You're just cherry picking, idiotking. 90s cultural touchstones also included gangster rap, grunge and the X-Files. All pretty dark.

I don't think he was redeemed in the least. It was him "winning" in a sense, but what's he winning? The list of "help" he provides is some money and two dead bodies. That doesn't give Holly a dad or Marie a husband. It's pretty hollow as victories go and it's all consistent with his character of only being selfish as…

Other writers say different, that they still think about their characters and have lives beyond the end of the story plotted out and such. There's more than one way to skin a cat, etc.

The ace in the hole Jesse has is a decently well-off family who can help him.

I don't think Jesse is going to skate on this, either.

@avclub-53a226780628f3d898494942ad3dd491:disqus I really wanted that at the end, but I got credits and then Chris Hardwick.I guess I can cue up that song and imagine my own.

The central romance thing didn't really work for me. I guess it was less I didn't buy them as a couple then I didn't quite buy them as friends. Still, some good stuff.

I'm pretty much a member of the cult (though I drew the line at Cop Out) and I was pretty damn impressed with Red State. It was just a different-feeling movie to 95 percent of the things I see.

They don't have to know who he is to not watch his shows.

Avengers was fine. It was draggy in the first hour and, shockingly to me because I usually like Whedon humor, not very funny. I tend to think I'm just bored with traditional superhero movies.

Couldn't they get Siffie to sign off on season 3 by telling them David Straitharn was a ghost?

One would be wrong, though, because Firefly was almost the equal of Buffy, while Angel was pretty good.

It's kinda funny that this is the criticism, because Whedon's cult that'll show up for anything he's doing isn't big enough to keep a show on network TV. Or at least hasn't been so far. Only at the AV Club, or similar places can you go against the grain by not liking Whedon. The mainstream's got that covered already,…

Lost aired on ABC, correct? So it was Disney's Lost for girls. (They didn't cast Matthew Fox for dudes or because they had a vendetta against the women of Hawaii. I think.)

No, still fuck Disney. Nobody shows up to see them run a movie studio, anymore than anyone turns up on Sunday to see Jerry Jones own a team.

You gotta hit the sweet spot of seeming smart enough that people can convince themselves they're watching some kind of sophisticated entertainment, but not being smart enough that you actually make those people think too much. And that kind of movie or show can be totally good and satisfying, if you make something…

Jesse says that she knows he's into something, but doesn't know any details. Pretty hard to grow up working class and believe money falls from the sky.

Ice cream is mostly ice cream.

I can buy it as a combination between concern about Jesse (who she probably still has warm feelings for) and Todd's disarming appearance. It's not like hiding behind a locked door is going to stop Todd, anyways.

You know who else gets driven around in vans beside molesters and goons? The Amish.