I was thinking of that moment (the IOU) as a nice little "Fuck You." to the Village. It is a nicely ambiguous moment.

The Group Discussion
Was there a group discussion and I missed it? Or has that been phased out? Am I high?

EXTRAS and IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA are excellent shows about failure.

Dee playing "Runaway Train" was my favorite moment - partly because someone distracted me during the scene when the hitchhiker got picked up and I didn't understand who this kid was or why Dee was drunk.

I'm with Charlie and Mr. Sims. I don't like pears. I also don't like peaches or raspberries.

I like most of the books you guys are mentioning. The catcher in the Rye, Huckleberry Finn, The Chocolate War, etc. But I don't feel like those characters are drifting aimlessy - even in the Graduate, where the character literally drifts. They're all raging against something that they mostly can't name or recognize. I…

I think Arthur just figured he had Art's number. I definitely don't think his actions are supposed to be representative of most gay men. I think he is a sociopath, but since all the characters are kind of filtered through Art, we can only speculate on Art's observations. I wish there had been more characterization,…

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Non-canonical Holmes movie, but pretty good. It features Christopher Lee as Mycroft Holmes. Sadly, that movie didn't even get released intact - much less receive a sequel.

The old in this movie explanation? That's a thing?

I'm trynig to find that online, but can't. Do you have a link?

Art's transference of affection from Jane to Phlox to Arthur
That's what I thgought this book was going to be about for a while. I was surprised that Jane didn't figure into Art's story more considering how taken with her he was when they first met. I always assumed that Phlox was the lame runner-up (both to Jane and…

This movie is one of the few times I actually like Tom Cruise. His character has to go through so many ups and downs and he slides right from elated to devastated to furious without skipping a beat. That scene in the bathroom when he's kicking the wall ("Help me help you."), that's awesome. He does something similar…

Whedon's Plan
"Epitaph One" demands that Whedon have some sort of plan for this series. Or at least some kind of end game in mind, even if he doesn't know how all the pieces will fall into place.

A lot of this episode reminded me of the X-Files. The unit getting shut down, the new agent being introduced, and the body shape shifters reminded me of the black oil also. I'm a pretty casual fan of The X-Files though. I was never that into it.

My favorite line of the evening . . .
"I don't want ten people inside of me."

I liked the episode but . . .
The business about the Fringe unit getting shut down is one of those cliches that irritates the crap out of me. Not for one second did I really believe that it would be shut down permanently. Did anyone? Of course not. The scenes didn't revel any new information - except the kiss, which…

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is the one he's known for. Of the few I've seen, that's his most straightforward. I would watch that before investing in others.

I counter that scene with this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

I like that the selections have been fairly diverse so far. A 40's film noir, a 60's Fuller, a 90's indie. The only one I was unfamiliar with was Nowhere to Hide.

I read that as when you saw the incorrect apostrophe, you contemplated suicide.