I know I know, but he is the right age, right attitude and the same kind of prickly heroic unlikableness perfect for the role.

Wow this is great news! I hate to say it but Benedict Cumberbatch would be a great Jonathan Strange……….

Yes I have read Retribution. His latest overall history of the war was superb as well.

Yeah I thought the same thing. maybe its in another universe where the war lasted longer.

Damn. Maybe you can bring them back if you get a good one.

The response of the average citizen soldier (and Eisenhower, who is almost an archtype of a typical midwestern American) was sheer revulsion.

Max Hastings who wrote Armegeddon is a great writer.

A very common Hogans gag which must have been on the show a hundred times in different variations: Klink is on the phone with a higher up of some kind, stammering in fear over a blunder. Hogan behind him, giving "encouragement." "Come on Klink! Stand up for yourself! Show him your not afraid to go to the Russian…

These are great points but remember for the Brits and Americans caputured they were for the most part treated as POWs. They were not part of the Nazi death machine. So at least as far as that goes the show is accurate.

Not to get nitpicky but I bet Shultz was a wartime draftee, freeing up younger men for the front.

Would Raylan have just shot Augustine if he hadnt had another choice? I vote yes.

Yeah I know……..like I said "sometimes" Goggins is so likable!

Also: Will Wynn upgrade from the RV?

The question for next season is : Will Boyd blame Raylan?

Here is how I would characterize how Claudette and the rest of the Barn (and posssibly even Gilroy) see Vic. Vic bends the law in pursuit of justice, not in order to better himself. It is an important distinction. Andy Sipowitz broke the rules and lied, but it was always in the interest of the greater good. This is…

Cromwell really nailed him in the movie. Too bad we couldnt get more of that.

So agree.

There are legions of people who hang the scarface stuff up unironically.

Thats a great song. I think its more a loving tribute to coming together one day and loving everyone despite their fuckups, rather than gritting your teeth and getting through it.

NO ONE SHOULD LISTEN TO YOU FOR DISSING DWIGHT YOAKUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!