That scene with her recounting all of her lovers on her wedding night is pretty funny. Especially because it's intercut with all of those trains going through tunnels! (Note: those aren't people that she 'dated'. Those are all the guys that she had one night stands and flings with. If you notice, she's not talking…

Yes! Due to her fierceness, I am surprised that she's not more of a drag icon. Maybe it's because she was too down-to-earth? (As opposed to someone like Bette Davis?)

I love all of her pre-code movies: Ladies They Talk About (it's like the 30s 'Orange is the New Black'), Ten Cents a Dance, Babyface (my favorite of them all), Ladies of Leisure, etc etc. I think that they hold up really well — particularly because Stanwyck's just so modern and so fresh in these roles.

The cosmic year is one of Sagan's conceits from the original Cosmos. I loved that as a kid. I always thought that it was so interesting to see how late we humans arrived to the party.

You have to remember that a lot of the ideas from last night were copied from the original: the biggest two being the Spaceship floating around the outer reaches of space and the cosmic calendar. The fact that he is literally redoing a lot of the same stuff really highlights the weaknesses.

I think that the original was much more kid-friendly, despite being more sophisticated.

Agreed. Compare that to what Sagan had in that same place during his Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I don't remember it being called out "again and again". I do remember him talking about Kepler as being the 'last scientific astrologer'. If you look at that phrase, you can see how Sagan uses nuance in his language. He's saying that a lot of the foundational scientific work was laid by religious men up to the time of…

I agree. The best part about the original Cosmos was that it was universal in its appeal. Sagan purposefully made the study of the Cosmos sound not only intellectually interesting, but also spiritually fulfilling. Fantastic stuff.

Casting the Church as the villain of science is really problematic, particularly when discussing the Middle Ages/early Renaissance. While it was true that the Church was not a big fan of shifting the center of the universe away from Earth in their cosmology, the pursuit of scientific knowledge was not only sponsored…

I don't think that network TV can handle that much dysentery.

And with that, a single tear is shed for Jonathan Brandis.

No way. Heroes had a good first season and a few good episodes after that. The Cape was insufferable from the first.

Law & Order: Norman, OK would be something. I'm guessing that 90% of the mysteries would be solved at the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. Guest starring James Garner!

I agree! Law & Order is as reliable as you can get. People have mentioned LO:LA on here as a rebuttal for rebooting the original, but I thought that one had the bones of a good show. It was just waaaay too glossy.

I liked the little celebratory hops that he made after he didn't die on "the jump."

While I enjoy watching the show, the loss of White Collar coverage isn't the end of the world. It's a fun, goofy little show that doesn't need much deconstruction. But, I am curious as to what you meant by cutting coverage between seasons. You were covering it weekly up to the finale at the end of January!

David Spade's Scott Hamilton was really good, too… His announcing was scarily accurate.

I remember that! It was of the "YOU CAN DO IT, KERRI!" variety.

I always felt a little bad for Jared, as he's the weakest actor on the show. He's not a natural.