Good catches - I'm pretty sure you're right on all counts.

It's surprisingly hard to get a screenshot of it - I thing it comprises of 1-2 frames, so hitting the pause button at the right time was a real hit and miss. Lots of Greek symbols and what looks like the Chinese character for 3. No Roman Alphabets. There could be a Pi on there, but it's too blurry to tell. What does…

Subtitles would help.

I don't think she's as unhinged as everyone says she is. Her devotion to the machine and Harold might border on fanatical and her actions are definitely evil, but she's pragmatic and rational. She doesn't kill on a whim - only when it serves her purpose, and she doesn't seem to relish it, i.e. she doesn't shoot people…

Yep…it's how to take on Harold's 3 extra pawns.

I thought that was a possibility too, but Stanton killed Snow's partner close to the end of the first season, so I think they had a plan for her to be an antagonist. Shaw is more of a potential reluctant recruit for the team.

Monica's probably going to work for IFT - Harold and Nathan's company that built the machine. It's amazing how Harold has managed to stay out of the spotlight there.

Ah ok - I don't really follow Scandal so the context was little confusing for me.

The day Bear turns against Reese and Finch is the day that they are screwed.

The library needs better security. Lots of people have broken in.

Elias is a killer and he's waged war against the crime bosses and building a criminal empire, so he's definitely a villain. I think that's what makes Enrico Coltani's portrayal so special - that you feel a sense of sympathy and maybe even empathy towards Elias, despite what he has done.

Elias, but to be fair, he's 1) played by Enrico Coltani, and 2) he's been around the longest. I think it's fair to say that there's going to be more casualties by season's end given how many the good guys have taken this season, although I would be sad to see any of them go.

Amazing episode - one of my favorite this season. If there was any doubt that PoI can juggle standalone and serialized story-telling, this episode would be the one to dispel that. It hit almost every thread and we see almost all of the players (only the Washington Boys in the Special Projects office and Root, although…

"We got Jammed".

The "Save Happy Endings" thing from ABC really pisses me off. What can I do to save the show? ABC is the one which shifts it around its scheduled, preempts it sporadically and moves it to do a double-burn on Friday without even bothering to set an official season finale date. All I can do is watch it (which I will)…

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus  I think you have a pretty good grasp of Jamm even without the events of recent episodes. The writers tried to do some back-and-forth with Jamm and Leslie - each side had a few losses, but Leslie "wins" ultimately, which I think is the inevitable outcome. When we say…

It feels like they spent a lot of time setting up the case and the courtroom, then they just let the theories fly without seeing any of the hearing. By the time you get to the end, you're like "What happened? It's over already?"

You know lots because you obviously have excellent taste.

I think the show feels that not allowing Leslie to achieve her goals would basically be like shooting a doe in the face with a shotgun. She can take small steps in dealing with failure, but those are usually glossed over pretty quickly (i.e. bowling guy who didn't like her). The problem I think is imagining a show…

I thought the the resolution of the budget crisis exemplifies some of the points in the FYC - Leslie goes for a Hail Mary and she ends up getting it all - the Harvest Festival saves the town's budget (I would assume that was the case since the budget storyline disappeared right after, leaving Ben and Chris just…