At least MacArthur had the decency to deliver the beneficiaries of his conquest miso, which earned him their love, rather than imposing globalized American cuisine.

Would it be a stretch to suggest that khaleesi sounds enough like "queasy" that we could just bypass some of the nonsense from the next book?

Good reviews definitely analyze the important themes of the subject under review. TV Club at its best is often very insightful and enrichens the viewing experience. But it must really be about the subject under review. Too many kids here end up falling into silly self-indulgence, trying to wow us with their clever…

VanDerWerff seems honestly convinced that this guy is a "good writer;" maybe there really is some talent buried there. I haven't seen it yet, but who knows. Hopefully his senior editor will encourage him to quit badly imitating bad pretentious styles, and just write simple, intelligent reviews.

Sorry, Dude, but this aggression is spot on. Louis was undoubtedly aware that he was channeling the great German director.

She was the one and only thing that helped any of Dexter's last-season decisions make any sense at all.

Wasn't he born in Arizona before he moved to Babylonia?

She's been sitting on the script for a few years? Perhaps it's more like she finally got Brad to the point that he couldn't pretend to put off reading it any longer.

She's so popular.

The woman's family and background is fascinating. She even goes way back with Jagger.

Now there's an idea! How would the target audience process Selma's CGI/holographic appearance?

Don't they say size doesn't matter? Don't they?

Mel Tormé is rolling over in his grave.

If I'm travelling, I sure as hell want my employer to reimburse me for my donut. You think I'll ever get my $1.29 (plus tax) back without proof of the expenditure? Really.

Before retiring last evening, I made this sad little effort at trolling with the expectation of waking up to dozens, if not hundreds, of passionate comments on the controversial topic of Brownstone capitalization. Alas, the great minds have moved on to other trivialities.

I would be a huge advocate for Charles Dance, if the producers could miraculously pull that off.

I hope that the reviewer is correct and that we get to see the Lovecraftian horror of a father next season. The banker's description of his reputation, sui generis, reminded me of our debate last week about Sherlock's self-reference as "without peer." I believe that Sherlock meant it in the sense of sui generis, and…

I am far less confident than the reviewer that we have any idea what really went down in this episode, or that we can expect Mycroft to be as forthright with Watson as he promised. There is too much here that doesn't add up under any theory I have come up with so far.

That gay lover provided the coolest interview ever. All business. But how could Holmes fail to properly interpret such a cool username?

Miller has mastered Holmes' patterns and methods, yet manages to make the character completely unpredictable. Hence intimidating as hell.