See, I think that it did do something for him. The gulp and eye-flicker were telling, I thought. Which was bizarre, because that was the most endearingly literal interpretation of 'Catholic Schoolgirl Uniform' I have ever seen.

Catholic Schoolgirl, eh, Doctor Cooper? How humiliating for you to discover that your tastes are so hackneyed. Wasn't Amy dishier in her Star Trek garb, or do I misremember?

The article does not say that it is unacceptable for feminists to have children or want children. The article does not say that it is unacceptable for one fictional female character to have or want children. The article's thesis is that there is a trend in television away from happily childless female main characters,…

Murder on the Kings Landing Express!

Jeffrey Barnard as played by Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Barnard is unwell (since O'Toole himself was, amazingly, real)

I was WONDERING why nobody from Wodehouse, Hammett or Chandler had made the list yet!

Oo, interesting. I did wonder if the type of alcohol was different. beer=loud, wine=puppyish, gin/vodka=pugnacious. hmmm. well-played, writers.

To clarify, you mean a scene where drunk Sheldon gets frisky, and Amy shoots him down, yes?

hmmm. i see what you mean, but there are a fair few instances of people pointing out this behaviour to sheldon for it to believably register. penny's mocked him about it, amy's pointed out that it's a symptom of obsessive compulsive disorder. and a drunk sheldon is an uncomfortably different animal from a sober…

In fairness to Totoro, though, its two female protagonists have plenty of inner life.

First Order Conditions?

heh, i saw this, panicked, raced to the barbican website, heaved a sigh of relief and then sprinted back to wag a finger.

i was racing to point this out. i suppose there's a larger point to be made about "shakespeare's" richard iii, versus history's richard iii, but these two things are not inventions of the bard.

hmm, interesting. this one worked very well for me. i suppose i just like it when the show seems to genuinely like its characters, and they seem to genuinely like each other. raj gets a win, which is nice. and really, though i dig jim parsons's lanky frame and big blue eyes, isn't kunal nayyar the most conventionally…

I'd just like to say that I'm an intermittent viewer at best, but that this intelligence will send me flying- FLYING- to sources legal and illegal to watch this episode.

Do you know, you almost convinced me. I still think that the show is more shallowly solipsistic than it is informed by its past and sources, but this analysis is burnishing this series in my mind.

Sigh. Seven per cent solutions aside, amen.

So I cannot speak for the reviewer here, but I thought that she was saying that the show's writers seem to have sacrificed character development for fanservice and flash-bang moments.

At this point everyone's emotions are filtered through Sherlock. I mean, I know he's the title character, but I really would like the show to climb out of his colon for one second.

There's been some vitriol in the comments section these past three weeks, Ms Valentine, so here, have some positivity: this review nails everything that made this episode (and series) feel like a festival of missed opportunities and laziness.