I don't know that they are trying to stay off the radar. Everyone knew Ward and 33 were involved by the end. It's quite possible they are trying to make some kind of statement…but then it is confusing that they kill the doctor to keep him quiet.

I thought this was a great episode. I really don't mind the slower pace and character development. I wish more shows would take breathers like this every once in a while. Definitely intrigued with the possible long-term consequences. I can't see how they'd jettison Bobbi and Mack from the team (figure Lance could come…

Good to know..I'd love to see them again actually. They were always a highlight of the festivals I went to a decade or so ago.

It'll be really interesting to see what this does to Go Team's live performances. I've seen them a few times and it was so much about Ninja's rapping and front-woman skills with the audience (although admittedly I haven't seen them in probably 8 years or so). Sounds like this album is filled with guest vocalists,…

Perhaps the sequel will be based on the book sequel: Blade Runner: Edge of Human by K.W. Jeter. Although we should hope not, because I've actually read it for some reason and can vouch for its awfulness.

What amazes me is how young some of these artists were when they first got famous. I mean Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley were 18 and 17 when the joined Human League…still in high school. They were barely older when they had a huge hit single out with "Don't You Want Me." That Depeche Mode video for "New Life"…

Hmm…this was an odd episode for me. By and large I liked it, because lots of it felt more relatable. Cookie is proving she's an excellent manager by actually managing. The stuff with Jamal and Michael is interesting and the new shades with Vernon is interesting. I do agree with the pacing. It seems like something…

So I was in college in DC in 2004 and actually got to be in that audience for Crossfire. It was probably the most wonderful thing I've ever seen. Interestingly, both Begala and Carlson talked so much crap about him right after it ended and Jon left. But I think they knew that Jon was right. After all, the show only…

Well according to this interview with Laurence Fishburne, "Jack is back" in season 3: http://deadline.com/2014/09…

Since it's been established someone that the source material for this soap is Lion in Winter (or Lyon in Winter?), I'd be curious to see how the historicity of the play is used in this show (or not). One part of that play is that Geoffrey (one of Henry II's children) plots with the Prince of France against his father…

I also loved the many times that Cookie just randomly appears just to cause some kind of drama. Obviously nobody wants her around the Empire offices, yet she still gets in, because I guess her leopard print dresses are just that amazing?

I don't really have a huge problem with the GGs giving prizes to "new" shows and talent. Jane the Virgin, Transparent and Gina Rodriguez can probably use the exposure of the win much more than many of the other nominees. And if that is what the GG's intention is, I am fine with it. Plus in this case, Gina deserves it!

It's not just the scene on the swing that's good. Gina does well throughout the show. I love her reaction shots. In a show that is trying to riff on the melodramatics of telenovelas, Gina's acting is so wonderfully naturalistic. Probably my second favorite scene in this episode is when Jane is on the bus giving her…

I saw a theater performance and it seemed like that to me. Maybe they don't directly collude but they kind of have the same goals in the end, which is that none of Henry's children should get the empire. It's sort of unclear if Alais is doing that for her love of Henry or for maybe some other reason.

Vernon could be. I was also thinking maybe Cuba Gooding JR's character whenever he comes in. In the play, Eleanor kind of has a weird love/hate relationship with the King of France, since she was once married to the King of France's father and had a stake in those lands too. It's all kind of complicated and incestuous.

According to Wikipedia (so who knows?), the show is actually based on the James Goldman play turned Katherine Hepburn movie "Lion in Winter."

It's considered "Adapted" if it uses the same characters….it doesn't really matter how close it is to the original material. I mean, "In the Loop" was considered adapted even though it only featured one major character from Ianucci's "The Thick of It," and otherwise was completely different story.

Huh…I though Foxcatcher was based of the memoir of the same name by Mark Schultz, but I guess not.

That batacuda drumming on the song is amazing. I never understood why Graceland was such a hit and this album kind of escaped public notice.

The Ferguson/Al Sharpton stuff was awful and that kind of stuff was easy to mock especially with so many African-American cast members and writers. They should have done something with the grand jury, hearing increasingly ridiculous testimony and all of them (but maybe one black jury member) completely agreeing with…