I can see why Todd and Genevieve really liked this episode; I certainly really liked parts of it, like Phillip and Stan's discussion at the beginning, and how the show is peeling back the layers of Stan to reveal how much of a psychopath he is, but I had some major problems with it, most of them having to do with…

"If I can't change your mind!"

@avclub-9349e20458f64c9bfb83b5221e145937:disqus I actually wouldn't mind D'Angelo too much, but I think the best case scenario would be either Tasha Robinson or Noel Murray. Either of them would be an excellent film editor.

@avclub-fb315180847bff00c17d1701b403750b:disqus Ah, I see what you are saying, although I disagree with you on some points. I can get why Sorkin chose to put more emphasis on tertiary players like Hatteberg and Justice rather than Barry Zito or Miguel Tejada. Everybody knew that Zito and Tejada were good, the movie…

Fuck, that sucks, I really loved NCC and I am trying to get through all of them. Does anybody know where Tobias is going, so I can keep following him there like I do for Hyden on Grantland?

It's a bit of an odd movie with Hoffman as Art Howe, Brad Pitt's haircut, and the strange direction for Bennet Miller, but I'm not sure why it's as weird as you describe it. Could you explain?

I wonder where "Moneyball" ranks in the pantheon of baseball movies. I wouldn't put it above any of the movies mentioned in this thread but I think it deserves a place on the list. It does considerable justice to the book and like makes a compelling story out of front office machinations.

I second that Field of Dreams is great. One of Costner's best performances, and genuinely moving and cathartic.

Damn, I love that. It's strikingly similar to his reviews of The Tree of Life and Synecdoche, New York.

"He's gone from being the pesky antagonist to being the show's tragic figure."  
Replying very late here, but this strikes me a being uncannily similar to Pete Campbell on Mad Men. Now that I think of it, there are a surprising amount of parallels between the two characters, such as, their lusty and often unfruitful…

@avclub-a1967e6de4ca99fb2635d94b99453928:disqus Yeah, you make a good point. I don't know, but I'm starting to think that the Phillies' decline has a lot to do with how out of touch Manuel has become. I can't think of any conceivable reason for starting Mayberry over Nix. You are right about the Jenkins/Werth thing;…

@avclub-a1967e6de4ca99fb2635d94b99453928:disqus  Hasn't Manuel used platoons before? Carlos Ruiz and Chris Coste were a platoon, and he used to do a lot of platooning in outfield with Geoff Jenkins, Jayson Werth, Pat Burrell, and even Victorino and Bourn when they still had Rowand.

Hopefully Laynce Nix will be their regular left fielder, particularly against righties. I mean, his numbers last year weren't exactly good (.317 wOBA, 0.5 WAR, .727 OPS), but they were still a good deal better than Mayberry's. Mayberry works much better as a bench player, as he has decent speed and a lot of power…

Ugh, Michael Young. Goddamn Amaro has me missing the days of Pedro Feliz.

Thanks for the recommendation. I did watch an episode of Parenthood once mainly because of Katims' involvement, and I really liked it. For some reason, I did not continue watching it, but I do intend to watch it on Netflix instant at some point in the near future.

Yeah maybe if I watched Parenthood I would have had him higher. As I said, I really enjoyed him in The Chicago Code, and would have had him fourth if the rankings were based off of how much I liked their post-FNL work rather than post-FNL success.

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The good news: Jess from Friday Night Lights is the star of a new, big Hollywood movie that will probably do pretty well.

This was my first episode of the show, and I was pretty impressed. It seems to have a good grasp of when to utilize and when to abandon its gimmick. The gimmick was what turned me off to the show in the first place, but I was glad to see that it didn't lend too much focus to it. I was also surprised at how something…

If you're watching only two FX shows, you're missing one or two really great shows.