Funny. I was just thinking that someone should get around to tackling Oryx and Crake at some point. I don't even know if that'd make a good movie; but it was a very good read.

Something in the vein of Zodiac would be cool, most definitely.

I don't know why, but "the secret occult history of the United States transportation system" makes me think of Midnight Meat Train.

They already had a "reverse Captain Planet". His name was Captain Pollution.

The third act of this episode reminded me of the third act in Blade Runner.

It's a deep cut when you consider that most music that's selected to represent the 80s is the really big, obvious stuff. Golden Earring is under the radar in comparison to Genesis/Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Motley Crue, and whatever 80s act you want to throw out there.

Totally agree. I wanted to touch on that but didn't find the time.

Oh I understand it, but Russell's performance was creepy as hell in that scene. I don't think it's unintentional considering Phillip's barely concealed horror at the thought his wife might actually want this for their kids.

Can we applaud the Russian's ability to brainwash their recruits so effectively? Elizabeth is a goddamn android in the scene where she confronts Phillip. I swear she was about to start pointing at him and screeching it was so eerie.

I think it's both. Beaman is not a good father, he's not a good husband, but he's a *damn* good detective. A born bloodhound. While the sight gag of Martha stuffing files into her purse was funny as hell (and definitely a knowing wink at the audience), I think it also works to serve Stan's character in the sense that…

Golden Earring was an inspired choice. The show is 80s as hell, and it only fits that they would go for a "contemporary" song. I'm surprised that they went for a deep cut like Twilight Zone, though, considering it's often forgotten in favour of the bigger, more bombastic releases of that decade.

So with all that in mind do you really think he's going to survive The Mountain?

That's recognizably Batman.

To be fair the source ending was kind of shit.

I think the saddest thing about the ending to "So Did the Fat Lady" is not the amazing monologue, but rather I kept thinking "and the world spins madly on" throughout it. There's this incredible, soul-baring moment that is, in its own weathered way, beautiful, and yet once the moment has passed and Louie does Vanessa…

I agree, but the pacing of this show has always been confusing (at least to me). It helps me to think of it less as a serialized drama and more that each episode is its own polaroid of a time and place. I've given up trying to figure out when and where each episode takes place (aside from major landmarks in history,…

Could be she's just feeling threatened because Stephanie is a young, beautiful girl and Don swooped in and married Megan while she was still a young, beautiful girl.

I hate Betty. I hate Betty as much as you love your own mother.

That moment gave me a real jolt as it's happened to me. I have a cousin who is schizophrenic, and she stayed with me for awhile a few years back. Sometimes I'd wake up and she'd just be staring at me.

What prompted this? Because Stan was a prick to Lou? Lou has been a prick from his first scene. Indiscriminately so. Stan respects people who earn it (remember the Nude-Off with Peggy?), and Lou hasn't earned the respect of his staff.