When Eddie sees Cal beat up, refuses to connect that to what Sarah did in forcibly kidnapping a young man, then proceeds to make ultimatums about the mere possibility of violence to Cal…well, his jealousy has overtaken his empathy. That is why he is making so little of Ashley's advent and belittling Sarah's concerns.

Piper is possibly the new head of the Legion of Whom. Sleeping in a cell with the door open is good for deniability if law enforcement visits. But it seems unlikely that Sands just forgot about Piper in the chaos. NZT has to be good for villains too, even if the show would have us believe it's not good enough to beat…

On one level, it's just saying there are Canadians with balls.

The notion that the justice system is systematically just is not a CBS-ism. It's the prevailing view on all networks. But cheap ass pandering to silly cliches aside, vigilantism is fueled by rage at the failure of the justice system to punish people, depriving victims of revenge. That rage is always directed at those…

Whatever a "police procedural" may be in current reviewer talk, in the mystery genre, the police procedural, the roman policier, the Humdrum is more or less the opposite of a Holmesian story. In many respects, the procedural was devised in reaction to, as a critique of, the romantic detectives like Dupin, Vidocq,…

Of course you could be right. But I think the events are not happening simultaneously in universe in two different time, they are happening simultaneously according to the clock in the living room, as you watch the episode. The bruises appear on Ray at the moment, offstage, the Pilgrim beats up the earlier Ray. …

It's true the OP got this wrong. On the other hand, the notion that extracting the younger selves is dangerous because time is going to solidify? The only way this makes sense is if there is an absolute time which is not determined in universe, but in the living room where the audience is. Regardless of what the…

Bright colors do seem to be more accessible in period pieces. A period piece doesn't seem to allow mixing Doom into the FF origin story though.

She was fired from the franchise because she dragged down GeniSys?

The last comics I've read, in book form, were Watchmen; Astro City; Top 10; Supreme; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Miracleman Vol. 1; Y the Last Man Vol. 1; Sex Criminals Vol 1. Have to say, many of these either start with the origin story, or have multiple origin stories fleshing out an otherwise skeletal story.…

Judging from the AVClub reviews so far, the way Sarah identifies her anger with her religion and her willingness to do pretty much anything with commitment to her faith, haven't really been noticed. Taking part in a family kidnapping is heavy duty. Not promising for the future. Her eagerness to see Cal as leader is…

Don't know about it needing to be a period piece. But yes, origin stories are so comic book, in the bad way. How many times do Uncle Ben and the Waynes need to die?

Doom has no motivation that holds up to a moment's scrutiny.

Mammon is the one true God. He is worshiped under many names, but He sanctimonies his true followers. John Ridge, as a true follower of the true God, cannot be accused of cultism when he beats the disobedient.

"…kills a ton of 'merican…"
And that I think is what makes AVClub crazy.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were classics without any through line in the stories. And the only novel most people liked was Hound of the Baskervilles. What Holmes and Watson chose to do in the cases was quite enough to show us who they were. There is no pressing need to turn Holmes' and Waton's lives into a story.…

Nope.

The most important thing is, is Brian Tyler doing the score?

I suppose you could say Ruffalo's character predicted he would be in charge of the case, and that's impossible. But that's it for predicting behavior. Also, magic is not real, it's all conjuring. The Eye as a secret society of conjurors dedicated to protecting people with their tricks was supposed to be real, but a…

I thought "dramatic payoff" was when the story related to your own life, especially your real life, not your fantasy self's little scenarios. Big scenes, with lots of histrionics, can be very entertaining if you've invest in the show, but, no, not what sticks, I think.