Agreed. Laughed myself sick.

Full frontal erection (no latex).

Pacing might have been a script problem, but in my book it was the most interestingly directed episode of the season.

Agree completely - I disagree with others here who praised the editing in this episode. It was way too much back and forth to gain real suspense and tension in what otherwise could have been a really great sequence (hunting in the hospital.)

Agree completely - I disagree with others here who praised the editing in this episode. It was way too much back and forth to gain real suspense and tension in what otherwise could have been a really great sequence (hunting in the hospital.)

Thanks for posting this, good to know - wish they had stuck with the book's approach, it seems simpler. Apparently it didn't give Alan Ball enough meat to explore his interest in vampire religion.

Thanks for posting this, good to know - wish they had stuck with the book's approach, it seems simpler. Apparently it didn't give Alan Ball enough meat to explore his interest in vampire religion.

Agreed. Love him, but it's not working.

Yeah, same here. I wonder if this is due to Alan Ball inserting the "religious" aspects into The Authority in an attempt to explore something he finds personally interesting. I don't know the books well enough to know if this is a departure, or if The Authority is not so significant in them. But the scenes are so…

Indeed. The trembling lip WILL return, I predict it!

Indeed. The trembling lip WILL return, I predict it!

Well, I had the opposite reaction to this episode. I felt the entire season had been treading water up to this point, and I thought things FINALLY started to move forward rapidly:

Well, I had the opposite reaction to this episode. I felt the entire season had been treading water up to this point, and I thought things FINALLY started to move forward rapidly:

Only three fast-forward moments, and none of them involved Dad in a tender moment with Son - they were all son in a tender moment with girlfriend! Way to shake it up this episode!

Only three fast-forward moments, and none of them involved Dad in a tender moment with Son - they were all son in a tender moment with girlfriend! Way to shake it up this episode!

He doesn't, but geez, talk about "signaling"!

He doesn't, but geez, talk about "signaling"!

And those pearly white teeth! (Everyone in Hollywood these days has perfect white teeth!) An endless supply of whitening strips!

And those pearly white teeth! (Everyone in Hollywood these days has perfect white teeth!) An endless supply of whitening strips!

It's a little depressing when you hit the point in the episode where you realize the theme that will occupy the episode, and they take no steps to surprise you. Didn't we all know she would leave a note on the chair? Didn't we know Ben would shoot into the harness-slosh-tank? I'm all for eliminating the sappy family…