It's weird AVClub isn't covering Grimm anymore, it seems about as strong or stronger than a lot of genre shows out there that get the treatment. I know the writer that was covering it last season is gone, and I'm assuming nobody else wanted to pick it up. But it's hitting a bit of a stride lately, with Wu finally on…

Lee Van Cleef… ladies and gentlemen, Lee Van Cleef.

Welcome to the great PNW! Liquor in grocery stores is pretty new here, so it's weird all around.

At first blush, that's how I read it: insure your kids so you can profit off their accidental deaths.

Was House ever much more than a rehashed Robbie Coltrane as Cracker? Right down to recasting a Brit comedian as misanthropic genius. Is it just that Wilson isn't Welsh enough?

I dunno, I love Gilliam, but I don't give him too much credit on the casting here. Pitt was clearly an up-and-comer at the time, with an impressive mix of prestige and genre credits. It's maybe the first time we saw the manic jibbering thing, but it was hardly crazy to give him a big role in the movie.

My "Expert Builder" sets from the late '70s object to your "simple" Harry Potter Star Wars characterizations! It was early in my gearhead development, but my Lego toys had a transmission with gears and everything. Probably a very early example of the AFOL impulse, but it really informed me later on, when I learned…

Can't she sing a little first?

I enjoy imaging (not watching!) how low-rent it all sounds. Nobody's getting rich here, it's all just making a paycheck. It was all paid for by endorsements, but not paid handsomely. Grumpy Cat's owners looked at the offer and said, "Hey, we can pay down that credit card;" or "Hey, we can make rent for a few more…

Sesame Street taught me how to *read*. Full stop, the greatest gift of civilization itself, you cannot beat that.

Plausible explanation, that better be the case.

I quote that bit pretty regularly. My wife doesn't remember it, though, so it's for my own amusement.

Yeah, Ladybug Picnic is great and all, and it was referenced in the a capella bit, but for me, 12 had to be the Pinball Number Count. Sesame Street taught me how to read when I was four, and more than anything else in this inventory, that song taught me how to count (to 12).

Oops, yeah, Orlando Jones, it was late… At least I didn't say Orlando Thomas (RIP).

The lack of Jenny is really baffling. They elevated her to full cast status but she has less screen time (so far) than last season. I can understand that maybe Orlando Bloom has other obligations so they've underwritten him for a while; does Lyndie Greenwood have some other work that keeps her from appearing outside…

Absolutely, give Mr. Noble something to really chew on.

A waltz is just a slow polka. Low class, indeed, but tons of fun!

It's a Rosemary's Baby reference. I'm not sure which way they're going with it, but there are some fun directions they could go.

I think I saw that guitar piece when I was tiny (or one like it, since it looks like he did a few). He wasn't teaching anything specific, but when I hit perspectives in art class, it really clicked.

Eh, Dan Savage doesn't sexualize everything (he leaves that to his readers/listeners). He'd've been Sesame Street's target market when came on the air, he probably has some fond memories like everyone else. If he didn't catch it then he definitely did when his kid was that age, and he probably has something cool to…