On the other hand, I grew up watching Drop the Dead Donkey years after its airing, and I actually still think it’s funny (S1 is just OK, but it gets better once they find their feet. And then obviously a lot worse at the end). Politics is very pro forma - even if you don’t know the names of Conservative ministers of…

That’s true, but I kind of felt that if they’d let it run a little longer we could have had more of the non-comedy. The comedy that was there was probably enough to cover the comedy side of a comedy drama, and they did hint at wanting to go in more dramatic directions. But the drama was kneecapped by time…

I like tonal whiplash, but I agree. Good tonal whiplash has lots of both tones, whereas Space Force was kind of... empty. It wasn’t so much whiplash as tonal gentle meander. It also sometimes went strangely deep into serious introspective drama territory - like the storyline about the astronaut whose experiences…

Without being snarky, though, it would be really great if there were some website out there that actually did review things and keep its readers abreast of what was actually happening on TV.

Outside of the employment context, I think the argument would be that while it may be legal to operate a car on private property without a license, trying to drive a car you know you can’t drive in a situation (a guy standing in front of the car) that you knew or should have known was extremely dangerous could amount…

It may be different in the US, but AIUI here the employee isn’t liable if they’re acting in accordance with their employer’s instructions and training, which can be implicit. Basically, it’s considered the employer’s fault unless they can actively show that the employee was doing something for their own amusement that…

At least in this country, employer liability insurance protects employers from negligence claims, but employees (or their estates) can still sue the employer for damages if the injury is the result of the employer failing to adhere to the relevant health and safety regulations. So your boss can’t be sued for, for…

But this way there are TWO lawsuits rather than one! Twice the lawyers!

I guess his point is that it’s hard to make it look like you’re having sex passionately and spontaneously if your actions have to be precisely determined beforehand - particularly I guess for an actor who probably hasn’t been in a lot of choreographed fight scenes (probably the only place where that level of precision…

I think it’s really interesting what we know Saul DOESN’T ever know.

In theory, a LOT of stuff has to happen between now and when Walt shows up in a few episodes. By which time in the BB world Saul’s office is up and smoothly running, he’s got ads blanketing TV (people treat him as a minor local celebrity), he’s met Ed, and he’s hired Mike as a semi-full-time PI seemingly without…

Yeah, but what if Jimmy with his spirit crushed is just flat-out, meth-king-consigliare Saul?

That’s not Keith Mars. Sure, it looks like Keith Mars’ body, but by that point his mind has already been overwritten by Traveler 001.

FWIW, the W Series car IS an F3 car; when it was introduced, it was the same car used in FREC, more or less, although the tyres are different.

No, it’s realistic. By “some recent ones” you mean “all, ever, none recently”. Only two women have ever raced in a WDC race; the last was in 1976. As recently as 2012, no woman had driven an F1 car in an F1 weekend in any capacity for 22 years, and only one in 34 years (and only a couple had sat in one outside of a…

Bringing back Williams-Honda does have a great ring to it! But I assume it would be Haas or Sauber, repacked entirely as Honda. I assume Williams is worth more to somebody who actually wants to use that brand.

The problem with having success in GT3 is that the F1 audience is about a thousand times bigger than that for all touring car series put together...

I think there’s probably considerable benefit, yes, if they do well. I’m sure McLaren-Honda and Williams-Renault must have resulted in considerable PR for the engine partner - it’s probably why Honda and Renault have kept trying to get back into the sport one way or another ever since. Haas doing well probably won’t…

Personally, I’d suggest Knole (which Henry VIII used as a hunting lodge). It’s a calendar house - 365 rooms (actually over 400, it’s thought, although the National Trust say the precise number may never be known, as there’s no funding for a complete expedition), 52 staircases, 12 main gates, 7 courtyards. The house…

I... actually kind of like that staircase? I mean... it’s distinctive!