I dropped the show early in the third season (saccharine and soap combination is not my thing at the moment), but even I know about that episode and, naturally, can't wait to read the reviews and comments.

Huh, I had the same thought. For all the shit these writers are getting, they are trying very hard to steer clear of the 24 staples. Now if only they ditched soap opera cliches altogether…

Either this, or just pushing him out of the picture after "Q&A" would have been much more interesting and not nearly as strained as trying to tie him in the narrative this season. The character has run his course a long time ago, and one has to be a real network executive to ignore it.

Todd's sudden transition from "Brody is absent this week again, and though we all know he'll come back, it's refreshing" to "The show is so much better without this motherfucker, kill him with fire!" seems like yet another unexpected plot twist. Maybe next week it turns out the reviews have been written by David Sims…

I thought it would be stretched out for a couple of episodes, too. But that would be just as predictable, wouldn't it? At least now she can participate in the research. And this will be fun.

I think Janney's plotline works as it has genuine emotion going for it. If not for the feeling she brought to the role, it would be just the writers going wink-wink, nudge-nudge about Oedipus and his friends. Actually, it's true for the show as a whole: all things considered, it could be trashy and kitschy, but with…

She's great. I thought she was a little too Betty Draper-y in the first episodes, but by this point she has managed to create a compelling character, even though the writing is a bit sketchy. And now Libby is growing a backbone and standing up to her husband, which is very satisfying.

Actually, I think the top voted comment is this one:
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The eyeball thing was amazing.

Could it be a warning that watching those "heart-pounding" (albeit for different reasons) dramas back-to-back might get you a heart attack?

I thought the same thing re: Berenice Bejo. She'd have to abandon cinema altogether to get suddenly forgotten, what with her beauty, talent, critical acclaim and being married to an Oscar-winning director. Don't worry, Berenice, you're gonna be okay.

The Unholy Abomination Operation has been one of the funniest things by far. I wonder how many other conception methods they will come up with. A ghastly pelican covered with blood, maybe?

God, that was truly horrible. At least when the screen faded to black, I saw my disgusted face in the screen reflection and cracked up. Thank you, Ryan Murphy, for making me develop even more defense reflexes - a couple more seasons of this and I will not be able to get offended by anything ever!

I hope they stop with the whole wide-angle lens and blurring. Come on, you bull-lovers, the plot is weird enough, there's no need to spice the visuals up.
Still better than the epileptic editing in the first season, though.

Also, it explains why she went to a newspaper's office (Todd had a quibble with that): she wasn't going to leak any information anyway, and dealing with a newspaper is a safer bet than interacting with a blogger who could spill the beans no matter what.

Funnily enough, just yesterday I glimpsed a story on NPR about how good the music was on his show.

I was surpised when I heard about the new film, too. I just saw the 1988 one recently, and it's very good, so another biopic seemed redundant. However, the Adjani film was very lush and traditional, spanning over decades of Claudel's life, and the Binoche one explores a single exact point in her biography, which…

I always get a chuckle when I see the curtains in Masters' office. "Okay people, now we need a pattern that looks like female genitalia, but not quite." "How about these flowers… or is it seashells?" "Perfect."

You know what TV Club needs? Lengthy and personal essays on Band of Brothers by TVDW. I would read the shit out of that. Hell, I would print them and read them aloud to my Mom, even though she doesn't speak English at all.

That was uneasy and decidedly un-enjoyable viewing, again. Huge part of the uneasiness is that I have no idea whether it's a good thing and where it all is going to end up.