That was some epic, powerful television of mythic scope and emotion. Miyazaki as hell. Gorgeous animation. Awesome action. Great story. I haven't been this giddy and awed coming off a TV episode in a while. Just taken as a 45-minute film, I don't think I've loved an animated "movie" this much since, shit, I dunno,…

Well we need NBC to stay alive so Hannibal can keep going (and Parenthood, though Parenthood is likely in its last season or two anyway). But once Hannibal is done, sure, NBC's total destruction, woo!

Agreed. It's impressive how NBC even manages to bring Community back in a vaguely passive aggressive way.

Wow, I never even thought of Homeland for one second until reading the comparison in this review, despite the suicide vest making the comparison so obvious - it's amazing how in the span of two years I've gone from full-on obsessed with and evangelizing for Homeland to pretty much not thinking of it ever unless it's…

I was enjoying most of this episode, and then, boom, in the final seconds, motherfucking amnesia. Ugghhh. Hate amnesia in TV shows! Hate it! It's the absolute worst! And in the last few seconds of an otherwise enjoyable episode like this it was like finding a turd in the last bite of your cupcake.

I get why they're doing that and it's probably the right call, but it kind of bums me out to think of S4's Halloween and Christmas episodes being the show's final Halloween and Christmas episodes after how much I loved the first two Halloween specials and first three Christmas specials.

Don't take my post as hating on the CW: I love Supernatural and Arrow. Still though, watching this pilot, I was like, surely I only think I have my TV on the CW and this is actually Showtime, right?

It's fascinatingly weird to watch something like this on any broadcast network, let alone the CW. It's so strongly akin to cable shows like The Tudors or The Borgias or Camelot or The White Queen, only with 1. Predominantly teen protagonists 2. Modern (or at least modern-ish) soundtrack 3. No boobs. Is any of this a…

I see no reason to reject Batman Begins or Dark Knight in favor of the other. I back-to-back marathoned them earlier this year and they still work phenomenally well as a two-film whole: One film about Bruce Wayne and one about Gotham. My only real complaint is that I wish they'd cast one actress as Rachel Dawes from…

I'm sorry, but this sounds more like the Joey to Breaking Bad's Friends than the Angel to Breaking Bad's Buffy.

They did introduce an old guy in the pilot: Ron Glass. Not bringing him in as a regular is a big mistake in my opinion.

I would not compare the show to Dollhouse (re: "It's only "Whedonesque" if you count Dollhouse as his entire oeuvre").

THIS IS MY DILLON NOW!

Didn't he beat them in the playoffs in S3?

As I mentioned in last week's Arrow comments, the premiere was my favorite fall premiere for any network show this year, new or returning. Great action, great character work, interesting exploration of consequences with the copycats. Even the cinematography seems stellar for a CW show. Can they keep that up? Dunno,…

While I get your joke, I also think your post is literally true. Firefly had 9 main characters and that worked out great, so why only 6 here? Why not 8 or 9 people on the plane? There could be so many more dynamics to explore. I said in the comments last week that wish J. August Richards and Ron Glass and Cobie…

And Dillon vs. Voodoo Tatum's team. Don't remember the team's name despite having watched the FNL S1 finale like a dozen times, but I remember Voodoo Tatum!

"Who are you?"
"Kevin… Solo."
"How old are you?!"
"…Old enough."

I drift in and out, baby - I'm a ghost in the wind.

1. Friday Night Lights
2. Spartacus
3. The Wire
4. Community
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
6. Arrested Development
7. Avatar: The Last Airbender
8. Freaks and Geeks
9. Breaking Bad
10. The West Wing