That picture proves it all.

There's Gordon Downie, but as far as most people are concerned his first name is "You Know."  His last name is "The Lead Singer from the Tragically Hip."

There's Gordon Downie, but as far as most people are concerned his first name is "You Know."  His last name is "The Lead Singer from the Tragically Hip."

The Group looked scary at the very end of Season 2, when it appeared they were ending the world or at least taking out a huge chunk of it via the Marburg variant.  When the show came back and the world was still intact, they started looking like a bunch of ineffectual stuffed shirts.  They can't scare Frank into…

The Group looked scary at the very end of Season 2, when it appeared they were ending the world or at least taking out a huge chunk of it via the Marburg variant.  When the show came back and the world was still intact, they started looking like a bunch of ineffectual stuffed shirts.  They can't scare Frank into…

To answer Todd's question about Emma, she improves somewhat but not enough.  Unlike Andy McLaren, she's not actually a bad character, but she is wispy.  In a show with 6-8 regulars, I can see justifying her slot.  As one of a cast of two it becomes obvious that they don't know where to go with her, until maybe some…

To answer Todd's question about Emma, she improves somewhat but not enough.  Unlike Andy McLaren, she's not actually a bad character, but she is wispy.  In a show with 6-8 regulars, I can see justifying her slot.  As one of a cast of two it becomes obvious that they don't know where to go with her, until maybe some…

I think the reason they kept up the ironclad skeptic angle so long was that it was the only way they could think of to keep an ongoing conflict between the characters.  Because the Syndicate always turned out to be more bark than bite (which coincidentally or not is also the problem with making the Millennium Group…

I think the reason they kept up the ironclad skeptic angle so long was that it was the only way they could think of to keep an ongoing conflict between the characters.  Because the Syndicate always turned out to be more bark than bite (which coincidentally or not is also the problem with making the Millennium Group…

I like some of those episodes.  "Terms of Endearment", while a comedy episode, at least throws in enough gallows with the humor that it stays interesting.  On the whole I think season 7 was better.  Then of course the whole thing collapsed.

I like some of those episodes.  "Terms of Endearment", while a comedy episode, at least throws in enough gallows with the humor that it stays interesting.  On the whole I think season 7 was better.  Then of course the whole thing collapsed.

"Through a Glass, Darkly", "Collateral Damage", "Saturn Dreaming of Mercury."    A few others.
There are bright spots in season 3.  They're just distressingly sporadic.

"Through a Glass, Darkly", "Collateral Damage", "Saturn Dreaming of Mercury."    A few others.
There are bright spots in season 3.  They're just distressingly sporadic.

nigeltde, it's difficult to explain because in a way it boils down to the past event being too big and melodramatic.  Which sounds stupid because all of TV is dramatically overblown, which is what keeps us viewers coming back.

Fair enough, but that brings up issues I have with the episode and with a lot of Sorkin's work, to tell the truth.  Dan is penalized for expressing a reasonable opinion that his bosses happen not to like.  He then has to apologize.  I can get behind this as an act of political necessity.  But the script tries to sell…

Just after Dana had said "One good thing before the day is over, I swear that's all I want!"

Just after Dana had said "One good thing before the day is over, I swear that's all I want!"

His speech to Isaac on the hunting trip a few episodes down the road is pretty powerful too.  Not something a person would say in real life, and I knew that when I first watched.  But there's the virtue of having something to say and being desperate to say it.  Jeremy is the kind of character that Sorkin does very…

His speech to Isaac on the hunting trip a few episodes down the road is pretty powerful too.  Not something a person would say in real life, and I knew that when I first watched.  But there's the virtue of having something to say and being desperate to say it.  Jeremy is the kind of character that Sorkin does very…

Diamond also talked about how diseases are bred through agriculture, which was more prevalent in both Europe and Asia than in the Americas.  Result being that the immune systems of the Native Americans were unprepared for the nasty shit coming their way.