High-five to LaToya Ferguson for picking up Brooklyn Nine-Nine duty. Gem of a show, and an author whose tumblr I've lurk-followed for a while now.

At this risk of devolving a stimulating, thoughtful conversation about a fantastic, intelligent TV show into a tumblr-esque fangirl fest, I can let you in on the secret that the appeal of Finn is Matthew Goode, and probably a little of Matthew Goode, but mostly Matthew Goode.

TGW almost has too many great characters when you have to look at Lee & Canning and ask, "Do they have enough to do here?". I think once the season settles in, though, we'll find them less distracting and more the usual delight.

It's going to happen, for sure. I just hope it's a slow burn, and both characters arrive to that place organically. I have a strong suspicion it'll work out fine - they have a natural chemistry, are already friends, and reasonably detached from their spouses (we know where Alicia's at with Peter, Finn and his wife are…

I just realized they played on that Glee controversy last season, so having Coulton do a bit part actually makes sense. What a fun little addition.

I'm quite happy with the plan. If this is the one of the few shows where I can point new fans to it without saying "Just ignore the last season" because the runners actually have a vague notion of where they want the closing chapter to be, and how to get there, I'll be extremely happy.

I feel like this case is too dirty and morally questinable for Elsbeth. She's like the sole pure good guy on the show. She wears the white hat.

Classic NuDisqus.

I had completely forgotten what the show did at the end of its last season, so when this episode kicked off and I was reminded of it all - Diane partnering up with FA and Alicia-as-SA tease - and then on top of it all, they drop this Cary storyline, I was pretty bowled over. I fear for this show as it takes these…

Selfie bugs me so much because it's like fan-casting snatched from my brain (Karen Gillan! John Cho! delightful cute people!) put into the worst premise imaginable. Goddammit. If they manage to do a Cougar Town, and become an entirely different show than what is sold to us in like 4-5 episodes, I'll be the happiest TV…

Do they fuck up the getting-together part in Remington Steele? I watched most of the first two seasons until I kind of burned out on it. It was great, but in that old-timey TV way where the show is so formulaic it becomes hard to marathon, as I am wont to do.

I watched their trip to North Korea on youtube one evening. While illuminating on what kind of press/tourist visits NK organises for westerners, the overall theme was "how weird!", and kind of had this assumption that North Koreans were basically just stupid/misinformed. While a lot of them surely are (I'm not sure…

True, disqus continues to have more downsides than upsides. I do like the improved notifications, but that's about the only thing I like, so not a whole lot. Conversing on here can be a pain in the neck, and following the flow of other people's conversations similarly so.

First, a bit of something I thought I'd never give Disqus: love. I've noticed some guest has been going through the comments of The Good Wife reviews of last season, and liking a ton of my comments. I assume they're catching up on the show and reading through the reviews and comments as they do. Similarly, I've been…

Thanks, I'll keep it in mind next time I get in this mood.

I saw a gif of that line, that was actually my introduction to the show. That whole ep was quite alright. It's not that bad, honestly, it's just every other punchline is "because [stereotype]!" and just kind of unfunnily obvious, but then they have these legitimately good comedic moments that keep me watching.

It was one of those weekends when I'm working and want my entertainment to demand absolutely nothing out of me because otherwise my head goes to dark places. Because of that, I ended up watching Young & Hungry, a semi-cute, occasionally offensive ABC Family sitcom about a young lady who gets hired as a private chef…

An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman. The best travelogue I've ever read! It's written in the 1960's (but only recently translated into English), when Grossman was living in Soviet-era Armenia, but even if you just like good travelogues, this is a great one. It's just about so much more than Armenia as a country…

Have had a slew of negative food experiences as of late, recipes not working out and all the rest of it. Recently I raved about a carrot-orange salad to a friend of mine and she said, "But that's dessert!" and I felt weirdly shamed for eating it as lunch and dinner, even though I shouldn't care what others think of my…

STEPHEN!