I'm getting fed up with this orgasm.

The Cold Open
Tergesen gave a better performance as the father than the show really deserved. If the whole episode had been on par with the tight-but-n0t-hurried cold open, it would have been as good as a Season 2 episode.

Please, AV Club, take away the grade-it-yourself gizmo. Just think of all the interesting insights I'll miss because I'm angrily skipping past all the self-congratulatory a-holes expounding upon the rationales for their own choice of letter grade.

Yes, I have.

I can see why you felt that way, triple apples (trapples?). But I saw it and went "Whoa." Because up until this point, Emily has been what's at stake for Lightman less than a player in the story. You show this sixteen year old girl that we love because Tim Roth loves her getting called on her bullshit, and I think…

Word.

Having seen actual footage of actual DID sufferers, I have to say, you can't make that shit up. It's really that fucking bizarre.

Commenting here primarily to voice support for continued TV Club coverage. But I'd also like to see how many other viewers share my favorite aspect of the show (especially in the last two or three episodes of last season), the developing mentor/mentee relationship between Lightman and Torres. The show almost dropped…

Sneak Peek
The network has the first 17 minutes or so of the pilot available online. I'm in agreement that the post-apocalyptic scene was done very well. Floating surfers and a helicopter lodged in the side of a skyscraper are pretty horrific and effective images.

LexiconDevil,

Dystopian Cyberpunk
I grew up reading a lot of William Gibson. This "episode" had me by my central nervous system.

3 villains
was 2 too many.

Thank you, El Santo.

I recognized (and was pleased to see) every name in the cast except Tom Hardy. I had to look him up.

And I the day before.

Mad Men enters Subconscious
I watched last night, then dreamt I was Jon Hamm playing Batman. It was fucking awesome.

It's okay because it's meta.

This trailer was an avant-garde house song. Except it wasn't 20 minutes long. And I kind of wish it had been.

+5 metal internets each for Jimmy James, Shaggydog, Arsenio Billingham (who needs 'em like I need an asshole on my elbow… right there… an asshole) and Fidel Astro.

Never read the book, but dude, melodrama archetype and all, Jenner was fucking scary as hell. The way he murders his conspirator instantly after he turns against him. It was douchebag Justin I couldn't stand.