Let's put it this way - Stars Hollow and Gilmore Girls is able to sustain about as much dissection as the plot for MST3K would… and their suggestion is also applicable here : "repeat to yourself it's just a show and relax".

Because Stars Hollow exists in a fantasy world. Let's be clear here - what you said probably is valid for the real world. Stars Hollow, on the other hand, exists in a nether realm called "The WB Network".

The thing is, at this point there is no "Luke and Lorelai" to root for… They have had a few scenes together and there is a obvious chemistry between them and we see that as an audience - but they haven't seen it quite yet.

I do agree with you on the inter-generational aspect of the show. I really can't think of another show that had this many age groups interacting in such a natural and unstressed way. (Well, unstressed from the writing standpoint… not necessarily from the characters view)

You might be correct. But the way I view season one is that it was mainly about setting the main characters up… Themes of class differences emerge but really those themes tend to be repeated over and over. That's cool, because I like both sides of the equation and never tire of that Emily/Lorelai tension. But season 1…

I pretty much agree with you but at the same time… When it comes to the first season of the show, there is precious little to unpack in a critical way. It's not like the show is developing deep themes here - it's painting in broad brush strokes for season one. Once it starts really developing it's ideas then there is…

That's the thing… I don't think she is here as a romantic foil for Luke and Lorelai. I think she is there to sort of show how a person pretty darn close to being a copy of Lorelai is good with Luke.

Here's an idea for the show - don't make the show about people living in a post-apocalyptic world. They already missed the boat in setting it after the apocalypse. So… make it about the second apocalypse.

And, just to say - I think we ought to start a kickstarter campaign to fund the BBC for a "Lady Vastra" spinoff. Love these characters and doing a "Sarah Jane Adventures" type thing with them would be lots of fun.

Gatiss is fine for the random stand alone episode and can be a lot of fun in that context. I don't think he'd be good at running the show proper though. To be honest… I haven't seen anyone pop up in the last season who strikes me as a good showrunner. I say we just keep Moffat until he dies.

Or… what if… the Doctor is crazy and Clara is a product of his insanity made flesh?

Justice League Unlimited is gonna be difficult simply because that show required at least a passing knowledge of Batman TAS, Superman TAS and Batman Beyond… But I can't wait to see the write up's for it!

Not it's not. New Mexico is just a urban myth… like Arizona. It's a place we tell kids we will send them to if they aren't good.

A movie that did this very same concept right - "Harold and Maude". In that movie the age difference was even greater but somehow the leads actually seem to enjoy the presence of the other…

In all honesty, my facebook feed has had the same debate… and the weird thing is that half of them would call this an "A" movie and the other half want to call it an "F"… so "C" sounds pretty right.

I think the gift store subplot was pretty well made clear what it was talking about from the dialog - they are not a "Deep Space Franchise" (Replace the word "Franchise" with "Nine" and think about the debate swirling at the time) and they say that they are something better and more special.

“Spare the rod, spoil the child.”
Since I assume that the universal translator is doing the work here from Bajoran to English, I figure that the translation has to take a saying in Bajoran and make it expressed in English. Therefore he may very well have said a Bajoran thing that came through that way.

After seeing Jack Ryder get trapped in Arkham City along with Bruce Wayne, I was hoping to see some version of that character pop up in the game… alas, I am still waiting for the big Creeper reveal on my XBox…

Well… the CGI in this ep was it's most obvious failure. I mean… it looked like something out of an XBox game cutscene.

My bet is that it will have a satisfying payoff. The thing is the Moffat has shown himself perfectly capable of satisfying me in his endgames (In Dr Who, in Jekyll, in Coupling and in Sherlock) so I am on board with the expectations here.