It occurred to me last night that Katja Herbers needs to play Bailey Quarters in a remake of WKRP in Cincinnati.

No goofiness in Frank's group? I guess Fritz doesn't exist in the version you have watched.

Yeah. But now that Frank has it going in the right direction, I think Frank believes Charlie can drive it home. Charlie may end up being to Frank what Frank was to Glen. I don't think the show has created a world in which Frank is absolutely necessary to completion of the project. Though it wouldn't surprise me if…

I intended to watch the whole season, but just kept putting off that fourth episode until I decided to just abandon the show. I wanted it to be good, but honestly it bored the crap out of me.

Because it is better than requesting a punch in the groin?

And a goofy statement is beyond them?

I watched both. I was getting worried about Manhattan because no announcement was made until recently. I thought it would have been sad if Salem survived and Manhattan fell, since the latter is infinitely superior. I will say that Salem improved a lot over the course of its first season. It was dreadful out of the…

I miss Alphas. Let's get Gary Bell on the Hill, asap.

I'm not sure that is really an anachronism. Couldn't someone have used the term based on the tailgate on their wagons even though the term wouldn't become a saying until later? If people were saying it all the time on the show, as though it were a "coined" saying, it would be different. I just write that off as…

I don't know if the narrative makes clear that Frank is necessary for the project to succeed. If I understand correctly, Frank is based on Seth Neddermeyer. And Neddermeyer was removed from the project before completion, though is generally credited for steering it in the right direction.

Per the review, the song was Papercuts' Future Primative.

I'll be surprised if it isn't Frank, but you are right that it wasn't explicit.

WGN is marathoning the entire series next Sunday.

I have a different theory about Frank and Liza for next season. I think their story will revolve around Frank being held secretly and interrogated, while Liza crusades to find out what happened to him (and to free him).

Magnifique!

I don't know whether it is exaggerated or not. But the show isn't trying to deal in historical accuracy. One of the things I like best is the way Manhattan deftly deals with modern issues through its manipulation of history. I think the overzealousness and dangerousness of the security entity is more a metaphor for…

I don't think Frank is dead. Charlie was in such dire straits not because he broke compartmentalization and the trail led back to him, but because Occam further surmised from it that Charlie was sabotaging the project and dealing secrets to the enemy. Frank undercut the primary element of that by confessing to…

It was a slow, careful build. If you weren't feeling it by mid-season, though, it might not be a show for you. By that point, I was completely immersed.

Great episode. Fitting season finale for a show that surprisingly turned into TV's best drama.

Yes. Best drama on TV.