I appreciate that the writers tried to switch the Troy/Britta dial to something other than "dull" for this week, but in the process they really only underscored how poor a fit they are for each other.

Except that "The Eleventh Hour" is probably a top 5 nu-Who episode.

If The Terror goes into production, where the hell will they shoot?  Are they just going to try and reproduce the Canadian north via greenscreen?

I've always thought a miniseries on Franklin's lost expedition was overdue, but I didn't imagine it would come in this form.

Hockey hugs!

Let's face it: Up All Night is way more inventive than Community.  The amount of originality behind this show is truly stunning.

Apparently if you change Siri's language setting to "Canadian English", you can get interesting, hockey-related results.

And for the record, I'm of the opinion that @HectorTheWellEndowed is our resident British TV expert.

I'm a Canuck living in France.  I just keep my ear close to the ground.

Hmm, it seems we're coming at the show from very different angles.

Yeah, but Dolly wasn't immediately sold off to a private owner.  The secrecy was due to the amount of oversight, not the complete lack of it.

I think it's the most profound thing on TV in as long as I can remember.

Still doesn't make sense to me.  If proto-humans were in "beta" it would still be massive, massive news that everyone knew about.  Look at Dolly.  The government and military would be all over it, analyzing its actions, its uses, its implications, whether it posed risks, etc.  And buying one would cost tens of…

My thoughts on Black Mirror's "Be Right Back". SPOILERS ahead.

Join in the Black Mirror love.  You know when people say "It's like nothing else on TV!"?  Well this time it's actually true.

I'm at more of a B+/A-.

Nicolas Cage is great.  He's a fantastic actor, despite his (debt-induced) selection of roles.

Do the wanking claw!

Oh my god.  Original cut is so much better.  The director's version makes me really, really angry (well, not really, but if I was forced to watch it I would be nonplussed).  It's like the director had no understanding of what made it visually distinct and memorable.

Is the viewer watching the actual documentary in the American Office?  I've never really been sure on that.  It seems much too implausible to be true, but I imagine that's where they'll go with it in the end.  I mean, that's how it was with the original.  But the original was actually conceivable as a documentary…