Manhattan Love Story was really damn underrated. It was a lot more low key than most of its counterparts at the time, but that was part of its charm; the two leads actually felt like real people.

"I grew up in a similar criminal situation…"

I misunderstood what you meant by MVP. Barney was definitely the immediate breakout character. The first season, though, did a really great job investing you in Ted's story, and it's before all the subsequent breakups and bad decisions, so you're rooting for him without the caveat of also thinking he's a jackass. …

Peggy Carter is indeed fantastic.

I think Arrow could be better at balancing the cast—there are too many times when one or more of them has very little to do—but it's still far and away my favorite ensemble in comic book TV. Agents of Shield would probably come in second.

I miss Ben and Kate. I was really glad when Echo Kellum turned up as a series regular on Arrow.

Yeah, I was over-simplifying. I do think there's an element of truth to his arc boiling down to "goofy sidekick becomes gloomy, morally anguished sidekick," though.

You could arguably call season 1 an MVP season for Ted. Though I suppose that was before they'd fully mapped out all the character's quirks and foibles.

That's a solid call. Agreed about Keith Mars, too. I've seen a few people call his and Veronica's relationships one of the best father/daughter relationships on television, and I think that's true.

I support that vote! Kyle Chandler is one of my favorite actors, so it wasn't a hard choice for me, but I love pretty much every character on that show. Tami, Tyra, Riggins, Landry, Buddy Garrity…I want to be friends with all of them.

The first thing that leapt to mind for me was Coach Eric Taylor. He was the heart of the show (Saracen was the soul), and he was always the friggin' best.

Or Jesse, who went from moron to sad moron. Subtlety was not that show's forte.

Ted's increasingly goofy dad humor is often overlooked, but in the later seasons when more traditional punchlines weren't landing Ted almost always made me laugh.

He gets a lifetime pass for Midnight Run alone.

I'd quibble with your performance rankings (Jimmy Fallon's best performance was definitely in Fever Pitch), but yeah, it's a great movie in no small part due to how lovable the entire cast is.

Now I'm imagining Billy Crudup as Batman and I can't help but feel disappointed that we'll never get to see this.

I love the direction, as well. I don't know if you've listened to it, but there's a great audio commentary from Keith Gordon on the DVD. I wish he did more movies, but he's actually had a fairly successful and prolific career in television directing, most recently having helmed multiple episodes for both The…

That was one of my first introductions to "Mercy Street," as well, and probably what spurred me into becoming a Peter Gabriel fan.

I'm not sure! But the soundtrack in general was pretty good.

I think BvS is a more complex and intelligent movie than MoS. MoS had so many moments of astounding stupidity that I left the theater actually angry. Between Costner's utterly pointless "noble sacrifice," the bizarrely ubiquitous product placement, and the never-ending monotony of the climax, I didn't think there…