There are one or two episodes in Season One that I find nearly unwatchable ("Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down" and the one where a Six shows up to accuse Baltar of helping the Cylons spring to mind), but for the most part, I'm in agreement.

MMmmmmmm. Yes please.

I sort of understand the concerns about the loss of Ned as a central character who serves to orient the audience in the moral and political complexities of the world of the show, but Tyrion really starts to take that over in Book 2 (I don't think that's a spoiler, since Tywin sends him off to be Hand in his stead at…

Candidates for gratuitous male nudity to compensate for gratuitous Dany/Roz nudity in Season 1:

I am about halfway through the second book, and so far I feel that it is superior in just about every way to the first book. Since the author doesn't have to spend so much time setting up the characters and the rules of his world, the plotting is much tighter, the dialogue more organic (sometimes frustratingly so,…

My sister gave me her username and password, and I watch it on my iPad on the time. Shhhhh.

I was introduced to The West Wing with the two-parter "20 Hours in America," and it remains a favorite. I was immediately attracted to the sense of earnestness, the interplay between Josh, Toby, and Donna, and the President's interactions with new secretary candidates—great humor but with a sense of gravitas.

Battlestar Galactica (the recent version) is still one of my favorite shows of all time, but it's difficult to introduce people to it because it's so serialized, and convincing someone to watch the three-hour mini-series that sets up the rest of the show is really, really hard.

I tried to get someone into Community by showing them "Modern Warfare" immediately after it aired. It didn't work, and I was baffled. Upon further reflection, I probably should have gone with one of the less high-concept episodes. "Accounting for Lawyers" or "Physical Education" are pretty good ones that are amply…

In order to introduce someone to the show, I'd have to go with "Practice Date" for P+R. You get wonderful Ann/Leslie and Ron/April pairings and a nice sense of the show's heart and subversiveness.

Prophecy, Schmophecy

This is a dead thread, but I can't help myself.

Ok. Maybe I was just thinking about HUMAN spiritual guides. I don't think we really get to see enough of the Lion Turtle to know about its fallibility. I'm also not really sure that it's an endorsement of traditional religion, but in order to have that argument, we'd need to get into the centuries-long debate about…

This is a really excellent point. There isn't a single spiritual guide on the show who doesn't prove to be fallible in some way. Even Aang has to look beyond the wisdom of his past lives in order to find an acceptable way to end the war.

My favorite part is when Long Feng mistakes his childhood friend for a pheasant and shoots him in the face.

I can imagine (but I'm just spitballing here) a scenario in which Zuko has to call upon Azula for help and/or advice, since she is clearly much, much better at politics and military strategy than he is.

YOU WILL NEVER RISE FROM THE ASHES OF YOUR SHAME AND HUMILIATION.

That is fucking badass. Thank you for posting that.

"Clearly, this is a major blow for not just Team Avatar, but the rest of the Avatar world. With Ba Sing Se and Omashu captured, the Fire Nation has effectively taken control of the vast majority of the habitable area of the world. One might wonder why Ozai does not just declare victory now, but the fact that he does…

There's been a rumor to that effect, but I don't think it's been confirmed.