I had Kick on cassette, a Christmas present from my parents. I experienced major vicarious embarrassment when mum told me about asking the shop for 'Inks' - 'god, mum, it's "In-Ex-Ess", obviously.' (A few years later she did the same thing but with 'rem'.)

The Strange Calls is great, especially Patrick Brammall as the sarge. Delightfully bizarre and hammy. Somewhat sweary too, so can't imagine how it would play on NBC.

If the source is wikipedia, it could just be fan self-service.

I was expecting that on the side with the apparent smaller force there was in fact an army just over the crest of the hill waiting to join battle. Otherwise it was all just a bit too stupid.

He's making up for it with more head tattoos. Easier long-term maintenance.

Bonnie and Damon was great. Interesting that he is who she went to see first.

OK, no it's not - that did seem very unlikely but it did look a lot like John.

Was that John Safran playing the Mouserat band-member who became a rabbi?

It could have been worse - Liz's looking into the car crash almost made it all about Elena!

It would make some sense if it was being played as though she knew she should be with Liz but can't bear it, but that is at best a generous read of the writers' intentions.

Zytle's weaponised/fear-inducing Vertigo really seems a bit self-defeating. Both Laurel and Oliver were able to shake it off by realising how to conquer their fears and then emerge stronger.

I think of him as Con, Tracey Kerrigan's kickboxing boyfriend.

When the Redbones had shot the hole in the gate, and then Hood managed to fire through and take out the machine gunner, for a moment I thought Hood was actually just going to dive out through the hole and take on them all. Which would have been great, and, on this show, still somehow plausible.

The guy who found the child porn on Glitter's PC and turned him in was the boyfriend of someone I worked with at the time, meaning I am three degrees of separation from Gary Glitter, via his first arrest.

Finn is great, and I love how the new actor is reminiscent of the old (same high cheekbones and almond-shaped eyes).

Yay, a TVD review, thanks Carrie (didn't see that these were back last week)!

Add in the fact that it is horror, which also does really badly/gets short-shrift in Australia too, and it had no hope.

They were the AFI awards until a couple of years ago. And it's only recently they've started holding ceremonies and trying to ape the whole awards-season thing - they used to be more low-key.

I wonder if this is a characteristic they select agents for, given how important sexing seems to be to the spy trade. You've pass your physical, you've learnt English, now you just need to demonstrate your ability to get hard again and again.

Yes on the first point, but making a word ending in s into a possessive can be done either way - it's a style choice. Both Jennings's and Jennings' are correct.