I think I've uncovered a huge conspiracy.  O'Neal's articles page states that there are 204 pages of articles he's written.  Impressive, right?  http://www.avclub.com/autho…

Except it would inevitably take the tone of one of those, "why your shoes might be trying to kill you — next at six o'clock!" pieces… ending with the guy suggesting computers be moved out of bedrooms and into hallways, with a link to download Net Nanny at the bottom of the screen.

He's the T-Bag of this show; he's most definitely gonna make it out alive.

That's a good point.  You'd think they would probably all just be Romans or "Little Eichmanns" in the arena, but we've seen pensive — and passive — spectators like Oenomaus also attend the matches.  I'm sure there had to be many innocents killed that day, or at the very least some who were as guiltless as they could…

Aglabba?  I remember when Agrippa was introduced in Rome, I thought he was 'Gripper' for the remainder of the series.  Since I didn't want to historical spoil myself any more than I already knew, I didn't read about the actual record of the period till after I finished all the episodes.  Wikipedia made me feel pretty…

I've seen Equilibrium, @avclub-9cbd94a184fb01fbd8f66f3c76c6a647:disqus, but don't remember any face slicing at all.  Sounds like it's time for a re-watch.

After trying to "enlist" Gannicus, Glaber returned it, said "you're a free man" (not meaning any of it) and gave him a few days to think about the, uhh, totally non-compulsory offer.  When Gannicus made his choice, he crushed Glaber's men (and saw them driven before him and heard the lamentations of his woman) with…

I was worried for a few minutes that this would be one of the first 'monster-of-the-week' episodes, with all of the new Germans introduced, clashed with and dispatched by hour's end.  However, the fact that their ranks did swell considerably after they swore allegiance to the dude who defaced their leader — and the…

Thanks for the suggestions.  I've only read Heart of Darkness of Conrad's so far; I never really associated him with Victorian writing but you're right.

I was avoiding clicking that Newswire entry for obvious reasons, but then convinced myself that it was probably referring to Walton Goggins because, well, who else would possibly warrant an entry?  Then I became angry that the very headline itself was basically one giant implicit spoiler.  Anyways, reading your…

WARNING: that contact page @avclub-6f611188ad4a81ffc2edab83b0705d76:disqus posted links to an FAQ that slams Con Air.  Proceed with caution.  I don't want anyone else blindsided.

Whoa, you guys went all out.  Thanks for that, @avclub-7fd1d5cec910c61b1864a51eb7e18cbc:disqus, it will make reading all the comments much easier.

Thanks, @sll03:disqus, I just read @avclub-7fd1d5cec910c61b1864a51eb7e18cbc:disqus's pilot review and enjoyed it.  I'm relatively new around here and you might be able to help — how do you, uhh, 'work the Disqus' to view the context/replies to the review comments?  I've never figured that out here.  Whenever I click a…

OK, I'm going to say it like you say 'cinéaste' then.  Commune-é-aste.

Is there a link to all the reviews, without having to pore through all the comments? 

Communists?  Please tell me it's pronounced commune-ists, and not com-yoon-ists.

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Oooh, I want to play devil's advocate (although I love the show and the couple):

*Paging Cookie Monster*

In my best Christopher Moltisanti impression — I liked it!