You're aware that bold text on a dark background existed before Lena Dunham, right?

I find his enthusiasm infectious - he's clearly not a great TV presenter but he was much better at the job than Hardwick was. I think, anyway.

Have you seen any of the show before this season? Lily has behaved appallingly to Marshall on a number of occasions - left him to go to San Fransisco, then when that failed came back and begged for forgiveness (which she'd have never bothered doing if she was any good at art); almost leaves him several other times;…

You mean, like the huge number of decisions Lily made over the years without so much as considering how Marshall might feel about them?

I've not read all the comments, but the thing I'd slightly correct you on is the literary inspiration for the character. I don't know if Shaun Hutson and James Herbert made it to the USA, but their book titles / designs were a pretty straight lift for the Garth Marenghi novels.

I love Strike Back. It's been a fun few years, but I guess it's better to go out before it gets too silly.

I'm really not sure about this season. Take Neal, for instance. The reason he's so good at what he does is because he was such an amazing criminal, right? The problem now is that the FBI (and now, Mark Sheppard) are consistently one step ahead of him, and his character works less well that way.

I feel like there are TV people going "we need a show about this internet thing", doing the absolute barest minimum of research, then saying "this Chris Hardwick fella has done this before, let's just give another show to him". I fail to see what is seen in him, to give him four shows in the same year.

I don't know if you're still reading these comments, but I've really enjoyed the reviews, and I'm another person who'd like to see you keep covering it next season.

They really missed a trick having that happen. I think the show will move, however glacially, to Sheldon being a real human boy, though. Think how long it took them to have Raj talk to women.

So you thought it was a nice light sitcom about decent people before that point?

I like the way the show gets itself into crazy situations, but I feel like they've not got enough storyline for what amounts to 3 different plots per episode, and need to work on having larger ensemble stuff. The bird shit just wasn't funny and Jenny has been weak all season.

Yes, and have a laugh while doing it.

I made a more polite version of this downthread, but I agree. I'm absolutely positive Spader knows how trashy it is and is playing it up to the max, and the show's makers know how over-the-top it all is…yet the reviewer seems determined to not have any fun.

Your first stray observation isn't quite correct - they say he's killed three people since he started working with them.

I'll take "things never said by someone when a show's politics match their own" for 200, Alex (sorry @avclub-f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e:disqus)

Okay, so Silas was given the immortality potion by Qetsiyah all that time ago. But why does that make him the most powerful creature? Why can't vampires tear him to pieces, or werewolves rip his throat out?

I'd assume they were running short - did you see how much exposure the house band got on this episode? I reckon something got pulled at the very last minute.

Stonebridge was married for a bit, which cut down on potential naked time, and I just got the impression Sullivan Stapleton was more comfortable doing sex scenes on camera so he got the lion's share of them. Maybe Philip Winchester will get to correct that in the last two episodes though.

I agree with the comments that say the treatment of Andre is a little too much. He's a wealthy doctor, who may be an asshole, but he has to know he could get friends who don't shit on him as much as these guys, easily. The situation just doesn't make sense, and the longer it goes on the more boring it is (much like…