And Hardy's readers would have known that Wessex was the kingdom of Alfred the Great, the only one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms not to have been overrrun by the Vikings. In the nineteenth century, it stood for the supposed ancient continuity of the English nation, especially embodied in rural culture.

It was a button that was to be sown onto the jacket the general had given the same tailor to get altered because he'd gained weight. The button and the watch together set off the EMP.

I'm wondering what's behind Gall Trayvis presumably being modelled after David Niven.

And this is why I ship Diggle and Felicity. In the few scenes they have together, they're super-cute.

I liked her too. The actress was great on the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and when I saw the first scene I was really hoping she'd be getting a recurring role. But no… :(

I loved Boomer in S1 and always kind of resented Athena for stealing her thunder in later seasons.

Nope. I loved the first Underworld movie. It suffered only from too much Scott Speedman and too little Sophia Myles.

Nah. I've been enjoying your reviews because they get something other reviews seem to miss out on: every episode of the show is supposed to be fun for all the family, and sheer, all-ages joy and adventure is something worth praising.

Agree completely, including with that last mild criticism (although I did like it when they used the humour to individualise some of the henchmen - they didn't have to do that). I think the villains are under-motivated, with the big exception of Kingsley's fantastic Mandarin, and Pepper disappears from the screen for…

I've no idea what Cory thinks he saw, or what he was expecting, but it's a good, twisty and atmospheric spy story. It doesn't have much of the shooty, bang-bang stuff, but it is pretty suspenseful and I certainly cared for the characters. I don't want to overpraise it in reaction, but it's certainly no worse than a B.

It was gorgeous - the fact you saw the image of the planet and the wreck of the Zelbinion reflected in his eye, and then the next shot is through that eye-like window. Just wonderfully done.

I saw this the day bin Laden's death was announced. The last twist got a huge roar of laughter.