CAW! CAW! (is that how ravens sound?)

Yeah, the bread cutting was the most unnerving thing in a show filled with unnerving stuff. I am guessing we are to believe the man has lived off of restaurant and take out fare for so long he has no clue how to prepare food. 

Damn, Barry LOVES Bud and donuts. And Sally LOVES wine.

I miss Mencken. His scenes with Roman were some of the best of the series.

These streamers keep putting unique talents in golden cages and the result is always dull, dull, dull. The Russo brothers made some of the best TV of the last 20 years — Community, Arrested Development, Todd Margaret and Happy Endings alone should get them in some kind of hall of fame. But their escalating profile at…

Rip Torn was a legend. A couple years before he died he got arrested for trying to break into a bank that he mistook for his house. 

Hey now! 

What makes a Barry action scene so unique and genuinely exciting is the visceral chaos and clumsiness of the violence. Killers fumble, people get in lucky shots, everything feels genuinely unpredictable — and all the more horrifying and funny because of that awkwardness. Think of Sally’s pen jab or the way Barry gets…

The expressions on Roman’s and Kendall’s faces is identical to the moment when Michael and Dwight found out, for reasons they could not understand, that their desired rescue of the Scranton branch had occurred.

It’s unclear how much, if any, she ingested but I think it points to her seeming ambivalence to be a parent. Maybe she drinks and does coke, or maybe she just flirts with the idea of doing it. Either way, I think she’s not sure what she wants yet. 

Also, S5 has the Koogler in App Development and Condiments.

Cooperative Polyography (S5) and Basic Email Security (S6) are top 10 episodes for me. They both tap the deep back stories of the characters and let the actors ricochet off one another in the best way possible. BES in particular really let the newer cast members shine.

I think the streaming services have done a great job of instilling a kind of amnesia on its customer base. Those of us who used the DVD service were the last to recall that there are SO MANY films and shows out there, well beyond the bland bounds of most streamer libraries. As others here have said, piracy and free…

I loved Station 11 -- the airport episode is one of my favorite standalone episodes in years -- but I totally take your point. He truly is a TV-centric creator. 

Speaking of Sopranos: Matt Servitto, Fuches’ lawyer, was Tony’s favorite FBI agent.

Also, also -- let’s all acknowledge none of us knows anything about Hader’s psychology. 

Which also starred Ike Barinholtz, who was in the live All in the Family, which also featured ... Kevin Bacon! (Is this the game we were playing?)

I never know how much to blame the writing for a movie or show that doesn’t work. A script is only a blueprint. If a studio or director or producer flubs the translation, it’s hard to hold Lindelof accountable.

I too was like “how is a BBT/YS writer working with the king of fiercely unique TV”? Part of that is my own ingrained snobbery. The truth is, I think anyone with 200 or so episodes of TV under their belt must be a master of form and likely had a lot of untapped story ideas building up over the years. And if ever there…

I think trying to read Tom as solely manipulative OR loving is wrong. Tom clearly loves Shiv but like the Roy children he can’t fully separate ambition from his loving impulses. Yes, I think he mourns his marriage. Yes, I think he wants to keep his influence in the Roy family. I actually think as the seasons have gone…