No, she said the line then immediately repeated it more forcefully, because it's a weak line. I think you're reading too much into that, that was just another reminder of how overly hard she works and reworks everything, same as the changing commas to semi-colons and whatnot earlier in the season.

"You conclude from explicit signifiers of sleep in other episodes that a scene without any such signifiers in a different episode is in fact about sleep?"

I always thought the deal that he made with the Democrats in order to be able to run as an independent in Vermont without being challenged by the Democrats (which was, "I will always vote with the party unless you give me permission not to") was exactly the sort of backroom deal that he was supposed to be against. My…

Bernie fans think that Bernie would beat Trump because, deep down, they see Trump beating Hillary Clinton as some sort of "she earned this" moment, where the voters were voting against her for all the same reasons that Bernie was against her. If that seems reasonable to you, you will never ever believe that Sanders…

"How was 80s Ruby in the future?"

That was my read on it too, but I haven't actually seen the reboot. Would it make sense?

"and Ruby altered the deal in which way?"

They showed it during the holiday season in December, randomly (that is not say, not in the Pete & Pete timeslot). It just wasn't part of the regular package.

They showed it during the holiday season in December, randomly (that is not say, not in the Pete & Pete timeslot). It just wasn't part of the regular package.

Excuse the belated response, but I've been reading through the season 3 comments and this was the second reference I saw to The N not re-running this episode. The thing is, that isn't entirely accurate, and the logic is not mysterious…

Excuse the belated response, but I've been reading through the season 3 comments and this was the second reference I saw to The N not re-running this episode. The thing is, that isn't entirely accurate, and the logic is not mysterious…

I think the theory is floated that Verna convinced Mink to shoot Rug to hide her affair with Tom, but I believe that Mink actually shot Rug while high because of his paranoia about his own affair with Bernie being exposed.

Tom Reagen emotionally betrays his boss by falling in (possibly mutual) love with his girlfriend. But he doesn't trust the girlfriend and advises the boss to do the same. The girlfriend manipulates the boss into protecting her brother, which sparks a gang war which leads to the boss losing power. Tom Reagen quits…

Mainly "The Glass Key". I think there's a scene or two that are almost word for word from "Red Harvest", though.

"But he so impressed producers Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana with his audition that they rewrote the role to suit him"

I always thought he was shit until I saw "After Dark, My Sweet". I still think he's mostly shit, but now I at least understand what casting directors saw that they thought he wasn't.

Am I reading this correctly that he proposes to her directly after vomiting on her?

No, no, and I'm sorry, that looks a lot harsher in text than it read in my head.

In that case, it was going from 2001 to Star Wars, I kind of feel like this case would be the opposite. (Just in the sense of 'more artsy' to 'entertaining and blockbustery', not commenting on quality of any of them.)

If anybody is going to make a big-budget zombie movie that's actually good, it's probably David Fincher. I used to have hopes that Peter Jackson would finally make his WWII zombie epic, but at this point, even if he did, I don't think it would be good anymore.