I hadn't seen that. That's great. Even if I've started to get really frustrated with how certain plots are handled I still find this show enjoyable and thought the second season was mostly an improvement.

I get what they were going for (and we're sure to revisit all of this) but it felt like they really didn't give Julia's decision the weight it deserved. The conversation with OLU seemed so rushed.

Hey, they introduced that whole pocket universe thing from the books. This had some decent moments (Quentin telling off Umber, Julia showing her appreciation for their friendship) but I am now so confused about what the plot arc for the season was supposed to be since they seem to be narrowing in hard on the Fillory…

And poor Dylan doesn't even know about Caleb (yet). I have a feeling that revelation is coming, too.

Yeah, I don't think the glow/halo effect quite worked but it was an interesting attempt to contrast the blue/gray winter look of the rest of the episode with something warmer.

It was a really striking episode visually - all of those reflections/monitors in the jail, the gloriously gothic scene in the basement, that oddly beautiful establishing shot of the house and motel silent in the snow, the ominous red lighting on Dylan talking to Norman in the squad car, the nice slow motion shot with…

The line about his brothers is even funnier (or sadder or more horrible, take your pick) when you read about how Jack Warner essentially won control of the company away from Harry and Albert Warner by convincing them to a sale of stock that secretly left him in control.

The low rent Hitchcock thing is something Castle apparently did in real life, which is also wonderfully referenced in the movie Matinee. It really did sell how far down Crawford has fallen.

Really good episode for Molina - that scene with Warner, his growing quiet fury at the table read, the wonderfully low key but devastating scene where she says she wants a divorce. And I like that their weird friendship is one place Bette gets to seem like a human being with some empathy.

Bob Hartley is a great character but a big part of why I love him is his relationship with Emily, who might be my actual favorite.

What really struck me rewatching big chunks of The Office recently was how much sadness Carell hints at in his performance. In some ways Michael is a pretty lonely guy, which makes him feel so much more human. And yet it works effortlessly with the goofier, louder parts of his personality.

I know a lot of people are going to disagree but I've always thought Buffy was if anything an underappreciated main character. She struggles with her calling, with her friends, with her enemies, with high school and real life, with her family. She has layers. She can be funny but also deeply sad, loyal but also…

Most seasons I would disagree with you (I love Marshall), but Ted actually was my favorite part of the final season. I feel like he's the only character in that season to show any real growth and he's pretty funny in it, too. (And, yeah, I hated the finale but his scene meeting the mother at the station was…

It's just such a nonsense conflict. Allow children to express their gifts because otherwise you are denying part of who they are. At the same time, make sure they receive appropriate supervision and love so that they can develop emotionally. Pretending that it's a simple binary is so ridiculous, even in otherwise…

If you like a lifelong death spiral of self-doubt, depression, and isolation, I recommend a career as an academic. Misery loves company and I get a publication credit for every ten suckers I recruit.

That episode with JJ going to the mall and setting up that whole eventual payoff is maybe my favorite thing this show has done. And it had heart, in addition to being really fun.

I feel like her About a Boy character was basically a dry run for this show, although this is a much more sharply written character.

Brick Heck getting college students to dance to Perry Como was kind of magical.

That is who Manny would want to see.

I like the relationship between Phil and his dad so I was predisposed to like this one. The other two plots had their moments (although since when is Cam scared of his sister?).