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One of the first AT episodes I ever saw was It Came From The Nightosphere, and its ending with Jake in Finn's pocket just showing us his butt and farting is the exact moment I became a real fan.

But that's the thing, murdering someone isn't 'animal control'. I personally think it's a really ugly message for a show, the idea that some people need to be shot in the face and put down. It was exactly the kind of thing Malvo himself would have wanted; not exactly a satisfying ending. And regardless of whether or

This is my gripe with Fargo. They go for realistic 'like life' moments in the finale, clearly inspired by No Country For Old Men and other more grounded Coen films, but go for 'vengeful God fish hurricane' and 'Malvo is magic' in other episodes, which felt more like the weirdness of Barton Fink, O Brother Where Art

I really don't wanna get into the gender politics that the reviewers seem to read into this show, but my reaction to Gus capping Malvo was very similar to my reaction to the shot of a bloody Lester grinning when he realises he scared Malvo away. It was that dumb male pride thing, the feeling of being the alpha that

Thing with Malvo is I honestly didn't feel anything towards him. He was so calm and disconnected allll the time that I didn't care at all when he got shot because HE didn't seem to care. If anything, sweet old Gus violently murdering his face proved Malvo's wolflike mentality right! If he'd been arrested and just

I wouldn't have cared if it was Molly or something, because at least she's a high-ranking cop, but Gus was only a mailman; surely this was just straight up murder? It also made little sense for Gus to do something like that. He was shown as so meek and ill-suited for the cop life that he ended up shooting Molly the

I love me some Bob Odenkirk, but I felt the writing here was just derivative of the show's whole theme which we've already been hit over the head with; I remember thinking Molly saying "Not sure I wanna live in a world where that can happen to a person" about the spider bite story was another example. I get that they

Something just rubbed me the wrong way about how willingly, and violently, this show killed off its characters. It felt so pointless. They could have achieved the same effect by having Lester or even Malvo arrested, and some characters, like EVERYONE in the blackmailing storyline, seemed to exist JUST to die horribly.

I really feel like Fargo is supposed to be an overall hopeful movie which is characterised by its blunt honesty. Its villains are horrible, yes, and it's very violent, but its hero is full of decency and sincerity, and the dark aspects of the film come off as similarly sincere and realistic rather than just cynical

Louie is a fucking brilliant show. I'm an infrequent viewer but am impressed and entertained literally every time I catch an episode. I only have one question: what is the standard runtime for an episode? This one seemed really really long.

I'd give it a B, like Todd did. As a standalone episode it was decent, with great effects and such. In the context of the entire season, especially since there is now just one episode left(!) it was totally disappointing.

Thank you!

So last season when Ygritte and co. climbed The Wall, did they climb a really far off section of it, then take the long way round to Castle Black? Why did it take them such a long time to get there compared with an arrow-riddled Jon? Why didn't they all just climb The Wall in the first place?

I don't know, perhaps I'm just burned out on crazy CGI monster fights after seeing Godzilla and X-Men hours apart a few days ago, but I was honestly bored the whole time watching this. It is boring to me to watch a million guys I don't know slaughter each other. Particularly since this show has set such a high bar for

But Arya's psychosis is what makes her unique! Ditto Theon's hateability. I don't know how Jon can be called more sensible than Sansa, to be honest. I doubt he could have survived King's Landing as she has.

I agree completely. Seriously, show me the fans who needed an entire episode dedicated to boring-ass characters like Sam, Jon, and Gilly this late in the darn season.

Oh, Mindy,
You came and you gave without flaking,
But I sent you Ben-Gay, oh Andy!

That would have literally been the only time a cartoon character would have perfectly translated to live-action. Hartman was Troy McClure! Written by The Simpsons crew at the time, it would have been great… sigh.

Feels weird to me too, but seems to be true, yeah. Crazy! A testament to Hartman that Troy felt like such a big part of the show's world when he really wasn't.

Hell, I only just realised the episode title is even in on the joke!