I've said it before (not here though?) and I'll say it again: Jonathan Banks is fantastic, and Community is lucky to have him.

Agreed. Hickey is one of the best things about this season, short of the return of Dan Harmon etc. Jonathan Banks is a boss.

I think you just described me by accident.

'Tis new to thee.

I love Community and its theme episodes generally, but they only work if they are pitched at a certain density per season. (Perhaps some more math-savvy person could approximate a formula.) As much as I am loving season 5, its quotient of theme episodes seems a bit high. I didn't like Butt-Crack Bandit ep much at all,…

What about the psychologically freaky simulation from "Ender's Game," complete with giants to disembowel (disem-face?) and wolves/children to drown? It sounded horrifying, but also visually stunning and seamlessly interactive, and the recent movie didn't do it anywhere near justice, although I was rather relieved they…

And there's always Tony Scott's pants-on-fire lying "Unstoppable," in which, get this, (SPOILER WARNING?) Denzel and Kirk … stop a train.

Ah, that reminds me. I need to see Magnolia.

Is it just me, or is that a very Hugo Weaving-esque rage grimace in the picture up top?

It's the first season of Lost on DVD. It's a metaphor. It represents lack of payoff.

According to aliens, there were TVTropes involved somehow.

Glad to hear it serves a useful purpose. It rather startled me, given the slow-dread tone of everything else. Also, the stabbing probably changed who I'd readily recommend this first episode to . . .

I know I'm late to the party, but I've just started watching this, and "Camile" was one of the best pilots for a drama I've seen, at least recently. Sets up the premise perfectly, and filled to the brim with great acting, writing, and cinematography. Gloriously slow atmosphere, filled with both dread and wonder, a…

Kind of off-topic, but the argument Todd makes in the first paragraph here is very similar to what I always say about Breaking Bad: don't mistake Walter White and Heisenberg for two different people. So much of the drama comes from the fact that it is the same individual person responsible for all the divergent…