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Convincing us that anything is possible is something that's absolutely necessary for great storytelling, and rarely done on television because of the necessity of most television series to never change.  The Shield gave you the sense that its characters were capable of anything, and drew up guest characters who could…

Hm.  Since it looks like Robert Downey Jr. is playing Doc Sportello, Radcliffe would actually be pretty good as Denis (the sidekick) in Inherent Vice.

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Spartan is so damn awesome, particularly the first 40 minutes or so, which are almost entirely in monosyllables.  And yeah, between that and "The Quick Fix" you could see Kristin Bell would be a star, she is scary intense.

We just started season 2. See you there :-D

I've watched every episode at least twice and I'm still picking up new things. It's that kind of show.

I've noticed that just about everyone who starts watching The Shield finishes the whole series in about a month.

Thanks Dagg. I'll be commenting to the end of the series (including season 7) no matter what happens.

So: what was your favorite article or series by our departing writers? (snif)

No, cashews are the perfect mixed nut. They aren't good solo, but at about a 30% presence in mixed nuts they nicely vary the texture.

That's really flattering, Dagg, but I wasn't appointed. I'm just writing long comments and posting them first, is all.

I want to go to there.

@avclub-0edf30a984c91fe16daa1a9d45f2e08f:disqus :  good points, and they go to the difference between the kind of show The Sopranos and The Shield are.  (Again, repeating things I've said in earlier posts:)  The Sopranos (as a lot of people have noted) takes the form of a series of short stories connected by common…

April is the cruelest fuckin' month.

Milo: I know you blame me for Nately's death, Yossarian, but he died a wealthy man. He had over a hundred shares in the syndicate.
Yossarian: What good's it to him, he's dead.
Milo: Then his family will get it.
Yossarian: He didn't have time to have a family.
Milo: Then his parents will get it.
Yossarian: His parents…

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oooo that's good! Shawn Ryan used the term "antivillain" for a character later in the series. (You know who I'm talking about.)