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Workhorse, not workhouse! Sorry for the nitpick - otherwise an extremely thoughtful assessment. It sounds a bit of a lame duck, but then there's the presence of my erstwhile childhood crush in the lead. Have to mull this one over…

You're right, but I think his outstanding popularity suggests that 'b)' applied to more listeners of Sinatra than of his contemporaries. I wouldn't call myself a Sinatra superfan, but I do listen to a lot of pre-Beatles music and I definitely think that he brought a unique phrasing that was closer to spoken word at…

His voice was very strong and very tender. It spoke to people's hearts in a way that very few other artists have managed. The lifestyle he projected helped make him an icon, but it was his immensely sensitive singing style that made him beloved. Perhaps he isn't your cup of tea, but it is nonetheless true that a) he…

I think I know what you mean. I understand why Fawlty Towers is funny, and I laugh when I'm meant to, but… just that oppressive decor, the horrible clothes, the general run-down, scabby, insular, drab 1970s English Riviera mentality behind it all depresses the fuck out of me. Having grown up in a rundown British…

Screw this comedy nonsense, when is Oswalt going to take on my suggestion of playing the Continental Op?

I see what you mean, I guess it boils down to how the characters fit into the narrative and whether they are sufficiently interesting as individuals. I didn't really thrill to Billie as a person and didn't quite buy the relationship, although we got a few good character beats out of it. This season, it's the opposite…

"And now, the ethnic comedy of Duggan and Dershowitz!"

I heartily agree with everything up to the end. I don't watch for Nucky's romances, sure, but neither do I watch for any one aspect in particular. I like Sally - and I think it's important to have a woman on board who stands in her own role and not that of 'sexy fleshbag' or 'murder victim in waiting', and I like…

Spent the entire 57 minutes stress-eating cookies, emotional regulators steadily becoming overcome by a sugar rush. Harrow had a red X on his forehead from the moment he got a big teary goodbye scene, but I (like many others, I suspect) still cherished a tiny hope he might make it in spite of everything. What…

Knowing nothing about science but having watched a lot of TV, I was terrified that EVERY SINGLE THING in that scene was somehow going to explode. The entire time was just "Don't light that!" "Can cigarette cases be bombs?" and "Don't close the door, it could be rigged somehow!"

I know, my heart simultaneously soared and sank in that scene. A breezy "See ya on Tuesday, kid!" and Harrow would be elbow-deep in cheese with Julia and Tommy right now.

Wait…. Where's BERT? The light has gone out of my Tuesday. These bleedin' random mid-season hiatii.

Leaving out ones that were adaptations of things we were studying:

We hugged it too hard, guys.

I swear that shit brings tears to my eyes yo

I don't think Boardwalk would be that cheap, although perhaps there is an element of 'pale=sinister' at work. Mostly, though, it's likely intended as a reference to Rothstein's delicate constitution, hypochondria and ascetic diet (he seemed to eat little else besides milk, cake and, though the show hasn't shown this…

HA! I have one of those! My ex was on holiday in Italy years ago and brought me one back. He bought it in a supermarket - Angela truly is ubiquitous in Italy, they show reruns all the time (it's also quite big in France). I later went on to study Italian at uni, so I can tell you that over there she is known as 'La…

"No, no, I get that all the time. Actually, I'm… Jessica Fletcher! The murdery mystery author! Yes, that's what we call them!"

Is it just me or have they toned down the deathly pallor on Rothstein? He used to look like The Penguin, but in Margaret's apartment he was positively glowing with health.