I think I might know the meaning of the "Casper and Spooky were raped and murdered by Stevie" joke.

I think I might know the meaning of the "Casper and Spooky were raped and murdered by Stevie" joke.

Yep. And here's Superman ducking such a throw —because prop guns to the face fucking hurt!

Regarding Chuck's secret recording:

When Archer accesses Whitney and Stratton's lives as so screwed up that they'll probably die in a "bizarre murder/suicide"…well, I'll bet that's exactly how it's going to be "officially" reported in the next episode.

Riley 1060 nailed it when he wrote that this show was the spiritual grandson of The Rockford Files. (—And maybe the closest we'll ever get to seeing what The Big Lebowski might have felt like as a TV series.)

In an episode where the sound effects troops were consistently victorious, here's another one worth mentioning: The sound of Archer's pants-stretching erection when Veronica touches his arm.

Here's yet another subtle bit of editing and staging perfection: At the end of the episode, when Elizabeth throws that strike, we first see her from up the lane as she bowls the ball towards "us." When she sent the ball on its way, I was gauging the ball's alignment with the targeting arrows, and could see she…

Here's yet another subtle bit of editing and staging perfection: At the end of the episode, when Elizabeth throws that strike, we first see her from up the lane as she bowls the ball towards "us." When she sent the ball on its way, I was gauging the ball's alignment with the targeting arrows, and could see she…

My guess is this: First, it's all filmed on one side of the border, the U.S. side (just because it IS a bitch getting through the massive amounts of paperwork —and added expenses, especially for insurance— of shooting a union show in two countries).

I doubt that's an actual Border Crossing.

No, it's definitely one long single shot, unedited and with no special effects. Here's a Making Of vid I found: http://www.amc.com/shows/be…

I don't think you're right about any of this.

Regarding the opening long take: No, that's clearly not a drone shot. I'd say it was a rolling crane, steadicam, and either a dolly or motorized cart —all used in tandem/succession/combination.

Dig this subtle and deep bit of manipulation: It's something I noticed about the scene where Philip has his private bedside talk with Paige (pictured above). Notice that he's changed into a simple all-black shirt-and-pants combo, with a white slot of T-shirt showing at his neck. He's dressed himself to subliminally…

When Mike gauges his trembling hand, I was reminded of the scene in The Maltese Falcon where Bogart/Sam Spade (whose valorous "codes" I see mirrored in Mike's) first meets Sydney Greenstreet. He ends the confrontation by being threatening and violent, smashing a liquor glass and making demands before storming out. …

Did I hear this correctly? Each of the Film students was getting paid a hundred bucks for their work? If so, that's $200, the same amount that Mike is offered for the "bodyguard" gig. Seems entry-level pay to help protect put-upon people is fairly equal no matter what the venue.

Well, maybe this: The composition was originally incidental music for Moliere's "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme," which satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class and the vain, snobbish aristocracy. Jimmy and Chuck can certainly be said to,…

I loved the standing tears in Chuck's eyes when he sat down at the piano for the last time, and found himself being measured by the perfection of the metronome. Beautiful acting, that.

Here's a runner-up I'd suggest for "P": Prizzi's Honor, with its absurd dark-comedy love affair between two killers, along with an operatically brokenhearted mafia daughter biding her time until that affair inevitably ends badly, so that "true love" might gets its chance.