Maybe I'm cynical, but I feel like Neil LaBute's characters behave like actual people. I've never met Jason Patric or a Chad from Company of Men, but I've known some guys who were close.

BE: With a single word, I *almost* felt sorry for Narcisse. His might be a fate worse than death for him. And the ending? A punch to the gut.

Manhunter is a hidden treasure. The only thing that takes me out of it are the very 80s Miami Vice lite aspects: everyone lives in a contemporary house, they wear skinny ties, and yes, the ending is a little over the top. But it's a Michael Mann police procedural, and a very good one.

I saw one video of children watching and crying on a hilltop, and the city below is submerged under twenty feet of water, and random buildings start to break away. Imagine your town, and then suddenly that everyone had to get a mile south in five minutes. Harrowing stuff.

Simpsons did it!

According to HBO First Look, the production used 300 separate shooting locations.

Another patented HBO slow burn; I can't wait for the rest of it.

She thinks it's some guy named Raphe!

You know how they make t-shirts for both teams that say "Super Bowl champs?" They donate the losing team's clothes to the third world for a tax write-off. I like to joke that there's at least on person in Africa, or Asia, who's dream is to move to Buffalo because he's inspired by their streak of four straight Super…

A valid theory, but I'm not sure I support it, yet. I think it might have something to do with directors not sustaining a career unless they also produce. Where's Simon West or John Woo?

"I need pussy."

*cue Joe Cocker*

I still use my Sony alarm clock from 1988, and although some of the dials are broken, it was never once failed me:

My knowledge of technology ends around the year 2000.

It's because when you're ten years old, adult is adult, and there's not much difference between 30 and 50.

THE B-LIST IS NOT A MYTH! I'VE SEEN IT!

Rich kids.

That's cold, Jay.

Greg Gumbel is the ultimate professional. He does what he's supposed to do, and nothing more; he keeps things moving; he smoothly transitions to promos for 60 Minutes and Hawaii 5-0 and back to football again. His role is to counter the dumb jock color commentator.

But it wasn't a caricature of that guy, either, it was like a real person.