We’re doing it live this week, as DePaul’s Star Trek Celebration will be eating into Kate’s editing time. There’s still plenty of TV to discuss, however, and we kick things off with the comedy and genre entries, including some thoughts on the White House Correspondents Dinner and the Person of Interest, Penny Dreadful, and Houdini & Doyle premieres. Then we move on to the dramas, including some belated pilot talk from Kate—spoiler alert, y’all were right and Vinyl is terrible—and lengthy chats on The Night Manager, The Path, and Underground. Afterward, Dr. West Anthony of Musical Notation joins us at the DVD Shelf to talk New York filming and stern talking-tos in the ‘80s action procedural The Equalizer.
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DVD Shelf: The Equalizer with Dr. West Anthony (1:38:48)
Our Week in Comedy and Genre
2016 White House Correspondents Dinner (4:47)
Jane the Virgin (14:09)
Person of Interest premiere (23:03)
Houdini & Doyle pilot (28:14)
Penny Dreadful premiere (32:22)
Outlander (36:05)
Game of Thrones (37:51)
DC’s Live Action TV Roundup: Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, The Flash (40:04)
Our Week in Drama
Kate’s Pilot Catchup (50:32)
The Americans (58:47)
Elementary (1:00:45)
The Night Manager (1:06:56)
The Path (1:15:41)
Underground (1:25:57)
Music Featured: Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, II. Allegretto, performed by the London Classical Players; “Back Where I Began” by Pure X; The Equalizer Theme song
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About “your” comments with Person of Interest using Sony PS3 PlayStations: in 2010 the US Air Force built a supercomputer using 1700 PS3s and Gnu Linux as the operating system. Not as farfetched as you stated.
US Air Force connects 1,760 PlayStation 3’s to build supercomputer
December 2, 2010 by Lisa Zyga
http://phys.org/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html
Regarding Game of Thrones, I agree the focus on Melisandre’s crisis of faith was good. What did not work for me at all was Davos. He had no idea it was possible, he had no significant connection to Jon that would make him prioritize him over Stannis or even Shireen or Davos’ son, Then afterward he basically kicks Melisandre out of the room (who does he think he is?) so he can express befuddlement that such a thing is possible.