Oldham
He was awesome as the Dharma Interrogator. I can only hope we see more of him.

I guess I blame it on the average TV viewer, who's kept According to Jim on the air for what seems like a century. Personally, I'd love more serialized TV. To me, there's nothing like a good story that weaves and works.

To me, Seinfeld didn't hit its stride until about the 4th season. Up until then it was just dabbling in the neurosis and self-importance it's characters exhibited. If you're talking about the first couple years, I can understand that you don't find it as funny as others. But that middle run of Seinfeld, when it…

I don't care for him either. He's kind of a crochety old coot now.

Your point is valid, and many creators of serialized TV have the same sentiment. I think it's strange though, considering all of the ways we can consume media now. Say you missed an episode of LOST - you can watch it on your Ipod/Computer, online at ABC.com and soon Hulu, on your 360 or PS3, or of course you could…

I think it's just what happens when one show is very popular, but has decreased rapidly in quality, yet came first (Weeds), while another show is doing kind of the same thing, but better, and doesn't receive as much mainstream praise (Breaking Bad). I watched Weeds up until mid-last season, and I've only dabbled in…

Your point about tonal change was what really got me with Chris's death. You're right, they didnt' change the tone. I think that's why it hit me with such force. We'd seen this guy go thorugh his struggles, what with the heroin, but in the end he cleaned up and chose the family over his love and his life. Then, the…

I think you make a great point about LOST, and The Others, but what it really boils down to is one of the roots of the show - Who is good/who is evil? With less than 20 episodes to go, we still don't clearly know. From the beginning, we knew that Tony Soprano, in the American television sense of the word, was evil. He…

I tend to agree with whipping boy. The first two seasons Nancy had kind of a naive innocence that made many of her actions forgiveable, if only because she didn't know any better. Now, she's been in the "game" for awhile, and should know how it works. Mary Louise-Parker has digressed so far in the past two seasons,…

I have to jump in and say I gave up on this last Season, midway through. It was a combination of Nancy becoming an airheaded slut with no common sense, and WAY too much use of the awful "I'm a stereotypical Mexican" drug dealer. The nail in the coffin was Silas fucking Jack's ex-wife. For two seasons, this show was…

A low rumple. A metallic "squink." A glonk. Someone crying out "Dear god!" That's all there was, and yet it speaks volumes.
As far as succesful anti-heroes go, what about the entire main cast of Seinfeld? Noel mentioned Curb, but I think Seinfeld had to be the first example of a very succesful comedy in which the…

How much of that is a refelection on society though? We don't live in the goody-two-shoes era of June Cleaver and Mike Brady anymore. I think it's easy to do an anti-hero now because that's the kind of character we deal with now. People in modern society love sex, violence, and other things that in the past would be…

bemused, your point is right on with Tony. I always rooted for him, as other viewers did, even when he was a complete and total fuck. That said, when he SPOILERS

Thank you Jorge for mentioning JFC. I loved that show, if only for how much it made me think. Sad that Milch/HBO lost interest so quickly.

Interpol
I always think of Interpol, especially PDA. It reminds me of hot, humid summer nights spent in dirty bars with enough light to see, but not enough to see what's really there.

Thanks for the B-More Ogden ad. This was the one I remember:

Books
I'm going to buy this and make it my preferred bathroom reading material, per Nathan Rabin instructions.

After seeing Star Trek, nothing else this summer will even compare for me.

I'm just hoping Will Tippin doesn't get kidnapped in The Hangover.

Was the Seinfeld finale much different than a cheesy Drew Carey episode though? It basically was a call back to all the characters we'd seen before. It almost reminded me of a neutered clip show. Did it ruin anything? Fuck no. I still die watching episodes of Seinfeld, and I'm sure I will for the rest of my life. At…