If you haven't seen the Dennis Potter series "Lipstick on Your Collar" you should track it down. An early minor-ish role of his, and since it's Dennis Potter he does some delightful lip-syncing.

He alone would be reason to watch Treme. Though it had plenty else going for it and I thought didn't quite get the love it deserved.

"It helps that she's smart to pick mostly good films…"

Rip Torn as Artie was king of the throwaway line, and that's one of his best ever.

I can't believe how different my feelings about this season are from last season, and I think it's because DG's abilities are SO hit-or-miss. She's a savant not just at romance, but at subverting standard romance tropes. And yet her political plots are simplistic and contrived. I wish the show had taken better…

Weird, I think I just happen to be watching that exact Boardwalk Empire scene. I go hot and cold on that show, but this scene's really good.
I agree that Outlander didn't need to be so graphic with Fergus, but the larger issue for me is that it didn't feel organic to the story — like the plot had to get to Jamie…

I couldn't get past the first book either, so that's the only season where I have a basis for comparison. But based on that, I think the show writers are doing a great job for what they have to work with. DG is brilliant at weaving a compelling romantic storyline, but her writing style often veers into cheesy, and I…

I haven't read the books and I do not get the confusion about Claire's 20th-century pregnancy and child. She lost a baby in 1744, got pregnant again in 1746, and then went back through the stones into 1948 and had that kid and raised it with Frank. The show hasn't been at all obscure about that.

Especially compared to Battlestar Galactica, which I absolutely love — but when you get beyond the main characters, some of the casting is so off that I don't enjoy rewatching as much as I might have. Outlander has been pitch-perfect all the way, even in small one-off roles. The priest in The Wedding could have had…

Oh thank god. My OCD was in overdrive trying to make sense of that.

It actually says Paris 1745 at the beginning of this episode. But that said… the timeline this season is making my head spin. I'm trying to just accept that I'll have to find a way to zap my OCD into submission every week and not worry about it. But it's kind of maddening.