I don't know. I think Doctor Who had a good year in 2015 - much better than I was expecting - but I found myself curiously unmoved by it. It might be time for the show to take another break, because nothing it does seems surprising anymore. I still love the idea of the Doctor, and I think season 9 came closer to it…

So this year for the first time I kept a log of the TV I watched. Which led to several conclusions. First, wow, I watch a lot of TV. Like, I didn't work out how many hours all the shows I watched came to, but it was 59 shows, most of them hour-long, so we're easily talking upwards of 400 hours, and most likely…

I thought it might have worked better as a weekly series than a binge-watch (maybe switch it and Agent Carter, whose plotting is a lot less compelling). For example, it has a really strong pilot, but the second and third episodes are less well done, and that let down might have been less powerful if you were watching…

I would have thought they'd be about equal, but in the last couple of days I've seen several people say that they didn't know the story of Ten Little… at all, and you're probably right that the movie has made Orient Express more familiar.

I was thinking about that, actually, and to me it's the other way around. Murder on the Orient Express is still compelling even if you know the end (hence the fact that I've watched the movie several times) because the process of the investigation is interesting. It's been a while since I read And Then There Were…

I have that banked up (along with a whole bunch of other stuff, such as The Expanse and Luther, that I plan to get to once I get done with the reading and writing I need to finish before the end of the year). I'm looking forward to it given the positive reviews, but it seems strange to me that it's possible to make a…

So basically, TV Club is easily the most popular and most-read aspect of the site, and not a single episode review makes it on this list? Sadly, I think that's fair - I can't think of a single review I read this year that lingers with me. But it didn't always use to be that way. Even within the limitations of a…

My problem wasn't that they were all on the same road, but that Noah and Helen drove (at what seemed like reasonably high speed) for 5-10 minutes, and ended up at the same place as Alison, who was walking while wearing party shoes. And who then walked straight back to the Lobster Roll in what seemed like a very short…

Aside from everything else, it's amazing to me that anyone in the entertainment industry would think that, on this weekend of all weekends, the pop culture spoilers that anyone would care about would be for the fifth season finale of Homeland.

Yeah, I'm hesitant to make too many judgments, because there's clearly a lot that could be going on in this story, and the trailer is cut in a certain way that might be misleading. I wouldn't, for example, expect Steve of all people to object to the argument that he can't use his power without oversight and…

I think the films have done a good enough job of building up other friendships, like Tony/Bruce, Tony/Rhodey, Steve/Sam, and Steve/Natasha. It's just that Tony and Steve clearly aren't friends. In pretty much every interaction they've had since the films started, they've been colleagues who respect one another, and…

I've heard that explanation, and I just don't buy it. Tony is not an idiot. He ran a multinational corporation for decades, in a business that is all about personal relationships. He understands human interaction - in fact, my experience has been that people who pretend to be oblivious about how human relationships…

The entire fandom in response: "uh, since when?"

OK, but that doesn't seem relevant AoS's case, because judging by the episode grades and taglines, the reviews have been overall positive except for the last couple episodes in the winter season. Unless you're expecting 100% fawning, it's not unreasonable for a generally positive reviewer to point out ways in which…

The ring Harry wears in their last scene together is a simple gold band, and there's no way Cleary spent all the money on it. I thought we were going to find out that Cleary had bought a house for them, which would at least be an actual investment in their future, though I don't know if the laws of the time would…

Well, let's be honest, it's not like he isn't still doing it. What about the $300 that went missing at the beginning of the episode? Cleary can't have spent it all on the ring, so where's the rest of it? He's positioned things so that Harriet is completely in his power, and though he also respects her and her…

If Thack is still alive, I'd expect him to be in a mental hospital next season. I certainly wouldn't expect him to be allowed to practice medicine anywhere.

The thing that gets me is that I can see Cleary and Harry having a really good life together. They could be one of those immigrant success stories that the American century is founded on, going from the tenements to a successful dynasty (I don't think it's too late for them to have children). And it'll all be…

Lucy and Henry basically deserve each other at this point - they're both hedonistic, money-obsessed parricides. I think they're probably going to be each other's punishment, too - they'll encourage each other's worst qualities, and in twenty years will probably be drug-addled, bed-hopping husks.

I say this as someone who thinks that Cleary and Harriet will probably have a good, happy life together: to romanticize or justify what he did is just sick. Harriet had a life she loved and a vocation that meant a great deal to her. If she'd wanted to leave the church, that was something she was capable of doing on…