I agree. The unexpected (non-diegetic) music choices in these last few episodes have left me hoping for a future of CW shows gloriously free of the identikit elevator-emo that's been a plague upon its house for far too long. Not a knock on emo (which has produced strong stuff in all its iterations over the years), but…

I don't see what the making of an unofficial biopic has to do with IP law, unless the genesis of the screenplay is in question.

"One of the most exciting cities in the tri-state area" made me chuckle quite a bit, but then again, I'm an easy mark. Did that use to be a regular part of the opening announcer's patter? Because of geographical issues, I didn't have the chance to watch the show before it was well into the CBS era.

I hope the message of this movie is going to turn out to be that WE'LL! NEVER BE ALONE AGAIN because we will always have Zac Efron.

Also, I wish critics would stop treating melodrama as a dirty word. I know a lot of the dictionary definitions do, but I thought the term had been well redeemed by the work of directors like Douglas Sirk or Susanne Bier.

Isn't it customary for addicts to invite their family members to meetings when they celebrate anniversaries/receive chips? I have no idea what the custom is in sponsor/sponsee relations, but it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility for Alfredo to have introduced his mother to Sherlock as such an occasion.

If you go back to his review of the episode in question, I think you'll find that he most definitely doesn't. (And too right.)

Your third and fourth paragraphs are spot on. The parts about the gaps in personality in particular. Lovely observations, lovely writing.

The explanation was right there in the scene, wasn't it? I go on about it for way too long in another thread above, but to me it felt like he was basically punishing himself, definitely for resorting to violence at the end, and maybe even for the self-righteous kiss-off he gave to Oscar at their last parting of ways.…

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I would have been as fed up as you if the show had done the obvious thing and had Joan's message get to Sherlock a second after he'd shot up, the great detective undone by the villain, etc. But having Sherlock relapse as an act of self-punishment seemed exactly right to…

I was going to post a variation of this, but was glad to see someone put it much better than I ever could have. I'd disagree with both the assertion that an addict (or mentally ill person) needs a "strong reason" to relapse, and that the events triggering Sherlock's relapse weren't narratively significant or, indeed,…

Yes, thank you so much for all the thoughtful, engaged and engaging writing, Myles. I'm sad to see you go, and if Erik or any other Power That Be is reading this, might I suggest cajoling Myles into doing a review every fifth episode next season or something. His ongoing critical relationship with the show is too…

Okay, so what does "actually grasping music" entail, and how do you go about utterly disregarding the period of time you grew up in? Don't listen to music from that period at all?

In fact, I would say that, because I have no shame when it comes to bad puns. Shows what you know, sir/ma'am.

Here's some footage from the episode. Christ, I miss that show so much.

Yeah, Eyehategod were in an episode. There might have been more, but that's the one I remember. I love the way the show strived to highlight that the NO musical heritage/scene is so much more than trad jazz.

Preach. I don't know why the AVC music coverage attracts such high amounts of negativity and trolling compared to other subjects, but it's a shame.

Really, you don't have to be very charitable to take this view, because the idea that indie labels have the money to pay sites like The AV Club to reprint their press releases (and under the table, no less) is pretty ludicrous. I have a hard time even buying that bigger labels with bigger marketing budgets would spend…

I'm pretty sure Carla Speed McNeil is the actual Best (At Comics). It's a shame Finder isn't popular enough for her to be able to devote all her time to it, but when her "freelance" stuff is as good as Bad Houses, the loss doesn't feel too acute. I'm really looking forward to No Mercy; the art looks predictably…

Oh, I get it! Given that there is no such thing as "Swedish Air", what you're really saying is that there's actually no situation in which you'd imagine yourself watching this seemingly solid and moderately enjoyable comedy. Well, you certainly made your point, which is, uh… that you are superior to people who watch…