Genuinely excited. A film series that actually, overwhelmingly justifies its existence.

I think she does mean it; she knew at the start of season 3 that Richard had realized he wanted more than to be a numbers guy, but he ultimately loses sight of that ambition and becomes another gaudy musical player. He gains some artistry, maybe, but he sells out for the sake of popularity and fame, especially by…

Haven't seen it, but The Singing Detective is amazing.

I agree, he's very much underplaying Lecter, which is a surprising choice given Hopkin's (awesomely) hammy Hannibal-I'm planning on checking out his Danish movies.

The end scene with Will and Hannibal happy that the other is okay was really bromantic in an awesome way.

He had good chemistry with Hannibal-I like how Tobias wants to see Hannibal as a friend and a kindred spirit, but still has a strong urge to murder him, where Hannibal doesn't really want to be around someone exactly like him because it's not as intellectually challenging as a counterpart like Will. This is a great…

I've commented on this before, but I'm on the autistic spectrum somewhere along the same lines as Will, and that passivity and aggression can turn off and on with mild Asbergers-I typically think too much in romantic situations, then suddenly swing into being very impulsive. I'm just impressed that they have a "hero"…

The killing actually made me laugh with both the amazed look on poor Franklin's corpse and Tobias' genuinely pissed "I was looking forward to that." All of the Tobias/Hannibal scenes were perfect though.

To be fair, Jello Biafra and Morris are playing new material-I think Rollins is more targeting the Flag/Black Flag reunions.

I love Ian McKellen, but the scene where Hutt actually transforms into Lear, pushing Ellen over and over and actually feels the madness Lear feels puts McKellen's to shame.

Never heard Newhart's standup (though I'm 21, so the closest I ever came to knowing he was not just an actor was Mad Men), but the "Codfish" bit was excellent. Newhart gets the voice of the hapless bureaucrat exactly right.

He did an awesome cover of Burning Down The House.

I think that Anderson's character has no idea he's a serial killer (when she says "I like you", its just a little sad), but knows that someone else is there that he can never, ever reveal. I liked this episode because it showed, however briefly, that theres a part of Lecter that is lonely and needs a therapist for…

Good god, that'll be awesome please tell me thats happening. I am into Lance Henriksen being on the show as well though if the Tennant is just bull.

Is anyone else sad they can't read Roger Ebert review this? I'd love to hear what he'd say about a 3-D movie of fucking Gatsby.

I haven't watched the whole series through (although I agree that holy shit, this show is getting better and better as it goes), but I felt a little optimism at the end-I liked Geoffrey seeming to be excited about being able to reconstruct the show from scratch.

I kind of sympathized with Richard, even as he makes some really, really bad choices because probably for the first time in a long time, he feels like he belongs somewhere and that he's valued as part of a group, though he has no idea it'll wear off. Not validating his stupid decisions (moving a Shakespeare play to a…

Derek Jacobi is also brilliant in Branagh's Hamlet as a competent, manipulative, and surprisingly heartbreaking Claudius.

Yes, because Shakespeare felt like writing a psychodrama about a massive douche.

I've seen clips, I'm not a huge fan-Hawke is a good actor, but he's too broody and dour as Hamlet-Hamlet is not just a melancholy Dane, he's also funny and even manic, which Branagh and Tennant seem to get. But I'm also not a huge fan of most modern adaptations of Shakespeare, though the BBC Retold shows are fun.