Damn white babies needing care, basically 24/7.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's trailer — the one with the "Immigrant Song" cover — was much more enjoyable than the movie (which was just OK).  I'm convinced that the movie won the Oscar for editing on the strength of that trailer alone.

Anyone down to play WORDFEUD instead?  My username is yuritestikov — say you're from the AV Club so I won't be a big meanie.

What's a board?

I was sure that Andy's plan would involve a mooning to repel the ne'er-do-wells.

That is a good point. 

Seriously, I get all contemplative about these things too.  I have long-running 'on-the-other-hand' mental debates about whether to keep DVDs in the main room where others can access them or in my room because they are mine goddammit.

Welcome to fucking Harlan.  Can be combative.

Just call it the Milford Men.

@avclub-2036aea21d81a7c8ece0175625da1ee6:disqus, he told the rape story because torture works, m'kay?

What's so great about this particular farm anyways, as opposed to seeking out an island or some place with higher ground?  Something fortified?  The land seems flat and they sleep in tents.  The show started with them living at the top of a cliff, if memory serves correct.  They are regressing.

Still waters run deep, or something.

Is that Neil Flynn, a.k.a. The Janitor from Scrubs?

I never thought I'd ever say so after the first couple episodes of Spartacus, but this show in many ways is  — stylistic flourishes aside — more realistic than Rome.  Obviously both shows are based in history and play loose with the facts for dramatic purposes, but a lot of stuff in Rome beggared credibility…

Besides the previously mentioned Limehouse on Justified, Manny on Boardwalk Empire is another example from this TV year.

That is a fantastic idea.  It would need to warn people that the first handful of episodes are uneven but ultimately necessary to power through.  If there's one word I can think of to describe this show, it's that it's…satisfying.  The early set-ups — the Thracian's origin story, the split with Glaber, Batiatus'…

@avclub-05504937cdc07f36babc5831fbf2e119:disqus, I said  'Butraipicus' in my head with a haughty British accent multiple times and mentally transported myself to ancient Rome — I'm telling you, I was there — before I 'got it'.  Kudos.

Yup, he's gotta be at the top of the love-to-hate category that AV Club article from yesterday was about… at least for currently airing shows.

I was sure he was going throw his weapon and get on his hands and knees and beg for mercy — further forsaking dignity in the pursuit of living another day — but what they did was even better.  The writers know what they're doing.

Who would die on Team Spartacus to prove the A-Team's worthiness? — I'd put money on Agron biting it soon.  He's in a relationship of sorts — that fact alone does not bode well — and his boyfriend, the long-haired Syrian whose name I can never remember, has already had his close call.  It'd give motivation for that…