I call your "sigh," and raise you a "Good Grief."

I disagree. The production is very heavy-handed and the dialog wooden. Just a few examples:

i really like Rufus Sewell

My only comment on this is "Rosebud."

In the 70s, I gave dozens of copies of Gravity's Rainbow to my smartest friends. My silly slogan at the time was, "You can't have too many copies of Gravity's Rainbow." It expanded my interest in and knowledge of many things, and had touching lyrical moments that matched the silliness of the limericks. It remains…

someone should tell the anti-scientific movement that the first US coins said "Parent for Science and Industry." they seem to have forgotten.

What are the laws governing the inclusion of real people in fictional accounts? For instance, what could I write about Bill Gates that was entirely fictional and not especially defamatory, like the time he met The Doctor?

That's a hair-raising possibility.

i agree with the sentiment, but am not able to extend the feeling towards the three real-world villains of today's atrocity in Paris.

I am hyperventilating after watching tonight's episode, If-Then-Else.

watching this made me feel the same way as the protagonist.

The reason I keep making posts about international TV series is that excellent creative material is being created all over the world, but mostly (with a few notable exceptions) we are limited to viewing material created in our own nation.

We are all villains from someone's point of view.

i went to a small number of mostly art-house movies this year — and nothing was remarkable or even terribly memorable.

This is one of the worst pieces of advice ever. I have repeatedly stalled reading books that I came to love. Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, Stevenson's Baroque Cycle, etc etc. Had i just chucked them at page 50, I would have missed the life-long enjoyment they have provided.

funniest line was "it's bigger on the inside"

Life, don't talk to me about Life ...

i was wondering where i left that. anyone seen my sonic screwdriver?

Ten years ago, PBS NOVA had an episode on "The Most Dangerous Woman in America." The entire episode (albeit in terribly low video quality) is here on YouTube.

No more Gary Larson cartoons with microbes.