a pull-up, the best way to go about doing that…

I really wanted to give this episode an A. The separation stuff, especially as it related to the kids, was tremendous. And we have our first death of a semi-major character, albeit a bit earlier than I expected. But those flashbacks were so lame (interesting that Todd kept mentioning The Sopranos, as that's another…

To answer your question, I'd say the kids on Game of Thrones are damn good.

Hmm…I think Todd makes a pretty good point about the timing of the revelation. It would be kind of like Betty Draper finding out the truth about Don midway through the first season of Mad Men. But just because something could be *better* (and I can relate to this—it still bothers me that Two-Face was underutilized in…

Memo to Thea Queen: Court-ordered community service is *not* a "job."

Yeah, I was thinking Reservoir Dogs as soon as the music started.

I thought the same thing. I know that plot was used on Law & Order once, and I'm sure it's been used on other shows as well, so it's sort of what I was expecting in a crime procedural like this. I liked what they did better.

After yet another very good to (in this case) stellar episode, Elementary is really challenging The Good Wife and Person of Interest for the title of the best network drama on television. Interesting that all three shows are on CBS. I'm also thrilled that the ratings have been good enough that we'll probably at least…

Another really good episode. I'm more convinced than ever that this show deserves multiple Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series. The thing that I was most gratified by was the writers finally delving into Phillip's past life in Russia (granted, it's only been seven episodes, but we've already had…

I'm just happy that Nina is still alive. I thought for sure that either she'd die or Stan would find a way to exfiltrate her. It never occurred to me that they'd set up the rezident until the cashier dropped something into his bag. Actually, I think my favorite scene in the episode was Stan convincing Nina to go along…

I think that has to be my favorite Art scene ever. 70 seconds of pure awesomeness.

Yeah. In my opinion, The Sopranos is the most consistently great show in the history of television, though Breaking Bad is right there too.

Ok, a few things:

The return of Junior Soprano was the highlight for me. The episode gets a B just for him. I also enjoyed seeing Laura Hellinger and Elsbeth Tascioni again. And I laughed every time the opposing counsel "strenuously" objected, since that seemed like an obvious reference to A Few Good Men. It wasn't the best episode of…

I agree with beema. Do I think Stan was encouraging Nina to use her beauty to help her get the information? Yes. But I think he thought she would just be flirtatious. I don't think he thought he was asking her to just straight up give the guy oral sex. It was probably naive on Stan's part that he didn't realize that…

That's all well and good. That's just something I don't particularly care about when I'm watching a show that I know is fiction and is obviously taking license for dramatic effect. I just want to be entertained, and as long as I don't think the show is completely insulting my intelligence (e.g. Brody roaming the VP's…

Another really good episode. The show is really good at delving both into the cultural differences between Americans and Russians and the fundamentally different way men and women think about some things. Having sex with sources is something that both Phillip and Elizabeth do, but this episode did a good job of…

Solid episode overall. They were spending so much time on Tommy that I also wondered if the show might be getting ready to kill him off (there's still time, though). I thought it was smart that the show finally developed him beyond his heretofore role of comic relief and/or an obstacle in the way of the inevitable…

Fantastic episode, easily the best of the season. I can't remember the last time an episode of Justified had such a high body count (I count at least seven bodies, maybe eight, depending on whether the prison guard survived—there was a pretty sickening crunch sound that is usually indicative of a death). And a really…

Yeah, and then she pumped three rounds into him just for good measure. I've never seen a flash bang used like that before. Very creative.