Ian Fleming, James Bond creator and general scrambled eggs obsessive

This episode felt as though it was pulling a Lost, realising it couldn't satisfactorily conclude the many plot threads left dangling across the season, so set its focus on the main one and cursorily brought in the one it couldn't avoid (Cartman at SpaceX). Not a bad strategy all things considered, though emblematic of…

Arrow's return to form has been absolutely astounding. I'd have to rewatch S2, but I feel like the first half of S5 is pulling ahead. All the characters have been put to good use. The reveals of the season arc are being well paced-out and don't feel as though time is being wasted, as per Damian Darhk's scheme last…

I thought this was going to be about the pope who introduced analytical psychology to the church. You know, The Jung Pope. Then I thought it was about the pope who was most famous for his love of knitting, The Yarn Pope. Then I thought it was about a pope who was into Chinese dualist philosophy for some reason and on…

Fantastic interpretation of the series' idea of consciousness through the Buddhist truths. It hadn't crossed my mind, but holds together very well in the way you map it out. Fine work.

On reflection, the season was almost entirely held together through atmosphere and performance. Evan Rachel Wood was as quietly extraordinary as she usually is. Tony Hopkins and Thandie Newton are always fun to watch. Jeffrey Wright and Ed Harris carry a sense of aged, cynical melancholy which makes shallow characters…

"The music in season two has been solid by and large, but even the best songs have been missing that manic touch[…]"

The character work in this episode was superlative, particularly Thea struggling to give up her family a second time, which only made the shortcuts in the execution of the surrounding concept all the more frustrating. This is probably a personal thing, but it annoys me to high heaven and back that every time a…

New theory: Bernard's not actually a robot. Ford just decided to fuck with Arnold for shits and giggles one night by swapping his 'Learn Esperanto While U Sleep' cassette for one telling him he is an unaware robot reincarnation of some genius cyberneticist and has to do everything Ford says from now on. Everything in…

The set and backdrop look like they cost about as much as one of the rats from Talons Of Weng-Chiang. Approximately a tuppence.

Who'd have thought the words 'elegant formal structures' could be so silkily erotic until Thandie Newton wrapped her tongue around them?

Goddamn it. I can't fault pedanticism when I'd do exactly the same thing.

Great episode for perfect deliveries of throwaway reaction lines. Josh's faintly distraught "What?" at being told Uno is a two-player game. Paula's "Oh no!" to 'skulk' momentarily losing its meaning. Not a line delivery, but Bex's wide-eyed reaction to poor Suzy Reynolds becoming a senator. Valencia's "Oh my…

Licence To Kill isn't my favourite Bond, but is in my top five. Many criticise it for not being 'Bond' enough, but that's a misnomer. True, the tone is less sparing and humourous than previous iterations, but that simply places it more in line with the Bond from the books than most of the movies. In fact, the movie…

Strong episode. Last week was a bit of a mess due to the last minute course corrections - although I laughed very, very hard at the Rickroll - but this week started tying everything together nicely and at last revealed the memberberries' endgame, going beyond the Cold War that the younger berries 'member from the…

I personally would like to think she had a sip before the explosion, just to make absolutely sure it wasn't Granny's Peach Tea.

To be fair to Wonder Woman, she's been about since at least the early 1900s. Going by every granny I've ever met, being able to open an attachment is a legitimate superpower for someone of her age.

Deanna's a lucky lady.

MISOGYNY SOMEHOW

Corbyn's very firmly on the left. Here's the Beeb's broad summary of his political history, beliefs and the people he's allied himself with: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/u…