@avclub-d72f705337e5adcf7e33ec0381c5f5b2:disqus With all the The Wire actors turning up and the stellar guest star casting this season, it's a wonder McNulty hasn't shown up yet. Then again, he might be too busy playing a news presenter in 1957 Britain.

@avclub-d72f705337e5adcf7e33ec0381c5f5b2:disqus With all the The Wire actors turning up and the stellar guest star casting this season, it's a wonder McNulty hasn't shown up yet. Then again, he might be too busy playing a news presenter in 1957 Britain.

Castle was fun when it was just Fillion goofing off and Beckett being annoyed with him whilst they were solving murder cases. The ridiculous complot surrounding her mother's murder and the will-they-won't-they angst took over the show somewhere in the third season, and it just wasn't that much fun anymore (for me…

Castle was fun when it was just Fillion goofing off and Beckett being annoyed with him whilst they were solving murder cases. The ridiculous complot surrounding her mother's murder and the will-they-won't-they angst took over the show somewhere in the third season, and it just wasn't that much fun anymore (for me…

February 7th is October 19th!

February 7th is October 19th!

I think NBC aired some programming, The Voice and Revolution? And as @avclub-87caf7c42aedbada42572e2374eed08d:disqus said, Castle aired. That seems to be it.

I think NBC aired some programming, The Voice and Revolution? And as @avclub-87caf7c42aedbada42572e2374eed08d:disqus said, Castle aired. That seems to be it.

Tommy ate some "special candy" from Amsterdam? I didn't think that ingesting liquorice would ever be a wacky sitcom plot.

Tommy ate some "special candy" from Amsterdam? I didn't think that ingesting liquorice would ever be a wacky sitcom plot.

I can't point you to an exact episode where the show made "the leap", but it does get better in the second half of the first season. I marathoned most of the first season, and I found that the show gets a lot better after Alicia starts to defrost a bit. This happens after the first ten episodes or so.
I would suggest…

I can't point you to an exact episode where the show made "the leap", but it does get better in the second half of the first season. I marathoned most of the first season, and I found that the show gets a lot better after Alicia starts to defrost a bit. This happens after the first ten episodes or so.
I would suggest…

She was actually sleeping with Bodie, Wee-Bey is the contractor that is about to work with Kalinda's Hopefully Soon Disappearing Husband.

She was actually sleeping with Bodie, Wee-Bey is the contractor that is about to work with Kalinda's Hopefully Soon Disappearing Husband.

I guess the lifeboat that took Rainn Wilson away from the sinking SS The Office has sunk. How will he survive now?

I guess the lifeboat that took Rainn Wilson away from the sinking SS The Office has sunk. How will he survive now?

November sweeps? One coast without power = low ratings?

November sweeps? One coast without power = low ratings?

Before Rumple gave Whale his arm back, I was actually dreaming up a story that ended with: "… and that's how I became the one-armed bandit."

Before Rumple gave Whale his arm back, I was actually dreaming up a story that ended with: "… and that's how I became the one-armed bandit."