The hardest aspect of collegiate academics is that they expect a much higher level of writing proficiency straight out of the gate that what you're accustomed to offering in high school.

I imagine that there are some workplace issues involved as well, as in tomorrow, you go into your work, and some of your co-workers will parade around naked. Is that a labor law violation?

Three types of building zones: whore zones, tramp zones, and dame zones.

John Matrix?

I like how you can identify a "nerd" on Shameless by their Game of Thrones t-shirt.

Coughing, wheezing, delivering Milch dialogue…

You have to watch them every time, to get into the mood of the show.

Detective intuition. There seems to be a spate of young missing girls in the area. People keep bringing up this one especially, so they went to interview the aunt and uncle, who served as primary caregivers.

Both of these guys are wound tight in 95, but they've loosened considerably by 2012… or have they? Maybe Hart is the one hiding something, and Cohl, despite his obliqueness, is leaving it all on the table.

Skeet skeet!

No Tim Van Patten or Alan Taylor directed episodes this season, but some other seasoned vets nonetheless.

…like FLIES.

That's the Mountain, all 6'9" 423 pounds.

Theon's wearing armor, and there's banners in the background… So, does this mean his life gets better?

What's with the dude getting gang rushed in the alley?

Let's go to work.

At this very moment, you live within one mile of a family that has: no running water, no food in their home, and maybe a handful of space heaters run at night with a generator. They might also believe that the world is six thousand years old, and that non-believers are constantly tempting them to evil and immorality…

I loved the constant time shifts, not just between 2012 and 1995, but within 1995. Hours, days, and weeks jump back and forth with little prompting. You have to pay attention.

Credit to the writing, acting, directing, all of it.

I feel like too many contemporary films are nonsensical random scenes strung together to create the illusion of deeper meaning.