While I won't call TV scheduling/marketing "democracy at its finest," in an era where Investigation Discovery and fyi can build audiences out of the blue, it's exceedingly difficult to make arguments around marketing/promotion.

I guess so. I was just so outraged that they got my hopes up with a completely unexpected Jayson Blair sex scene that showed nothing that I included it in my theater experience survey for AMC.

At this point, I think a "OMG, What Have I Become?" ending isn't enough of a swerve, particularly given the crap they served us until then.

Pretty terrible. Cheaply made, indifferently written, and every beat was predictable. The Boy Next Door can rest easy that it's spot on HBO Zone Friday at 11 is secure. Even the sex scenes were blah despite a Jayson Blair cameo. I do give them credit for the chutzpah to set up a sequel.

Screenwriters are going back to their studio system roots because the 30-50s had some howlers.

Addicted switched the genders, but had the same idea.

BET's The Quad whose first season just ended is unfairly being overlooked IMO. That dealt with a lot of subjects specifically related to HBCUs and campus life in general. My major complaint with Dear White People movie was that the college administration did not act like any university I've been apart of.

The whole Tudor story from Maredudd and the Glyndwr Rebellion to Owen/Catherine of Valois to Henry VII would be fascinating. They essentially went from woebegone Welsh island to ruling England in four generations.

Imposters has really grown on me. It's still hampered by the fact that I don't care about the Big Bad, but Inbar Lavi and Parker Young have charm to burn, and Geoff Heaps has gotten a lot better as Ezra. I really hope it gets a second season even if I have mixed confidence at best that the twists won't become annoying…

That goes both ways. Embezzling from Dad is pretty inexcusable too.

I wouldn't go that far because Chuck undermined Jimmy's original chance for fulfillment just out of his own sense of pride.

On Suburgatory (RIP), the kids were funnier than the adults.

As someone who's not a comics reader, there's also Runaways coming on Hulu. Is that part of the MCU?

I think Moose has had one of the larger transformations. He's short, not that muscular, not blond, an IQ somewhat above room temperature, and bisexual. Still dating Midge, though.

We could've gotten Lee Remick and Gregory Peck together for horror fans.

Certainly, there's causality that neurologically depression has outstripped the survival instinct. But that's not really what we're talking about here.

No wonder Archie's a disaster. They cut short the Grundy plot and likely Reggie stuff would've related to him as well.

The bad writing for Archie does seem oddly intentional. I wonder if midway through shooting they realized how terrible the Gundy plot was, cut it short, and then had to scramble.

But facts are facts. Violent games don't normalize violence. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests normalizing suicide does lead to more suicide. This is more like a show that argues foossil fuels don't lead to global warming. It shouldn't be banned, but it is irresponsible.

The reason I put "cause" in scare quotes is that I don't think we should consider suicide a cause/effect thing.