Well, he tortured terrorists or those he suspected of either being terrorists or knowing something about an imminent terrorist attack. It was not exclusively brown people. In fact, I think there were more domestic (mostly white—it seemed that every season ended with the revelation that the real terrorists were a group…

Next week is the finale. Two hours.

@Midnight Departure: Perhaps I worded that poorly. I did not mean to suggest that their relationship can't or won't grow anymore on any level. The relationships we have with close friends and family members are always growing, just due to time and new experiences. It's just that, with the developments of this episode,…

Cranston (at least in this role) is like Michael Jordan. He should win every year he's eligible. That makes Lewis (who was great in the first season, but not *quite* at Cranston's level) the Karl Malone or Charles Barkley of this analogy. My guess is Cranston takes home his fourth Emmy.

Um, I'm not sure that I agree with you 100 percent on your police work there, Myles. I suppose it's possible that Irene is an illusion, but I doubt it. I know Sherlock has been tormented by the memory of Irene, but I don't think he was expecting to find her alive in that house, which makes me skeptical that he would…

I forgot about Connie Britton because I stopped watching Nashville months ago. But you're right. She's a possibility.

Not sure it was all that long ago. Baker was nominated four years ago. Matthew Fox got a nomination for Lost the next year, and Hugh Lurie got one for House the year after that. Last year was the first time all actors from the networks (assuming we don't count PBS as a network) got completely shut out in that category…

Not sure on the Emmy nominations. If Elementary was on 15 years ago, I think it would get a slew of nominations. But the competition is really tough right now. I do think that Miller and Liu have a better chance in the lead categories (and they're definitely leads) than they would in supporting. Last year, the…

Agreed. She basically went Michael Corleone in that scene.

It was only "legitimate" in that he would have won anyway. If (when?) this comes up again at some point, hiding behind the fact that he would have won anyway probably won't save him. But I guess we'll see.

I have no idea what it is, but I couldn't help but think "Catelano."

Abernathy is great, though I'm partial to tech-savvy Junior Soprano.

Really liked the episode, especially Sherlock's confession to Joan (as is typical, the character moments were much stronger than the less-than-spectacular procedural stuff) and Alfredo's explanation that the sobriety chips function as an inspiration for others who are recovering. I also loved that Alfredo couldn't…

I don't know. Even the "weak" episodes (the post-Super Bowl one excepted) generally have some good character moments. At any rate, I think it's comfortably in the top tier of network dramas (The Good Wife and Person of Interest are the only others that I would rank at or above the same level). It's never going to be…

Really good episode. I think Stan was a bit foolish to think that Nina bought his lies about Vlad, though. I thought it was pretty clear that she didn't believe him for a second. And I agree with Genevieve that it's more than enough motivation for Nina to become a double agent (actually, I guess she's a "re-doubled"…

Yeah, the forearm thing did make me roll my eyes a bit. That's more cartoon comic book (think the "touch of doom" or whatever it was called from that Batman: The Animated Series episode) than live-action, "serious" comic book.

I'm a bit shocked that Todd is actually missing those dreadfully boring Catelyn-at-her-dying-father's-bedside chapters. Without question, the best cut the writers have made to date.

I was thinking the same thing. Of course, the difference is that Matthew was involved in Christopher's assassination attempt, while Vlad had nothing to do with Amador's demise. And Tony was a mob boss, while Stan is an FBI agent.

It was a really good episode for all the reasons mentioned, but I'm still reeling from how last week's episode ended. Todd makes an interesting point that perhaps the guy who killed Vlad in cold blood was the real Stan all along, and maybe he's right. Either way, I found myself viewing Stan with contempt the entire…

The B and C plots (not exactly sure which was which) were both excellent. I was glad to have Shaw back, and I felt bad for poor Beecher. But the main plot was frankly kind of stupid (especially toward the end), so I had to drop it to a B+. Still, it's good to have Person of Interest back, and I can only hope Shaw…