"The deepest well of backstory this side of Game of Thrones and almost certainly the subtlest touch to its characterizations."
Yes

"This is not a show that is served well by starting midstream, aesthetics aside"
Well put.

"“Is that horse your social worker?” [Laughs.] We’re wearing our humor and self-awareness on our sleeve with that sort of thing, but we’re also breaking the tension and tone of the show and giving ourselves permission to have fun with the subject matter. Even though we’re going into a very complex psychological space,…

So which Oscar-nominated actor would be nerdy enough to hang around the AV Club? The list can't be that long. And Todd, can we eliminate winners?

Helix 2: Who Goes There?

If Lady Gaga ever writes an opera, this should be it.

Tim Burton's Alice

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth, ya little punk?

Farscape complete series DVD & Blu-Ray are Amazon deal of the day, Fri. 3/28.

You're so high-minded. I like that. And you get one more guess.

Why does that picture make me think of Helm's Deep?

I hope Mr. Bacon and Mr. Williamson see this, do you think there's some way to get a real response from them?

Are you playing the informant here?

Steve who?

Could you do that?

Nick Drake, "One Of These Things First"

"Greenland Whale Fisheries" Traditional

Pete Seeger, "Way Out There"

Decemberists, "Leslie Ann Levine"

West Side Story, "Something's Coming"