I find the sentiment problematic. I feel that you're suggesting that everyone who breaks the law is stupid, and that everyone who breaks the laws will inevitably suffer castigation for their crimes. Neither of which is true of life or Justified, but it's the real life angle that has me a bit riled up.

You say that, but

Yes, but that's not really what went on. England was still an Empire at the time, and had significant heft as part of the Commonwealth.

Despite really wanting to — everyone else raves so — I've never liked these episodes very much. There are some great scenes — I strongly adore both the transformation scenes, for instance — but there's some poor acting going on, not all of it stemming from the actors (I particularly 'adore' how enthusiastically one of…

"darknet."

I was mortified when those two Glee parents were in the same episode last season and they never had a scene together. Mortified!

In the third or fourth episode of the first season there was. Or at least a guy who ran around sucking the blood of virgins, while speaking in a funny accent.

Paul Rhys is always, always good value for money, though it's odd to see him not playing a vampire for once (Being Human, Luther, Da Vinci's Demons).

Yeah, but we're still as conservative as fuck. :P The dominant mode of terrestrial programming is white middle-class people in crisis, and though that's slowly changing it's still the dominant mode on any channel that's not SBS.

I think the popularity of Elijah on Girls already suggests that there's something of a cross-over audience should the shows actually be similar (I'm not convinced that they will be, but there are certainly similarities). That's forgoing the established trend of straight women watching queer men get thing thang on.

In terms of ratings, both Girls and Veep look to be more successful entries, but I like this more than either.And, of course, Looking is starting soon, and that's guaranteed to get a bunch of viewers even if it's not very good (which seems unlikely at this point).

Imagine if Showtime let the Homeland writers kill off characters when they wanted to!

She teaches English. She said so in the episode.

The budget was slashed back in Series 6, when the British Pariliament passed a decree that the British Liscencing Fee couldn't be adjusted until 2015 (I think). This means that they can't adjust for inflation, and since the BBC is entirely tax funded this has led to a host of problems. Season 6 is in two parts, and…

Oh cool, I didn't know that. Makes sense in retrospect though.

I sense that it was originally written from Amy, which would explain some things. Not just Clara's characterisation, but the way the children are sort of peripheral figures to the narrative, and that it's the only episode post-The Snowmen that seems concerned with the Doctor deleting himself from history arc.

The Angels Take Manhatten and The Snowmen were from last year, not this one.

The writer's being shifted around wouldn't have the same effect that they would on an American production, which seems to be the paradigm you're operating under. Toby Whithouse had as much an effect on a Chris Chibnall script in either of the seasons they shared authorship as either of the Neil Cross ones.…

I can just imagine the scenes of Janice or Krista testifying about Amy, and how damaging/helpful that could be to her.

Oh fuck. I think I somehow downvoted this twice, when I didn't mean to even do it once. Sorry!