The Friday Article Roundup: Behind the Scenes
This Week, You Will Pull Back the Curtain On: A low-rated cop show from the…
A Collection Of Quotes I Like, Volume II
“But as far as effort goes: I don’t know what’s between zero and the city-mandated…
Degree Absolute
SPOILERS for The Prisoner, The Shield, and The Getaway (novel). Ever since I first watched the…
Know Your Evil: The Vimes/Dortmunder/Mackey Axis (by Miller)
SPOILERS for the first season of The Shield, mild spoilers for Discworld and Dortmunder. If…
Don’t Sweat It
In terms of ‘things that taught me about good storytelling’, one of the most powerful…
Taco Break: The Knocked Out Loaded Part
Everybody makes mistakes. The most notoriously disliked section of The Shield outside of a certain…
Ellroycast #6: L. A. Confidential with Tristan Nankervis (Drunk Napoleon)
Three protagonists take a journey that leads to many unexpected destinations. Is it Ellroy’s novel…
The Age Of The Antihero Will Never End
Spoilers for Steven Universe and The Shield. I saw a meme recently that put Rose…
Taco Break: Pilots That Worked The First Time, And Pilots That Didn’t
It’s a universally understood truth that sitcom pilots are , if not the worst episodes…
The discipline not to write setting: THE SHIELD and THE ORDER OF THE STICK
Try not to write when you’re living here! -Rosemary Howard (Carrie Fisher), 30 Rock As our…