Crossover appeal for shows like this one could be the death of high-quality nerd-niche entertainment. That's why nerds will continue to monitor terrible shows that stake a claim upon the supernatural, or science-fiction, or high fantasy, or four-color fantasy, etc. etc., even though they're painful to watch.

Because it's true that Michael Jackson's wealth and fame undeniably contributed to his own death, and with far fewer intervening actors than most people would care to admit. Poor people have a tough time getting adequate medical care, but those lucky ducks also don't get access to doctors who are willing to medically…

This was an assisted suicide for a man who was either 1) too addled and willfully ignorant to realize that that's what he was asking the doctor to do, or 2) unwilling to actually say the words, for whatever reason. While I'm not a big fan of doctors being moral or psychological gatekeepers when it comes to who can…

I have come for a "Wrath of Kant" joke. Please do not disappoint me, creme de la club.

Do I have to be the guy who says that some guys do, in fact, want to be the guy behind the guy, and that those guys are called "tops?"

Ironically, the intelligent and polite comprise roughly %1 of the %99.

Did he ever technically get divorced? Because if not, the mom plus the two fetuses would be three wives.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: skinny girls cussing just plain fucking works!

Not much to add to the review, except that they gave the random drunk dude at the water park three tries to get a laugh. On me, he batted a .333. I saw the "wife is a bitch" line coming from a mile away, but I also knew in advance that it was going to make me chuckle. There's just something about a constantly put-upon…

In order to assert that a polygraph is not easily faked (fooled would be the better term, I suppose,) one must begin with the assumption that they are generally scientifically valid and reliable, at least when used upon "the general public," whatever that means. This is not the case.

I'm actually feeling like this show might not be super pro-polygraph, which would be a nice change. But in order to go with that level of realism, the show would also have to address the fact that, in spite of lacking both validity and reliability, they're nevertheless used religiously by many organizations, and they…

Well, in theory, polygraphs are scientifically valid and reliable. In reality neither is the case. I give the show credit for having someone mention that they "always flub" their polygraphs, and I'm incredibly eager for this show to continue hinting to the audience that they're incredibly unreliable - and that they're…

I am in no way arguing that they've ever come close to achieving cleverness, but I strongly suspect that they're aiming for it, and that they think they're achieving it.

My response: these questions are all valid, and are begged by what the writers have given us.

Given the pilot, the setup, and the horrible writing, I pretty much expect the fairy tales in this show to be about as early-era-Disneyfied (pre women's empowerment) and whitewashed as they possibly could be.

Sort of like how the actor playing the protagonist is an abominable, unholy hybrid of Brandon Routh and a future-middle-management date-rapist.

That critique would be compelling, but for the fact that, seemingly at random and in both universes, the writers decide they're going to show the stupid audience how clever they are by being wiseasses. Tonight it was Prince Charming marrying for political reasons and Snow White stealing to survive. Ooooh, so clever!…

Sith Grimm, yeah, makes sense. Wish they'd had the aunt be a Kool-Aid chugger even more if this is the intention. Right now there are no real ideological stakes, since the protagonist's mission boils down to "use your instincts to find bad monsters." How, as an antagonist, do you criticize that mission statement in…

They don't want to be like those weird, cerebral comedy shows that nobody likes, like Monty Python.

Nope. The quote, from Marilyn Monroe's diaries, is "best, finest surgeon…" Listen to the interview up top. She enunciates it quite clearly there as well.