Well, smart enough to get the hell out of there, at least.

And that's just for the crimes cops commit!

While I would certainly buy and enjoy a true-crime coffee table book (particularly one narrated in a cheery tone), I really didn't like how the narration frequently just spelled out motivations and subtext from previous scenes instead of leaving them ambiguous or letting us ponder them.

More praise for an episode that disappointed me on several levels. I didn't think it was all bad, but what was bad was made worse by the fact that it crowded out the legitimately good and didn't leave enough time for the good parts on screen.

I KNEW that guy looked familiar!

"Smithers…" *sniff* "…Do you think maybe my power plant killed those ducks?"
"There's no 'maybe' about it, sir."

"Ew! —I mean, thanks, Milhouse…"

Ha, I found this article because I've been reading The Order of the Stick lately too. Zack is right; calling it a master class in storytelling is not an overstatement. It helps that it can be quite funny, too. (And you don't need to know a lot about D&D to enjoy it— if you could make it through the "Advanced Dungeons…

Well, I get hooked by quite a few tracks on OK Computer, but I mostly agree with this assessment.

Fuck off, troll.

Mm. I'll leave you to your notions of objectivity in art (that conveniently line up with your own personal tastes).

I certainly don't— last week's episode was the low point for that. When you lift an entire five-minute sequence from Miller's Crossing, that's not homage; it's rip-off. It's a cover band. It's a cut-and-paste collage.

Oh man, the seminar guy's rant was fantastic. Maybe the best part of the episode.

I don't get the criticism of the Coen references. They're always done organically and in a way that pays respect to the source material while also presenting it in a new way.

If he was observant, the bartender might have called the police as soon as those guys got up to step outside.

They could have really played it up for comedy, too. Almost like a "Black Knight in Monty Python in the Holy Grail" situation— they could've kept Dodd denying that women could be dangerous even as one was hacking his limbs off.

I didn't have too many problems with this one (although it is possible I just miss some of the references). The only thing that worried me was the No Country For Old Men convenience store reference, but I thought it ended up working well, prompting the same sense of dread the viewer felt upon seeing Chigurh enter the…

Seems more likely he's just suffering the effects of a head injury.

I'm with you. It's pretty much only 5, 6, and 8 that I think have lived up to the praise they've been getting. I think this one was significantly helped by the tighter focus and the straightforwardness. The references were scaled back, too— they'd been way too heavy for me and took me out of the show, particularly…

Well, that's his fault for just saying "tequila." You're always gonna get the well brand that way.