The first half of season 1 is a bit underwhelming, but pretty watchable for what it is, especially removed from the context of its anticipation. Then, once the events of Winter Soldier kick in towards the end of said season, it swings into high gear and becomes a legitimately very fun spy/action ensemble show with…

As a hardcore Piper apologist, I would love to see Taylor Schilling nominated for Best Drama Actress.

That was "Adrien Brody has escaped!", which was even better, because it tapped into everyone's suspicion that Adrien Brody has a second life as a criminal mastermind of some kind.

I can't get mad at Uzo Aduba, who is truly the best, but I really wish Lena Headey had won. Her big scene this season will go down in history.

UKS was the funniest, Veep was the sharpest, Silicon Valley was the most original, Transparent was the most important, and P&R was the sweetest. Really, anyone but Modern Undying Abomination would have been a great choice.

That would imply that the Emmy writers are capable of coming up with funny bits.

The Emmys, ever giving awards to the same people over and over again even when all they do in a season is show up.

I did like that they had that bit with Tatiana searching for people's lost jewelry on the red carpet. I guess she's made it into the party!

I don't know. The idea that she shouldn't necessarily win again by default for a minor participation in a show that showcased more striking guest performers this season seems like a fair point to me.

For a second there I had the creepiest feeling that they were going to give it to Jeff Daniels again.

Even though there were some undeserving awardees and all, the amount of African-American winners really pissed off my dad, and I love the Emmys for that.

I think this might be a good place for me to reaffirm just how fucking good those early seasons are. I mean, it's easy to overlook their merit because they've pretty much quietly become a part of this century's cultural canon, but seriously, it's amazing how consistently the show fired on all cylinders until season 3,…

I don't think so. D'Angelo is exceedingly competent most of the time, and I've read some Brazilian reviews that made the same negative points as him.

"M"? Seriously, "M"? They're naming their personal assistant after a classic serial killer movie? What the hell even is their endgame?

Quite so. It's weird having to attend to the quandaries of middle-class life when you know most of the people in your country can't even afford to see a good doctor. There's a maddening system of cascading privilege fed by this complex, nightmarish combination of factors relating to history, geography, culture and…

Dang it. One time a Brazilian movie starts to get good press internationally, and they go and give it to Mike D'Angelo. Now everyone is going to think this isn't as good as American Ultra.

That trilogy is actually already complete due to Tomorrowland.

The second I laid eyes on the headline, I thought, "Please, God, let there be a Pinot Noir reference in the comments."

The most underrated running joke on that show.

Such a pointless and useless honor. Even worse than a Golden Globe.