I'm two months later to the party, but yes this is spot on. Definitely the most interesting dynamic to me.

NO! I am!

I'm so far in the future that even you "future" watchers are way in the past! Time is weird! Anyway, this show is really well done and I am enjoying the heck out of it. I watch two or three episodes at a time which, as Erik predicted 5 years ago, makes the show much more enjoyable. Laura Dern simply knocks it out…

Hush was fantastic.

Well then let me join him in the minority. I shut it off at the halfway mark because I HATED it.

My favorites this year were Goodness by The Hoteliers and Frank Ocean's Blonde, so I'm glad to see them here. A few others that I loved but didn't show up in this list: ATCQ's "We Got it From Here," Bon Iver's "22, A Million," DBT's "American Band," Merchandise's "A Corpse Wired for Sound," and Dino JR's "Give a…

The second track on J Cole's new album is the best thing he's ever done.

Oh my gosh I love Blood Meridian so much. Gorgeous indeed.

Good stuff! Thanks for the recommendations. This year I got around to reading what the AV Club just got around to reading last year. Confused yet? I just finished Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow and am now reading the sequel, Children of God.

I saw her open for Foals here in Tampa and she was quite captivating. Great voice. She can belt it live.

Delores is Wyatt. MIND. BLOWN

Just watched Hush last night and I think it's terrific. Definitely a genre exercise, but a darn good one.

I told my wife I felt like I was tripping on mushrooms. Seriously, wtf was that?!

Spot on. This episode was simply awful.

This was, by far, the worst of the three episodes I've watched so far. Part one was a lot of lousy jokes, part two - the musical - was interminable, and part three required Alexis Bledel to carry WAY too much water … and she simply isn't up to the task. She's not a good actor, period.

I love LOVE this show! Would love to see a complete episode-by-episode review. Overall, I thought Season 1 was virtually perfect, and Season 2 just a little less so … but still great overall.

Oh my god I love you for saying this. "It is a simple fucking breakup song." THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. The video, I think, led to the misconception that it was some overarching statement about loving each other or some shit. But when viewed as a breakup song, it's a goddam heart ripper. I was 17 when this was…

I was a junior in HS when it came out! Same reaction. Such a jarring turn for this band, and it was f'ing fantastic.

So Cruel was unlike pretty much everything in the music world at that time. Far ahead of its time (and a kick-ass tune).

Here's a random piece of trivia some of you might remember. I graduated HS in 1992 so this album was right, smack in the middle of some exciting times in my life (and I loved every track). At that time, most of us kids were getting CD players installed in our cars. This CD had some really cool artwork on the front.…