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This has got to be one of the best reviews I have read on PTV, thank you Jeff Alexander. I spent all night disliking the ambiguity of the ending ("Inception" much, eh?) but your review turned my entire opinion around.

Am i the only one who feels like they have found in Seth Meyers a reasonably satisfactory replacement for Jon Stewart? (Sorry Noah...)

Thank you for a really well written review,

Chore for weekend: figuring out how to get on Starz. Seriously, I loved this book. Just when a reader thinks that there can be no new plots in the world, Gaiman shows up with American Gods that has a concept and plot that is simply amazing. Knowing he is on board this production makes me relax a little.

Everyone is analyzing the technology thing, but I think it has something to do with Gloria's failure to be able to trigger an automatic sensor. Also, unless I am mistaken, when she talks on a cell phone, her message does not get through to the other party on the line. (Didn't that happen more then once so far? I know there are Eagle-Eyed Forum Spotters who could tell me this.) And this is why she did not use computers in her police station - it isn't that she isn't tech-savvy; it is that they don't work for her. I'm not saying that she's an alien BUT.......... Irv did what he did because he is old and back in 2010 oldsters were not aware that clicking on an attachment could bring down a system. Hell, in my office someone did that just last year and mucked everything up for weeks.

I agree with you that Nikki is cray-cray, but while you are thinking she is much more calculating than she looks, I am thinking that she is just a dope, plain and simple. She thinks she can compete at bridge on a master-level because she is deluded (maybe narcissistic behavior?). I mean, she believes that her boyfriend's chi is holding her back. and that indicates the level of her delusion. Perhaps she thinks that she got a bad deal in life so karma owes her something wonderful - to be a master bridge winner. Preemptively blaming Ray's chi may be a way to set up an excuse when she fails at bridge. ("See, it was him , not me that led to this disaster.") But the while thing with the tampon is SO out there - no matter how angry or frustrated I may be at any given moment, the idea of whipping out a tampon as revenge would NEVER cross my mind. Besides, DNA, anyone?

I haven't put this together yet, but I am sure this whole Chuck/Jimmy pissing match is getting us to Saul Goodman. Somehow, Jimmy will agree to sign a plea deal that James McGill never practices law again in the State of Arizona, and then changes is name to Saul Goodman since Slippin' Jimmy would not see that as violating the agreement.

Hee. TA Son and I used to critique McKenzie's outfits each week, but I have completely resisted this season. Perhaps it is because TA Son is now at college, or maybe it is that I have gotten used to the fact that shorter and tighter and glitzier is better where McKenzie's stylist is concerned. Yes, without a doubt, she can pull off those super tight super short and super sequiney dresses, and she seems like a lovely woman, but she also looked lovely in jeans the few times she has worn them, and these dresses make her seem more like a Price Is Right model than the host of a show focused on skill, creativity and imagination. Just sayin...

I LOVED this season, and then disliked the finale show. It felt rushed. It's really nice that they have the make-up photos at the website, but dammit I wanted to see them closer during the show, pre-winner announcement, so I could make my own completely amateurish decision based just on what I saw. And I wish I did hear some criticism, or at the very least, the rationale behind picking Cig. Not saying he didn't deserve to win (I kind of liked his dragon the most of all of them - from what I could see) but what set his apart for the experts? From my standpoint, and in agreement with ENOUGHCATS, it seemed to me right away that if you got stuck with a bird, you were working with a disadvantage. When they got their picks, I thought, "Well, now, tiger and dragon...Cig's got it in the bag." If I had heard what the judges thought, the choice of Cig might not have seem so predestined.

The Andrea Martin article in New York says that the inspiration was that Tracy Wigfield's mother used to drop in on her daughter - at work - all the time, and that Tina Fey thought this was hilarious. So, I guess the premise has some foundation in fact and not mere pandering to comedy audiences. BUT, I must say, the idea of a mother dropping in on her children at work seems to me to be the basis of a horror movie, rather than a sitcom. Will I watch this thinking, "just tell her to go home, for pete's sake" because this is taking helicoptering to a new non-funny level.

LORIMAC - I looked up Gus' daughter's name in Fargo 1 and it was Greta Grimly. Also, copied/pasted this from EW recap: After her son, Nathan, forgets the birthday gift Gloria’s stepdad, Enis, gave him, the chief turns around to retrieve the figurine. The scene Gloria finds is a mess. Enis is dead, and he left some scuff marks on the floor. Maurice ransacked the house searching for the stamp, but he happened to miss the stash of old pulp novels hidden beneath the floorboards. (For those of you who didn’t feel compelled to pause, the books are called The Dungeon Lurk and The Planet Wyh, and no, I don’t know what they mean.) There does seem to be some larger significance to the books, however. Enis appears to be a bit of a sci-fi nerd. When Maurice came a-knockin’, he was waking up after falling asleep in front of a UFO movie that very well may have been footage from Fargo season 2’s climactic shootout. Also, the figurine he gave Nathan looks like it was modeled off of the Dungeon Lurk cover. Thanks! If I were a conspiracy theorist, or writing for X-Files, I would say that Gloria is actually an alien - that why her dad is just her "step"dad, and why sensors don't see her. But this is Fargo, so she is probably just a minnesotan.

I don't know, considering the task at hand was a simple burglary, Ray probably chose the petty criminal that he thought less likely to blackmail him or ask for a cut of the loot. And that means getting the guy who would be too stupid or stoned to realice that he now has leverage on Ray. Good point, although I am still not seeing Ray as a guy who thinks that far ahead - for example, how did he think he would get rid of a stolen stamp that really could only be sold to collectors.

Evagirl: Could you see what the model was? I am not sure why I want to know this, but since it matches the sci-fi cover, and since an upcoming character is rumored to be a sci-fi writer, it would be interesting to know. I must have missed something in the scene in the house. It was so dark and that damn soundtrack was completely distracting in that scene. Is it really that hard to turn on the lights? (Maurice did not look like the kind of guy who would have cut the power, and besides the fridge seemed to be running so why not flip on a light?) Anyway, OK, so Gloria is walking around in the dark and finds the dead guy. Then she hears a noise upstairs and runs out to the car to get her gun and secure her son. She goes back to the house and there is no one in it. So who stepped on the loose board upstairs while she was downstairs in the kitchen if we didn't see anyone leave? Also: Just some guessin' here, but I am trying to place Gloria Burgle. If the dead guy was her step-father, could her real father be the Colin Hanks character? Does anyone remember what his daughter's name was? We know Molly married that guy, but he could have died, and Molly could have remarried. On the other hand, if Fargo 1 really was set in 2006 (why did I think it was set in the 90s?) this makes no sense. I suppose I just like the idea that there is a good cop gene that is running through one family. Linking into the looking for links, do we think the old dead guy was one of the two Germans in the opening scene? Finally, the one thing that rang false to me was Ray choosing Maurice to do the dirty work. It seemed amazingly clear that Maurice was stupid - even stupider after pot and booze. Ray may not be a genius, but picking Maurice out of all the petty criminals that Ray must know seemed really bone-headed. Plotwise as soon as you met Maurice, you knew this guy was going to mistakenly kill someone - so that was telegraphed. Loved the scene in the bathtub with the phones and also Ray's missed cue when Nikki stands up in the tub was really well done. Gloria's invisibility to sensors is a great bit, and let's see if it is a critical element in some future standoff. PS: Jeff, Don't you count the splatter on the snow after the AC "accident" as a check on the 'Blood on the Tundra" box?

Oh My God - I forgot how much I love Ozzy!! Oh my darling, it has been a long 8 years, but now I am reunited with your presence on Survivor, and I can enjoy the customary lack of drama/ChallengeMonsterness that is you, my dearest! Alas, I know that as soon as the merge arrives, the rest of the mere mortals will vote your ass off as soon as they can...sigh.... but until then......

Just want to be a fly on the wall the first time he tells his wife that she has to 'leave the tribal council area immediately.'

OK , I know this is not Project Runway, but I have to say McKenzie is rocking that dress, and , please note - it is knee length and has sleeves! This proves she can look great in something other than a super mini sheath. Go girl! Post commercial break - um, well.... Well, good episode!!!

Evidence is a gray area in the law - that is why there are so many exceptions to evidence that there are actual colored flowcharts on the internet for law students to study. But I am with you 100% on the Jimmy-on-the-show vs. Jimmy-in-real-life. I don;t know if it would be worse or better if we didn't know where he will end up.

OK, I am having a really hard time with Kim and the whole "fabrication of evidence" thing. Evidence of what? Is she saying he fabricated evidence of a non-crime? Then is that "evidence"? First of all, the real primary crime -if the cops had known about it - was selling drugs. The video had nothing to do with that. Nor did it have anything to do with the baseball card theft. The ethical problem here was Jimmy straight out lying to the police. Kim getting on her high horse about the stupid videos makes no sense if she was just cracking up about how Jimmy lied to the police. She's all 'oh that's so funny' and then he tells her he actually filmed videos of Wormald and the pies, and she suddenly gets all virtuous. I found that more offensive than her taking part in the wealth manager manipulation. Also, I never get these sibling rivalry things. Do older siblings really have such amazing psychic power over younger siblings? Chuck demonstrated his lack of love for Jimmy in season one - why on earth would Jimmy give a rat's ass about what Chuck thought of him. Chuck is a mental case, and he is controlling, vindictive and wants to see Jimmy fail. This is clear. It makes me think less of Jimmy that he still seems to care. Get a grip, guy. Next time your brother calls your name, take out the cellphone and walk over to him - that will show him who's really in charge. All these complaints aside - I LOVE this show!!

Am I the only person who thought "Bottle brush!" when they saw Mitchell's design? They needed to eliminate two, not save two* -in fact I would have also eliminated Sam's net jumpsuit too - It did not remind me of sports - it reminded me of the bags one uses to wash lingerie in the washing machine. But, there were more looks I liked than looks I did not like, so I am optimistic. I used to feel sorry for Alyssa Milano when I saw the outfits they were stuffing her into, but at this point, there is just no excuse. She must understand that she can wear whatever she wants, and I am sure she can demand flattering clothes, so there was absolutely no excuse for the two messes she wore last night, By this time, it is on her. And, oh dear, now I have the Daniel Franco song running through my head

I missed this show last week, and TA Son told me I had missed nothing - he said, "Really, do not bother catching up. Trust me on this - you will just be all pissed off because the challenge was relatively easy and yet, they all missed the mark except the winner." But I couldn't resist watching (who listens to their kids, anyway?) and God, he was right. But I did miss McKenzie in pants!!

I kind of liked this episode. It was clear who the losers were, although I did not think that Anna and Yvonne's was that bad - they were dealing with Quilt Fairy's issue, of showing a parasitic infection bursting from the skin without dealing with having to show shards of bone everywhere. Thought the whirling worm was interesting but not effective in the long run. TA Son has taken to calling Mel the "Anti-Nora" because she seems to delight in freaking out when there is nothing to freak out about -it's wearing thin. Anywho, glad to see McKenzie's knees are still doing OK in their fight to be free.

This may say more about the week I am having, but sh-t, this made my week!

Hasn't Anna been part of the winning or top two team in all challenges so far? Last week she seemed to be the one talking Mel off the ledge, sculpt-wise, and then Mel wins even though she needed to be talked into what she did. Thus time, Anna pushed Yvonne past her first idea into the full-on helmet sculpt, and she wins for that! I suppose Anna is just waiting for the non-team challenges. As far as the MacKenzie dress critique, her knees continue to suffer their aversion to fabric, hence the romper..... but I really liked her hairdo out in the desert - that was really neat!

Much better than episode one. I've got to ask though. Both Duchovny and Andersen seem to be speaking with hoarse voices. Is that an acting choice, are they both sick, or do they both really sound like that now Couch Hubby actually asked if Gilian Anderson had survived throat cancer, or if she always sounded that way.

OK, TA Son says that the real conspiracy here is that there are not 6 new X Files, there are actually 7. If you get the same commercials we get, it is clear that the seventh XFile is the brainwashing by Ford to make the entire American viewing public think that some how they control the weather if they drive a Ford. TASon says this conspiracy has already infiltrated the XFiles production team which only skips the inevitable driving through a thunderstorm commercial if Scully and Mulder pull up in a Ford during the next segment of the show. hmmmmmmmmmmm......