I want the Peanut Bar rap costume SO BADLY.

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I drove by a car with a "Giant Comet 2016" bumper sticker this morning. I hope that dude is happy!

This has been my way of thinking for a while-Chuck's condition is a manifestation of his treatment of Jimmy. I don't think it's a coincidence that the only time we really saw him improving was when he had completely cut Jimmy out of his life, nor do I think its a coincidence that his mania reached never before seen…

It's definitely not on Hannibal's level, but Hannibal was one of the best shows ever and completely broke the mold, so that's OK. I feel like American Gods is grappling with bigger questions than Hannibal was interested in, and if you don't do that precisely its going to lead to things getting repetitive or feeling…

I'm on part five, I believe. Really good stuff.

It's a classic icebreaker.

Well we already knew the angry morons couldn't read.

Thus passes the Last Mancession Show Standing.

You have my attention.

I just read the essays and comments from The Dissolve's Spirited Away movie of the week week. I miss that website.

Big night for Jeremy Davies last night!

Yup. And with that in mind you'd expect the show to start with invading dragon queen conquesting her way across the continent just in time for the ice zombie invasion, but the show took the time to build to that point incrementally so now it feels like a much bigger deal than it would have had the focus of the show…

It really is!

This was another case of season 1 acting as a prologue and ending right before the real narrative starts. Preacher and Westworld did it too. It's frustrating in the moment, but it could pay off down the line. Game of Thrones has arguably been doing this since the series started, and it's led to a fever pitch of…

Hell no! Buy the ticket, take the ride.

I agree that it's edging up close to greatness, and even manages to achieve it in individual moments, but there's something holding it back from hitting that standard consistently. I would chalk it up to a few things:

TV:

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Yeah, definitely felt the truncated episode order here. They still managed to end the season with a bit of flash but they are still one major set piece shy of where I guessed they'd end up.