I think the 2 definite shows for me are The X-Files (I was such an X-Phile back in the day … like seriously … so seriously) and Underground. Mercy Street intrigues me, and I'd want to see reviews before getting excited about anything else. If Lucifer approaches S1 Sleepy Hollow crazy (and not S2 listless and going in…

How did they get anyone saying "spank bank" past Standards & Practices??

Just one thing.

Poor Mrs. Hughes. Poor, poor Mrs. Hughes! OTOH, poor Mrs. Patmore …

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How do you feel about Bubbles? Dennis "Bubbles" Perkins … rolls off the tongue, yes?

Happy New Year, you old AV Club!

That's a fabulous idea!

I read the Vulture's review first. Differing opinions differ, indeed.

*runs around like Kermit, yelling* YAAAAYYY!!!

My health, largely, I think. And losing touch with too many friends.

Big heads, tiny bodies - describes a lot of TV actresses in RL. I used to call them lollipops when I worked in West LA.

Sympathies. I've been avoiding the news out of hopelessness (#TamirRice). I hope the town makes it through (and you and yours remain safe).

There is okay BBQ in Oakland, and very good BBQ here and there in California, but none of it claims to be original to California.

Not as fierce or tension-filled as the movie, but I liked the show. And it should be remembered at least for giving Carroll O'Connor the opportunity to play a small-town Southern sheriff who was less racist than his iconic Archie Bunker. Howard Rollins, Jr. was quite good and died too soon after years of addiction…

Thank you!

I may be that "annoying girl" but:

Excellent! And I highly approve of the appellation "Nemesis" …

Well met, good sir. And how is the fruit of thy loins?

2016 goal - to crawl out of the rut I'm in, professionally, personally, mentally, socially. More exercise, more cleaning, less relying on Second Life, more writing, more networking. More remembering that I'm a bloody lawyer and conflict won't kill me, even if it drives my pressure up a bit (hence the exercise to…