I'm not sure. I mean, I'd bet they have some datamining to show that this is the optimal length to ensure audience buy-in or something, but yeah, I would've liked the series to breathe more. That said, I think any more than about 42-45min would fall victim to stretching storylines out and padding itself. But even…

Pretty sure it wasn't from working with a dialect coach…

It was the way she said "cyapitaleesm" that sold that line.

I'll admit, it's gotten me a little curious. But I think I'd be looking more for an experience like this, where the wrestling itself is mixed with the lives and backstories of the actors/wrestlers.

Spot on about the show needing longer episodes/more time. I appreciate moments like the diner scene in the episodes because, while they aren't central to the story, they flesh out the characters a bit. But with 30 min, 10 episodes, and an ensemble cast, you don't have time to do that. Either they need more episodes…

I just recently rewatched Cast a Deadly Spell and LOVED it. Shame he didn't continue with those.

Michael Gross disagrees with you.

Agreed. Hour long or at least 45-min.

I do love that episode of The Wire.

That's been my biggest complaint about the show. Well, that and the 30 minute format. The show feels like it needs at least 3 more episodes a season to really allow moments to breathe and characters to become more fleshed out. That or it needs to be, like, 45min per episode or so.

From watching the first 5 episodes (actually 5 plus 1/3 of the 6th), I have to say that I actually think the 30-min format isn't quite right for the show. I think they need a 42-min format, actually.

Three things:

Love your wing at the Chico Lodge, by the way.

I see him as entirely Neutral Evil. NE characters will, I think, not really care much one way or the other
about law vs. chaos — order vs. freedom — they're just utterly focused on their own selfish ends. So, sure, they'll use the law if it benefits them. Or they'll break the law, again, if it benefits them. But…

Can't be. She isn't laughing about salad or struggling to drink water.

What does spelling "BOOBS" when you turn the screen upside down prove?!

OBJECTION!!!

What good is an estate without tenants?

Balloons!!

We already have the "Fuck & Talk"