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It actually hasn't admitted to taking place in Canada. That's just an assumption because so many of its actors and writers are Canadian and of course because of where its shot. The writers have purposely made its locale ambiguous.

The mixed reaction to season six is probably the catalyst of the lowered ratings. The decision to split the final season probably didn't help. A seven episode season of Mad Men is not at all appealing. But it's also people just moving on. It's no longer one of the most buzzed about, cool shows on TV. It's lost some of

You gotta learn to set the DVR to record both The Good Wife and The Mentalist. This is just the way it's gonna be.

Unlike Heroes FNL got its sh*t back together. And Heroes was never as good as FNL even in its first season. (I'm still pissed that the first season of Heroes was nominated for a drama series Emmy, while the first season of FNL and fourth season of The Wire were passed over).

Uh, Sonia, what's with the FNL reviews?

I agree that the stylistic flourishes are unique, but they can get in the way. Sometimes effective and haunting, sometimes distracting and predictable. I get that it comes with the territory with Bryan Fuller, but I never got tired of Pushing Daisies doing its thing. Sometimes here the images and music is just

When watching a television series based on books I try to set the thoughts of those books aside. I'm looking at this show now, as it unfolds right now. Not thinking about the books or potential future seasons. This is a new medium, and it has to work on its own right.

This show has been very frustrating for me ever since the season’s third installment. The sometimes overindulgence in stylistic flourishes were once the only real problem I had with the series. There have been a few really good episodes to keep it above water. But now we have the requirement of Hannibal so routinely

And Orphan Black if you happen to miss it the night before

Jamie and Cersei's bitch-a-thons were the highlight of the episode for me, otherwise there was even more exposition-heavy dialogue and catch-up scenes than I'm used to with this show. I recall enjoying season three's premiere quite a bit more.

TD had a letdown finale as well. At least BB's wasn't laughable.

Being an hour long hardly means a show is a drama. I do believe Shameless and 'Orange' are dramas. Glee was a comedy when I watched it regularly (its first season). Moonlighting, Ally McBeal and Northern Exposure were all hour long comedies. One could make the argument for Gilmore girls as well. But yes, these couple

Aye, Coach did get an Emmy nod out of that explosion and got to become Coach because of it (Peter Berg wanted to cast Kyle Chandler after watching that episode of 'Grey's).

Matthew Goode can fill any… void.

If you're gonna kill off a main character due to contract dispute that's probably the way to do it. I'm not certain how I feel about the episode as a whole. It was a tightly written installment up until the shooting. I feel that shooting probably should have come a lil' earlier in the episode. The last ten minutes

He elevated every scene of every movie/show he was in.

This was the first episode of the season she did it for me. I was a Keri fan before this series, but she can be a lil' vacant and stiff in her dialogue delivery. Matthew has always been the show's MVP to me.

You're forgetting about Hannibal, which if it continues to deliver might be the best drama of the season. And I would argue that the current season of Orange is the New Black and The Good Wife are superior to this recent Justified outing.

I agree, especially since with so much change there's more they could be doing character development wise. But this has been a good season thus far and it is currently the best comedy on TV nonetheless. All the gimmicks are keeping me at a distance.

This is the third. Three counts as a bunch.