Major Tom Baxter: I want to talk to General Kramer.
General Hummel: You've been asked by an old friend.
Major Tom Baxter: Put him on the phone right now.
General Hummel: You're being ordered by a superior officer.
Major Tom Baxter: This is Major Baxter…
General Hummel: Now you're being given your last chance by a man…

"Reaper" was one of the best non-cable shows of the first decade of the century. It was hilarious, charming, and eminently watchable, with a fantastic turn by Ray Wise.

I enjoyed the fact that it was obviously filmed on location in the place it purports to be set in (something which totally spoils "House of Cards" for me). I hope that they keep this up in the next season. Where would be a good location? Has to be interesting and recognizable, yet relevant. London's always a reliable…

I think it just underlines the inherent selfishness of all the principal characters. Nobody with a hint of self-awareness would have ever turned up at that wedding. Also, would Cole - rugged, masculine, Long Island cowboy, principled Cole - really have allowed the step-mother of the guy who cuckolded him to pay for…

I like the discrepancies, but prefer when they are bit more subtle (e.g. the impression of the lawyer in the mediation session). I have a hard time when they are radically different, especially with regard to location, though.

Could someone please explain to me why Helen was even at the wedding? It stretches credibility enough that Noah - the guy who broke up the groom's first marriage - would be present, though I suppose that he is married to Cole's business partner. But Helen? What possible reason could she have to be there?

I know I'm opening myself up to the hate that is out there, but…The Phantom Menace really isn't nearly anywhere as bad as people make it out to be. Sure, it has obvious flaws, but the highs - when they occasionally happen - transcend most of the prequels, and maybe even the new movie. It hadn't reached the level of…

It's only 14 hours or so though, right? No different to binging on any season of cable TV in one day.

The silence around it was both sad and entirely appropriate. One of the few moments in life though where you wish for a Fox intrusion.

They're like the iPhones - each new model is bigger than the last, and has more features, but seem to last a fraction of the time.

Given the director's penchant for referential subversion, I'm surprised nobody exclaimed "that's not a space station - that's a moon!" when they first showed the schematics of the Starkiller.

They do get through them, that's for sure. There must be some part of the galaxy where they're churning them out like Toyota Corollas.

She's was one of the first characters to be officially confirmed as returning for at least the next movie, so we haven't seen the last of her.

One more thing - why did they exclude what I thought was a pretty iconic shot in the trailer of Kylo walking into the snow and igniting his broad-saber in two movements? That was such a great shot. I can't believe they squandered it. It reminded me of how they substituted the terrific "Am I right? SAY WHAT?" line in…

I have a hard time reconciling just how hard Kylo had his ass handed to him by Rey (and even by Finn at times, for that matter). I get that he was young and not fully trained, but…come on. He got soundly beaten by someone who didn't even know she could utilize the Force - period - until earlier that day.

I think that Snoke is going to be tiny when we see him in the flesh. Yoda-like stature, if not smaller. His massive hologram is specifically to counter his actual size and generate fear.

No "Hemlock Grove"? Seriously?
Along with "Sons of Anarchy", "Hemlock Grove" is the show that I can least attribute any degree of intellectual justification to having watched from beginning to end. The ending, in particular, was just awful.

You, me, and my office colleague are the only people who watch "Ray Donovan" sadly. It gets no love (which is probably how Ray would want it).

I'm down with that. "Hannibal" dragged a little in the early episodes this season, so I'll forgive the down-grading. I would throw out this though - I genuinely haven't done my due diligence, but I seem to recall that "Justified" got four solid A grades in a row towards the end, which I had never seen before on here.…

If that is the case, then it's even more pretentious than the show that it's complimenting. Maybe that's what the kids call "meta" these days though. What do I know…?