There was a Road Runner cartoon where Coyote made a deadfall.  When he pulled open the trapdoor, the rock pile didn't fall.  So, he gets under it and starts poking it with a stick.  A few pebbles start to fall, and he holds up a Coyote-sign "What in Heaven's Name Am I Doing?"

I found them to be essentially the same character, I could totally see this version of Andrew Mellon mutilating people for fun.

I found them to be essentially the same character, I could totally see this version of Andrew Mellon mutilating people for fun.

"Hey, George, Mr. O'Bannion said not to worry about that fat guy pressing charges, he had me and Sgt. O'Shaughnessy explain to him that he'd be wasting his time."

"Hey, George, Mr. O'Bannion said not to worry about that fat guy pressing charges, he had me and Sgt. O'Shaughnessy explain to him that he'd be wasting his time."

@avclub-e57dbebc740250d2c4a370cf6ccb35f0:disqus She's more frightening than her husband, frankly.  She and Gillian can attend the "Terrifying Women of Boardwalk Empire Club" together.

@avclub-e57dbebc740250d2c4a370cf6ccb35f0:disqus She's more frightening than her husband, frankly.  She and Gillian can attend the "Terrifying Women of Boardwalk Empire Club" together.

The Norwegian Wife is wild.

The Norwegian Wife is wild.

Margaret has been using Lysol, but she's probably extra worried now that she's having lots of illicit sex with her bosses Right Hand man.

Margaret has been using Lysol, but she's probably extra worried now that she's having lots of illicit sex with her bosses Right Hand man.

If the show had continued from the end of Season 2, I wonder if it would have been something like the Stand?  It was clear that Carter had no interest in doing a show set in a post-apocalyptic world, but it's also clear that that was what happened at the end of Season 2.

If the show had continued from the end of Season 2, I wonder if it would have been something like the Stand?  It was clear that Carter had no interest in doing a show set in a post-apocalyptic world, but it's also clear that that was what happened at the end of Season 2.

@avclub-64f027640f63616a277e92096313264f:disqus Perhaps he was talking about the involuntary, unnecessary amputations?  Seriously, that scene from Misery shocked me and this was unarguably worse.

@avclub-64f027640f63616a277e92096313264f:disqus Perhaps he was talking about the involuntary, unnecessary amputations?  Seriously, that scene from Misery shocked me and this was unarguably worse.

They destroyed more Virgin Marys on Lost, and those were filled with lovely, lovely heroine.

They destroyed more Virgin Marys on Lost, and those were filled with lovely, lovely heroine.

@notteddanson:disqus I never laughed so hard as when John Malkovitch chopped up that guy in Burn After Reading… I quite unnerved my "house-guest" at the time.

@notteddanson:disqus I never laughed so hard as when John Malkovitch chopped up that guy in Burn After Reading… I quite unnerved my "house-guest" at the time.

I like Justified, but it's basically Coogan's Bluff the series and there's a reason why the star of that movie was having an argument with an empty chair at the Republican convention.