I think the odds are better with single episodes but yes, the best thing would be if I'm wrong.

Missy is the best - or should I say the worst? But the problem with Moffat trying to tell a clever clever paradoxy story is that he is a well established cheat and hand waver. It's not just that we can be pretty sure that Clara and Missy aren't dead, this is hardly the only show to play that kind of game. It's that it…

That downtown bit was Donald Trump's Urban America. Geez.

Susan killed herself, no?

Joanna Wellick, Agent of HYDRA

Is this the beginning of this last season of Strike Back in the US? Because hell YES things blow up real good. Plus - Michelle Yeoh. Nuff said.

Well the whole heroin thing is a problem for sure. But he showed two crucial traits: really see what you're looking at, and act *while* you are freaking out.

Their "selfish, whiny junkie of a son" shows pretty clear signs of being one of those few who'll survive. If the parents are lucky he'll bring them along.

She literally says "I know what's happening" before they meet Cal. "The authorities would tell us", did you hear those words as they came out of your mouth? Are you a recent immigrant to Earth humans maybe?

Gosh I'm wanted for multiple murders, I just robbed the Russian mob, and I have ALL THE MONEY in my car. I think I'll head straight to one of the places where anybody might expect to find me. Oh gosh someone found me! They're tracking my car! I better stay in it and head for somewhere with no plausible escape route!…

Ach. It is hardly a novel thing to have shows kill off good people these days, and yes it wasn't really a shock! twist! surprise, but god damn it. That bothered me, personally, more than any recent similar turn in a TV show that I can think of. A definite credit to the actors and the creators.

What I like about this season is the way it's been taking some of the shine off Daniel. His eccentricities aren't all deep meditations, they're loosening up, awkward, annoying, a bit creepy. It makes the idea of him trying to live a life on his own more worrisome than it had been.

shades of "Under The Dome" …

Note to self: do not sit down to a dinner of carne en salsa and the latest episode of The Strain. Probably avoid food altogether.

Of course all the Mexicans have machine guns and of course they waste ammunition killing all the civilians instead of trying to, oh i dunno, run away?? take hostages? They're all too hopped up on goofballs I guess. Good grief.

I don't think there's any deeper "truth" in the story world. It really is 4028. The reason that doesn't make any sense is because this was written by Americans - for us, the distant past is like 1972, and the Roman Empire is just a movie. So sure, all this equipment kept running for TWO THOUSAND YEARS no problem. This…

Angela's bf earned zero points for confessing, he was just less afraid of her and more confident in his prospects to weasel out of it. He's "handling it". I purely do hope that all her "oh gosh i'm sorry" is Step 1 of Operation Tool Ditch.

Somewhere in this episode I was suddenly struck by the blindingly obvious - the main character is a lying manipulative narcissist and why am I watching this again? I haven't found a good answer.

I was unexpectedly attracted to this show. But then they couldn't even make it through two episodes without showing that they will turn any character development into bullshit in the name of plot mechanics - and a pretty weak predictable plot at that. You don't need Earthman logic for a show to work, see "Sleepy…

And of course it is so totally OK for the shadow government to erase a man's whole life that it's not even worth mentioning. The "free spaying and neutering" line was a bit on the nose, though.