Jay as a real estate agent feels like a rib from the UFC at fighter Al Iaquinta who 'quit' UFC to pursue a career in real estate over a contract dispute (esp considering the newly friendly relationship between the show and the league during season 2).

Considering the years in play, I suspect calling Joe a 'reptilian son of a bitch' is a V reference.

Certainly people have watched the original. I do think it's reasonable to assume that a significantly larger portion of the audience has not (as opposed to something like The Returned that was broadcast in the US in French before being remade).

I haven't watched the original version (and I might someday).

Not really a comment on the show per se, but I fail to see the value of a review so deeply predicated on changes from a show that I suspect very few viewers have watched. I for one care how THIS show works, not how it compares to the original. The 'changes' would, I think, be best held to a stray observation regular…

Wednesday - The Interview, Big Eyes
Thursday - The Gambler
Friday - Selma, Whiplash, Land Ho!, If I Stay
Saturday - American Sniper, Pride, A Million Ways to Die in the West
Sunday (Intended) - The Imitation Game, Tammy

300 2's Eva Green as Jamal's wife would've been a delightful scenery chewing battle to behold…

I've got to admit, Dennis, that I've absolutely stolen some of your Tyrant barbs and presented them to my fiancée as my own. Retiring this column means she's stuck with old, normal, less witty me. Thanks for the brownie points while they lasted!

What I think is absent here is the fact Netflix already HAS taken a chance on less 'mainstream binge TV watcher' material with Lilyhammer. This also ignores that beyond Arrested Development, Netflix has Jenji Kohan's new show, Eli Roth's Hemlock Grove and (the US distribution of) Ricky Gervais' new show in the…