*raises coffee cup*

Don't start, Isis, I'm in the middle of a workshop and there's only so many times I can pretend my contacts are bothering me.

The gay thing
Nobody has called me out for the "light in the loafers" comment, which I appreciate, but I was thinking last night that another problem with SYTYCD is its tiptoeing around the question of sexuality. I watched the Project Runway pre-competition show last night (haven't watched the first ep yet, no…

To be clear, I'm talking about the second song in that performance, not "Edge of Glory," which we all knew before the album even came out, she'd performed it so much. Maybe the other one has received similar exposure, but it hasn't reached me yet.

I'm in total agreement, and you said it very well. I spent some ink (or pixels, I guess) the first couple of seasons talking about how why Dick is brilliant on this show, since he became a punchline or tabloid fodder in the years afterward. Reading your appreciation made me sad all over again that his talent was…

Ditto from the production end, Yoga. " … This was my favorite show ever, the one that taught me I can love TV as much as any movie, music or book."; that's not a sign of a sad life. That kind of embrace of an oft-dismissed art form is exactly what leads to a life full of appreciation and enjoyment in realms where…

Remember an AVQ&A some time back about pop culture blind spots — huge important things we haven't gotten around to yet for some reason? Yep, one of mine is DEADWOOD. It's on the to-do list, and I'll catch up. Meanwhile, I appreciate that we have a large group of commenters here who can fill in my gaps and catch…

LIke MWTAW, I took the dried blood Mike was scraping off his jacket to be from an earlier operation (probably Victor). If anything, it foreshadows that there may be a crack in his cleaner armor.

Thanks, MoSam. I'm expecting to get screeners throughout the season, and I do have the one for next week.

Yeah, Skyler's the one who offered it to her. Walt earned it, Skyler is giving it to Marie. This is why Marie shows up at Skyler's house for the money rather than Walter's bachelor apartment.

Noel gets credit for the retcon observation, by the way.

As far as Marie is concerned, she's getting it from Skyler.

I didn't want to commit in the post since it was unclear, but I thought it was Mike. Walter stops and looks around for another car in the area, someone who could be watching him — he doesn't look at the house to see if someone is looking out the window.

At least I was consistent!

Walter was reweighing last season to stop Jesse's skimming. It's a different order of powerlessness that their minder is checking their pockets before letting them out the door.

He's paying Saul 17%, though. Adds up.

Yeah, just a slip of the keyboard there, as the rest of the paragraph makes clear. Fixed.

No spoilers that AMC hasn't already spoiled with promotional photos, and that spoiler is just the further development of a plotline that started last season.

The title of the elimination episode is "2 of 10 Voted Off," and it's already the end of July — there can't be more than 3 or 4 episodes to go.

It's good to know that I will have a legacy.