Transmedia?

I kind of liked Krissy the first time around - there was enough trauma clinging to her that the bravado could be seen as a cover for vulnerability and really just for still being a kid. But, in this episode, she was obnoxious in a way that was teenagery (as Dean said) without inspiring any sympathy.

I've always been struck, throughout the entire run of the series, by how much alcohol they consume generally in lieu of food. Every time they showed up at Bobby's house, they'd all pour a drink instead of make a sandwich. When they get to another of their creatively scuzzy motel rooms, yep, beer. Seriously, the…

While (in my opinion) Go On is getting more enjoyable, The Mindy Project is not. The character relationships in the former are based on some element of relatability and chemistry while Mindy basically only has Chris Messina, with a lead character actually less likable than Perry's smug sportscaster. I really wish AVC…

Perfectly valid question. I wonder the same thing because that whole process needs a continuous flow ('scuse the pun) of supplies and you've got four adult women in there going to town. Only not.

Interesting cross-currents between Carol, Daryl, and Merle. Over time, it's been Carol even more than Rick who has incrementally made Daryl feel like he was his own man, separate from the identity that Daryl started off with as Merle's younger brother. Carol has repeatedly shown Daryl respect and reflected back at him…

Redneck Jedi is a mere mortal, after all.

Everyone's gone from this discussion now, but I was perusing and got lured by the topic. I like that you're wary of Mad Men because of the rampant misogyny of the era - and you would not be wrong about that, but I can promise you the show takes an interesting path. It takes the dickheads (no, not a pun reflecting the…

Yep, here too. I'm 6 pages away from the end. Really hoping three black-eyed minions aren't about to show up at my door. Not unless the Winchesters are right behind them.

No need for shame. When I had to trade in my 1994 vehicle (which was a raging POS that had cost me $8000 in various parts breaking down during a 4-year time period - not naming names but the make started with a "C" and ended with a "Y"), the only thing I lamented was the original factory tape player that, by some…

Back in the day, at the dawn of the 8-Track versus Cassette era, you were standing there in the record store (remember those?) and you had to decide which one you were going to bet on. This conundrum has been replayed over and over, every time there's a new technology: late 1920s cinema…sound-on-film or sound-on disc,…

It wouldn't be the worst thing ever whipped out on this site.

We've definitely seen their mutual bafflement over the two different decades of music they groove to, not to mention new technologies like iPods and such. I guess I'm the only one here who likes "Breakfast in America." That's cool - just one more thing that puts me in the Dean camp. *fluffs big hair*

Isn't it fascinating for us to focus on male beauty amidst physical degradation? What a very unusual dynamic and one that, without a lot of fanfare, kind of rewrites the discussion (although, probably not ironically, the very same episode also depicts a woman at the receiving end of violence).

Agreed. The cheap joke of Cas watching porn, then the highly sexualized torture of Meg. Just creepy all the way around.

I yelled at her to Not Get Killed because she worked too hard on the Ph.D. (i.e. a "candidate" - with nothing left to finish but the dissertation) to die before getting the damn degree. That was painful to watch. SO close.

Did Phil not get the Star Wars reference when Meg makes the crack about Dean's height: "Aren't you a little short to be a Stormtrooper?"? I love that joke because it makes Meg Princess Leia, thus setting her up to be heroic in this episode. I agree that she got a fairly redshirt send-off (sorry to be mixing the Trek…

If he did, he could fit into that fish tank.

Yes, I was expecting the standard gay panic (see the entire painful length of "Road Hogs"), but Bob pulled it out at the last minute.

Yeah, it's cool @avclub-7b75e39d86336187cfd3a147125bcf75:disqus , you're among others here who also get a lot of life happiness from our relationship to the flickering fictions of teevee. Numfar, do the Dance of Joy!