Can't imagine what the shock and nature of Angela's death will do to Richard.  Their rapport had a thawing effect on him.  This will just send his dial around to psychotic.

I'm glad to see Dunn Purnsley back in action.

I read that whole article in Kermit's voice.

Remus just likes to hear Remus talk.

It was a good way of showing the end of the Rebellion and the start of the Civil War, with the schism in the IRA and the 'retiring' of the old guard like McGarrigle.

"Dumbass Hitman : $4 a pound.  Completely kosher."

I love how he can bring the Yiddish so beautifully.  They even have a consultant listed in the credits.

And if you were quick you could grab and eat her too (if you were one of the other monsters).

Jenkem is the shit, man

Wow, when I first saw this as a kid on its release, it seemed like some kind of cosmic revelation.  I remember the lurid tinting and some good Freddie Mercury numbers.  Good exposure for a classic at least.

if wishes were horses
beggars would ride

Imagine what Howard Hughes and J. Edgar would have made of the fact they would later be played by the same actor.

Few actors have ever been more aptly named.  John, the everyman; Hurt, his speciality.

Not to mention that Eurthymics soundtrack.

Things really become increasingly less funny after that third season, before finally dying a rather sad death.  The premise really ran out of steam with the arrival of the Blair years.  It grew more and more callous and witless, with the cast increasingly becoming caricatures of themselves and just looping the same…

Did you ever see "Cybil"?  That was the ghastly neutered US version where they couldn't smoke and solved issues every week.

Gotta hand it to Nucky, even when he can't catch a break.

Kelly Macdonald does not have the body of a battered Irish baby machine.  In the interests of historical realism stunt tits are required.

"Dr Truss"?  I bet they made his life hell at medical school.

It says a lot for the awesome tone of this show that an episode with a solo childbirth, a throatslitting, and a sustained gunfight is considered "contemplative" and "conceptual".