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Wow, I was not watching this thread, I had no idea VDO is getting so busy! Great news. I will have to check out the Netflix series though I agree that I hope he will get to play a more sympathetic character at some point. I kind of doubt Vincent looks to play "bad guys" but I think he's seen as a character actor, so perhaps that explains some of it. I came here to mention that I saw Eric Bogosian playing a major role in last night's episode of Elementary and he was quite good. Now there's a show I would love to see Vincent guest on!

I believe he appeared in Bella, if I'm not mistaken. Whether he appeared previous to this season I'm not sure because I started watching this year, but I remember Sherlock commenting to the effect that Mason was a typical modern name given to children by parents who wouldn't dream of taking part in such a profession. So maybe that was his introductory scene. I enjoyed the episode though I agree the Hannah subplot was dull and probably took away from time that could have been better spent between Sherlock and Joan. Maybe the writers came up with it to give Gregson more to do.

LAFF is showing on 7-3 in New York City. Tivo is still listing it as Live Well, but that's par for the course I guess. I don't see any scheduled showings of Night Court yet unfortunately.

I had a similar reaction. It looks like an accident waiting to happen. I really thought the beekeeper guy should be starting a Kickstarter page instead. Maybe also the sneaker duo. Of course they probably wouldn't raise the same money as they would working with a shark, but it might be progress of a sort?

Yes, I really enjoyed that also. I especially enjoyed Sherlock's rather halting explanation to her that what he had originally meant to discuss was the nature of friendship, more to the point, their friendship. I think I am putting it more directly than he did, though, I like that they keep the Holmes/Watson relationship so subtle, and it is so well played by JLM and LL. I find hacker stories intriguing so enjoyed this though I wondered if there would be more of a connection with Bella (since that story seemed to have been left unresolved at the time), but I guess they weren't going there. More Clyde!

Ha, ha I enjoyed that tonight. Good to see Clyde again.

Hope you are all right sinkwriter! I enjoyed this one...though I must say the end of that preview's a little misleading....will post more later when people have had a chance to see it.

I can't help thinking, well, they killed off Tim's father, then they killed off Diane...seems to leave them with a smaller group of revolving visiting characters...I was seriously concerned that Delilah was going to get killed off in her last appearance, luckily she was with Tim at the time. What I am getting at is they seem to have painted themselves into a corner here where we end up with more Senior appearances than anyone can stand...maybe the writers should have thought about that first.

voiceover, I just saw your post tonight, I am so very very sorry over the loss of your dad. All of you are in my prayers and may he rest in peace. I am sure he knew he was very loved.

My prayers also for you and your dad voiceover. Also best wishes for Mr. Osborne.

Kind of relevant (?) question, does anyone remember when some tv shows started playing in widescreen? I caught the beginning of Quincy on METV the other day, and it looked genuinely widescreen, not stretched or distorted. Wasn't that show late 70s early 80s? I seem to remember the Law and Order shows not being widescreen for awhile (unless it was my old tube tv at the time making it look that way)? Interesting.

That's OK Athena :) I was thinking it would be nice if they at least would show us the full Rube Goldberg intro (I have favorited it on Youtube) and maybe a preview or two before the game.

Oh I misread, this is not showing until April 2 due to NCAA? Oh well.

Maybe it's related, I was sure that right before the episode there was a preview scene with Holmes saying "You have the wrong man" and Bell replying "then we're back to square one." But it didn't appear in the show correct? Or was that a "previously?" However, it's possible that people are remembering scenes in the preview that didn't appear in the episode?

As far as the violence went, aside from the gruesome attack on Sherlock by the victim's brother, it was actually all off screen, and I really had to think hard about the last time I saw a show of this type that showed neither a murder being committed nor a dead body. (The last one I remember was one of the original Perry Mason shows, when a character not even introduced is killed completely off screen and never shown). So in a way I think it intensified that the drama in this one was almost all psychological, which made it a really fine episode to me, I loved that the way it centered around Sherlock's doubt in his "former" self and in Joan's loyalty in refusing to believe he was in any way guilty, which loyalty turned out to be justified. But as said, he continues to feel doubt about other persons he can't remember... I loved that haunting string music they played over the scene where Sherlock tells Joan he's been accused. It was very strange yet moving. JLM and LL really made this one memorable to me. I would like to see more of this kind of (relative) stand-alone type of show, even if it does harken back to Holmes' back story. I agree that Oscar's behavior was sadly realistic. I half wondered if he would pick up the paper once Sherlock was out of sight but sadly he didn't...

I always get confused by the network related subchannels anyway, I don't know if it has to do with production companies but Decades on CBS is scheduled to show The Fugitive (ABC series), The Man from Uncle (NBC) and already showed all of Get Smart, which was on NBC except for CBS its last season. Not sure what the reason is for some of this, though I am very glad to see anyone airing The Fugitive these days.

Absolutely. Did the Academy really forget Shirley Temple? I for one hated the drawings (they looked like colored pencil to me with those dumb slanted lines over almost everyone's face) especially since they were clearly all copied from photographs anyway. I can't believe they don't use clips like TCM, why not just give in and use Turner's?

I tuned in in hope of Skoda winning the Oscar! Yes! Thanks to the Academy for always starting with best supporting actor. If they wanted to make this show classier, they would present the Governor's Award as part of the show live. Congrats to all four recipients, well deserved needless to say.

I had a recent HITG moment, watching an episode of Newhart when I saw an actor playing one of the backstage crew at the TV station and thought: "It's Richard Stahl!" He was great at somewhat world-weary guest characters; I had also seen him on Barney Miller, but as mentioned in his wiki page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stahl he made nine guest appearances on The Odd Couple, never playing the same character twice. (I can think of two offhand, The Frog, and The Odd Monks, the others escape me at the moment.) He was always great in guest roles.

I downgraded my cable after subscribing to Sling TV so I can still watch HGTV in the background. Today I randomly turn it on and they show the Flip or Flop with the roach infested house! Again! Do they run that one every other time or something? It's almost like they think the gross-out aspect has some kind of appeal or something.

They showed the Jack Soo tribute tonight, introduced by the cast as themselves. I don't think I'd ever seen it before. It was hilarious and sad. and perfect. That's how you do a tribute.

If anyone hasn't seen it, I recommend the film Letter from an Unknown Woman, in which he definitely plays a less sympathetic role. It's a brilliant film by Max Ophuls.

I just subscribed to Sling TV, and as a result downgraded to basic or "starter" cable with Time Warner. This way I can watch ESPN, TNT or HGTV if I want to see them occasionally, and otherwise I still have streaming services as well as the OTA channels (I also have a Tivo, which helps with DVR). I think Sling TV is a great solution, I just hope it remains popular enough that it continues to gain subscribers. The cable increases have been getting way out of control for the higher level packages.

It will be channel 7.3 in New York City. Looking forward to seeing Night Court again.

Antenna TV was doing a tribute to Gary Owens featuring him doing a bit for their channel during the commercial breaks tonight. I didn't realize until later that he had died today. RIP.