Northern Exposure and Twin Peaks aired while I was in high school (with Northern Exposure lasting a few years into college). They were my two favorite shows at the time, and both would still rank near the top of an all time list.

Gene:  “Maybe she meant the cider house.  That place rules!”

If Hamill truly thought this was a good idea, he owes Rian Johnson an apology.

An Edith plot was a dream come true for me.

I was six or seven when Robert Altman’s Popeye debuted.  I remember being pretty obsessed with the music, so my parents got it for me (on vinyl).

I missed the very end. Was there a final scene with the adult narrator?

Jeez, just fire her. Then, have that guy from The Cosby Show put in a good word at Trader Joe’s.

The problem with her firing is it gave her a single tweet to hold up as the only thing she ever did to deserve criticism. Compared with everything else she has said and written in recent years, the infamous Planet of the Apes line didn’t deserve to be ABC’s primary focus.

It was an effective episode—which is a minor miracle with the chaos and last minute scrambling that spawned it. And it still felt like Roseanne with her absence, I thought. Doesn’t matter that the *real* Roseanne announced the death plot early. It was pretty easy to guess what happened as one of the alternatives before…

Damn it, Gene. You know I don’t like reminders of Craig Kilborn’s existence.

I considered changing that detail soon after publishing, but Kinja’s edit time limit had already run out. Then again, this guy thinks he speaks for the church, so a sarcastic comment about his authority works fine.

Let it be known the Catholic Church thinks pedophilia is slightly worse than homosexuality. What a brave institution.

Damn, I love this. It feels more Monty Python than SNL.

Rarely does anyone acknowledge that Abrams and Kasdan cooked up this shitty arc. They left Johnson to explain why Luke would abandon his friends and family, allow them to become victims of a growing First Order, and not even return after entire planets were destroyed. In my mind, Johnson wrote the only version of Luke…

I guess Mennonite explains the hair choice.

I rate this season high, as well. My favorites are seasons 1, 3 (Kitty Winter fan), and now 6. Unless Moriarty returns for a multi-episode arc, I don’t expect the show to ever top these seasons. But I’ll enjoy watching it try—especially if the characters stay in London awhile, instead of immediately returning to New…

Miss Massachusetts was asked about tourism? Her answer sounds like something an American soldier would have said during the Iraq invasion.

Am I missing some obvious explanation for the title?

I thought a bolt of lightening signified God’s disapproval. Like the priest in Caddyshack that gets struck after yelling “Rat farts!” Does Lady Gaga’s rodent flatulence not stink?

Madonna’s new mission in life is to warn every protagonist who’s been bitten by a lycanthrope.