Yep.  Hodgson's goodbye scene is a neat little homage to this film.

Goggins grows in ownage as Shane does—as the character gets deeper through this year, Goggins just keeps getting better at portraying him.  (Actually, you could say that about all the actors for the run of the series; the writers kept challenging the actors and the actors kept doing even better.)

End of episode 1, season 5.

It really does feel like the writers were trying different ideas and directions for the series, and then around "Throwaway," they got a sense of what kind of stories they wanted to tell and how Gilroy fit in.  (Also they had a sense who the cast regulars would be around that time.)  I suspect if they'd had everything…

Carlos Mencia:  not a black hole of suck that implodes the entire network!  (You can quote me.)

SPOILERTIME!

WELL.  For those who are just starting out, we have just concluded the least exciting, least plotted, least conflicted, sleepiest, most scattered season of The Shield.  If you’ve been watching this as a way to relax before a nice comfy nap, you might want to invest in some chamomile-mint tea, because things are gonna…

Second on Repo Man.  The soundtrack is a nice little document of the time and place, so I'm looking forward to that interview.  "Look at 'em.  Ordinary fucking people.  I hate them" is one of my mottoes for living.

10 Surefire Pickup Lines—Trust Me! by @avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus , available at amazon.com.  Soon to be an independent motion picture by Jim Jarmusch.

Wow. A great article about a great memorial of a great man. Maybe the highest compliment you can give to a life: he cared about something and showed us how to care about it.

He's actually a good partner on commentary tracks (I'm thinking of Narc.)

That happens about ten minutes in AND IT SHOULD BE DARNED OBVIOUS SOME SPOILERS COMING UP is that the film starts as a piece of hackwork and then heads into some dark places—Petersen's cop isn't a well-meaning guy who breaks a few rules to get justice, he's on a total vengeance trip and he gets people killed, and the…

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus :  well, being in America's #3 comedy only does so much for your career, especially after you've gone all arty with stuff like Junk.

One of the greats; I watch To Live and Die in LA every six months or so and am still amazed at how well it captures the feel of the city, and of course it's still powerful as all fuck.  I've heard a few commentaries from him and he always comes across as very self-aware, so I will check this out.

The use of "Sister Christian" was when I first recognized the genius that is PT Anderson.  Pretty sure that the song had been mostly forgotten until he brought it back there (which probably ensures him a special place in Hell, but, hey, it's great art, we all make sacrifices).

And who do we see on screen for the line "the man you'll never know how to be?"

Lunch Lady Doris' "okey-dokey" is just one of the hundreds of great Simpsons line readings.  (Also Willie's "ooo good comeback.")

Actually @avclub-cd3d804747cf4c11f495534083caf222:disqus , I think it's because of an amusing spelling error you made.  I'm gonna hop on that link, though, if you get my meaning.

Easy for you to say, @avclub-c1fe85b855c6d045b827f74a1e2c3fd7:disqus , you're already a damn franchise.  The rest of us will get at most an IMdB entry as "Wacky Commenter #2."

So this is the Armond White parody account. Or possibly the Armond White account.