Joan would never go for it (at this point in her life). I do, however, know of one young woman who recently found herself minus one loveless power marriage and might be down for another.

Ferguson is really the only late night show I ever watch, because of how unique of a host he is.

That makes sense, especially if he knows that the KGB has dirt on him (the whole gay thing, plus, y'know, treason at this point) and that an attack on Phillip and Elizabeth would likely trigger retaliation against him.

No disrespect to Bobby #4 intended! He's my second favorite Bobby, after #2. And any change from Bobby #3 was more than welcome.

Definitely Bobby #2. Gloomy, Well-Meaning Bobby.

I'm not really sure what he expects to gain by going after Phillip and Elizabeth, though. The Russians know about his homosexuality. Surely he realizes that this means that if he takes out Phil and Liz, another handler will step in to run him. To think he can get out of being blackmailed by killing them would rest…

The Bobby Draper, perhaps, but at least he's not quite the Chris Brody.

I thought that was really interesting narrative choice in a season (and show) that's repeatedly focused on the way that Elizabeth and Phillip (and Nina, Oleg, etc.) flirt with/are corrupted by capitalist values. They'll tolerate Paige's church-going up until the point where it involves giving away HARD-EARNED MONEY!

Was there ever any movement on that Elmore Leonard adaptation starring Bryan Greenberg USA ordered to pilot at some point?

I also really enjoyed this season, although I loved Season 4 as well. It had a lot of moving pieces, but messy, tangled networks of criminals and cons is the stuff that makes up Elmore's world. In that, it felt very true to the source material. The Ava stuff has been a little weak, but I thought all of the…

Well, damn, now I had to go and look it all up. Under Kentucky law, he'd likely be guilty of facilitation ("acting with knowledge that another person is committing or intends to commit a crime, he engages in conduct which knowingly provides such person with means or opportunity for the commission of the crime and…

But there's no agreement to commit a crime, so legally, there's no conspiracy under Kentucky law. The debate as to what extent he's blameworthy or morally culpable for Augustine's death is one thing, but it's not 'legally homicide,' nor is he engaging in conspiracy to commit murder.

What would his liability be though? To my memory, Raylan simply informed Sammy as to where Nicky would be. Raylan did know that Sammy wanted to kill Nicky, but that would be pretty difficult to prove. Raylan would definitely lose his job if this kind of stuff came to light, but I think even the best prosecutor…

I really never understood why they went with an AARP-certified Jones in Crystal Skull as opposed to just rebooting the series a la James Bond.

I think I read a copy of what purported to be Darabont's script that eventually became Crystal Skull, and plenty of the crap that made it into the final movie was already present.

It also featured the acting debut of Michelle Monaghan and an early appearance of Charlie Hunnam.

Valid points, and I think that's definitely what they were going for. Even so (and I'd also have to rewatch), I felt the way the character was written during that stretch, in particular during S4, fell a little flat. It seemed like all of her worst impulses were played up, and they lost of the humanity lurking behind…

For me, Betty has always been fascinating and Jones has done a great job playing her, but the good will established by episodes like "Shoot" and "A Night to Remember" was nearly eradicated by the clumsy (especially in comparison to the rest of the show) way Betty was written in S4 and S5. I was very happy to see the…

I'm over the Stevie stuff too. This show seems to span a very broad spectrum between characters that are very realistic and recognizable (April, Dustin & family, Tim and Workaholics Jillian, Cutler) to those that are outlandish but still recognizable (Kenny, Guy, Tracy and Clegg, maybe early Stevie) to those that are…

Perhaps Showtime is building to an Avengers style franchise in which Dexter, Brody, Hank Moody, and Nurse Jackie mete out vigilante justice in a Canadian timber camp full of dark secrets and inner turmoil.