The variety of awful makes this show fascinating.

That was the most awkward dinner scene since Jesse had dinner with the Whites.

They do. My mom got me one for Christmas. After she bought herself a Captain America T-shirt.

This show probably has a budget made up of the change found in the couches at the Warner Bros. office, and those Firestorm effects look so fucking good.

It doesn't take much to get to "full-dark, can't tell what that noise is" terrain. A 90-minute hike is pretty far, maybe 3-4 miles depending on speed and the kids.

He's not running that show, though. David Shore (dude who created House) is running it.

Apparently New Mexico has some kind of mystery light that makes it possible to hike at night without it being terrifying. (I live in the Denver metro area. Hiking at night, even right on the edge of town, is fucking dark.)

Raisins are an abomination and ruin perfectly good cookies.

That mangling of the recording was such a great touch. And timed really well.

It is a totally X-FILES idea. Hell, the episode with Bryan Cranston, "Drive," involves people being negatively affected by technology. I could buy that Gilligan heard about it while doing research and stuck it in his back pocket.

Never watch the HANNIBAL episode "Roti."

I was a little unclear. It clearly exists as a term (and I read the WHO page), but it's not a diagnosable condition with known symptoms.

Is there an explanation out there for why Gilligan & Co. picked electromagnetic hypersensitivity? It seems like such an off-the-wall choice since a) it doesn't seem like a well-known phenomenon and b) there's no evidence that it's an actual thing.

Thanks for that reminder. *shudder*

He's the Special Guest Lecturer.

First time I heard about it was in this fascinating article about Green Bank, WV, which has become a locus for people who say they have this sensitivity, because the town has to limit its wireless technology.

I want Gilligan & Co. and the writers of JUSTIFIED to host a seminar on the value of letting scenes breathe instead of jump cutting every two seconds.

They don't. They stopped making it in 2010. My friends got a used car. It's been christened Ptolemy.

I loved how long that whole scene lasted. Gilligan & Co. are so good at drawn-out awkwardness.

God that is my favorite.