Oh, I see how it is. Kill a kid to make meth, everyone's cool. But you kill ONE would-be rapist…

I'm not sure what Showtime is expecting, with their Pie-heavy lineup. Too many pie-themed shows, Showtime.

Is it just me, or is that Katy Perry video what they were trying to make at the end of Wayne's World?

Greatest Eli season? Perhaps. But the greatest Eli episode is the cheese lobby episode, now and forever. There is no debate on this point.

Plus, he's better at saying "cheese."

I'd contend that "The Taking of Pehlam One Two Three" is the quintessential New York movie. It mostly takes place on a subway. It jokes about how everyone hates the Mayor. It gives lots of time to small side characters that feel like living, breathing New York-ites. To me, it feels like New York the same way Friday…

It's a better performance than song. The Demi Levato version makes that pretty clear, I think…

It's the story of one studio's quest to strip mine a great play into mediocre Oscar bait.

How would you have preferred the movie end? I think any other ending would have been dishonest.

I really liked the surprise appearance by Eugene Levy.

ARCHER'D

- Well, I’ll tell you what. I’m going to give you a promotion. Welcome aboard, Mr. Mayor.
- Wow. I’m Mr. Mayor.
- Well, Mayor; we just say Mayor. And you can hire a chief of staff if you need one.
- Do you think I need one?
- Don’t look at me, Mr. Mayor.
- Right, it’s up to me now. I’m Mr. Mayor.
- Mayor. We-we just say, uh…

But seriously, the British "super heroes in a bar" series "No Heroics" is pretty damn great.

This is a really good point. Side characters absolutely die in the Moffat era, but for some reason I remember the RTD era as particularly brutal.

I actually really liked Day of the Doctor. It's my favorite Moffat episode in years. But it's also endemic of the low-stakes nature of his whole tenure.

I've always felt that "Utopia" is very, very strong on its own. "The Heat Death of the Universe" is a great idea for a setting and the whole "time lord in a watch" payoff is great. RTD didn't know what to do with the Master once he unleashed him, but the setup was there for a great finale.

If you think fairy tales come with happy endings, you need to go reread the original Grimm's.

At the end of the day, "Everybody lives!" seems to be the dominant theme of Steven Moffat's Doctor Who, for better or worse. As much as it was necessary for this episode and this run, Moffat's insistence on the happy ending for the godlike Doctor, long-term consequences be damned, completely permeates the last three…

Hell yes on Blondie.

Double Door! Subterranean! Empty Bottle and Logan Square Auditorium aren't too far away.