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Narrowly avoiding things, which easily applies to movies as well. I'd just like one time where one of the characters, say, is running away from the burning car, but it explodes before he can get out of the blast radius, and the other characters are all "Welp, he shouldn't have put on those extra pounds, otherwise he…

That's a tough one. I'd like to give you an answer.

The Americans was one of those exceptions a few days ago.

Yes, agreed, and I've seen promos that literally go "Do not miss the last five minutes!", as if you'd turn the TV off at 9:55 or something. I don't like promos that give away way too much information in general; Mad Men's are the ultimate "Fuck you" to those, and I love it. FX also seems to have perfected the art of…

"Maybe part of the reason Friday Night Lights is my favorite show ever is that it never featured a single dream sequence in 5 seasons."

The fight scene in the third episode between Hood and the prizefighter was the first time the show got me to think "Holy shit, this is an awesome show."

And here's a write-up for the ninth episode ("Homecoming"), which I forgot to post last week.

Banshee's been really, really great this year; it took everything that made season 1 so entertaining and improved on it, delivering some fantastic character work alongside the action. It's become one of my favorite shows on television, which is definitely not something I expected to say at the beginning of its run.…

B+

True, true. Whitfield was great as well, and McIntyre fit into the role nicely afterwards.

Exactly. I mean, GOT's acting is better, but I really loved the Spartacus characters. The show elicited more reactions from me than GOT ever did or will—and yes, that includes the Red Wedding and Baelor—and if we're talking pure heart, Spartacus has the advantage.

"In terms of an exciting, crowd-pleasing, emotional show that elicits audible reactions and audience loyalty, it's no contest."

I'd argue that POI is better than at least half the shows on this list.

Okay!

The problem is that I'll just keep putting off watching the series (hell, I've put off The Wire long enough), so I was just wondering if this movie would serve as a good enough intro to the show as a whole. Also, I want to go see this in the theater, I guess, since Grand Budapest Hotel is taking too long to make it to…

I'm looking forward to not feeling ambivalent about the movie (I'm guessing I'd probably still enjoy it).

I still haven't decided whether I should watch this or not, given I haven't seen the series yet (I've heard it, for the most part, is able to stand alone). I'm really interested, but I know that it'll obviously be a lot more satisfying with those episodes finished.

Good point. I do think she certainly has maternal instincts, though, but she's always been able to lock them up when it comes to doing her job. The murders in the premiere were the catalysts for a rapidly growing sense of paranoia (we especially saw that last week) that's bleeding over into her family life. She's now…

I'm happy Paige's storyline isn't simply "kids do stupid shit, causing trouble for the parents". Yes, she's sneaking out and everything, and she should be punished, but she's intelligent enough to figure out that her parents are lying about something; she has a goal, and it's to find out what. Of course, there's a…