Oops, I meant step-brother.I blame the cold medicine.

Although I really disliked Daniel's brother-in-law, I felt as though I understood where he was coming from. He does seem incredibly insecure, and his self-identity seems extremely precarious. I liked the way he reacted to Daniel's monologue because it said so much about how small towns can force people to perform…

I think this hits on the main thing I came away with (and loved) at the end of the first two hours I've watched thus far: Does it matter if he's guilty?

Reading through all these replies I'm struck by how many folks (myself included) were deeply influenced by the music their parents listened to. Being in a particular cultural milieu the only music played in my house growing up was 70s soul/r&b, ska, and occasionally gospel stuff. Most of the classic rock stuff I know…

Thriller was on a pretty regular rotation in my house when I was younger, but I haven't heard the whole album in many years. It seems like the only MJ I hear now is on 'best of' stuff, and some of my younger relatives don't even know which songs are from which albums, which is strange.

Don't worry, I used to love that soundtrack when I was little, and I imagine it still holds up-there's a reason the musical is still being performed to this day. :)

The two albums I remember being played in my house the most were 'Songs in the Key of Life' by Stevie Wonder, and 'What's Goin on' by Marvin Gaye. I've always had a copy of 'Songs', in varying formats over the years, in my possession. My dad used to sing 'Isn't she Lovely' to me at bedtime. :)

That's what I did. It's kind of a long survey, but it was interesting.

Just saw this over in the comments to Alan's 'Southland' review on Hitfix:

This was IN NO WAY me advocating for rejecting diversity hiring.This was purely anecdotal, and fairly personal, which means I probably shouldn't have bothered. My first point was simply to give a sense of how this might feel from the point of view (and, I guess I should say before I get attacked for this too, that's…

Except, unfortunately, it's not straight-forward, because those folks who get hired in the aftermath of a 'let's have a more diverse group' dialogue can end up with two burdens:

That's what I meant by Sammy's guilty reaction to Ben's overstated accusation. Ben knows that Sammy's tendency toward unwarranted guilt is his weakness even as he becomes increasingly unburdened by his own conscience. I guess it's been interesting watching Ben's increasingly sociopathic behavior, but only because it…

Not that they would've necessarily blocked out all the noise, but Laurie clearly had foam ear plugs on-I think this is why they gave us the shot of John checking on her. They were bright orange so we could see 'em. My take was that only the gunshots might've woken her up, and of course it was too late to intervene..

You're definitely not the only one who interpreted that whole thing as Tammy attempting to incite conflict so she could record the evidence. She'd tried to record him with her phone earlier in the season. Ben is of course being absolutely ridiculous about this, and is exaggerating to justify his actions. The flicker…

I didn't realize that I'd actually said anything out loud when Sammy punched smug, self-righteous asshole Ben in the face, but then my husband said 'Did you just cheer at that guy getting punched in the face?'

Proceed directly to 'Homicide'. Watch seasons 1-3. Maybe watch seasons 4-5. Stop there.

This was exactly how I read this too. I'm not sure why so many people had such a problem with Ben talking to his son.

Yeah, the Cure was always kind of a singles band for me. I didn't get any of their full length albums until I was in college; in high school I used to buy those cassette tape singles (yes, I'm old, shut up) because they were cheap, and I'm pretty sure most of them were by the Cure. Also I'm a sucker for great pop…

'Just Like Heaven' is in a tie with 'There She Goes' in my top 5 favorite pop songs ever. Even though I was a big Cure fan in high school, it's been years since I've listened to any of their albums in their entirety-this is a good excuse to pay them a visit.

I'm always impressed by folks who have an all time favorite movie-I can never pick just one, and if I do, I immediately think of 3 or 4 others.