Conviction, Friday.

I'm so happy Darryl is not actually being played by a broom. When Josh mentioned White Josh spending all his time with his boyfriend, and we still hadn't actually seen Darryl at that point, I started to get concerned the actor had really left and they would just drop references to him being off-screen from now on. I…

Tough choice between Speechless and No Tomorrow (which was a total surprise to me). No Tomorrow has a problem with weak supporting characters, but the way it explores the excitement of a new relationship is so fresh and unique for television, and the leads are both super charming.

This show, more than most time travel shows, is going to run into the difficulty of keeping straight which changes stay permanent and which ones are erased whenever Raimy causes a major change in the past. Everything we've seen happen with Raimy could be completely undone when they save her mom. Which could be fun if…

BERNARD IS TOTALLY A ROBOT. That backstory is way too hammy to be real, in an episode when they emphasized the importance of the host's artificial backstories.

I hate to say it because it's on my ballot, but I pick Bull on Friday for the next full season order.

I entered Danube for the river that goes through Belgrade, Budapest, and Bratislava, then second-guessed myself and entered Volga because I kept hearing Margaret from Sense and Sensibility saying it in my head ("the Volga!"). I was very mad at myself for that.

Can I put my picks here?

Was the book you saw an ad for I Let You Go? Because if so, the law of diminishing returns is definitely at work here.

I guessed Marlow, from Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim. Though I should have remembered Lord Jim was published in 1900.

Cool, thanks!

Oh man, you have some great seasons waiting for you. I'm jealous of you getting to watch them for the first time. I think you're right about the third season being considered one of the lesser seasons (the fifth is generally considered the worst), and I think the problem was that the Detroit mob villain just isn't as…

Which authors? Any you would recommend?

Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I was inspired to pick it up after an exhibit of midcentury snapshots at my local museum where it was featured as suggested reading (the collection was apparently one of several he was inspired by). About two-thirds of the way through and it's pretty good so…

Bay Area (Bolinas)

It was awesome—I started a week-long vacation in Northern California and am currently overlooking the ocean, with a glass of wine, plenty of books and absolutely nothing to do but enjoy myself.

I'll have to look into that! Thanks!

I haven't written a TV pilot (yet), but I've written several spec scripts and the books that helped me get a sense of where to even start were The TV Writer's Workbook by Ellen Sandler and Successful Television Writing by Lee Goldberg. I don't think either of those are the most up-to-date on the industry (they're more…

I finally bought some hand weights. Michelle Obama arms, here I come!

I feel like he missed an opportunity by not calling this 'Architext.'