Nice avatar-comment synergy.

JJ Abrams has a special love for Alice. It featured heavily in Alias and Lost with Sydney and Jack, respectively, as Alice analogues. Indeed, Jack read this same passage to his son in "Something Nice Back Home." I'm mildly embarrassed that I remember that.

"You are so superior."
"Thank you."

I've been enjoying "Better Things" so far but with reservations. Those reservations being Sam's daughters. The youngest, Duke, is adorable, the middle one, Frankie, is compelling, but the eldest, Max, has been unappealing so far, and sometimes when the three of them are all screeching and just generally being the…

I had the impression that Oliver was about to go on a possible killing spree to rescue the other victims but could not finish the job due to the "kill cordon" or whatever they called it. He killed anyone who saw him fighting but not the one who had his back turned to him. When Thea confronted Oliver about it, he told…

Maybe Thea and Oliver don't want anything to do with Merlin or his money instead of inexplicably hanging out with the dude responsible for the deaths of over 500 people, including Tommy and Sara (she got better).

I thought it was a deliberate callback to the first episode. To explain how he escaped those zip cuffs in the pilot, and because they are returning to S1 roots. Maybe S5 is all about learning the lessons of S1 again. Yay!

Would you like it better if we called it a parrowchute?

Perhaps the less said about The Walking Dead, the better, but that was totally a TWD reference, right? ("Duck, duck, goose" with a baseball bat instead of "Eeny, meeny, mint, moe.") At least they showed who was going to get it.

That was a nice callback to The Vigilante/Hood shooting Roy in the knee to keep him out of trouble, although my favorite part was when Oliver had to call in Diggle's medic expertise the next day:
"Roy's been shot… uh… with an arrow."
"…"
"Uh, it's a long story. See you soon? Kthanxbai"

Prior to meeting up with Beth, The Guy takes a look into the future. And it’s pretty terrifying.

Jacques Torres. If you're not in the NYC area, you can order them online @ http://www.mrchocolate.com but I think you may have to buy in person if you want to purchase individual flavors.

"Yeah, well, I'm Nigerian."
"Okay."

The length and bleeping of the catchphrase was not that original, but the addition of the pixelation of his mouth made it the whole package amusing for me.

I think I fall in love with this show a little bit more each week. Each Atlanta episode feels like a bite of something that appears ethereal but stays with you. I'm reminded of these Earl Grey chocolates that I love — and I don't especially like chocolate, I know, I'm weird — but I eat only one, and it's perfect and…

Game of Thrones will not eligible next year due to the delayed airdate. The Americans stands a good chance of winning, given the poor reception of Mr. Robot S2. Unless Westworld wows everyone.

Price's Sith Lord seduction of Angela made me long for Hannibal's seduction of Will Graham, which balanced the repulsive and terrifying aspect with playfulness, extreme dark humor, and absurdity. Here it is just repulsive and rather boring. When Price hailed the restaurant's semifreddo as part of his lure, I was…

I truly enjoyed Rami Malek channeling Christian Slater in his organized religion rant. He kept it just shy of being a full on impression, but every time he overemphasized a word, spat his punctuation, or gestured emphatically, my smile grew wider. I want to see him become even more unhinged.

I felt like Price was playing a Hannibal Lector-type role. He's playing games with Angela, seducing her, and he's fascinated by whatever she chooses to do.

I think it was Philip Glass' opening for "Mishima."