Agreed on the 51-vote requirement. Good theater to have Selina go down and cast a tie breaking vote, but would clearly never happen in the current Senate. Better for the writers not to get into the filibuster and 60-vote thresholds though, lest the audience's heads explode.

Agreed on the 51-vote requirement. Good theater to have Selina go down and cast a tie breaking vote, but would clearly never happen in the current Senate. Better for the writers not to get into the filibuster and 60-vote thresholds though, lest the audience's heads explode.

I adore this show. They're doing a pretty good job of fleshing out people in the town, so perhaps it'll evolve into a Stars Hollow-lite in season two.

Allow me to rant for a moment:

I'm a Type-A and recently ended a four-month stint of unemployment. It was great for the first couple weeks and then I was bored out of my mind.

Ok, the usual disclaimers apply (your mileage may vary, etc), but in my experience as a young female attorney (who has never worked for a big firm, so again, disclaimers), there tend to be two types of older women: the women who are happy to mentor the next generation, and the women who see other women as threats. We…

That's always what I figured as well (says the girl who has a law degree, passed the bar, and is a member in good standing with two states but has never practiced law a day in her life). Only problem is that if that's the case, most ethics codes prohibit the solicitation of clients. So no matter what, there's some…

Based on the relative ages of children, parents, and grandparents, think the girls are going to be getting pregnant soon?

I don't practice family law, and I'm not a member of the NY bar (presumably the laws governing their divorce), but yes, you can nullify a prenup the way you can nullify any other contract. She's arguing the prenup is invalid because she entered into it under duress—meaning in this case she wanted to get married before…

Ok, I see your point. Although you could argue that the final stretch of WW season 2 does a much better job of sustaining heightened tension than the end of Buffy season 2 (I'll take a telegraphed joke about the White House Counsel and recorders over "Killed By Death" and "Go Fish" any day). Of course, you could…

Ok I'm a year late to the party but I couldn't let this go unchallenged.  You don't think The West Wing gets to greatness? Have you seen "17 People"? "Two Cathedrals"? "Bartlet for America"? I'd love to see Toby take on the Watchers Council.

The funniest part of the episode by far was Henry crawling into the car with Gus and Lassiter. The expression on Lassiter's face was one of those times when you can tell an actor is genuinely amused by what is going on, and not just laughing because it's in the script.

Is it bad that my favorite part of Morrison's directing was that it meant he was in front of the camera less?

Alright, bear with me here, but I think this episode could have redeemed itself if it had devoted itself fully to the black-and-white homage. Combining it with the Sue "plot" (and I think we're all agreed now that Sue has ceased to be entertaining) made it feel like the writers had two competing ideas for the…

Yes. Exactly. This killed it for me. I find it impossible to believe the writers hadn't heard about the LGBT community's proposed boycott of the Salvation Army (http://www.huffingtonpost.c…. 

I assume the whole thing was based on a case out of Arkansas—a juror was sending seemingly innocuous tweets during a murder trial. The defense complained, the judge ruled the tweets were generic, the defendant was convicted of murder. Fast forward through the appeals process, and the state supreme court just ruled the…

I disagree with your thought that Wendy won't follow through on the grand jury threat to Will. It'll be more for the politics than anything—a grand jury will, as the saying goes, indict a ham sandwich. All Wendy needs to do is bring a grand jury some tenuous connection between Will and the judges, get her indictment,…

I definitely thought it was going to be Jacott, and then I realized I only suspected him because he played the cult leader/demon (same thing?) Ken on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

That's been my big problem with this show so far (aside from the immortal dog). Her father lays out this incredibly intricate "road map for revenge" but doesn't give her better instructions for adopting a new identity? We still don't really know why Our Emily was in juvie, but if she had a hard time living with the…

Yes! This! I annoyed my roommate with how much I was yelling at the screen last night, but given that I work in politics, I can't muster up the requisite suspension of disbelief needed here. They should both be running for school board, not Congress. Sue would have lost her local news segment as soon as she announced.…