Thanks. Apparently I have an hopelessly American ear.

Ah, crap. I thought I was imagining that extra L. I'll make sure to fix it for next week.

Even if the dialogue itself is not scripted, the challenges are planned out in a way that suggested writing to me. But I guess it's not the most accurate term.

What he doesn't know can't hurt him. ;) No, just kidding. I think that got added in for chronological clarity by the editors. I am never letting this one go.

almost all of the scenes we described above are from episodes 8-12. The last half of the season is really when it grabs you.

This is also my favorite line of the series. I saw a cross-stitch pattern of it on Etsy and was very tempted.

Oh wow, I thought it was over last week. My bad, Misfits! It's not you, it's me…

exactly.

the indexing has been a bit wonky in general. thanks for pointing this out—i'll let them know!

"More importantly, can you write a pop culture article without getting mad about white people?"

Definitely! But surely you can overthink fun, too :)

Because when I think Kubrick, I think "under-thought."

This is our design.

I really like how Tom uses Last Chance Kitchen as a way to teach the chefs something based on how they lost in the competition. It adds an earnestness to Top Chef that a lot of other reality shows don't have.

I love Spy Game. It's a weird, fringe movie, but I adore the style. I am a sucker for global politics stories with a strong female lead, though. (Homeland, case in point.)

Found out this was happening after this posted. Rowan is covering it.

OH GOD. I KNEW THIS DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT.

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I almost wrote about Chris Brown. And I've written about him before, here: http://www.avclub.com/artic…

I am, as many important people have observed, a terrible person. But I write pretty sometimes.