It's kind of depressing that so many people choose cops, military men, and coaches.

Odysseus is pretty cool, too. I just finished the Iliad all the way through for the first time. He's smart, reliable, and uses his cleverness to beat younger, stronger rivals.

He's not a great ideal character because his badassery is completely what that movie is saying is stupid. You can be the biggest badass in the world, but things you don't understand doom you.

Baltic hackers immediately root the Doors of Durin. "The password was incredibly simple. We didn't even need to do a dictionary attack."

Here's a better way of putting this. It's super common among smart, nerdy dudes who are finally putting their sexual and romantic ambitions to work to make mistakes. One of them is to put the object of their desires on a pedestal. I did it, and a lot of my friends did too. If that's something you've ever found…

This is like word police Internal Affairs.

It was kind of distancing, though. I know what it means. Using "m'lady" is in the same universe of "idealizing women in creepy ways."

No, sorry. I was more bringing up that it's mismatched libidos plus different goals plus an age gap.

In this case, though, it's not just mismatched libidos. SNUGGLE basically describes what she ideally wants, and it's a super hard sell for a 25 year old. The age gap wasn't a big deal, and now it is.

First, drop the use of the term "the innamorata." She's a person, not an idea.

Lord Sinderby.

You mean "writer." It's literally just Fellowes, and that's why the show is so bizarre.

Julian Fellowes, ladies and gentlemen.

"That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works."

I much prefer complicated, humorless plots about broth, but I'll settle for a good 12 or 15 episodes about possibly purchasing real estate.

And that is probably what is going to happen, considering that the housekeeper in Gosford Park turns out to have been the actual murderer. Fellows is going to crib from himself.

I'm more amazed at the low-light capabilities of whatever camera they used. No flash, perfectly exposed, wide depth of field, no blur.

I hope Rose and Atticus raise many happy little chipmunks.

This is Stockholm Syndrome. This show wastes episodes upon episodes on memorial plaques and real estate discussions. Then an actually traumatic, scandalous situation occurs and is immediately dealt with and tied up with no emotional scars. It's weird that this is considered a virtue.

And they all sort of look the same and are dressed in the same tweed suit.