Mature = old.

Agreed.  I wasn't wild about this episode, but I think this season, if nothing else, is much stronger than last season.

I think the difference between a serialized show that produces "episodes" rather than "installments" is that with the former, you're more likely to remember the details of individual episodes because they have a beginning, middle, and end.  "Oh, yeah, that's one of my favorite episodes!"  With an installment show —…

I think it's a pretty solid movie.  I never felt the need to obsess over it.

This is certainly the most memorable scene, but the scene that really stands out for me is Mr. White driving the car while Mr. Orange bleeds in the backseat.  But of course, this is really two scenes, because we see it twice.  The first time, in a two shot, it's intense, but seems pretty straight forward.  The second…

I enjoyed that Pete had no trouble walking on the ice.

I had a hard time getting past the premise of Dwight's doomsday device. If it were able to identify mistakes as they were happening, couldn't it just as easily pop a little warning up on the user's screen saying, "You are about to make a mistake"?  I realize that may be beyond Dwight's character, but the fact that…

I think the mark of a great theme song is that you don't want to fast forward through it on the DVR because it puts you in just the right mood to watch the show.  In addition to several mentioned in the article, I would nominate the following, for various reasons:

I also love his performance in "One Hour Photo" (a terribly underrated film), but my favorite Williams performance is in "Awakenings".  De Niro has the showier role, but Williams is just about perfect.

Biggest laugh of either episode.

"Magnolia" is my favorite movie. I saw it twice the weekend it opened, and I still watch it once every couple of years. And I enjoy it. And I will not get involved in the "Magnolia" hate thread that's happening below this one.

Time zones
It might also be worth pointing out that TBS doesn't have separate east and west feeds, so "Conan" airs at 8:00 PM on the West Coast, right at the beginning of prime time. Its second airing is at 10:00 PM — still during prime time. If they pushed the re-broadcast back an hour so that it actually started…

In the fictional universe of "The Office", you don't need a ticket to get through airline security. If Pam's presence in the secure area "ruined" the end of the episode for you, then maybe you should stick to documentaries. Real documentaries.

I think I may have developed diabetes from all the sweetness in this episode, but it's nice to have it back. I especially enjoyed Landry's scene with Grandma Saracen, as we begin to realize that the only person Landry really wants to say good-bye to is already gone.

I too cheered when the camera cut to Giles. But I just about fell out of my chair when the demon put his hand on Spike and said "I shall return YOUR SOUL." Maybe I was just dense, but I didn't see that coming at all.

"Normal Again" is, at the least, one of my three favorite episodes from Season 6. I kind of like that, though it's an idea that could have been stretched over several episodes (or an entire season, a la "Lost"), they chose to confine it to a single episode.

Series
Instead of feature films, how about just rebooting the whole thing as a TV series, "Walking Dead"-style?

You mean Lake Oswego, not Beaverton.

I never had a problem with the "magic as drug" metaphor. The problem is, in "Wrecked" it stops being a metaphor. This series is at its best when it sends its messages subtly. Conversely, it's at its worst when it underestimates the intelligence of its audience with an awkward, bulldozer of an episode like this one.

"Him" is also a comedic episode. And I suppose so is "Doublemeat Palace", though that's, in my opinion, the worst episode of the entire series.