RE: Moonrise Kingdom

I've been anticipating this for so long, which means I'll adore the first four episodes, immediately followed by the show's cancellation to make way for another singing competition show.

Agreed on the fourth wall in House of Lies. The fourth wall has been broken for some time now. I'd be more excited for a show that rebuilds it.

"Intrigued"/"Intriguing" count: 7

I think I've actually seen a chef fumble with the pressure cooker nearly every season of Top Chef and its variants. It's like these chefs try for years to get on the show but never bother watching to learn where contestants stumble. I will never understand that.

Yeah, absolutely.

Same. The cackle, my god, the cackle.

The lack of Portlandia love hurts my heart. #putabirdonitandamovie

"co-worker-cum-fuck-buddy" is officially the dirtiest pairing of words in the English language.

Ha, perfect description.

I think that's a terrific observation. Some of my favorite shows ever (The Wire, Breaking Bad, the like) are masterful at planting a seed and returning to it several episodes, even a whole season later. And you're absolutely right: the writers on Dexter can think maybe three episodes down the road. They're like bad…

Your British friends are wrong. Misfits' third season has absolutely lost a step. A few steps even.

That was a fun two-episode experiment. I think I'm really itching for an episode where Hutton can really show his fangs, though. Some of my favorite episodes have been when Nate shows his angry side either by butting heads with a rival (Sterling), when someone offends the memory  of his son, or when he's defending the…

Just hilarious.

*SPOILER*

Warehouse 13 just did a riff off of this last week. And now you know. You're welcome!

They didn't even go full tilt with the ridiculous camp they were building this season. They couldn't even do that right.

I really expected Simon to have to carry this season, but I think Rudy has actually been the highlight. The season feels a little directionless, but it's compelling nonetheless. I just wish the stakes felt appropriately raised with the power-switching.

I agree, for the most part (though I'd trade Chardee McDennis for your Little Beauties selection), and I thought this episode was especially lazy. It's as if they're comfortable just coasting on their popularity with constant callbacks. I appreciated the few times they tried to experiment with storytelling (Thunder…

This is the kind of stuff I'd like cleared up, which I would imagine could be done quickly with some racing commission rep scene or whatever. I just always assumed that horse racing was the wild west—a short step up from the turtle racing I just saw at a bar this weekend. But I'll assume it's more gentlemanly than…