Does Sabrina have an older sister that moved away but occasionally visits, and for which they could cast Emma Watson for an occasional cameo? I thought she looked like Emma Watson when I saw the header is what I’m saying. They could even do some tongue-in-cheek humor about how witchcraft runs in the family.

I, too, have resolved to see more movies while they’re in theaters and, just like everyone else, I’m sure, it has everything to do with enjoying the cinematic experience as intended and nothing at all to do with having signed up for MoviePass months ago and having barely used it thus far.

“...forget the myths the media’s created about the White House—the truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”

I have one lingering question about Hersh, myself.  In an earlier episode Eric talked about how he had asked Hersh earlier (I think it was in 1985) about the possibility that Frank had been murdered, and Hersh made some calls and the sources he talked to then said that the CIA didn’t kill their own in 1953, but Hersh…

And they would’ve complained if whichever fan theories about Snoke’s identity and Rey’s parents’ identities were indeed confirmed, or if Luke was Obi Wan 2.0 instead of a cantankerous old curmudgeon. I for one dug all of the subversions of expectations.

I introduced my Contemporary Lit students to a few select chapters from Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad to close out the semester. A few of them really dug it, one so much that she gave me a copy of Egan’s latest, Manhattan Beach, as a gift when I mentioned that I hadn’t bought it yet. I was thrilled.…

Or by saying he’s going to make Kaep the starter next season. I’m all for Kaep having a starting job—he’s potentially better than half the current starters at the position—but Cam Newton has a contract through 2020, if I’m not mistaken, and he’s already one of the most explosive (and black, and popular with the home…

And hillbillies want to be called “sons of the soil,” but it ain’t gonna happen.

Without going into spoilers, I loved how thoroughly unpredictable a lot of the big narrative turns are, especially the ones that subvert the endless speculation that led up to the film’s release. I was really impressed with the departures from expectations.

Jimmy is turning into a real mensch in his later years. I never would have guessed.

Agreed. Billy (Rob Lowe-dude) really seemed to hit a characterization dead end by the final episode. I thought for sure they were table-setting to explain by season’s end his racial animus towards Lucas, his anger, in general, and the whole “whose fault was it we had to move” convo that he had with Max right before he…

Agreed. There were a couple of off episodes (I’d join the chorus in lamenting how uneven “The Lost Sister” was), but overall the series was still great and the acting was stellar. Eleven and Hopper’s surrogate daughter/father relationship alone did it for me, but Gaten Matarazzo continued to steal scene after scene…

Yeah, it actually made the AVC “Best T.V. of 2017 So Far” list back in late June, along with Fargo and American Gods and some other series I forgot about that I’d put in the running here, too, like The Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt:

We should probably just be thankful that he didn’t try to christen his own 13th month to reserve for his birthday or rename June as “Trumptober.”

The A.V. Club shuns the A.V. Club of Hawkins Middle School. We’re Upside Down, indeed.

If it’s good enough for Monty Burns, it’s good enough for you, you senseless dunderpate!

The relevant section of the Constitution is Article VI, Clause 3:

He hates Journalists Who Lie, but not enough for a place on Kill Uncle; a b-side to “Our Frank” will do.