I swear I'll get around to reading Todd's article at some point (I'm sure it says way smarter things that I ever could), but I only watched Band of Brothers for the first time last year, and I still don't think I've fully recovered from this episode. It floored me from the very first close-up of the cello. Harrowing…

I would really love to see more of Russia. It would be ambitious, but I have confidence they could pull it off.

I think one of the things that makes The Americans so brilliant is that the show can convey so much meaning with only silences and looks. The scene where Nina was walking down the stairs and she and Oleg briefly made eye contact was a punch to the gut - yet it was so quiet, not a single word of dialogue uttered.

It wasn't my favorite Americans musical cue, but I dug it. The entire cold open was well-done and so tense.

Yup, I immediately thought of that. Guess we'll have to wait in suspense some more before it goes off.

There's some part of me that's in denial and still hoping she somehow shows up in season 3. Even if she doesn't, though, like you said, I really hope Annet Mahendru gets some good roles after this.

Ninaaaaa! *sob*

I didn't think so, but it's been a long time since I read the books, so I probably forgot some of the nuances of her character. I also thought Michelle Fairley did a fantastic job, especially in the third season (IMO, she would've deserved an Emmy nomination, if only for the Red Wedding scene).

I mean, Ned made plenty of stupid choices too, but he doesn't get even close to as much vitriol as Catelyn does.

I don't think it was the specific characters who died that made it so devastating to me (though, like I said below, Catelyn was one of my favorites) so much as the way it unfolded with the vague sense of dread and foreboding, not to mention the shock of it happening at a wedding. It was just so unexpected, and as has…

She's always been one of my favorite characters. But I didn't have any huge problems with her on the show either, so we're probably just in disagreement. Of course, having read the books, it's hard for me to see the show from the perspective of someone who hasn't. I have to say, though, that I'm rather disappointed…

I think the episode was well-done enough that it doesn't feel like cheap shock value, but I agree with what you said about the gender politics. Even if she is dead and the plot itself is still interesting, it's pretty aggravating to see yet another TV show kill off a female character (in this case, the only major,…

I don't want to get too off-topic, but I will fight you over Catelyn (Robb… eh). Also, it's been years since I read A Storm of Swords, but the Red Wedding is still the most traumatizing fictional event I've experienced to date, no contest.

Lester also seems to have no empathy whatsoever for other people. Chaz may be a dick, but Lester is bordering on all-out sociopath - and I don't use that term lightly.

Everyone else seemed to have liked Pearl, though. I get the sense that what we saw of her is just how Lester saw her, not how she actually is, which would make her over-the-top shrillness a little more justifiable (that said, they could've done a much better job with her character, and for me, that's still the weakest…

I have so many thoughts about this, but I'll just say here that I'm going to be genuinely pissed if it turns out that Molly dies to further Gus's character development. Not only was she the only major female character on the show, but she also had a major stake in the outcome of the narrative, arguably moreso than…

To be honest, I have no idea why someone would walk into the theater expecting Fast and Furious. I thought the trailer and advertising made it pretty clear that it was not your standard special effects-driven action movie. Using that one person as a sort of strawman argument doesn't necessarily make the movie itself…

What's challenging about it? Genuinely interested in hearing what you think.

At least Another Earth was interesting. I can definitely understand why people might not have liked it, but I was intrigued by the ideas and thought it was solid on a technical level (again, it probably helped that I had rather low expectations).

Hey, Black Swan is fricking amazing. It may not be profound, but it's one of the most exhilarating and interesting movies I've seen in recent years, especially on a technical/visual level. Obviously, that's my opinion, though, and I guess you're not obligated to agree.