This deserves many upvotes.

The aspects of the usual reasoning that I don't get are two: (1) How do we grade new pilots, given that grading is relative to the baseline quality of a given show; and (2) if the absolute worst episode in a completed series gets something non-F like a C-minus, doesn't that… contradict the whole approach? Isn't that…

^ Reminds me of Hearst's weird name for gold on "Deadwood."

Like cligoris, either pronunciation is correct.

Non-snarky nice spelling-out of the sound effect.

::passes Mr. Greene his glass of milk::

This might be the first fun fact that, for me, ended up living up to its name.

I assume that the actual worst episode (in a given person's opinion) has to necessarily receive an F grade even if it's actually quite good, especially when the entire run of a show is available. So, the very best episode gets an automatic A, the very worst an automatic F, and the rest are sorted in between, based, as…

"Dark Valley" looks amazing and I doubt I would have stumbled onto it myself, so thank you!

I realized only recently that the vampires on "Buffy" had one trait that might be considered more zombie-like: The way they came out of the ground at the graveyard.

I realize Russia is European for the purposes of discussing balance of power and wars and whatnot, but why press the point, I wonder, with that category heading.

If Statham waits too long, it'll be Crank 3: Cranky—Get Off My Lawn!

Mountains of it, even.

Jarold. Jroot. Jfusco. Jbear.

Middle name "The."

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are the Holy Trinity. Therefore Neo was inside Trinity.

Is it because of Easter or something? I've been seeing a lot of Christian stuff on CNN. It's a little weird; I thought they had to pretend to be neutral, at least.

Thank you!

This is perhaps a monumentally stupid thing to ask, but this seems a good place to ask it: Is there such a thing as a subgenre for "snowy" (rather than desert-y) Westerns? Any recommendations?

At 56 seconds: Is that "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"? (I haven't seen it; I ask because the clip looks damned good.)