Yeah, I think you’re spot on with Kim getting vacuum guy disappeared. That seems to strike the right balance of personally devastating, forcing a hard end to their relationship, while also letting her get out alive. Also makes a ton of sense as how Saul would know that guy.

You can tell it’s Breaking Bad Mexico because they make everything so yellow. Neat trick to change the feel, but I can’t unsee it at this point.

If we’re going to make Sopranos dream episode comparisons, I actually thought this reminded me more of “Join The Club” and especially“Mayham”. Very similar conception of what it’s like moving from life to death, reality bleeding into the illusion on the edges, even a reckoning with his mother at the threshold. Hell,…

Yep. If you go into it expecting a Fantasy Novel, you’ll be very disappointed, but once you get on its wavelength it’s an amazing thing. It’s very mythic, almost biblical in style; pretty different for modern eyes, without the classical plotting of LOTR itself. It’s closer to a short story collection than anything. 

100% on more episodes giving Avatar the room to do its thing and build up. With just 8, Mandalorian feels a little thin to me, if half of it is mission-of-the-week.

Yep. I’m sort of a middle ground on TLJ. I thought it had probably the most narrative ambition of any Star Wars, looked stunning, and felt fresh after a Force Awakens that was barely more than a re-casted New Hope. It felt like it was trying instead of just playing the hits. It had actual, honest-to-god Themes, which…

I agree with your overall take on where the show is heading, but there are things that made ATLA’s structure work that just aren’t here. Avatar used the standalone adventures to slowly develop and flesh out the central group of 3, who all had distinct personalities from the jump. There was also Zuko there as a…

Definitely “ronny/lily” for me as well. Nothing on TV this year was that incredible and unexpected in the moment, yet it worked perfectly with Barry’s bizarre mishmash of tones - veering sharply into horror was simultaneously insane and almost natural for that show’s ambitious sense of style. Plus, as mentioned, it…

I see this a bit differently. TLJ’s exploration of the space beyond pure good/pure evil was indeed interesting, both in how it colored the Rey/Kylo dynamic and how the movie as a whole looked at it. It was breath of fresh air to see some actual critique of how the Jedi operated, and explore how decision making can be…

That would explain a lot of divergent opinions. Different strokes and all that, but I thought Snoke was probably the least interesting aspect introduced in TFA and was happy to see him sidelined in favor of the much more interesting Kylo. His similarity in role, mannerisms, even appearance to Palpatine was perhaps the…

Crazy Ex I have some mixed feelings about. I think Rachel Bloom is stupid talented, many of the songs are great (coming from someone that *is not at all* a musical fan), there are some genuinely affecting moments in the story, some of the trope deconstruction stuff is neat. It definitely felt like a fresh perspective.

Damn. That was the best take on a clip-show style episode that I’ve seen, and felt like this show getting some of its clear-eyed, propulsive mojo back after a somewhat weaker 4th season (at least in my view). Maybe the best episode the show has done? Hard to discount stuff like the season 1 finale but this just felt…

I’m furious at how perfect laser tag is for the subject of a Sunny episode, thinly-veiled meditation on the show’s own longevity or not. Wish I had thought of it myself.

Yeah, DAMN is good, but it felt like a step backwards after the trajectory Kendrick was on. The leaps from Section.80 to GKMC to Pimp were thrilling to go through, and then DAMN was... just a good hip-hop album?

Very late to watch, but holy fuck if this wasn’t textbook mid-season Walking Dead doldrums.

Maybe I’m just in a different headspace this season, or maybe my expectations and desires from this show have changed, but Sunny has been providing me with more consistent laugh-out-loud moments this season than it has for a few years now.

SAME. I haven’t laughed harder at a Sunny in years, I think.

Well, Ewan doesn’t necessarily seem like the generous, spendy, or affectionate type. With his obvious disdain for how Logan has carried out his affairs both business and personal, it’s not hard to imagine him striving to prevent the corrupting influence of money or whatever. Maybe he has some rule that he won’t…

I think the issue with Tuca and Bertie wasn’t so much the weirdness as it was being so closely related to BoJack in the first place. It’s hard to see much of an audience going for Tuca & Bertie that wasn’t already watching BoJack - you’re almost inherently working with a subset of a subset of the Netflix subscriber…

This is fair, but I think for being CEO, Shiv’s strategic mindset, ability to spin things, and overall personality makes her a better option on paper. Certainly the top dog needs to be able to read a financial statement, but it’s more about being able to understand reports prepared for her and make good decisions…