A part of me dies inside whenever someone thinks a commonwealth realm is a republic.

Meredith is as hilarious as ever. She isn't concerned with or even aware of Don Draper's professional or personal agonies. She just knows he's easy on the eyes.

That final line is one of those things that was pretty good seeing here in 2014, but would be freaking awesome if I had seen it in theaters and it was a total surprise.

How did you get through the first 2.5 season of Spartacus then? I don't think they ramped it up at all in season 3.

I saw the first Iron Man movie. I've already seen The Avengers and knew the story pretty well through cultural osmosis, but it was good to see the whole thing finally. It was predictable but very well-made and entertaining. As with the Avengers, the great chemistry between the characters is key. But the action scenes…

Yeah, Castleroy is just absurdly nice. And only on the CW would he be considered old or unattractive. I hope they have Greer go through with the marriage, if only to push the somewhat subversive message that "True Love" isn't the only relevant factor. But with the army going to war next episode, I expect we'll see…

Those soldiers were all from the British Isles, who sailed up the Chesapeake Bay. The British invasion from Canada was stopped in far Northern New York in the Battle of Plattsburgh.

The raid on the camp reminds me of Zero Darrk Thirty, thematically. After great effort and personal cost, our heroes finally find the enemy base. Then they go there and shoot a few dudes, and that's it. No dramatic confrontations or dialogue, just more dead strangers. The lack of fulfillment is palpable. But while…

I dunno, I'm still really impressed with her drunken rant to Stan in season 1, after she goes out dancing with Elizabeth.

I didn't see the Harriet Tubman connection at all, if there even is one, but I still guessed Liberia. My rationale was that it was clearly an Anglophone country, but also one so minor that I hadn't heard of the guy. (I have no idea why anyone would guess Sierra Leone or the Netherlands.)

Stan hunting down Gregory was a pretty impressive display of competence. "You and I don't have much in common. But we're both goddamn Americans, right?"

In their defense, it's absolutely insane for a middle class teenager to give $600 in 80s money to charity, and for them to accept it.

Also, Better Know a District was a great throwback to the last time he covered a Southern California porn-producing district.

He also came very close to being elected to the US Senate in the 90s. I don't think he's still active in the Virginia GOP, but he did stop by the 2013 convention to endorse a candidate.

I wasn't following the discussion that closely, but a huge red flag is when a post has 50 likes, and 45 of them are guest likes.

It was a Pyrrhic victory perhaps, but as long as the new Iraqi flag is flying over Baghdad, rather than the old Baathist or Al Qaeda flags, it's not a defeat.

Thanks, I'll check that out. It's been on my "films to watch list" for awhile, but pretty far down.

There's also a whole lot of new ships. Most of the old ships have a third variant now, usually incorporating the new systems, and there's also a new alien race with their own ship.

Sorry to nitpick, but it's Dawn, not Donna. As Roger said in Season 5, "It's always darkest before the Dawn."

Well bottom line, they're going to need another secretary now that Dawn has moved up. The most sensible choice is to give Peggy a competent new hire, and send Meredith back to reception where she won't do any real damage. On the other hand, the most entertaining choice is to have Meredith's idiocy cause endless…