Well, he was just given a brain scan by the dead doctor, and it came back "negative". Maybe his new doctors have that on their charts and have ruled it out?

Well, it previously did 1.0, 1.0, 0.9 with the rest of NBC in repeats + Save Me.

I wonder if the recent drop off in viewership is the result of the encephalitis plotline/Will's declining sanity. Because we know there's little the American viewing public hates more than ambiguity.

Watchmen made $107 million domestic and $77 million foreign against a $130 million budget. So after marketing costs and the theaters' take, it would probably be seen as at least a mild disappointment. It's really only his first two movies which were major commercial successes compared to their budgets.

Superman Returns has a better Metacritic score than Batman Begins or The Avengers!

Tobias and Phipps didn't like it much.

Well, in the case of Futurama, one of the networks syndicating it actually ordered more episodes to bring it to over 100. And Star Trek got spin-off series.

@avclub-b6295f9a8b2d34f30d97c042a431dd6e:disqus Uh, no? I'm not sure how this all works exactly, but there's a big difference between the simple act of selling into syndication and actually being a syndication success. It's the difference between Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle. Or stuff like Star Trek or Futurama…

88 is usually considered the threshold now (though some shows, like Futurama and Stark Trek have made do with less), but 100 is better.

Hmm, I kind of liked this one. Maybe I'm just so scarred by other sci-fi shows that I'm so happy for a rational explanation over the god stuff that I'm willing to overlook it not really making sense and being stupid?

I've already watched it and don't care, but GoT spoilers?

If you're finding the early episodes a slog, I might recommend skipping to "Eeeny, Meeney, Miney, Magic", "Tag Sale, You're It", "Ghosts of the Sargasso", and  "Are You There God, It's Me Dean" before going back to the others. It's necessary to watch the seasons, and some of the major event episodes in order, but…

He also created Kings, so I'll be at least cautiously optimistic.

…And 5 hours later it has fallen to 43%.

No mention of Sky Valley? I'm not sure if it's a better place to start than Songs for the Deaf, but it's by far my favorite of the stuff of his I'm familiar with.

I think Fuller said he expected one within a couple weeks of upfronts. But I don't think there's an official timetable and it wouldn't surprise me if it's up in the air for a while longer.

According to Sepinwall, it was originally a deleted scene, but when they screened it for critics everyone laughed so hard that they decided to reinsert it into the season.

Wait, why is Troy Miller a shitty person? I'm genuinely curious.

This makes me wish that Ron Howard would start focusing less on directing and more on acting. His haircut might have been the highlight of the season for me.

Jesus, that's a serial killer/assassin sounding name.