I agree on completely shitting the bed, but ignorant statement to me reads as a misses a plot point/gotcha poke at a reviewer, wheras Sonia misses many plot points per show, doesn't like the show, and, while the show does have it's cheesy episodicness and possible aimlessness, it isn't an object of complete stupidity…

I agree, though is this a good thing? The only Sonia reviews I've enjoyed and continued reading were about how terrible and ridiculous Hostages was.

Is there some interpretation of the program that wasn't portraying Chief of Police, hot Justin Theroux, as a ridiculous threatening drunk in that scene? Just because he is in a position of power within the plot doesn't mean "the show" isn't portraying his actions as ridiculous assholery.

Yeah, he's even worse at understanding plots than Sonia.

Maybe I'm missing something, but apart from the "is this the 'Rapture'" framework (which I believe

I really liked how Shana was conveniently pulseless after being hit with a prop by a tiny person and falling into an orchestra pit. My elementary school had our music classes on a stage, and at least one kid per month fell into the pit with no serious injuries.
Not that that was the least realistic thing to happen in…

I just took the earliest citation I could find in google n-grams, the DiMaggio book which was published in 1990. Are there any pre-90's citations anyone knows about, or any insiders who know the term was used pre-'90 in or outside the biz?

Were "showrunners" even invented in 1986? My sources say no https://books.google.com/ng…
But seriously, I'm curious as to whether it was an in-TV term for quite some time until 1989, and media just started using it then, or was it invented as a term for head writer/producer in a specific point (perhaps, according to…

This season was blah and the avclub reviews more so. I assume Sonia at least has google access to previous episode recaps, and could have realized that despite Nick being portrayed as an easily angered control freak, she could have seen he won Restaurant Wars due to his smooth handling (mostly through Travis), and the…