Okay, I was completely wrong on this, and… crap, now I have nothing actually say. Boo, NBC? Sure, that'll work.

I kind of feel like the main problem is that the show is unsettling in a way that stuff like The Following and all the other murder-happy shows aren't. It's grim and gruesome, but often deeply beautiful, and sad, and eerie, and it refuses to  makes things simple—other shows tend to wallow in the misery in a way that…

I love it when a meal comes together.

I liked the plot of the episode (and the end is an improvement on the original story), but the acting/tone are pretty terrible.

"To Serve Man" fits the theory that some TZ episodes are best used as anecdote fuel, like the conversation between Albert Brooks and Dan Aykroyd at the start of the Twilight Zone movie; you have to spend thirty or so minutes with this stuff, it can wear thin, but at as a story you tell your friends at two in the…

I re-watched it a couple of years ago with some friends, and we all got really, really quiet during the "death" scene. So it still works for me, I guess.

This blunt adoration is growing to bore me
(Though I guess I admit I want you to adore -me-)
See Rappin' Jake Sisko's amusing digressions, 
Leaving all of his readers with their rapturous impressions,
Put me in a spot, leave me looking for a Sybok
To take away my pain, but my soul's stuck in drydock
My jealousy's burning, I…

If any episode needed an ambiguous, staring-of-into-space, what-have-I-done kind of ending, it was this one.

You all did a great job. I'm impressed, and you deserve better than my snark.

I had no idea about the Bashir reveal. It was awesome. Good work, everyone.

Is this gonna be a thing where I have to stop skimming the comments because people can't help making vague, winking hints?

Well, Walter's near assault of Skyler in the first episode of S2 is a big clue. (I think the show turned from good to great when it acknowledged that power/revenge fantasy is at the heart of Walter's behavior. Like that bit in the first season when he attacks the guy making fun of his son. At first you cheer him on,…

Yeah, it'd be hard to come up with a character with as strong an emotional investment for Elizabeth without it seeming contrived.

I think they need to establish some kind of status quo in season 2, or risk falling into the Homeland trap. Which is why I'm psyched that the showrunners have been talking about focusing more on the central family; I loved season 1, but there's still a lot of potentially fantastic stories about Philip and Elizabeth…

I still remember sitting in the theater: "Huh, okay, good atmosphere, I like these actors. Very creepy. So is this guy the killer, or… Hm. Not sure how these plots intersect. John Cusack is looking super mopey these days. I don't trust you, Ray Liotta. Remember Amanda Peet? That kid is—oh, and now we're back in the…

My best friend and I were driving down a backwoods road in Maine after midnight one summer, and, thinking it would be funny, I looked at him and said, "Do you want to see something -really- scary?"

Wait, what? Damn, that's depressing. Redwall was one of my favorite Christmas presents growing up.

I liked those books, but I was always disappointed that the bunny wasn't actually a vampire. (The Celery Stalks At Midnight is still one of the greatest titles ever, though.)

Yes! Although that would belong under "books I love the most that I've never in good conscience been able to recommend to anyone else." (I had a math teacher in high school turn me on to the series. It might be the first time I can remember reading a book where the hero hated himself more than I hated myself.)(At the…

Harriet The Spy was one of my favorite books growing up. I remember getting punished during grade school, and having to stand against the wall during recess, and my favorite teacher coming over and giving me her copy of HtS, with a hand-written note inside about how much she thought I'd like it. I still have it.