I remember liking "A Little Peace And Quiet," an ep directed by Wes Craven that updated the "stopwatch freezing the world" story from the original Zone and added a Cold War ending that freaked the hell out of me.

I was pretending that last scene was a stealth sequel to Joy Luck Club. Made it much more entertaining

I don't see how this scene could be interpreted in any other way than a rape. To be honest, though, I also don't see the act as anything out of character for a man who casually pushes children out of windows … "redemption arc" or no. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out in subsequent episodes, because…

Well… it was one of the villian's henchmen and he was stupid enough to look out a window…

If you're serious, you've made Todd VanDerWerff feel great about his weekly reviews.

The bulk of Creedence's discography was released between 1968 and 1970

With a bit of perspective, my own reaction stems less from the finale itself and more from the entire season's failure to properly set up the ending. It looks like the creators gave more priority to the idea of a big twist than giving the story itself proper room to breathe. The idea that Barney & Robin divorced or…

There was a lot of surface similarity with Friends, especially if you watched it in "real time" from the debut. That it quickly distinguished itself from the Friends' template is a testament to the series' creators and cast. That said, the show has been real hit or miss after the first three stellar seasons

I once discovered a voice mail from a friend 24 hours after learning she and her daughter died in a car accident. The writers and Julianna Margulies hit the right note of sorrow and confusion

Buffy, Season 1& 2 of Veronica Mars, any version of Doctor Who, Original Star Trek, The Prisoner (1960s) and Season 3 of List In Space with the countdown

I agree with you re. Fuller's execution. The show is very well done. Unfortunately, it's just one step over the line for me after devouring every other dark "prestige" show currently vying for attention. I think I need to concentrate on comedies for awhile.

Henry Blake's death in M*A*S*H gutted me as a kid, You just didn't see that sort of stuff in primetime during the 1970s. Although, Stevenson's departure did give us Hello Larry so I guess I shouldn't complain.

New shoes!

Sue for the win! Finally!!

That would have been a nice arc. Veronica just doesn't flourish in "normal" society.

The Simulacra was one of Dick's lesser novels, but still contained more ideas than most authors muster up in their entire careers. His trademark black humor produced some truly chilling bits as well. Nebraska I liked quite a bit. I don't get why this site panned it.

I don't know … I think you have to take into account Veronica's roots as a neo-noir character. She wouldn't really work as an FBI Agent for the same reason Philip Marlowe wouldn't work as a police chief … both are inclined to work against rather than with the establishment. (That 12-minute "pilot" for FBI Veronica…

Read Philip K. Dick's "The Simulacra," listened to Cheap Trick's excellent live album "Silver" and saw Oscar nominee "Nebraska." A good weekend capped off by DL'ing the Veronica Mars movie from iTunes.

Way off base. Obviously Mr. Dowd doesn't get out of the big city all that much…

We don't know the entire story re Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, nor should we. But Moore probably should have kept quiet about the whole thing instead of admitting he cheated on his much-admired wife and how he feels really great these days. Public Relations 101, buddy.