Ooph, remember when Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and War Horse were best Picture nominees?

Ooph, remember when Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and War Horse were best Picture nominees?

Reel it in, Michelle Obama.

Reel it in, Michelle Obama.

I was worried she would be pregnant, so I'll take distant.

I was worried she would be pregnant, so I'll take distant.

So, the pilot got me with Julie White being angry at her partner's grave, and this episode got me with a perfect cut to black.  As undeniable as its flaws are, there is so much potential here that I'm probably going to stick around all season.

So, the pilot got me with Julie White being angry at her partner's grave, and this episode got me with a perfect cut to black.  As undeniable as its flaws are, there is so much potential here that I'm probably going to stick around all season.

Senor Bagofcrap, isn't your second paragraph a bit of the God of the Gaps, such that we don't have a through understanding of quantum physics combined with neuroscience, so there could be something mystical there?  Isn't it more likely that that field of very-specific knowledge is still in its infancy?

Senor Bagofcrap, isn't your second paragraph a bit of the God of the Gaps, such that we don't have a through understanding of quantum physics combined with neuroscience, so there could be something mystical there?  Isn't it more likely that that field of very-specific knowledge is still in its infancy?

Well, there is that parable about the man who gave his sons an equal amount of talents (money) and said come see me in a year.  One son started a business and had ten times the amount after a year, another was more conservative but still doubled his principle, and the last buried them in his field.  The father praised…

Well, there is that parable about the man who gave his sons an equal amount of talents (money) and said come see me in a year.  One son started a business and had ten times the amount after a year, another was more conservative but still doubled his principle, and the last buried them in his field.  The father praised…

The Beatitudes make sense if you believe in a medieval Catholic idea that suffering is noble and is fine in this life, because if you accept your standing and keep your head down and pay your exorbitant tithes to the Church, you'll have an eternity of comfort in heaven.  I'd call most of them complacent crap for the…

The Beatitudes make sense if you believe in a medieval Catholic idea that suffering is noble and is fine in this life, because if you accept your standing and keep your head down and pay your exorbitant tithes to the Church, you'll have an eternity of comfort in heaven.  I'd call most of them complacent crap for the…

We are of a mind.  I'm not sad Harmon's gone.

We are of a mind.  I'm not sad Harmon's gone.

If no one had mentioned the PBH vs. PHS scene in Hard Eight yet, I was certainly going to fill that void.  If I'm ever a fraction as cool at a craps table as PBH, I will have lived a happy life.  One of the best scenes set in a casino, ever.

If no one had mentioned the PBH vs. PHS scene in Hard Eight yet, I was certainly going to fill that void.  If I'm ever a fraction as cool at a craps table as PBH, I will have lived a happy life.  One of the best scenes set in a casino, ever.

Why doesn't Batman dance anymore?

Why doesn't Batman dance anymore?