I agree that they planned for Shaw's return and there was never actually doubt in my mind. But I think they should have left it ambiguous - we the viewers would have expected a return anyway (with only a hint of uncertainty) but we would've been on the same page as the characters and the eventual return would've had a…

The A plot and B plot didn't quite gel and were both somehow less exciting than they appeared on paper but Reese's attempt at a smile and Root dragging the body through the hotel made this ep more than enjoyable. As well as the presence of Silva (who I'd love as a permanent addition) and the confirmation that Shaw is…

Full on apocalyptic stuff. Last World Emperor, Angelic Pope, Antichrist. There has to be some sense of urgency and doom. Doesn't mean there has to be fire raining from the sky or anything special effect heavy. Make it psychological, throw in time travel (yes to going back to Ichabod's time!). Make it about Ichabod and…

I'm perfectly willing to believe that this show can return to former glory because it's still got all the right ingredients, it's just that the recipe is wrong, serving up something rather dull (or at least it was up to the last episode I saw and I think that's what will be the show's main problem going forward:…

Since the hiatus I haven't been able to bring myself to watch any new episodes. I still read the reviews every week, hoping they will revive my interest in the show but alas, it keeps on sounding worse! Once upon a time (= not too long ago) the sight of Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie would've been enough for me to…

It seems brevity really is the soul of Twitter.

It never would've been as sexy as the cookie monster version anyway.

Danke! Weiß nicht, wann ich zuletzt ein so schönes Kompliment bekommen habe. Jahre des Konsums englischsprachiger Medien scheinen sich ausgezahlt zu haben :D (Bin halb-deutsch und halb-niederländisch, aber habe immer in Deutschland gelebt und bin daher zu 98 % mit der deutschen Sprache aufgewachsen; die mir…

There was a movie about Goethe and it was terrible. I love Goethe too much to wish to subject him to the German film industry. And yeah, Haneke is Austrian. He's made a movie in Germany though, Das weiße Band. It's fab. I love to feel miserable, it's part of my patriotic Protestant DNA.

I implied in the very sentence that you quoted that soldiers are victims of powers beyond their control so no, I absolutely do not blame soldiers for anything (other than what they might do individually, as any other human). I do however question the image of war that is perpetuated in the media and, like the other…

I'm sorry if it came across that way. I wasn't talking about the treatment of ethnicities, I was talking about people's attitude towards war (and I hope I'm allowed to have an opinion on that and to express it, as everyone is?). Germany was forced to confront its past so that's nothing to be proud of or feel morally…

I appreciate your take on the movie. It doesn't come out in Germany until February so I withold judgement, especially since the reviews are pretty conflicting. I'm actually expecting the movie to be fairly decent (dealing with the PTSD etc.). Where some of the legitimate criticism seems to come from is the discrepancy…

The atrocities committed by Germany (including but very much not limited to 11 million people killed in the concentration camps) is well known enough that I didn't think I'd have to specify what I'm talking about. A lesser known crime from Germany's colonial past is the genocide of the Herero. And so on. In my answer…

Simmer down, buddy. I am, in fact, German. So yes, I know what I'm talking about when it comes to indoctrination and nationalism. Did I claim that Europeans are peace-loving? No. This isn't a post about French Sniper though, it's about American Sniper. If it were merely about Inglourious Basterds I'd be "happy" to…

The attitude of many Americans towards war and soldiers and heroism disturbs me. Honestly, I can't be blasé about it or make witty remarks (not that I could if I wanted) because this actually costs people their lives. The ignorance about the role the USA has played in many global conflicts in the 20th and 21st century…

I just realized that the issue with this episode pretty much boils down to the show preaching water and drinking wine (to paraphrase the brilliant Heinrich Heine).

B- sounds about right. I liked that the kitchen scene showed the ridiculousness of the televised debated and that a real debate is much more engaging but the way it was done… eh.

I saw the grade, I saw the beginning of the episode, and I knew why it was given. According to the reviewer, the show could and should not have tackled the subject in any way at all because it is written by white people, directed by white people and focuses on white (upperclass) people. I won't disagree. This episode…

Now that my tears have dried and I can finally talk about the many aspects of this episode that are worth mentioning, I… no, sorry, back to crying.

I'd buy that if it were clearly portrayed as being due to negligence on Kalinda's part, brought on by her emotional involvement. It'd even make it sort of tragic since her character tends to be very collected. But as it is, too many things about this are too irrational/unlikely (from the manipulation of the metadata…