Am I the only one who is pretty sure Thack knew exactly what he was doing when he…ahem…nicked his aorta? I'm fairly confident that he orchestrated that whole show from opening act to denouement.

Damn it, Jon! Worst Tuesday EVER.

THANK GOD GREER MARRIED CASTLEROY I MEAN ALOYSIUS WHATEVER. PHEW. I was powerful worried for a minute there.

I don't know that Claire warmed to Dougal at all. Even after she figured out what his one man show was all about, she still seemed to view him as a manipulative, opportunistic asshole (and with good reason.) She just acknowledged that he's also a patriotic asshole. What I couldn't figure out was why Angus was being…

Sullivan's Travels. There is not a second of that film that isn't perfect and awesome (and hilariously shrewd.)

I don't think there is any scene in the series that better illustrates the kind of man that Winters is than when he takes the time to shave outside, in the dead of winter, on the front fucking line.
Amazing characterization for Doc Roe, as everyone's been saying. The actor does an incredible job showing what is going…

"This can't be hell, it's too damn cold." Well, Babe…

Gosh, it's almost as though armed conflict can get pretty morally murky and horrifyingly violent.

I agree. I appreciate what this episode accomplishes character-wise more and more on re-watch. And of course, the laundry scene is just shattering.

Although
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The stroke of insane luck he has in this battle makes what happens later in Bastogne somehow even worse.

"We're not lost, Private. We're in Normandy."

That scene is just fucking priceless. I can never quite believe it's actually happening.

I am beyond excited for this feature – "Band of Brothers" is by far my favorite (mini)series. The only bad part is that whenever I start it, I am inevitably bolted to the couch for ten hours.

Happily, the totally bitchin' original with Richard Roxburgh is starting its third season on that stupid DirecTV network soon.

The most chilling was the time I overheard some tweens enthusiastically discussing the author's creativity in a bookstore - "…how did she come up with those names? They sound so COOL!" They're already words, kids! She didn't make them up. This is not a Hufflepuff situation.