Well, after watching Spartacus, I'm finding it really hard to accept the male gazing self-seriousness of other costume dramas. Seriously some of the best character work, gender politics, and heart-stopping action setpieces on television.

That's actually a really good insight on a key difference between the characters - Leslie works super hard because she cares so much about other people, while Jake works super hard because he's unable to take on any project without putting his full, undivided effort into it.

I mean, he did some questionable stuff even in West Wing and Sports Night (as much as I love those two), and I had heard he got more questionable in Newsroom. I've always found Sorkin infuriating, because on a purely technical level, he's brilliant; he's a true writer's writer, who loves language and seeing what the…

I just opened the Newsroom review, and…what the fuck. I didn't watch the episode - this is a joke, right?

He really seems like the kind of guy who believes that he's a slacker only because no one was ever quite clear with him on the definition of "work" and the fact that he does a lot of it.

Honestly, that's not even fair to Meyers. He could be bland, but he was pretty great when they gave him someone to bounce off of, and he had excellent timing and delivery. Jost just sucks all of the charisma out of the room. The only person he's even tolerable opposite is Leslie Jones, and that's just because her…

Well, they did cut from Roy looking vaguely bewildered at the bomb to Caitlin having her shit completely together, so I felt like that covered it enough.

And Nick Tarabay is such a boss at pulling them off…it was easy to say, after last night's episode, that Flash is better at leaning into the cheesiness of its premise, but the great thing about Arrow is that it's never been afraid of its cheese, and it's a better, more fearless show for that. I don't think I'd want an …

Yes, the episode was great and Barry and Oliver bring out the best in each other but who cares because CRIXUS AND ASHUR ARE BEING JAILED ON A DESERT ISLAND BY NAEVIA AND MIRA SOMETIMES COMES TO HANG OUT AND really, would anyone actually be upset if this gradually turned into Spartacus: The Clothed Years?

Good lord where do I send my Flash musical episode-related demands already

On the other hand, I can easily see this trend playing itself out before, say, Marvel finishes their superheroes ad infinitum playbook. While, granted, it doesn't look like the demand for these movies is really dying down at the moment, there's already some exasperation that could soon become oversaturation. I'm…

Yes…I shouldn't comment before I've had coffee.

Seconded. I love Matt Smith, but seeing Natalie Dormer is what I imagine seeing Marlon Brando in Streetcar is like for straight men.

Viva la Thanksgiving

In his defense (and I realize that's a difficult position to take considering how abysmal the show is), there have been rumors that the show was initially going to be something darker and a little weirder - dealing with Mulaney's alcoholism, for example - and was forced through retoolings that ultimately ended up as…

I imagine he's had a lot of experience with Jake on the stand and so his completely nonplussed reactions to everything that happens are simply result of having seen much worse.

I've never been so unable to stop watching something and so glad when it was finally over.

I was really afraid for a moment they were going to have her be his daughter, which I guess is a path they can still go down but one I really hope they don't.

There were a lot of great funny bits in this episode. And I liked that scene with the candy, too - it worked much better than Oliver just being grim at the kid.

You know, his character was getting a bit lurky, just kind of being menacing on the side of the room, and I was starting to wonder what the point really was of bringing him back this season…then that scene happened and I was like, right, that's why.