Laura Dern is so good. I've been rewatching Inland Empire—in installments—and she's a big part of why I keep coming back to this. (And Mike White deserves credit for being very BBC-like and writing all of this on his own).

Okay, okay. I haven't watched this episode yet (and so, I haven't read beyond this first paragraph of this review, but I plan on doing both tomorrow). The thing I want to say is, does this not remind one of maybe a less well-executed version of MTV's Awkward.? The cast here is pretty great, but I feel like the…

Oddly, it's one of my favorite episodes of Angel, like, ever. SPOILERS BUT pod-people are one of my favorite of the old horror devices. Groupthink, etc.

Yeah, this is hardly a terrible idea.

I'm saying sonic-impact more than style, or quality. I love all those bands. But if Helter Skelter or Purple Haze were recorded in 1971, instead of 68 or whenever, they would sound so much more immediate, instead of kind of washed out, which is not a gripe, or a criticism, but, I feel, a simple fact of Jimmy Page sort…

I only disagree because Zep kind of taught everyone how to produce loud rock records (I'll leave my soft-spot for blues-rock at the door, here). Before Led Zeppelin I, hard rock records sounded muddy and weak(see: Cream, Hendrix, bless them both), after that (Black Sabbath's first record being a good example) they…

Gosh. Rolling Stone—back in the day—hated on Zep, Sabbath, John Lennon's early solo stuff. It's kinda funny how the internet age (of which I am a part—I went to RSs archives to read those old reviews) invests so much in a record's critical reception, when, especially with albums that are somewhat different than what…

Passive-aggression aside, what I mean is, Kevin Williamson is openly gay, and he runs a show on the CW, which has had gay characters in Gossip Girl, 90210, Melrose Place…it just seems odd that a show, in the current market place, about hot vampires, with a diverse cast, has never thought to include any gay people.

I actually thought it was odd of this show (which I am only recently into) to not have any gay characters, so this makes sense. (I skipped right to season two, after the pilot, so I missed the bit about Caroline's dad).

I love these guys, too. I enjoyed the feeling of seeing Simon 'growing up' a bit. As someone who has seen all of Misfits so far, I didn't really notice too much Curtis's being sidelined. A lot of important stuff that happens only happens because of his presence. The series 2 finale kind of drives that point home. I…