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"How many Assholes we got on this ship?"
(Everyone raises hand.)
(Pause. Dark Helmet puts his visor down.)
"Keep firing, Assholes!"

X-Wing and Tie Fighter for the PC were the tits.

Nobody's better at looking like he's mere seconds from a heart attack.

Peggy: Do you think, ah—I know there's a lot of questions, but I got this seminar tomorrow, Lifespring, and I gotta drive out to Sioux Falls first thing, so…

The prequels are hard to watch at times, but none of that is Ewan McGregor's fault.

This. You don't have to show everything.
In fact, it's probably better when you don't.

Probably one of the better, more even-handed "instant fame is a double-edged sword" articles I've ever read.

It's pulp fiction (lowercase p, lowercase f) and is completely aware of it.

Mike's comment (from last week's episode) about how nice everyone is and Lou's response about friendly people were ringing in my head this week.

It's always wonderful to see someone you've seen in about a billion other things (the epitome of "that guy") finally find the right role and the right writers and tap into a potential you didn't even know he had.

I never had much use for Patrick Wilson before this, but Lou's personality—right down to the little tics—is so damn winning.

Patrick Wilson's delivery of "Mommy's doing Daddy's job for him AGAIN" was wonderful.

Did he leave some contact info or something, Marah, so we can all hang out with him?

Exactly. Without it, you'll never understand why everyone hates Joe.

"Now my mom has to keep her rakes in the kitchen. Like a chump."

If secretly resenting your friends for not knowing who the first man in space was is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Try "String Theory" as an intro to Wallace. One of Esquire's best-ever articles—smart, funny, and as much of an insight into Wallace himself as it is into his subject, Michael Joyce.

My two favorite scenes that didn't involve Rami Malek:

This. It's almost an impulse to punish the poor for being poor, as if being poor isn't punishment enough.

Nobody plays characters with floating morals quite like Isaac.