Except I wouldn't think they'd want him to put on much muscle mass (just build up his strength) to play Robocop.  That was the whole reason they cast Peter Weller the first time around, and not Arnold or some other pile of muscles like they originally wanted.  The Robocop suit requires an actor with a slender build…

Nah, Hannibal beats it in a walkover.  Gruesome murder has no business being that pretty.

They may not be on the same level, but they are related.  If you compare watching shows to the experience of dating someone, watching The Killing is like going out with a convicted date rapist who swears it was all a terrible misunderstanding.  Watching The Following is like answering a craigslist personal ad from…

I dunno, given that it's on AMC and not network, it'll have a hard time matching The Following's hate-watch numbers. ;)

Olive - I was more interested in what she could have possibly done in half a second to create the gushers of blood that came flying out from under the bed.  Not that I'm nit-picking, the visual effect was very well done.

Let's keep in mind, Hawking's not been in the greatest of health for decades, so he has to take good care of himself.  4 months on the North Sea bears little resemblance to a Caribbean pleasure cruise.  And if his condition slowly took a turn for the worse, doing a Medevac for someone on a ship way out in the middle…

Or some kind of "special" puppy.

The jokes, they write themselves - "It that a narwhal in your pocket, or are you just really happy to see me?" ;)

To be fair, it's the first time I've believed it when Penny has said she loves Leonard.

Sure there is:

True… and I don't think we've even learned her last name yet, have we?

@ Newton - doesn't that feel like a retcon though?  She was very much into acting (even if she didn't get any jobs) and various "girly" pursuits in the first few seasons - shoes in particular became a running gag.  And she clearly likes Sheldon a lot, even if it's a love-hate thing - he's like a cross between a pet…

Quarters? ;)

Physically speaking, neither one of them is everyone's cup of tea - you wouldn't call either of them beautiful in a "conventional" sense.  As they've put it, he "looks like a giant praying mantis," and she has the nose from hell and dresses like "Forever 63."

Rex - sorta kinda.  The fact that they're doing the whole thing rather ironically definitely gives it a hipster vibe.  But the specific items they wear are also rather reminiscent of Urkel, who prior to The Big Bang Theory was the most well-known cultural stereotype of a nerd (and still is the most well-known example…

"Free-range Rude" as he later calls them, if I recall the Hannibal novel correctly.

I'm not convinced.  Remember the episode with the Ren Faire where he had to harp on every minor detail that wasn't just right?  His personality playing in the previous Christmas episode seemed much more like his typical personality.  That he was entertained enough to go along with a lot of Howard's whimsy was kind of…

Not a gaming accountant, no, but given the personalities of most D&D "rules lawyers," that has Sheldon's name written all over it.  It's a universe where there's a rule for most everything, and someone with an eidetic memory and a need for order and structure should really gravitate towards the opportunity to lecture…

The Christmas campaign was more entertaining. ;)

Except there's an elephant in the room - particularly in the 2.0 version, Penny doesn't seem to actually LIKE Leonard all that much anymore.  Of the three (now four) relationships on the show, I find theirs the least believable at this point.  When they broke up (because she wasn't sure she was ever going to love him,…