That scene was so loaded with romantic and erotic undertones, they weren't really under anymore, what with all the tears and smiles and the choked breathing. I totally felt like I was watching the reunion between two long-separated lovers (up to the point where Victor introduced himself). So yeah, I was disappointed…

I was a bit torn between finding it scary and amusing ("That's hilarious, it lands exactly in Freddie's parking spot.") I was also a bit busy thinking, "Oh, that parking attendant guy is kind of cute. I hope he doesn't somehow die a horrible death." So,… I guess the whole scene was probably more hilarious than…

I also read a description of the experience that I found to be somewhat - off-putting: "Still sucking fat, I was aware of the richer, gamier flavour of its innards. I had been dreading this but the flavour remained delicate […] I chewed a long time. When I finally had to swallow, I regretted the end of a very sensual…

In France it's supposedly endangered.
French restaurant owners say French culture is the one thing truly endangered, and the laws against cooking the bird are just a huge conspiracy by ecologists to prevent hunting…
Which - come on! That's just ridiculous.

Oh, I don't really think it's forgettable, either. Actually, I remember it pretty well - not as well as I do stand-out episodes like, say, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" or "Paper Hearts", but still pretty well for having watched it over two years ago.

For a while there I was afraid they actually murdered two poor birds - glad to know they were made of marzipan.

France outlawed it in 1999 but only began enforcing the laws in 2007. The fines are rather hefty, but apparently, if you're rich enough and friends with the chef/restaurant owner, you can still eat them in some places.

Actually, I read that (French) gourmets do eat the head, and in fact argue about whether it's best to enjoy them with the rear end or the head first.

Yes, it's the old "there are only so many Canadian actors" trope in full effect…

Yes, that's probably true. On the other hand, my mother speaks French with fluency after having studied there (although sometimes French people ask her whether she is Belgian) - so maybe for some it is enough to live in the environment for a while, regardless of age.

Yes, sounds like a good call. À propos British, what sort of British person is she supposed to be? I'm not a native speaker, but her accent confuses me…

As a native speaker of German, I thought her German accent was okay, though thicker than I expected (I knew beforehand that her mother is German). I was more bothered by the wonky grammar, to be quite honest.

She is referencing the recent Supreme Court decision that synthetic genes can be patented (http://singularityhub.com/2…. I don't think it's that important, or else there would have been subtitles, but I figure the lines were put in for two reasons: one, to acknowledge that there has been some actual legal development…

Yes, I thought that was incredibly vile. Most horrible part of the episode for me… that, and the still alive fish being ended and prepared into a meal by Hannibal at the beginning. What does that say about me, I wonder?

Is that somehow bad for France or for Tyrion?

I'm going to be really honest, even if it means I'll be chased out of this thread by an angry mob with pitchforks and torches, but I never really quite got into Fargo (the film). I liked The Big Lebowski and I'm a huge fan of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but while I think Fargo is a good movie, I never enjoyed it…

Yes, I saw that, too, and got a kick out of it.

I was at a Body Worlds exhibition just last Saturday, in Germany. It included one body that was completely taken apart and the individual parts suspended with wire, and several others that were separated in the middle. The strangest things about it was how I had no problems looking at the human bodies because they…

Shameless is bleaker than ever this season, which is why I find this choice ridiculous and a desperate move to maybe finally get more than one nomination and one for Emmy Rossum, whom, one might figure, could fare better now that Tina Fey and Laura Dern are gone from the comedy actress category. And I think she…

Teen Wolf is, and shall remain until it ceases to exit, my one and only true TV guilty pleasure. I'm typically really drawn in by it whenever it returns, and only very strongly reflect on its weakness whenever the new season comes out. Which is why I can say now that I was not impressed with 3A's villain.