Yeah, but my point is that if New York City has taught us anything, you don't need heroin or thousands of deaths to get condos built in Midtown.

The overt villainy on the part of the NYPD becomes a bit hard to take. I mean, I get it. Some police organisations are corrupt, and on a large scale. But the absolute indifference to straight-up murder that these guys show feels a bit over the top.

One time I got beat up by a hot blonde girl in a club and I'm pretty sure that Joss Whedon stole Buffy the Vampire Slayer from me.

The only thing that bugs me - what is Fisk's plan, really? It seems to just be large-scale gentrification, which is odd for a few reasons. First of all, despite the references to the Chitauri attack being responsible for NYC's current slump, that's not really reflected in the show. Hell's Kitchen is still a place of…

I think what really makes Raylan unique is that he manages to avoid being either a likable villain (Tony Soprano, Walter White, Dexter Morgan) or a deeply troubled hero (John Luther, Carrie Mathison).

One thing I appreciated about 'Justified' - no flashbacks, or at least no serious reliance on them. (I think there was maybe one or two in season 4 to set up the mystery?) We never had to deal with the show straining its budget to unconvincingly show Tim in war-torn Iraq, never had to see Tim Olyphant and Nick Searcy…

Pffft, get outta here, Daredevil! Everyone knows that true Marvel fans are hanging out for Ant-Man!

Good list overall, even if I disagree in parts. No love for 'Animal Kingdom'?

If we're thinking of the same bit, it's not a continuity error. English barristers and judges are permitted to remove their wigs when dealing with child witnesses in court. The idea is to make the setting less formal and confronting.

The trial is very silly in a lot of ways. I don't know if it undermines the ending to the first season, if only because it feels so totally disconnected from what came before. The people in the witness box feel so completely different from those who we met, and the events are so jarringly reinterpreted. Maybe you can…

Yeah, absolutely. The whole thing is well-acted, especially by Tennant and Rampling, but especially by Coleman. But the whole trial plot is, frankly, ridiculous. And the Sandbrook case is just a bit nothing.

I don't understand the grades. I've watched the whole thing, and my personal advice is that if you enjoyed the first season, leave it be. Sometimes, dead is better.

Now is the time to wonder: does The AV Club like 'The Dark Knight Rises' a lot more or a lot less than me?

"Interesting but presented in a fairly bland, straightforward manner" is a pretty accurate summation of this show's style. Bring on 'Daredevil'!

As to whether or not Americans can deal with non-American (but English-language) programming - I guess not? The fact that there needed to be an American Broadchurch and an American Luther probably prove that.

I know it's a neighbourhood in Queens, but not much more than that.

I feel like however real and relevant this series is described as being, it still exists in a mostly picture-perfect TV world. There are a lot of changes from the book that seem to make the whole thing much less relatable. Hector, for instance, works in a dead-end public sector job that's a long way from the glamour…

It's petty, but does it bother anyone else that the voiceover says 'Targaryen Air', but the logo says 'AirTargaryen'?

These episodes were a real last hurrah for 'The West Wing' as it was. It would never be the same after Sorkin left. It was already on its way to being diminished - rewatching the early seasons recently, it struck me how fallible the Bartlet White House was. While the President could be relied on to make a good…

You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley.