Another few moments:

Pretty much every episode with Andrea Planbee is a classic, with possible exception of the first one. But "Public Domain," "Super Karate Monkey Death Car," and "French Diplomacy" are all among my favorite episodes of the series. And Matthew being a dentist wasn't an arc, it was a one-off joke in one episode, and a…

Also, actually a few more that are close:

No, no:

"Bill, don't just call him guy, the man has a name."
"My name is Guy."

I don't hate the Dracula episode.

I wasn't disappointed by the Anointed One as much as I always thought he was kinda lame. I didn't mind his death spoiling the twist at the end of NKABOTFD because Spike killing him was the best thing he was ever a part of. The Anointed One died so that the show could be cooler. That's a good fulfillment of a prophecy…

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While I agree with Noel that school hard has some problems, it's always been one I quite liked, because I feel like in a certain sense it's the beginning of the show becoming what it would become. The Annoited One's reappearance in When She Was Bad of course makes him seem like this season's big bad. Spike's killing…

How could we have all forgotten the best Newsradio line for everyday life?

Tragically, I'm in New York for the summer. But if you continue this blog into the fall, I'll see what I can do.

When you're trying to remember a song:

At least a piece of:

Peter Bonerz
Funny you should mention it Donna—I'm in the film program at USC, actually. The first time I saw him on campus I did a double-take and went "is that Jerry the dentist?" I haven't had a class with him yet, but a number of friends have told me he's the one of the best professors at the school (and they're…

He was also the weird German cinematographer (F.A. Wagner) in Shadow of the Vampire, and pretty awesome there, at that.

Yes, authorial voice is not absolute, but I don't think deconstruction and author's intent applies to plot points and twists. It's usually about thematics issues.

I always felt the same way about the end to "Out of Sight." And the ends to "Witch" and "Teacher's Pet" as well, actually. I think it's good they drop that trope after season 1.

I agree that season two can be pretty inconsistent, but I'd say from "Halloween" on it's pretty great other than three monster-of-the-week episodes (yes, of course they're "Bad Eggs," "Killed by Death" and "Go Fish"). But of the first 5 episodes of the season, two suck majorly ("Inca Mummy Girl" and "Reptile Boy") and…

"Waiting in the Wings" is one of the best episodes of Angel, bar none. I can understand why people don't like it, because it's so different, but I've always thought it was great.

Heroes, sure, as well as the aforementioned Veronica Mars. The first season was awesome, but it fairly quickly went downhill. The second season was good, but worse than season 1, and season three was pretty mediocre. And as good as season 1 of VM was, I wouldn't say it ever reached the heights of season 3 and 4 of…