Whenever people say that "kids always tell the truth", I remember Louis impression of his daughter saying, "it's not a fig newton it's a PIG newton".

This relates to my BIGGEST pet peeve lately, which is young, white, pseudo-anarchistic environmentialist spiritualists who constantly talk about how things were better in the olden days, specifically with ancient native groups like the Mayans. They are so enthralled by the cultures ability to live in harmony with the…

I think it's important to keep in mind that Veronica Mars came about before the age of 12 episode seasons of HBO, Showtime, etc. Spacing out a seasonal arc over 22 episodes is mighty difficult, and even the shows that best pulled it off (i.e. Buffy) would often drop the main storyline for a string of episodes.

Any show that references Teddy Ruxpin is alright by me.

I agree with you so much, I am going to have to see Le Havre immediately.

I always see them inverted for some reason. The background pops out, and the spaceship (or whatever) looks like it's inside out.

And Freaks and Geeks. She's Nick's disco-loving girlfriend!

I would like to think that there is something other than David Duchovny's charm that keeps me coming back to this show. At it's best, I think it delivers more genuinely funny raunch, sympathetic characters, and depth than either Entourage or Sex and the City. At it's worst it's full of one-dimensional cartoonish…

I always go with Carded and Discarded as the best episode of Freaks and Geeks. Great guest performances from Jason Schwartzman and Kevin Corrigan.

Also, the woman in the bookstore who won't let George return the book that's been flagged.

Christina Ricci also appeared in several episodes at that time. Incidentally I think it was at the height of speculation that she had an eating disorder.

I always appreciated Selfless but in a way I felt like the show took too long to deal with the issues it addressed. Because although I didn't exactly see Anya as hollow, it always bothered me that the show/characters never seemed to deal seriously with the many horrible things she had done in her past. I'm not saying…

I'm responding to this two weeks late, and no one will probably read this, but I feel compelled to say your post really resonates with me, and although I'm more invested in Season's 2, 3, 4 and Angel, I will say that no other piece of pop culture has the emotional impact on me that these two series do. I'm generally a…

Don't forget he also stole that 50 bucks from Helen that was won at the horsetrack. That was when I lost all respect for him.

oh yeah..good point.. He was still finding his footing??

I think people of the future may have a lot more trouble with this too, now that cable channels like HBO, SHOWTIME, AMC etc. have started creating concise 12-13 episode seasons with uninterrupted story arcs. In the nineties, any experienced t.v. watcher knew that the longer arc was going to be dropped every few weeks…

Class Protector Award!

that was my experience too. Like it. Don't love it.

I like that statement more too, but it came later. It was Epiphany that made me realize that Angel wasn't just good fantasy fun. But yes, that speech Angel gives to Conor gives me chills no matter how many times I hear it.

It was this statement (I believe it was in Epiphany) that put ATS above BTVS for me. As much as I love the "4 heads are better than 1" message of Buffy, I personally feel that the themes represented in Angel are in fact essential ideas to live by, and ones which I would like to see gain more prevalence in society.