"Keep this up and all those chicken fingers in the cafeteria will have a lot less chicken and a lot more finger."

That final cut to the Hydra logo in place of the SHIELD logo would have been badass and chilling… were it not for the stupid "We'll be back in a moment" voiceover. Yes, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, we're watching TV in 20-fucking-14, we understand that you'll be back in a moment!

Well, depending on how closely the show follows A Feast for Crows, those people might not be wrong. But I'm hoping they adapt cleverly enough that that won't be the case.

Cool! What a nice, immensely alien feeling it is to have a show I love that isn't constantly dancing on the edge of cancellation.

I believe it was planned through scripting/preproduction stages to be called The Kung Fu Kid, but some kind of market research showed the masses would be confused and frightened, so they changed it back.

I will risk mockery by saying that I did not think the original remake was half-bad (outside of being moronically called The Karate Kid when it was about kung fu and featured neither the use of karate nor the word "karate" at any point). Good use of the Chinese setting, surprisingly cool fight choreography, Jackie…

Comparing Rick and Morty to Archer at its best, I dunno, but yeah, Rick and Morty S1 >>>>>> Archer S5.

I'll say something positive about him: Freaks and Geeks. "They'll wiggle… and you'll fall."

Agreed. I would never have predicted GoT putting out its all-time funniest episode just two episodes after the Red Wedding, but I guess unpredictable is how this show likes to roll.

The great comedy pilot is a mythical beast that I'm not entirely convinced exists. And yes, it's because it takes a sitcom time to finds its comedic voice and for the cast to finds its chemistry and rhythms. Arrested Development would certainly be near the top of the list, though even in that case I would say that out…

I thought the same thing during the Drew and Berto scene. And during the Drew and Amber guitar scene a few weeks back. Drew/Miles Heizer truly does have this certain magic pansexual zing with everyone!

This is, by a dramatic margin, my favorite television pilot of all time. I'm not sure off the top of my head what my #2 pick would be (shows in contention would include Freaks and Geeks, The West Wing, Breaking Bad and Firefly, I think), but I know that Friday Night Lights' pilot leaves it choking in its dust. In…

I never would have thought of comparing FNL and Wire and Spartacus in that way, but you're right! Very interesting. Another show that's final season has a 95% different cast from its first season is 24, though 24 is not as good as those three shows.

"Saracen! Quarterback's captain."

For some people it just clicks; for some it doesn't. A friend of mine's very first episode was the My Dinner With Abed episode - which, holy shit, could there be a more alienating first episode? - and he LOVED it and immediately wanted to watch more and became a giant fan.

I watched the first Red Road and found it pretty dull; had no interest in watching another. Vikings at its best can be pretty cool though. It basically lives up to its very straightforward title.

I watched the whole first season instead of just the pilot, but I otherwise agree with your words.

Also the Rocky movies! *sings "dun dun dundundun dundundun dundundun, NAA NAA NAAAAA" etc*

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I'm pretty sure the super out-there concept episodes make most average TV goers go "what the fuck?" and turn it off, not "I gotta watch more of this!", so I dispute your ratings-grabbing theory. I think Dan Harmon just writes the stuff he's interested in and 80s syndicated cartoons just happen to be one of those…