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I don't think Mark E Smith should criticize Pavement when New Face in Hell is a rip-off of VU's What Goes On.

They're new wave… it's, like, a totally different head, totally!

That's what I was thinking. If the writers were going for name recognition, at least have him listen to the Ramones or the Clash or even the Beatles.

One more thing…actually two: I haven't seen the remaining episodes yet. I hope Guggenheim is either gay or is genuinely interested in a platonic friendship and I also hope there is no romantic shenanigans between Jai-alai and Rodrigo to make this into a cliched and predictable series.

His parents banned Rodrigo from listening to the Police. Seriously, writers? That's the rebel band you come up with? I hope my nose don't break…walking on the moon.

I was always confused why it was the story of Johnny Rotten when it was more like the story of Sid Vicious. I guess Vicious doesn't rhyme with forgotten. Or The king is gone but he's not delicious wouldn't have sounded quite right.

I think her doctor friend rigged the ultrasound. Does a baby look that developed at such an early stage? I thought it would still look like a lungfish..

I thought the theme of white bear of living in your own private hell over and over was like the episode of the twilight zone called Judgement Night, one of my favorites
http://vimeo.com/39941333

If you liked this story, there is a very good novel I read called Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel. It also involves a computer program that mines information from social media and creates an avatar of a deceased loved one based on all that info. It's more of a tear-jerker than creepy, like this was, but it deals