Linda's story should have been that of a young woman, pushed out of her depth by strange circumstances, who allies herself with a blatant villain, in the name of maintaining order in her town. But Under the Dome has no interest in any of this. Just the most obvious dramatic beats and post-Lost pandering.

I think that when the producers were informed that CBS was renewing the show, fairly early on, they went through the finale script, just ripping out pages, and eliminating anything that resolved… anything.

I'd said it at the time, but the "Genoa blows up" episode had very good direction. The episode had momentum, suspense, but largely only one location. As for the rest of the season, well, yeah, you're right.

I'll confess to having watched some of this crapfest last week. I've been on a game show before, and am always looking for an opportunity to do it again. But this show is an incomprehensible mishmash of stuff that I could probably grasp, if I put time into it. But I'm fairly certain that effort would not be rewarded.

I'll have you know that Munn is not only still on the show, but her character is considered one of the most savvy and desirable on the show. Despite allowing a boyfriend to take nude pictures of her, which he posted on the internet as soon as they broke up. That Sorkin can write them wimmenfolk, I tell you.

I hope this show comes together. After the demented spectacle that was Last Resort, Andre Braugher needs a good show. But Samberg better hit hard and fast to banish comparisons between himself and the dreaded Junior from Under the Dome.

People like to compare Todd and Jesse. But Todd is pretty much Jesse hollowed out of all human empathy and feeling. He has some feeling of the things he should say in different situations, but no idea how to mean what he says.

Considering the fact that cancer patient Walt buried those seven heavy barrels all by himself, I think that four shovels deep is pretty good.

Stay away from that bathtub, Jesse. That ain't bathwater.

As much as I like the build-up on shows, the foreshadowing, the gradual unfolding, the subtle changes in characters as they're pulled in an inevitable direction; as much as I like that, I love it when it all blows to pieces. Case in point here.

I liked Nocenti's DD well enough back then, but then I was a big Don McGregor fan. Her work is so bad these days, though, I question if she ever could write.

Put Gage and Isaacs on Buffy. Simple solution.

And why can't we send Anger Management there?!?

More "engaging."

I agree that Totally Biased is getting better, but it still needs work. Bell can still sound a little nervous in his opening monologue. And he sometimes laughs at his own jokes, a pet peeve of mine. But his interviewing skills are improving, and his rainbow coalition of writer/performers are getting more comfortable…

I have been intentionally trying to avoid the kind of hive-mind thinking that said that Michael Keaton couldn't be Batman (and was wrong), said Robert Downey Jr. shouldn't be Tony Stark (and was wrong), regarding the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman. But they're really really not making it easy.

I liked Burn Notice well enough. It was never awful, but never essential, either. I did prefer the caper of the week stories in the early years to the all-gritty, all-the-time Michael we were forced to endure in the last couple of seasons.

"Get some imported beer. I'm not drinking that domestic crap."

They can call it "Afterburn."

If I'm never gonna get my Deadwood finale movie, the high-fiving douchebags who love this show should be deprived, too. It's only fair.