And you're wondering where we got 'conspiracy' from?

I think SlamAdams mentioned conspiracy because if you read through the comments, I think the majority are of high praise (i.e. A level) - with many, including me, thinking it's the best (or second best) of the series so far. This has nothing to do with the reviews - it's my critical reaction while watching it.

But the FX logo remains on the screen through the blackout, so either Glover or the network did it intentionally, and I'm guessing it was Glover and not John Landgraf :)

Apparently (as discovered via Internet research ;) ), the way it's normally done is with a pair of nail clippers - a normal item many people carry around with them.

Forehead indeed!

It seems as if you got lucky, or were especially smart about preparing for the tests (or you just have a good metabolism) :)

It still does. Season 11 is currently airing.

What's the point of day early reminders if not for that exact situation?

Ok, I just did a quick check of 3 websites of Atlanta head shops, and didn't find a single one selling fake-piss paraphernalia (although, granted, there are quite a few others I didn't check).

As someone who didn't like the casual marijuana use on the show…

Gotta disagree; I didn't find this flawed at all - I thought it was one of the most brilliant (and perfect) half-hours of TV I've seen in the last couple of months (only one or two of Fleabag's six were this perfect). Easily the best episode so far of a great new show that keeps getting better and better.

That kid in whiteface was terrifying.

Well, even though I thought it might be possible that a precise departure for a late-arriving zeppelin could have been scheduled, and that it might be possible that it would have been recorded for posterity, it was fairly unlikely to be known by any historian (except perhaps those specializing in Lakehurst, NJ,…

Better drinking game: every time the historian (Spencer) knows something she simply wouldn't know.

But the way the scene was shot (mainly from the viewpoint of the killers) - and the trifling banter throughout much of it (e.g. between the outlaw and the prostitute) belies that type of reading. It really came across to me as a decision that was made in editing (after the scene was directed), and made by someone that…

I agree; I thought that worked well where it was used. I'm not against the "anachronistic" use of music if the meaning of the music makes sense for the scene; it was simply the context they used Paint it Black in. To me, it forms a weird (and slightly offensive) connection between grieving heavily and a murder spree.

Yes, using Paint it Black in that particular context was terrible in multiple ways.

blake011's taste is just fine. OTOH, anyone that thought that the idiotic usage of a song about grieving as the backdrop for a murderous slaughter felt either apropos or "chilling" might require some treatment of their critical faculties.

Really? I thought the use of a song specifically about grieving as the backdrop for a murderous slaughter was idiotic (like a "Helter Skelter" level of misinterpretation) - the absolute lowest point of the pilot. Granted, Jagger and Richards aren't exactly intellectuals, but if I'd written the song, I'd be pissed…

Do you have chimney sweeps and crawlers as well? :)