I do have to say that the first time they cut to Carla, everyone at my house yelled "Parker!"  What a startling resemblance between Jenni Blong and Beth Riesgraf.

Yes, that's true.  Buying the season pass on iTunes also gives you an hour of the Fringe Comic-Con panel, which was held BEFORE they started shooting Season 5.  J.H. Wyman is asked point-blank, "Will we be seeing any female Observers this season?"  And he answers, point-blank, "The answer to your question will be come…

Yes, that's true.  Buying the season pass on iTunes also gives you an hour of the Fringe Comic-Con panel, which was held BEFORE they started shooting Season 5.  J.H. Wyman is asked point-blank, "Will we be seeing any female Observers this season?"  And he answers, point-blank, "The answer to your question will be come…

Seriously, thank you, AV Club commenters, for steering clear of the direction that so many other forums are following.  And I know I might be provoking such a digression here, but if I commented otherwise on those sites, I would be as attacked as some of the other posters, and I don't think I'll get that here.  This…

Seriously, thank you, AV Club commenters, for steering clear of the direction that so many other forums are following.  And I know I might be provoking such a digression here, but if I commented otherwise on those sites, I would be as attacked as some of the other posters, and I don't think I'll get that here.  This…

"Don't write with a prune!  Words will come out wrinkled and dopey!"

"Don't write with a prune!  Words will come out wrinkled and dopey!"

Anyone who gets to be next to a naked Annette O'Toole has my respect.

Anyone who gets to be next to a naked Annette O'Toole has my respect.

I don't either, but if I HAD any, I'd bet on "Tell No One." And I'm not even using either of the Way-Too-Overused Gambling Phrases Of 2012, "All In," and "Doubling Down."

I don't either, but if I HAD any, I'd bet on "Tell No One." And I'm not even using either of the Way-Too-Overused Gambling Phrases Of 2012, "All In," and "Doubling Down."

Eric Idle:  Is the bomb active, where is it planted, when is it set to go off?
Bill Murray:  Live, from New York, it's Saturday night.

Eric Idle:  Is the bomb active, where is it planted, when is it set to go off?
Bill Murray:  Live, from New York, it's Saturday night.

I LOVED "Slap" Maxwell.  But as I recall, it came on after John Ritter's "Hooperman," in The Season Of The "Dramedy."

I LOVED "Slap" Maxwell.  But as I recall, it came on after John Ritter's "Hooperman," in The Season Of The "Dramedy."

Actually, the Kings have admitted that Nathan Lane was originally cast as Eli Gold, but he couldn't work his "Addams Family" schedule around the filming.

Actually, the Kings have admitted that Nathan Lane was originally cast as Eli Gold, but he couldn't work his "Addams Family" schedule around the filming.

My two favorite "gotchas" were "Suitable for Framing," with Ross Martin, with the reveal of Columbo's hands (and I loved how the episode just ENDED with it); and "Negative Reaction" with Dick Van Dyke ("Did you see what he just did?  Did you see what he just did?"  Did YOU just see what he just did?").  In fact, I…

My two favorite "gotchas" were "Suitable for Framing," with Ross Martin, with the reveal of Columbo's hands (and I loved how the episode just ENDED with it); and "Negative Reaction" with Dick Van Dyke ("Did you see what he just did?  Did you see what he just did?"  Did YOU just see what he just did?").  In fact, I…

Okay, I have a Single Degree of Separation here.