Paulie definitely sees religion as a transaction throughout much of the show's run. But around the middle of season 6, he actually sees the Virgin Mary , and I think he becomes a little more serious after that.

What's great about that quote is that while it applies to Tony, it also applies to everybody who plays a major role in this episode. Meadow, Carmela, and the Priest all have to deal with lying to themselves about their relationship to Tony's mafia lifestyle (Meadow is probably the most forgivable since she's just a…

I liked what I saw from Wilmore on The Nightly Show, but it wasn't anything groundbreaking. After the first week, I felt little urge to tune in and still haven't.

"Akash Shetye" is my other account that I use for different sites, but for whatever reason it got mixed up with this account today.

That's not really the idea of The Sopranos, though. Or it's the simplest form of The Sopranos' major thesis.

What's amazing about Chase's analysis is how much compassion, optimism, and hope it conveys (and it isn't some naïve sense of hope, but one that recognizes how hard and painful life can be). Considering the fact that Chase is most famous for finding the dark and selfish side in all of his characters and detesting…

I'll concede that I might have forced the comparison to Gotham. However, I don't think Gotham can be labeled as merely "campy," "goofy," and "cartoonish." From the abducted kids in "Selina Kyle" to the subplot regarding Bullock's lost idealism in "The Spirit of the Goat" to the bomb maker in "Harvey Dent" to the plot…

This is what Gotham should've been. It finds the right balance between gritty darkness and comedy that the Fox Show was aiming for. Moreover, the direction really brings this world to life and makes the action scenes feel a cut above regular TV.