i couldn't agree more.  I know Idol is silly, but I really wish avclub had someone writing about this show who could actually stand it long enough to write something interesting about the performances and the true flaws and strength of all these talented kids (no, not michael jackson talented but certainly ahead of…

I agree with you about Season 1 vs Season 2.  That being said, I like Season 3 more than Season 2.  With the exception of a few missteps  (poor characterization that rely on stereotypes), I find myself more drawn to the story arcs for each of the main characters, and I really embraced the new format.  Also, IMO the…

Brody IS whatever the situation requires, He has to be just a blank void of a man with an impressive veneer.

is this not episode 12?

also a healthy dose of Stockholm syndrome, prolonged isolation, religious indoctrination, and assimilation in to another under-siege culture topped up with true human bonding/transference of fatherly love that ends in tragedy… I say the show earned the moral ambiguity it is striving for….. however, it better not waste…

I always find the "this-show-better-not-do-this" aspects of these reviews so distracting.  Is this 24-phobia creeping in?  I never saw that show.

Maybe it was because Astro challenged the structure of the show last week or maybe it was the dramatic/sincere theme, but it seemed like many of the contestants felt the needs to break free of WHO THEY ARE on THIS SHOW.  It was a weird night, but I'm on board with the idea that this episode should be liked.

it was one of my favorites?

I enjoy reading your write-ups—especially this one.  I watched the UK version of X-Factor last year and really enjoyed the show.  The talent was fantastic and diverse and I was sucked in to the show because of how important the competition seemed to the UK public, how smoothly the ran with (with a good host and judges…

in 3 days he will rise, and all will be saved!

Sophist, I usually read your posts, but man sometimes you come off like the unholy spawn of comic book guy and ANNOYING

also, I love the contrast of the characters in this dreary world, completely mired by their own choices, next to the blissful bright ignorance in the absence of free-will.  They WERE happier before….being miserable.

sure eliza is limited, but sarah michelle gellar can be a fantastic actress.  You're nuts!

responsible?  have you heard him speak of this?  It would behoove you.

I'm not sure what there is to say.  I will say though, when they asked the viewers to close their eyes and name the sound they were playing.  I thought, "That sounds like meat slamming against a hard surface."  cut to "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"  —- all credit goes to those two women who did sound for Titanic…

Yes, it is.  Freudian psychoanalysis is most definitely a branch of Psychology.  Jaquces Lacan carried the torch for him and modernized a lot of his theory.

you're making the right point, but you've said it wrong.  no?

kaleidoscope:  Earlier in the episode she told him about her father and how at Christmas they'd see the nutcracker together.  She recalled the dancers were like looking into a kaleidoscope.

Silas and Shane are from Weeds! God!

agreed, I was going to comment the same because as stated the article is incorrect.