Actually, yeah. The first four episodes are underwhelming. But episodes 5-8 are a lot better, and then episode 9, as @IndependentGeorge:disqus  mentioned, is when shit gets real. From there it's all kinds of crazy awesome until the finale, which is one of the best episodes of television I've ever had the privilege to…

I'd love to re-live season 3. Those two episodes in Paris? Hell yes.

I kind of saw it coming when the trailer was released back in July :( There was a brief shot of her poor face, and I just remember thinking, "Oh, shit…"

There's the muscle thing, but McIntyre also looks a bit shorter than Whitfield to me. I don't know if anyone else thought that…

Indeed. Lindleof's involvement with Prometheus is the one and only thing that makes me kind of apprehensive for that film… Which, considering that it comes from RIDLEY FUCKING SCOTT, I should not have to feel.

Dude. I fucking am :(

Agreed. I didn't quite know what to make of the credits when the series began either, but even then I appreciated them aesthetically, especially the color scheme and voice overs. They pretty much nail that kind of eerie discomfort, so I don't really know what about them people would find particularly… bad.

Ehhh, I don't know.

Good to hear.

Haven't seen this episode yet (my grandma's the one who gets Showtime, not me or my house), but I agree with most people's assessments here that one of the show's biggest weaknesses is negotiating a credible balance between comedy and drama. Again, I haven't seen this episode yet, but from what I remember of the first…

I was wondering the same thing. I think it was a combination of the editing and the fact that he kept using "you," supposedly in reference to Amy, even though she wasn't there… Which is further complicated by me thinking that in a situation like that, the use of "you" would be realistic, and the show always has…

Absolutely. She had one expression, in particular, during her argument with Levi that destroyed me. It was *very* hard to see an old woman "feel" that kind of pain — but, for that reason, all the more impressive.

Say whut. The Big C? In the first season it was pretty terrible, I agree. But the second, I think, was a big improvement, and had some genuine sentiment.

What @avclub-817fde73cb35d91a2cb63520835563f9:disqus said, plus the fact that Barrie's character had some adorable lil grandbabies (Cooper and Connor!), and Helen didn't… Now that I think about it, Amy's miscarriage must have been hard on her mother as well. Which just makes the character even MORE tragic.

I was waiting for this episode. I read in an interview (I think it might've been on this site, actually) that we'd be getting an episode from Helen's point-of-view and had been looking forward to it since.

I just love that the show can slide in and out of so many tones and settings, especially because I feel like for anything else, doing this would be a bad thing. But I think episodes like this one, last week's and "The Weekend" do a good job of giving the kind of variety that keep it interesting to watch. With that…

Enlightened. It's seriously some excellent television. The closing shot/voiceover from last Monday's episode has been haunting me the whole week, and in the best possible way. Dern is sublime and the show itself is really becoming something special. It's gonna be sad to hear that cancellation announcement, but I'm…

George: "It's not work!"
Noah: "It is if you're doing it right!"

Dude. I fucking HATE Ryan Murphy on so many levels. Like at least two different levels. And you've indulged me, so I like you. And your username. Gratitude.

The Christmas episode from season 2! Funny you should mention it because I was thinking about that last night when I was watching this episode. But yeah, definitely agree about how well the constrast works on this kind of show.