Not to mention that he has "a shorty but [he] don't show up" — I've always assumed that to mean he has a kid he doesn't take care of. Fuck that guy.

Oh my God, D.A.R.Y.L. That's all. I just remembered that D.A.R.Y.L. exists.

I teach college in Tennessee. It is fucking fascinating to me how many people here love the school but hate education.

Right? There are even convenient giant shoot-me holes in his cell! And can you imagine how pissed Hannibal would be to meet such an ignoble end?

I agree. I actually liked Will's and Chilton's relationship for the most part. With the understanding that Chilton was always going to be a coward and Will was always going to be contemptuous of him, I thought they did the best they could by each other. Like when Chilton threatens Will (after running from the frame-up…

Oh I thought Mads as Hannibal was spot on in this episode — hilariously dickish and keeping everyone slightly off kilter just for the fuck of it. It's kind of the most I've ever liked the character, though of course he's a horrible person-thing who someone should just fucking kill already.

Yes! Total flashbacks.

I don't know, though. She knew right away that doing that interview was the Most Terrible Idea Ever but sure didn't try to talk Chilton out of it (he probably wouldn't have listened, but still, she pretty much endorsed using him).

I was really proud of Chilton for not appealing to Reba. I mean, I'm sure he figured she wouldn't be able to help anyway and he still had some hope that obeying Dolarhyde would see him through relatively unscathed, but it was still brave of him not to seize on even the tiniest scrap of hope that she might be able to…

[Tries to answer but breaks down sobbing and books flight to Canada instead]

I'm less bothered by Nigel confusing Jasmine and Sasha (though "Misty Blue" is a definite favorite, as was Sasha) than by Nigel saying, at one point in Jasmine's season, "People forget you're not hip-hop; you're contemporary." I get that he was complimenting Jasmine on some badass hip-hop number ("Gold Dust Girl"…

I know! I'm pretty pleased by my prescience! I thought I was just being a judgmental asshole, but it turns out I was right all along!

Y'all I have long disdained KFC in favor of Popeye's, but I'd never actually tried it. Yesterday I decided to be fair and pick up some KFC (okay, fine: I was in the mood for fried chicken, but the nearest Popeye's is 30 minutes away). It was horrifying. I bought 4 pieces of chicken and threw away 3.5. I couldn't even…

I had a dear friend with a similar scar on his lip and slightly notched nostril as a result of having been born with a cleft palate (and multiple surgeries over his youth). He was terrifically attractive but had no idea; he was really hung up about his face, I think because he got ragged on a lot in elementary and…

I think Freddy Lounds' death might still be on the table (albeit perhaps in a different form); Will's anger with her tonight (over having to justify himself to an 11 year old) made me think he'll be willing to make her a target.

I don't know why, but "I happened upon an artisanal cheesemonger" made me laugh a lot. For some reason I read it in a dungeon master voice ("Your party enters the woods and happens upon an artisanal cheesemonger. . . ."). So thanks for that.

I had some old friends for dinner, which seemed appropriate even if it meant I didn't get to watch Hannibal until today.

Wait, you're annoyed that WALTER wasn't nicer to WILL in that scene? I mean, I love Will, but Walter had every right to be scared and angry and no responsibility to soothe Will.

Well I just teared up reading your description of watching the movie that made you teared up. Fuck that movie indeed. In fact, I'm just going to think about Disney's Robin Hood for the rest of the evening. It's delightful.

One of my proudest moments as an academic is convincing the common book committee at my former university to select Daytripper for all the incoming first-year students to read.