enjoying the show a lot, although i dont see how this particular ep is really better or different from the ones before.

dunno whether anybody is still reading this, but is 'felicity' worth a look? the premise seems so un-abrams-like.

of all the new series, im most excited about 'alias'. not because its the best show on this list - far from it. but a) its amazing how little alias resources and discussions there are on the web, given its nerd potential, and b) its more interesting to talk about an uneven show than one that is constantly perfect.

^just went back to the tape… im pretty sure they were talking about the shove. they are all 'he doesnt remember, all is fine… and if he does remember, we just call him a liar." they wouldnt think like that if they knew there was a failed assasination, making everything bran sais hard to deny.

i agree that the sex weve seen so far hasent been gratuitous (except maybe at the wedding). but im a little bothered that there is so little… tenderness. not that i want it to become mawkish and shit, but all the sex is either rape, incest, or prostitution. the only non-creepy loving couple seem to be ned and kat. not…

^of course, i dont mind the kind of 'nothing' that has been happening so far at all, as long as it leads somewhere… and i trust it does.

"If you don't count Ned killing Sansa's wolf and all the events that led up to it as something happening"

not having read the books, i also think that 'nothing has happened' since the pilot. seriously, the only plot development, strictly speaking, seems to be the stuff about bran. other than that, its just setup setup setup, characters being introduced and fleshed out, foreshadowing, and very slowly moving chess pieces.

^ its annoying that marvel & DC tend to think this way. but nerds who 'feel obliged' to buy things they dont enjoy have nobody to blame but themselves.

i have completist tendencies (although id like to believe i have it pretty much under control), and whenever i play a roleplaying game (which i do quite often) i just have to explore every inch of the map. its definitely rooted in the same fucked up control-freaky part of my mind.

great article
i identify (and agree) very much with what youre saying. i definitely have completist tendiencies. i used to have it mostly with the music of bjork and everything connected to the x-men. i mostly got over bjork naturally just by growing up (i still respect her and like her early work, but i dont idolize…

smashed apologist
yeah… maybe not an apologist exactly, but i dont mind 'smashed' (and not even 'wrecked', but thats a discussion for next week). its not a great episode, and there are problems that apply to this season as a whole, but i think its otherwise an ok hour of teevee.

nothing to add, only: yeah, this song is awesome!

i recall hannigan saying in an interview that she requested she not sing much, but after she found out how much better autotune made her sound, she would have been ok with more singing parts.

angel & buffy are back
yay!

namor the first mutant
namor the first mutant a B? seriously?

if nikita picks up, in spirit and quality, where alias left us after its second season, then im sold.

i generally agree with azudarko. "tough love" is less of a self-contained story in itself, and more of a "moving the chess-pieces into position for the finale" kinda episode, but it moves the pieces nicely and dramatically. both the willow-tara fight and the tara-glory scene were heartbreaking and suspenseful, and…

i liked that scene, too. i also never understood all the knocks amber benson gets… i think shes just fine as tara.

one can argue endlessly about when btvs went "off the rails" (season 3, 4, 5, 6 are all valid answers) but a friend once identified "tough love" as the moment when the show became "dreary", and i have to agree. in retrospective, buffy (the character) always had a tendecy to be whiny/bossy/miserable/self-centred. but…