Ha. erika, you slay me. I'm actually fascinated to know that I could actually offer my favorite 16 year old four and a half vials rather than the dvds. Which gift keeps on giving long, do ya think?

Thanks for the tip David! I'm off to deep discount.

Hey, erika, give Rome another shot. I really enjoyed it...and there is plenty of bloodnguts, intrigue, cringeworthy bad choices and comedy gold. Polly Walker screeching, "Everyone appreciates the gift of large penis!" is worth the ticket price.

500 posts? dayum.

Addiction is quite a heinous gift with purchase, Beej. I think I'd reccommend the entertainment that's like crack rather than actual red-tops.

ack FINALLY saw the Wire finale last night and ... just..ow.

BODIE! THEY KILLED BODIE. He was also always one of my favorites. I could tell it was going to happen but still hoped he'd escape somehow. dag. And they brought Steve Earle back to help Bubbles poor Bubbles. And McNulty is drawn back in!!! And poor poor Michael and Dukie and ohmybaby Randy. And look who has a chance?! Namond. wow...Best Season Ever. (although I say that after every season I think)

Best Season Ever. (although I say that after every season I think)

I think you're right every single time.

I think this is really it, though. I love Bodie...gonna miss him. "These young'uns today don't have no work ethic."

So. Dexter finale.

Yeah, I shouldn't be allowed to watch TV, really. I had NO idea that Rudy would turn out to be Dexter's brother. No clue. Oh, well.

The way Dexter looked sort of forlornly at Deb when she was saran wrapped to the table and said, "I'm very fond of her," was a little heart-breaking.

The relentlessness of Doakes' distrust and dislike of Dexter is/has been so funny and fierce. Their tussle at the cargo container was fantastic.

I will miss this show while it's gone.

Dexter: I'm curious where it will go next year with Rudy dead It was a nice driving sub plot. Cool show. Can't wait. So when does it return?

Fall 2007 according to press I've read in the last few days.

Yeah, I shouldn't be allowed to watch TV, really. I had NO idea that Rudy would turn out to be Dexter's brother. No clue. Oh, well.

Dude, neither did I until I read the book, and I had to sit on it when I was talking with people because I couldn't spoil! Couldn't! But that whole gorgeous setup, of Rudy ingratiating himself with Deb in order to fully supplant her as Dexter's sibling, gyah. I can't wait to watch this season all the way through again; I just loved it.

The way Dexter looked sort of forlornly at Deb when she was saran wrapped to the table and said, "I'm very fond of her," was a little heart-breaking.

Amazing. Watching MCH break Dexter's trusty facade into little pieces was just incredible. This is really my favorite of the shows I've watched this year. It's just...amazing.

The relentlessness of Doakes' distrust and dislike of Dexter is/has been so funny and fierce. Their tussle at the cargo container was fantastic.

I loved that moment when Doakes said, triumphantly and smugly, "Not the little lab rat after all!" Fantastic. Though it says very interesting things about Doakes, like Dexter pointed out at the beginning of the season--"He's the only one who sees me as I really am." But why is that?

Erm, I'm not sure if this is kosher, but I'll whitefront it and delete if it is, but in the book Rudy doesn't die, he escapes, and thereby leaves the door open for his return; so it was a huge shock to me to watch Dexter kill him. I think I would have preferred it if Rudy was left alive. It would have been more interesting in the long run.

I can't wait for next season. This is just my favorite show.

Speaking of things coming back, I am so stoked that Rome is back in January. I *loved* it when I watched it the summer before last, and while I am pleased that taking so long for them to produce a new season is a nod to the extent to which they are putting work and creative energy into it, the five year old in me wants it NOW!

So, History Channel is showing Franco Zeferelli's 1977 mini-series Jesus of Nazareth, and who should be playing Judas but our very own Al Swearingen!

I keep wanting him to call somebody a cocksucker, and refer to the pious rabble as hoopleheads.