Absolutely. Which is why we still have properties full of it. But that's Neil Gaiman, and when you have fewer people working on a project, it becomes a lot narrower in what you'll get. Not everyone likes to challenge their own work or have narratives with themselves the way he does. And I think constantly being asked…

Damnit, Jacojo! I knew that's what you were going to say. >:( But yeah, that sounds great actually.

Hey, Jacojo. Mind posting yours first and I'll respond to it tomorrow? I'm braindead, don't remember the episode outside of bits and pieces, and there's no way I'll have a chance to watch both tomorrow, as people will be over.

I'm impressionable enough to believe that. It means if something goes wrong in my life I get to blame you and if something goes wrong for you, you'll get to blame me. We'll each blame each other until we decide there's no way anyone can know so neither of us will be responsible for anything. Court approved!

I think there's a good chance I won't get to this until tonight. I'm going to try to read the transcript over lunch and I'll respond if I have time. I just have little memory of what even happened, which is due to a mixture of alcohol and lack of sleep.

I'd say that's a big influence. It's also people responding to things based on memory instead of what's actually being said. Take Snow White, for example. Cultural osmosis says that "True Love's Kiss" is what brought her back from the dead, when the curse was actually First Love's Kiss. That takes it from being…

I'm here with @Dr. Jacoby to comment on Roti, the 11th episode of the first season of Hannibal. And by with Dr. Jacoby, I mean I am Dr. Jacoby. Or I was told I was Jacoby? I'm going to take some time to figure that out and then I'll be back with my thoughts.

As I mentioned, I think this was probably the darkest and funniest episode of the series yet. I freaked out when I saw Ellen Muth on the credits, and then I find out she's a character named GEORGIA who thinks she's dead, walking around looking like some kind of Frankenberry. It was a total dream episode in that…

Okay, thanks. I still might try writing it, but yeah… sporadically. So it may be up tonight or tomorrow idk. Oh, I'm gonna send you a picture of my virgin eyes later, too. =P Maybe I'll do that now, that doesn't take time or effort.

I'm going to try to get thoughts out, but friends randomly came over sooooo we'll see. It's going to be a bit short and probably sporadic.

That's fair and rereading some interviews earlier today, that definitely seemed to be the case. I still think what he left had an impact on the show as far as humor and focus on characters goes. I'm bias, though, in that is one of those formative shows for me where I really started to be wowed by what television could…

That's a completely fair thought. And yeah, I thought that while this was possibly the darkest episode, it was also the funniest. I have thoughts.

Teamwork!

In the next email I'm going to bitch to you about video games and you won't understand but that's okay…. Unless I post it on Facebook but then I'll just seem bitter like you and who wants that?

Damn. I had a feeling, but I was hoping for something that was more than a reference. :(

Amazing. I'll be looking out for that.

You taste bitter.

And I KNEW you were going to hate on Amelie! Depth in writing isn't the point of it. Amelie is basically Cinderella, constantly leaving glass slippers everywhere. It's for a few reasons. One is that she thinks she's not worthy for the guy, and the other that the guy isn't worthy of her. And so she lays out these…

Wait, so Dead Like Me has a character I'd recognize from another show or the other way around? I'm excited if there's another Gretchen Speck moment, though this episode was full of hilarious references.

I loved how the muses were animated. How dare you! Haven't you seen Amelie? I know Pushing Daisies is the more overt reference to that film, but its influence was all over the muses and some of the other scenes filled with symbolic CGI.