Hill Street Blues - Phil Esterhaus. It was weird watching it years later, knowing that he was going to die during the middle of it and for a little, they explained away his absence by saying he was sick and would be back. And then he wasn't. And it worked perfectly within the context of the show because it came out…

The tonal shifts benefited from the setting. Or at least, you can get away with them because of it. A series that takes place over several years means you aren't really phased by one episode having this tone and the next going in a completely different direction in the same way where that would be incredibly jarring…

Okay "nothing to do with it" was very inaccurate. My bad. But American Horror Story (I've watched first three seasons and then quit) had a great cast every season, good concept, and I presume he directed a few episodes too. (Huh, only the pilot for the first three seasons and my lord that's the worst pilot I've…

I'll say this as many times as I can. Ryan Murphy essentially had nothing to do with the first season of American Crime Story. He directed four episodes, which sure he's a much better director than I thought, but he didn't have any hand in writing them and television is really a writer's medium. We'll see what…

"Protect Ya Neck" is pop music? Alright. I guess technically you're correct since it's popular music, but my god that's got to be the first time I've ever heard a Wu-Tang Clan song described as pop music. Idk I've always had an idea of what pop music sounded like and that's not really even pop rap. (Like, say Mac…

I… I don't get it. I'm sure my appreciation for this album will increase with time, like To Pimp a Butterfly, but I don't know. Definitely feels like Kendrick is at an untouchable stage where he put out really anything and get rave reviews. This is more like a B+ to me. I love Kendrick. His last two albums are…

IMDB says he's gonna be in the third movie, to be fair

I have seriously listened to "Cold Little Heart"(the main credits song) about ten times a day the past two weeks. That song is incredible. I listen to all 10 minutes of it every time too. And the lyrical content fits this show perfectly too.

So here's something that would be inconceivable now, but Mary Kay Stearns appears to have been cast as the the wife in Mary Kay and Johnny at the age of 21. TWENTY-ONE! She's still alive too. Weirdly, she didn't have any career after the show ended. Her IMDB credits, which to be fair, don't even include Mary Kay…

For whatever it's worth, Cinema Sins also hammered home the point that Civil War and BVS were pretty similar movies except in tone.

A lot of things are better than a TWD season premiere or finale so this isn't saying much.

Well Stan's new girlfriend kind of seems like she has to be a spy, right? Or something significant. I mean for one thing, they have spent an insane amount of time talking about her so far, far more than if she was just some love interest. And she's played by Laurie Holden. And Holden seemed way too excited about…

Easily the least believable part of the show to me, but I'd rather hear good music than not.

Good interview. I love Alfred Molina so much.

Emma Caufield singing Juvenile's "Back that Ass Up" is fucking hilarious. And I can easily picture it for some reason. It's also quite the time capsule. I don't think anybody has even thought about Juvenile or listened to one of his songs in 10 years. I don't remember if he was good, but "Back that Ass Up" is a…

I think the worthiness of binging depends entirely on a case-by-case basis. It's unfortunately somewhat impossible to know which show is better suited for binging and which show is better week-to-week.

Interesting. I personally think Lost is better for binging. At the very least, i've come across people who've binged it and people who watched it as it aired.

iZombie is a guilty pleasure? Unless there's another meaning of guilty pleasure that escapes me. Going by the assumption that a guilty pleasure is something you like in spite of that fact that you think you shouldn't like it - that would be the movie Independence Day for me - there's no reason to think you shouldn't…

I don't think they'd add Cricket as a regular. It'd have to be a wholly new character I'd imagine. But I can't imagine them doing that. So I'm pretty fascinated and scared about a potential 13th season without Dennis.

I don't want this to happen, but I'm really curious on what season 13 looks like without Dennis. Does he appear in a couple episodes? Maybe one? Maybe none so the show can establish itself without him. Do they add another cast member?