Good list. I'd add Southland's "Chaos," in which Michael Cudlitz's character is kidnapped and brutalized and his partner killed, and L&O: SVU's Season 15 "Beast's Obsession," where Benson's tormentor forces her to play Russian Roulette. Both completely unnerving and harrowing to watch.

I'm wondering if the song-and-dance both reflected Don's grief over losing the only father figure he ever respected and the realization that he just sold out — again —after coming thisclose to regaining his soul. That he had managed to escape the all-consuming b.s. of Sterling Cooper by being forced out — his exile to…

I hear you. But better safe than sorry, I say. Plus, the principal was asking re: the "plan" as if it was needed, and she seemed like a very together character. If it was the real world, I would say that it wouldn't hurt to have her talk to some kind of counselor. In Louie's show world, the storyline seems like it's a…

I like the communication thru-line you observed, but the Jane storyline left me with a huge pit in the bottom of my stomach. I sense something really bad about to happen. And Louie will have been too wrapped up in his own romance/shit to see it much less understand it.

I agree with most of these well-considered observations. My main issue with this season (which could definitely be seen as a sophomore slump) has been Watson's lack of skills development in the detecting department. I really enjoyed the "training" Sherlock was giving her last season — it moved things nicely forward,…

Ha, right? There was much tsurris between the Joancroft and Joanlock factions last week.

The whole point of Sherlock "training" Watson is to give her some investigative/observational skills of her own. Couldn't the oh-so-clever writers come up with some kind of detail she could noticed to help herself or to use against her captors?

I won't say I enjoyed this episode, but I did respect the sadly accurate depiction of someone having a mental breakdown. Have witnessed a couple of them and this was masterfully written.

Listened to a very articulate and interesting discussion about the technical aspects of the directorial choices from Lucy Liu and DP Ron Fortunato on CBS' site. Looking at it from their perspective again, I really enjoyed the shot selection, and the very noir elements they managed to sneak into the background.

Yes, but she didn't DO anything. Once the cousin was shot in front of her in cold blood, wouldn't she be looking for any way at all to escape? It certainly would've given Watson some active role in deciding her own fate and not leaving it up to the men in her life to ride in on their white horses.

I love how Roger seems to buy into the utopian pot-smoking commune joy, since he's living the city version of it himself after discovering LSD, but when Margaret uses it as an excuse for sleeping around, it hits a little too close to home for him.