It's actually Benny Russell.

It is interesting to see how much of books 4 and 5 the series just ignores.

I thought it was because Ragnar is a few decades before Alfred. But this seems like the Paris Siege of 885? except Charles the Bald was dead by then, so who knows?

I stand corrected. Thanks.

No mere Constitution can stand in the way of Frank Underwood.

The show can't end until he sets a record by being in office longer than Thatcher FDR, while having flashback to his war crimes in Cyprus umm, Grenada I guess.

You can be conservative and be a good historian, although the issues you raised do exist.

I have it on good authority that Superman is more of a Jewish hero. :-)

Except for the whole raping his niece thing, but yeah.

They do seem to love their 'V's. Maybe they are on the Joey Tribiani encyclopedia-buying plan.

I guess they didn't let you talk on the radio very often?

Well one possibility would have been to have a massive slave workforce, like the Spartans, the Romans, or to a lesser extent the Vikings.

If they wanted overtly phony enthusiasm. the should have booked Ryan Seacrest. Or perhaps Sasha Grey.

Depends on whom you ask:

There's no law against AD, and obviously it has appeal for projects from a Christian viewpoint.

She's being trained by Nyssa now, an upgrade that works better on many different levels.

Didn't Rip Hunter getting plenty of play in Superman etc. with all that hypertime jazz?

No worries. I prefer BCE/CE, but I'm not a zealot about it. Misdirected sarcasm on the other hand…

"That’s the dating convention CBS uses, by the way, because apparently this is the show for which you want to retire “A.D.” in favor of a more secular dating system."

One of the strengths of Hollywood is that there are a ton of people doing sets, props, costumes, etc. that really know their stuff.