Thanks for pointing this out.  I was starting to question my own memory of Studi's name.

And don't forget what, for me, was the biggest moment of the night: when Elam is discovered with his lady friend and gets beaten and dragged from the tent.  I know the better part of that development will come next week, but it's at least worth a mention.

I actually got hopeful for a minute.  "Law & Order's back?  Right on!"

Constance said pretty early on in the series (the first episode?) that she ran a doggy day care kind of thing.  I guess one of the many mutts is hers.

That's the way I took it.  I recall when he was first introduced, praying in thankfulness for the cracker he was about to eat.  Clearly food and cleanliness have become extremely important to him post-Andersonville.

Thank you.  As I tell people (over and over and over), "Adolph" is a way to spell the name, but not the way to spell the name.  We don't just switch out Stephen King's name to Steven King, so let's try to maintain a touch of accuracy when talking about the epitome of human evil.

I'm glad my wife and I weren't the only ones who couldn't figure out what it was.  It was clearly significant, but even after looking at it twice the best I could think was that it was some kind of stained-glass window.  Which I guess isn't too far off, but definitely not as important as the coffin.

And lots of films never made the jump from VHS to DVD, so we're winnowing down available selections fast.

To quote Bill Hicks: "If anybody here works in marketing… kill yourself."

I can dig that comparison.  From a certain perspective, Hell On Wheels is "revisionist" because of its overall look and feel, but it's got old-fashioned DNA.

As others have pointed out, this wasn't exactly shocking news.  Prime Suspect never had particularly good ratings and NBC didn't even bother to order up new episodes, instead just commissioning scripts.  This week's episode was the last one produced, so even if they had decided to keep on, there would have been a long…

I seem to recall someone invoking the name Cherokee in the previous episode, too, but I don't feel like watching that episode all over again just to find out.  I'm sure it'll come up again eventually.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who got an Amistad flashback with that nail.

I've seen Deadwood and while this doesn't come anywhere near close to replicating that show's quality, it's a good-faith effort from a channel that seems to have its heart in the right place.  I'm willing to forgive missteps this early in the game, as many shows need time to hit their stride, and just enjoy what it's…

Not only that, but it apparently wasn't CGI, which I had assumed when seeing it.  It's nice when action legends choose to do things the hard way for our entertainment.

As TreeRol says, it's Van Canto, but they aren't a death metal band.  They call themselves "a capella hero metal," and do a pretty wicked cover of Manowar's "Kings of Metal."

Definitely on the money about the quasi-Fincher look and feel of the whole thing, but it's also true that this sort of thing works well with the subject matter, so I had no issues with it.  My only real complaint is that the three-episode format was so tight that the story didn't seem to have enough room to breathe.…

I find I'm enjoying the show more and more and this episode was particularly good.  Sadly it appears as though next week's will be the last, as there were no more episodes ordered and just these eight shot.  The network ordered scripts, but that was as far as it went.

Ron Paul is a favorite of libertarians and ran as a member of the Libertarian Party before becoming a Republican.  That pretty much makes him a libertarian.

Clearly I need to watch Heat again, because I'd completely forgotten he was in it.