More perverse Sopranos humor: Zellman tells Maurice "sometimes I feel like I should be punished," and only minutes later (in running time, not Sopranos-world time) Tony is lashing him with a belt.

except they undermine it in a silly way by cutting to A.J.'s friends wrestling, one holding the other in a headlock. for me that subverted or belied the menace.

My memory is faulty, because I thought I remembered the show ending with Furio at the door and the forlorn look on the face of the doomed Frenchman. I chuckled at the menace and the beating Furio could throw him, implicating me in its similarity to Tony's amusement the first time he unleashes Furio and waits in the…

.500 in baseball puts you in the Hall of Fame

.500 in baseball puts you in the Hall of Fame

I think this was my favorite:

I think this was my favorite:

I always thought her character was great—underdeveloped and underutilized, yet great even with so little of her potential tapped. I am glad the article suggests Liz Shaw was a prototype for Scully, because I always thought that from the moment I became a fan of X-Files. Her opening scenes with the Brigadier were…

I always thought her character was great—underdeveloped and underutilized, yet great even with so little of her potential tapped. I am glad the article suggests Liz Shaw was a prototype for Scully, because I always thought that from the moment I became a fan of X-Files. Her opening scenes with the Brigadier were…

I took the "weird" comment as a half-hearted (if inadvertent) compliment. I always regarded it as one of the strengths of the show, and a primary source of its appeal to me.

I took the "weird" comment as a half-hearted (if inadvertent) compliment. I always regarded it as one of the strengths of the show, and a primary source of its appeal to me.

There is some sorrow in noticing that all those actors are now gone, but I think all three are remembered very fondly by Doctor Who fans. They have always embraced the performers at conventions, providing them with income and keeping their memory (and performances) alive. So even though they are dead, they will live…

There is some sorrow in noticing that all those actors are now gone, but I think all three are remembered very fondly by Doctor Who fans. They have always embraced the performers at conventions, providing them with income and keeping their memory (and performances) alive. So even though they are dead, they will live…

Yeah, in a demonstration of that compassion for which Janice is famous, instead of explaining to Ralph that she cannot continue the relationship with him, she screams at him about something trivial (his shoes), which puzzles him and leaves him with his guard down, so she can push him down the stairs.

wallflower, I took it this way: the music is wonderful and profound, but the scene unfolding is not tragic, merely undignified and clownish. Thus the guy is a douchebag for suggesting that it is some grand tragedy that would be appropriately "scored" that way. It is totally un-fitting to pair the music with the scene;…

That "SUV" bit cracks me up every time.

Another way the Anthony, Jr. and Jackie, Jr stories are tied: not only is it suggested that Tony fears Jackie's fate will become AJ's, but they are mistaken for one another twice. First, by the audience. We see Jackie's murder, then Tony receives a call from Carmela, which we naturally expect to be her calling because…

Rose's boyfriend Mickey was written like an idiot (as if written by an idiot) in the first episode, "Rose." It terms of annoyance, he and Rose switched places pretty quickly. Mickey became the more likeable and interesting character very quickly. By Boomtown—an otherwise rotten episode—I liked Mickey much more. In…

Rose's boyfriend Mickey was written like an idiot (as if written by an idiot) in the first episode, "Rose." It terms of annoyance, he and Rose switched places pretty quickly. Mickey became the more likeable and interesting character very quickly. By Boomtown—an otherwise rotten episode—I liked Mickey much more. In…

blame RTD