I agree that AT is a bit too sprawling for my taste at the moment. It definitely creates endless story opportunities, just not always the stories that are satisfying on an emotional level for me. This episode was pretty fun, though, and PB's evolution into Final Boss creeps ever closer. YAY.

I love that so many of Regular Show's episodes can leave off with cliffhangers like this and still be really satisfying as single installments. I think there's always a confident forward thrust to any story threads they leave open, and that kind of narrative power is really great to see in an 11-minute cartoon.

Claire Tomalin wrote a book on their relationship long before her Dickens biography, so it's based on that first book.

My mom doesn't watch the show, and she actually got up and left the room when I was watching it purely because she couldn't stand to listen to that tense soundtrack. It's incredible.

I looove that Rudy 2's band were set up to succeed where the regular misfits have failed in being "proper superheroes," and then they instantly fall into the same murderous pitfalls. Excited to see how they'll keep that going in the finale. (And I'll just be really sad to see this show go!)

**SPOILERS** In total agreement with your interpretation of "The Day of the Doctor." I think creating the hope of Gallifrey (it's still entirely likely the Doctor might NOT be able to access it) was the most brilliant bit of retconning this show has ever achieved, opening up the show to new narrative possibilities and…

And it's great because the more I think about the episode, the more I *do* appreciate it as remarkably well-structured, not just within itself (great foreshadowing and layers of payoff!) but within the scope of the show. You sort of keep finding almost-plotholes that, when you go back to earlier episodes, actually fit…

I actually think it's made pretty clear in "Rose" that the Ninth Doctor had regenerated so recently that he hadn't even bothered to look at himself in a mirror. (He's shocked by his ears!) So I never saw Eccleston being in a position to play Hurt's role. If anything, Eight could have been the Time War Doctor, but…

Especially since he regenerates so soon after finally accepting "the Doctor" as his proper title. He was born purely to be the War Doctor, and just the fact that he embraces both the identity of the Warrior AND the Doctor in his final moments is good enough. He doesn't have to be folded in with the other regenerations…

I just looked at my brother and said, "So Jinora is this show's lion turtle?" "Yes, exactly." [throws up hands]

Gosh, that optimism comment is exactly how I feel. I get physically anxious sometimes because I always want to talk about the latest episode, but it's almost impossible to do that without being bombarded with criticisms from people who have pretty much already made up their mind about how awful Moffat is or whatever,…

Gosh, I just loved it. I don't know how you could get across all the interesting overtones without the visual, tbh, other than to have Korra say, "I feel small and silly" over and over.

I totally gasped with delight when she turned into a child because it was the PERFECT visual metaphor to get at that helplessness and her general sense that she's in over her head. I totally don't get why some commenters found it manipulative because that's … I thought it came across as more unsettling than anything—a…

I like "Monkey Business," where Helga thinks she's turning into a monkey based on some ridiculous pseudo-scientific theory. It's such a bonkers concept, but they use it to build up her very real fears about being rejected by Arnold for who she is, which is fascinating. The other ghost stories are fun but do tend to…

I got a chance to talk to the director of that (and many other) episode(s), Tuck Tucker, and he almost started tearing up talking about how important Helga was to him and the whole crew. They really felt they were making something special, and they all kind of saw her as completely and utterly real. Which explains why…

I adored Hey Arnold! when I was younger, but I love it even more today. Somehow I missed seeing the Thanksgiving episode as a child, probably because it only aired once a year. When I saw it for the first time a couple of years ago, I was really blown away—not only because of how the family dynamics are portrayed here…

Maybe, but the execution was so off that it wasn't clear how we were supposed to read it. If it had had just a LITTLE bit of buildup, I might have been fine with it, but it felt like they just swung at something guaranteed to make the audience recoil rather than… actually building up a real point of tension between…

I agree this show is leagues better than a lot of shows I've started. I can't help but think the way they've positioned Dracula as ~progressive is REALLY transparently meant to get the audience on his side, even though he likely only uses that as part of his manipulation to get closer to Mina. I just … I just don't…

I think Jonathan's speech was a conflict thrown in EXACTLY for the sake of creating conflict. It felt so lazy and rushed—they'd been building his preoccupation with class tension and money problems the whole episode, which could easily have been teased out into a growing rift between him and Mina, perhaps ultimately…

I agree, I really wish the show would commit more to the Scooby gang approach because that's just always been the most fascinating aspect of the novel + other adaptations to me = the teamwork required to bring down this force of evil. I like the sketched-in characterizations we have going for Mina, Lucy, and Jonathan…