Props to the show for giving a shout-out to George Higgins' "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," a novel very much in the Elmore Leonard tradition. (Also, the movie version with Robert Mitchum is the tits.)

I'm not sure if Boyd knows which it is.

As is, uh, the Eel:

She's going to develop Type 2 diabetes?

The Bridge wasn't quite in the same league as The Americans, Justified, or Terriers, but it was starting to find its footing in the second season, and I am sad I won't get to watch Matthew Lillard be a hilarious dick to Emily Rios any more.

This is the state the KKK used to run: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Yeah, it's probably just coincidence that the entire show seems to take place in late fall or mid winter, but it seems quite appropriate to the subject matter.

Ricky Jay begs to differ: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I think Exene is more of a 9/11 truther than a right-wing Christian dominionist, although I'm honestly not sure which is sadder.

That's like the third nipple I've seen today.

TIL that Leonard Nimoy was directly responsible for Nichelle Nichols getting paid the same as her male costars:

Well? Don't leave us in suspense!

Don't get me wrong, I love Aliens. But Frank Black is a much deeper character, if only because we get to spend so much more time with him.

As I've said elsewhere on this site, Lance Henriksen is a damn fine actor, but I don't think he's ever turned down a role in his life.

Aw, I actually miss Millennium. Lance Henriksen never had a better role.

Almost done with Rick Atkinson's Guns at Last Light, the last volume of the Liberation Trilogy. As a WWII nerd who's read a million books about the conflict, there's nothing groundbreaking here (spoiler alert: the Nazis lose), but just as in the first two volumes, Atkinson does an admirable job of pulling together…

Just wait until the new DSM comes out! Then we'll see!"

The A.V. Club: High treason and butt stuff.

Technically, that's a diaeresis.

"It's the Trapster!"