I think the fact that the Observers give a shit about anything is probably the most compelling argument in favor of the two universe pairs actually being one and the same. If we instead view them as a separate pair amongst an infinity of possible universes, then we're left with the following: the Observers are in…

Jackson holds his own with Torv and Noble; I never would've believed it given his rather suspect career choices in the past, but I suppose it just goes to show that actors are usually ingredients and rarely chefs.

There's a vast difference between the quality of an idea and the quality of its execution on this show, so I won't quibble with adjectives. However, let's ditch this show and talk about a more platonic-ideal supernatural teen drama, if that's even possible.

I'm inclined to agree, but I don't think she needs to go dark to get mean. All she needs to do is to actually start living by the core ethos of the witches - you know, the one that no witch ever follows, ever - and become the scourge of all unnatural things.

As much as I enjoy Faye, her C-plot felt abrupt and spliced. I suppose it's better than what happens to Lameass though. I guess we can label her absence from an episode an F-plot.

Much like everything else in the show, the writers had a few good ideas for Emo and then executed them poorly before dropping them completely.

Even though it's the kiss of death in D&D, I think TVD needs to do what it's resisted doing since Season 1: they need to split the party. Bonnie's most interesting plot-centric motivations all stem the fact that - in thought, if hardly ever in deed - she's on her own side, and that it is, arguably, the side of the…

@avclub-7e9d7bf9fca0d81a31df4f127d2e945d:disqus It's the fact that we can all picture ourselves playing D&D with her. She'd be a great addition to any group, even if she decided to play a gnomish priest that didn't bear the slightest resemblance to Lana.

I didn't, but I'm glad somebody thought of it. If the U.S. show is struggling to make the vampire stuff interesting, they have a variety of options - but it's pretty clear that making them an insular community isn't working. It might make sense, given that the rest of the supernatural world we've seen so far is…

George Lucas is out of touch with reality.

The older the vampire, the easier it is to get away with bad writing, but it still sounds bad and is generally insulting to intelligent viewers.

The Simpsons has become too successful to be truly sharp. It's fat, old, rich, and slow.

I wonder if, during the pity-anal, Whitney would take pity on you and not talk.

Its "pilot" was conducted during an episode of Bones last year. Induction and deduction should get you the rest of the way.

Nerds who like sci-fi and fantasy can be surprisingly oblivious to girl-porn and homoeroticism. Sadly, most are not immune to the frustrating hypocrisy of fandom; they'll rage for hours about off-brand crap polluting their own rose-smelling variety.

In the immortal words of Jeff Winger: "Diana, I see your value now."

As far as the main character is concerned, it's difficult to tell where the bad writing, bad acting, and bad directing all begin and end; it's pureed crap. It's also very frustrating that the same group of television worker-bees responsible for the aforementioned pureed crap is able to generate superior product…

Except then Cass and Balthazar actually did change history, and apparently there may also be parallel dimensions operating concurrently, regardless of changes made to "the" timeline.

Heaven is a pile of dead angels and butthurt.

I'm still on the fence about the captain. Mitchell is why I watch the show right now; the captain is why the show might actually have a satisfying payoff (beyond Mitchell's scenes) later.
Might. I don't have a lot of faith in the show to deliver such a payoff, but I can hope. They came very close to keeping the captain…