The third (of four) eps tonight started a little off balance, but it came on strong in the last half hour. It's fascinating for a major show to take on the cancer death of its primary protagonist character. Such a shame that The Big C blew so much of its good will in an off kilter third season. If I ever buy the DVD…

That scene was in the show. In fact, it was an extended scene depicting Brian coming home from college. I couldn't take my eyes off Lois the whole time.

Can I unsubscribe to notifications of articles that announce Spanish versions of my favorite shows?

I was rather surprised to find the movie was even worse than the review. It was really quite dull and slow-paced. And I am usually pretty easy to please and find the positives in most movies. There was one decent scare (in a window scene in the middle of the movie). I like Radcliffe quite a bit and he performs…

And don't forget the penultimate episode of The Big C is on tonight on Showtime. The series has dramatically improved from last season (more like the first two seasons) and Alan Alda will be appearing again. Great show that lost its way in its third season but found its way back!

Yeah, even Girls has some actresses with that contract stipulation. Both HBO and Showtime have plenty of shows with actresses who won't bare their boobies.

And the last four of The Big C have been sublimely rewarding so far (through two of those four eps). I'm not sorry that The Big C is ending, but I am glad they were given one more chance to make up for season 3 (which wasn't quite as bad as AV seems to think).

Does anyone else feel that, near the end of the episode, Don was looking at Megan's teeth and thinking, "oh my god, I married Austin Powers!"

No, Draper is not a villain at all; he's designed to be a deeply conflicted and heavily flawed character, yet still powerful and alluring. But I don't feel it's unrealistic when Don is portrayed as reaping all the rewards for his talent (and charm) while rejecting all evidence of his weaknesses, because we can see…

Fortunately, I was watching my massive lava lamp roiling through its most interesting stages during that commercial. It was more than enough to hear the commercial's song in the background.

To some degree, you're right, Jordan Orlando, the grades don't really make any difference. I come here for the same reasons you do. I don't really give a shit about the grades, but it's hard to deny that the grades do help provide the viewers confirmation that what they watched: 1) really was as awesome as they…

Wow, @avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus talk about hijacking a thread! I usually prefer your insights as a delightful surprise downthread a bit, but it was entertaining as always! See you next week.

Oh, Joan, I would gladly also assist you through a minor medical emergency. Because then I would have seen you at your most unattractive, and knowing where the floor was I would be so enamored with the ceiling. And yes, I would also offer your two-year-old son a toy football with a red bow and be wittily charming in…

"I have basically no idea how to grade this show anymore. I still enjoy it as much as ever, but I also feel as if this season has yet to blow me away like previous seasons did on a near weekly basis. So I will keep giving it B+'s and A-'s until it does something really egregious or really extraordinary."

This was the most Don Draper-centric episode in quite a while. And while I pity him even more than before, I also dislike him more than ever. He's charming, witty, dashing and creatively inspired, but also the worst type of misanthrope to be found in mainstream society. I wouldn't mind seeing his face get punched into…

"We spend most of our lives convinced we’re the protagonist of the story, but we rarely realize that we’re just supporting characters in everybody else’s story. Nobody thinks about you as much as you do."

I always read these reviews because there's always some dialogue that I can't understand on first watch because of muddy/muttered line delivery or heavy accents. Something about my ears prevents me from instantaneous comprehension.

I don't know about every episode being hilarious, but they've got some great joke writers and solid, if unspectacular, performers who deliver good lines. So I generally agree, but Todd made some excellent points as well. It would be possible to shift the story further away from the workplace and still retain its…

No, he wasn't wrong to be mad. But Linda was dead set on helping Gene and she turned to the only liquid asset the family had. It was done out of love for her family. And yes, she was a ditz for believing the baseball lesson was a the real deal, but Linda is pretty gullible. That's who she is and she's awesome for it.

Oh, it is just hopeful thinking, but also an adjective that describes not only the show, but NBC's aspirations for the show. Like, "What NBC really needs is award-winning shows on its network." Given its quality, Hannibal is bound to win *some* organization's TV awards, even if it's not the Emmys. So yes, just…