I was sure this would be in B+ or A- territory, but if you didn't laugh at Kate's impressions of the people we don't know (and come on, that was a flawless impression of Dr. Diane Buckley, who went to doctor school to become a doctor) then I guess I understand.

I think Jimmy and Fiona *are* right for each other, and that her two relationships this season prove that she loves drama too much to ever settle down with a "good guy" but is constantly at risk of being exploited and wrecked by the kind of guy that gets her going.

I was asi-asi on it until he repurposed an MLK quote, whereupon I thought, "You know, if there's anybody in the world who has no business sampling Martin Luther King for his passion project, it's probably the towering pile of ego that is W. Axl Rose."

Even the NFL product on CBS is sadly inferior to its counterpart on Fox. And it deeply pains me to say that about the network that cursed our blameless world with Cleatus, but 'tis so.

Bend, sure. Bend double?

Same here. It was literally the episode that made me decide I would never watch another new one except by accident.

I've always considered it a comedy, because dramas generally at least take a stab at having consequences, especially these days. Nothing on Shameless ever really changes the status quo permanently wounds our principals, despite all the sound and fury. So I would call Shameless a comedy where all the characters…

He's uncredited at IMDb, but I'm pretty certain that the kidney-stealing taxi driver/surgeon was Maz Jobrani, a.k.a. Dr. Bhamba from Better Off Ted. I thought I recognized his patient too, but I couldn't place him.

I've still got all 8 episodes of last season saved up on the DVR so I have a hope of remembering what the heck was going on when we get some new ones…in 2015. Maybe.

Whereas I felt just the opposite, because "Rixty Minutes" was overstuffed with improvised material that IMHO wasn't that great and only really came together at the end, and this one was drum-tight from stem to stern.

I imagine it was written awhile ago, and there was probably a conversation something like this at [as] late last week.

"…good old Mike Starr, who I’ll always think of as the guy Gabriel Byrne punches in Miller’s Crossing…"

"…a big improvement on Pam Dawber…"

As someone who watched everything real time, I feel like Vengeance was more awesome when you already know who Gannicus is.

Chozen has slowly started improving, IMO. Last night's episode was definitely the funniest I've seen so far.

They also got referenced in a recent episode of House of Lies, which, yes, I am still watching. Finally, the Kid 'N Play superfans are old enough to start remaking Hollywood in their image!

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/…

Kings! Although that one would probably be better on cable. Still, it was a damned fine show.

I'm glad you mentioned the missing episode, because those "previously
on" bits made me question my sanity. I've found the show an agreeable
if not particularly essential diversion as well — much like Greg
Kinnear himself — and I'm happy to keep watching it as long as it's on.

There are so many genre characters who just can't have justice done to them in a PG-13 movie; Conan, Ghost Rider, the Punisher, the list goes on. But today's Hollywood has only figured out one formula for making movies about these characters, and it is entirely premised on that movie being PG-13 and making $100,000…