Bring On Just Desserts!
I'm definitely suffering from Top Chef Fatigue (TCF?), which is one reason I'm sitting out this season of Masters. The other reason is that the "acting like professionals and playing for charity" aspect bores me to tears. I greatly preferred the rampant display of insanity that was Just…

Season 2 is more awesome than season 1. And then season 3 happens…

The First 2 Seasons of Sons of Anarchy
Very wise of Netflix to only stream the first two seasons of SoA, meaning that with any luck we can all forget the third season existed. If no one can watch it, did it really happen?

Awesome
I think this is pretty great casting all around. Now if they just end things after the first one like the book series should have, all will be well.

You can also tell they don't have the same writing staff by paying attention to the thing called "credits" that pop up at the beginning of each episode.

The sandworm was one of the best bits in the episode, agreed.

This doesn't look anything like Twin Peaks, and that's a very good thing considering the fate of every show that's tried to copy that formula. (See: American Gothic, Carnivale, Happy Town, John from Cincinnati, etc.)

I'm all for someone killing characters, but I think the way it's done can become a bit of a crutch or predictable trope. See also: 24, which had many legitimately shocking and moving character deaths, but also some that felt like the show meeting its shocking death requirement for the season.

Joss Whedon's Crutch
Can we pinpoint the moment when Joss Whedon's "kill a beloved character unexpectedly" trope became ineffective and predictable? For me, the sudden deaths worked very well throughout Buffy, Angel, and Serenity, then became laughable/annoying in Dr. Horrible, Dollhouse, and the Buffy comic.

I'd argue that the biggest problem with Kennedy, aside from her existence being fairly pointless, is that Iyari Limon is a terrible actress. Maybe better casting would have made her more tolerable, but there's a reason that, post-Buffy, the only thing I've seen Limon in is a tampon commercial.

Can't Handle It
There are so many things about this show that irritate me in so many ways, so much so that I doubt I could find a worse show currently on television. That being said, at least Mayim Bialik is pretty funny. Someone rescue her and put her in something decent.

It's hard to say if Tara's death was "worth it" in the long run, but it sure does make the end of season 6 extremely powerful and moving. It's just unfortunate that it leads to Kennedy in season 7.

Degrassi, Eh!
Really happy to see Degrassi on here, though I suspect I'm the only AV Clubber who watches it. Also great news for Sherlock and The Good Wife, though I could give fuck all about the other shows on the list. (Sorry, Justified.)

I disagree about Dollhouse. Even season 2 was wildly uneven, flying from great episode to supremely shitty episode with the greatest of ease. People talk about the show like it was excellent after the beginning of season 1, but that's a falsehood.

Supernatural season 1 is really tough to get through, and it took me two attempts to slog through it. Seasons 2-5 are gold, but season 6 is kind of terrible so far, so you may just want to stop at the season 5 finale and call it a day. That's when the show was designed to end, anyway.

Hate to break it to you sarCCastro, but Kevin Williamson has always been one of the showrunners on TVD and still writes episodes, so "other writers" never took over. You are enjoying a Kevin Williamson product. I hate the mentality to either forgive/blame certain writers for things just because you have a grudge…

I haven't seen the first season of Breaking Bad since it originally aired, but I do know it didn't become one of my all-time, can't-miss, omg-everyone-i-know-must-watch-this favorite shows until season 2. I keep meaning to go back and rewatch season 1 to see if it grabs me more in retrospect.

I also fall into the group that couldn't make it through Kavalier and Clay. It was years later when I realized I couldn't even make it through a Michael Chabon magazine article without getting bored and looking for something else to read, so maybe his style just isn't for me.

Flabbergasted
I've been shocked to see how many positive reviews this film is receiving. Everything but the "Directed by Duncan Jones" part makes it seem absolutely terrible. Good job, studio marketing team!

First Skins, Now The Inbetweeners…
MTV is trying to drive me mad by remaking all of my favorite British shows. I can't wait until they resurrect the US version of Spaced, this time starring horny teens who just want to screw and play video games.