Dream Emmy Ballot 2013: Lead Actor in a Comedy

Alec Baldwin - "Jack Donaghy", 30 Rock
Jason Bateman - "Michael Bluth", Arrested Development
Louis CK - "Louie", Louie
Jake Johnson - "Nick Miller", New Girl
Joel McHale - "Jeff Winger", Community
Adam Scott - "Ben Wyatt", Parks and Recreation

Honorable Mentions: Justin Bartha, The New Normal; Rob Lowe, Parks and Recreation; Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother; Andrew Rannells, The New Normal; Jeremy Sisto, Suburgatory

Honestly, I wonder sometimes if Rob Lowe might have been nominated for an Emmy if not for this bizarre insistence on being considered in the Lead category.

I wouldn't be surprised to see: Don Cheadle, House of Lies; Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men; Garret Dillahunt, Raising Hope; David Duchovny, Californication; Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory; Ashton Kutcher, Two and a Half Men; Matt LeBlanc, Episodes; Marc Maron, Maron; Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory; Matthew Perry, Go On; Charlie Sheen, Anger Management

Dream Emmy Ballot 2013: Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Jenna Fischer - "Pam Beesley Halpert", The Office
Angela Kinsey - "Angela Lipton", The Office
Zosia Mamet - "Shoshanna Shapiro", Girls
Kate McKinnon - "Misc. Characters", Saturday Night Live
Alia Shawkat - "Maeby Funke", Arrested Development
Casey Wilson - "Penny Hartz", Happy Endings



Honorable Mentions: Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live; Sufe Bradshaw, Veep; Carly Chaikin, Suburgatory; Anna Chlumsky, Veep; Eliza Coupe, Happy Endings; Elisha Cuthbert, Happy Endings; Ana Gasteyer, Suburgatory; Allie Grant, Suburgatory; Rashida Jones, Parks and Recreation; Ellie Kemper, The Office; Jemima Kirke, Girls; Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock; Christa Miller, Cougar Town; Busy Philipps, Cougar Town; Aubrey Plaza, Parks and Recreation; Retta, Parks and Recreation; Hannah Simone, New Girl; Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live; Jessica Walter, Arrested Development; Allison Williams, Girls; Bebe Wood, The New Normal

I wouldn't be surprised to see: Ellen Barkin, The New Normal; Kristen Bell, House of Lies; Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory; Julie Bowen, Modern Family; Carrie Brownstein, Portlandia; Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory; Sarah Hyland, Modern Family; Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope; Jane Lynch, Glee; Melissa Rauch, The Big Bang Theory; Maya Rudolph, Up All Night; Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer; Eden Sher, The Middle; Anna Deavere Smith, Nurse Jackie; Lily Tomlin, Malibu Country; Sofia Vergara, Modern Family; Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie; Betty White, Hot in Cleveland; Julie White, Go On; Ariel Winter, Modern Family

Dream Emmy Ballot 2013: Guest Actress in a Comedy

Maria Bamford - "DeBrie Bardeaux", Arrested Development
Parker Posey - "Liz", Louie
Molly Shannon - "Eileen Foliente", Enlightened
Jenny Slate - "Mona Lisa", Parks and Recreation
Octavia Spencer - "Herself", 30 Rock
Kristen Wiig - "Young Lucille Bluth", Arrested Development



Honorable Mentions: Shiri Appleby, Girls; Melissa Benoist, Glee; Christie Brinkley, Parks and Recreation; Patty Duke, Glee; Melora Hardin, The Office; Kate Hudson, Glee; Lucy Lawless, Parks and Recreation; Melissa Leo, Louie; Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live; Liza Minnelli, Arrested Development; Olivia Munn, New Girl; Lauren Potter, Glee; Bunnie Rivera, Suburgatory; Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

Wouldn't be surprised to see: Maria Bamford, Louie; Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family; Rosanne Barr, The Office; Courteney Cox, Go On; Miley Cyrus, Two and a Half Men; Isla Fisher, Arrested Development; Lauren Graham, Go On; Judy Greer, Arrested Development; Marilu Henner, Two and a Half Men; Dot-Marie Jones, Glee; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Weeds; Shelley Long, Modern Family; Kate Micucci, The Big Bang Theory; Catherine O'Hara, 30 Rock; Sarah Jessica Parker, Glee; Chloe Sevigny, Louie; Courney Thorne-Smith, Two and a Half Men; Mae Whitman, Arrested Development; Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

Dream Emmy Ballot 2013: Guest Actor in a Comedy

Terry Crews - "Herbert Love", Arrested Development
Dermot Mulroney - "Jeff Flender", Enlightened
Chris O'Dowd - "Thomas-John", Girls
Patton Oswalt - "Garth Blundin", Parks and Recreation
Andrew Rannells - "Elijah", Girls
Ben Stiller - "Tony Wonder", Arrested Development

Trust me when I say there's text already written to go with this but I've realized that I vastly overestimated my typing speed and thus will leave this as a placeholder for the future. Maybe not too distantly!

Honorable Mentions: Will Arnett, 30 Rock; Chris Diamantopoulos, Arrested Development; Mark Duplass, The Mindy Project; Dennis Farina, New Girl; Will Forte, 30 Rock; Anders Holm, The Mindy Project; Nick Kroll, Parks and Recreation; Jason Mantzoukas, Parks and Recreation; James Marsden, 30 Rock; Rob Reiner, New Girl; Seth Rogen, The Mindy Project; Jason Schwartzman, Parks and Recreation; David Walton, New Girl; Patrick Wilson, Girls; Henry Winkler, Arrested Development; Dean Winters, 30 Rock

Wouldn't be surprised to see: F. Murray Abraham, Louie; Benjamin Bratt, Modern Family; Matthew Broderick, Modern Family; Louis CK, Saturday Night Live; Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie; Matt Damon, House of Lies; Kevin Hart, Saturday Night Live; Judd Hirsch, Maron; Ron Howard, Arrested Development; Nathan Lane, Modern Family; Jay Leno, Louie; David Lynch, Louie; Kyle McLachlan, Portlandia; Garry Marshall, Louie; Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory; Mike O'Malley, Glee; Seth Rogen, Arrested Development; Martin Short, Saturday Night Live; John Slattery, Arrested Development; Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live; Fred Willard, Modern Family; Robin Williams, Louie

Dream Emmy Ballot 2013: The Unsubmitted

Post dump! I've been so delinquent about posting this entire calendar year that I really wanted to try to get these in under the wire, pre-nomination announcement.

Natalie Dormer - "Irene Adler", Elementary

I don't expect Elementary to make a big showing among the nominees this year, but was still disappointed to see her name only in play for Game of Thrones. Coming at the end of the season, long after Lucy Liu's Watson had disproved initial suspicions of gimmickry in the show's gender swap, Dormer's performance reinforced the extent to which Elementary is gloriously doing their own thing. For the twist to work, Dormer had to present herself as equally self-assured in Irene's banter-heavy chemistry with Sherlock, and Moriarty's egomaniacal delight in presenting herself as the criminal mastermind. 

Raymond J. Barry - "Old Nick", New Girl
Merritt Wever - "Elizabeth", New Girl

Both were standouts in a season where New Girl made a big leap forward in their use of guest stars. Barry's crabby energy made it believable that Nick would entertain the idea that a future version of himself had travelled back through time. And Wever's skill with her particular combination of enthusiasm and deadpan - if there's such a thing as acerbic joie de vivre, she might be the master of it - played perfectly against Max Greenfield in working to undercut Schmidt's vainest tendencies.

Chris Coy - "LP Everett", Treme
Michiel Huisman - "Sonny", Treme

Treme has regrettably never been a big Emmy contender, but still draws upon a number of affecting performances to travel down different paths in the show's New Orleans. Coy's non-native investigative reporter spoke to an enduring belief in the potential for the press as a vehicle for change in the face of an entrenched system designed to resist any accusation of corruption or malfeasance. Huisman, like Andre Royo on The Wire before him, shone in the addiction-downfall-and-redeption storyline this year, something most Treme viewers probably couldn't imagine at the end of the show's first season.

James Wolk - "Bob Benson", Mad Men

I actually flipped back and forth between the Supporting and Guest Actor pdfs a few times because I was so shocked not to see Wolk listed. Among viewers of Mad Men, his performance was the buzziest of the season. As the season progressed, the unrelenting cheeriness of Bob's public face grew more unsettling among the increasingly cynical cast of Mad Men characters, and Wolk excelled in the season's later episodes, letting Bob's mask drop by only millimeters and showing in flickers how fast and hard his mental gears were always turning.

Tony Hale - "Buster Bluth", Arrested Development

I can't have been the only Arrested Development season 4 viewer who felt by the middle of the season like they were constantly wondering, "Where's Buster?" Hale's absence from much of the season was the clearest failure of the show's "film whoever's available" model, and even coming near the end the Buster-focused episode was one of the season's best and most narratively cohesive. The Bluths' maniacal egotism needs Buster's guilelessness to be easier to handle in the aggregate.

Nat Faxon - "Ben Fox", Ben & Kate
Lucy Punch - "BJ", Ben & Kate

Again, I don't blame them for sitting this one out, as Ben & Kate was gone by midseason, left only to the fond memories of its fans. But Faxon and Punch's manic irreverence was key to what made the show unique. I was also disappointed not to see Faxon because I always have trouble filling a full slate in the Lead Actor in a Comedy category.

Cheyenne Jackson - "Billy", Behind the Candelabra

Coming at the beginning of Behind the Candelabra, Jackson's performance quietly signals to film's arc largely through body language. Jackson as Billy refuses to be ignored - it's through his hostile looks and defensive postures that we can see Scott's downfall as Liberace's romantic cycle clicks back to the start again in the last third of the movie.

Jessica Brown Findlay - "Sybil Branson", Downton Abbey
Allen Leech - "Tom Branson", Downton Abbey

I hope Julian Fellowes varies his m.o. a little and kills off fewer characters played by departing actors in future seasons. But it's difficult to quibble with his tactics when they result in an episode as heartbreaking as the one in which Sybil dies in childbirth. In a season where the dramatic engine behind Downton Abbey's storylines often felt rote and uninspired, the unexpected tragedy was affecting, and more, felt historically honest.

Misc. Cast of Bunheads (Bailey Buntain, Emma Dumont, Kaitlyn Jenkins, Julia Goldani Telles)

The young cast of Bunheads are not only skilled, emotive dancers, but jumped in feet-first with Amy Sherman-Palladino's notoriously quick patter and formed the show's strong emotional core.

Misc. Cast of Call the Midwife (Jenny Agutter, Laura Main, Stephen McGann)
Misc. Cast of The Bletchley Circle (Anna Maxwell Martin, Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham, Sophie Rundle)

I'm not surprised that PBS seems to be throwing whatever campaign muscle they have behind Downton Abbey and Mr. Selfridge, but I'd have liked to see more names from Call the Midwife, and any names from The Bletchley Circle. Together, the two shows portrayed a vibrant and complex range of post-World War II womanhood. Sister Bernadette's story in falling in love with Dr. Turner and deciding to leave the order was Call the Midwife's best story arc across its second season. And Anna Maxwell Martin seems able to jump in at any point across the last 200 years of British history with portrayals of quiet yet strong women.

As an addendum, I'll say that I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of returning players from last year's post show up on the ballot this year. I like to think that the post made it to the eyes of some beleaguered intern toiling in the bowels of a talent agency somewhere tasked with collecting favorable notices of their clients.

Idle Thoughts

I'm not sure that I understand what specifically it is that people think they're going to get from an Arrested Development movie that can't be accomplished by picking your six favorite episodes and holding a mini-marathon. Regardless, I wish the creative personnel would just go radio silent on the whole project until it is actually for real in production. The more time passes, the clearer it is that nothing is officially happening until a studio says so in a press release.

Best of the 00s: Favorite Episodes

Alias, "Phase One," 1/26/03

It's always interesting to see how the networks use the post-Super Bowl slot. Some launch new shows, others feature guest-star-packed episodes of already popular shows. Another tactic is to use the slot to try to juice the ratings of a good show that may not be getting the attention it deserves. At the beginning of 2003 Alias was in the middle of its second season, critically beloved but with middling ratings. Blessed by ABC with the post-Super Bowl opportunity, J.J. Abrams and company pulled out a "Go Big or Go Home" episode that functioned as a rare mid-season gamechanger in exploding the show's structure. The elimination of SD-6 and its partners, which erased Sydney's status as a double agent and freed her to finally make out with Vaughn, was an unquestionably bold move for the show and one that paid off, at least until the season-ending time jump. The episode-ending shot of Francie shot through the head by her double remains, for me, one of the most haunting images of the decade in TV.

Arrested Development, "Motherboy XXX," 3/13/05

One of the things that made AD great was the show's offbeat universe. Motherboy is one of the more fantastically weird creations, building on Lucille and Buster's codependent relationship by introducing a creepy mother-son costumed dance. The building insanity that ensues when Lucille decides to kidnap George Michael rather than deal with Buster's recent hand loss features some of the show's funniest situations and images - my personal favorite is Jessica Walter and Michael Cera in costume as Sonny and Cher. What's more, the episode also features the excellent meta reference of having Henry Winkler jump over a shark, which the writers must have found too irresistible to exclude.

Veronica Mars, "A Trip to the Dentist," 5/3/05

I've already written about how much I love this episode, so those points don't really need to be reiterated. Tightly written, evocative of the insularity of high school, fully rooted in the show's universe, features Teddy Dunn's best scenes as Duncan, brilliantly sets up the following season finale. What more could you ask for?

The Office, "The Dundies," 9/20/05

As the show's second-season premiere, "The Dundies" was a big show for The Office. The show's writers needed to prove that they could move out from the shadow of the British original and be more dynamic than the slow-starter first season. The Mindy Kaling-penned episode does all that and more, working to more clearly establish the Dunder Mifflin staff outside of the main credits group and making Michael Scott a noticeably softer character than David Brent.

How I Met Your Mother, "Slap Bet," 11/20/06

HIMYM is a show with writers who love continuity - that is, continued references to people, places and things contained within the show's universe. One of the best things about "Slap Bet" is that the first time you watch it, if you're unspoiled, the ending is impossible to predict. Robin's cagey refusal to go to the mall leads to the rest of the group speculating on her rationale, leading to the infamous titular bet between Barney and Marshall. The ultimate revelation of Robin's past as a Canadian pop star (with hit single "Let's Go to the Mall") makes the episode great. The launching of the running joke of the slap bet, with Marshall ultimately winning the opportunity to slap Barney five times from now until he dies, makes the episode classic.

Battlestar Galactica, "Unfinished Business," 12/1/06

Any show that utilizes a significant jump in time - say, a year or more - ultimately faces the dilemma of how to deal with the lost time afterward. Too much exposition renders the jump essentially pointless, while too little can leave viewers with a surplus of unanswered questions. "Unfinished Business" found the perfect level of revelation - focusing on one hopeful day early in the New Caprica settlement emphasizes the origins of the descent into misery that defined BSG's third season, while still leaving much to the imagination in the time jump. The framing device of military-rank-independent boxing serves the flashbacks so well that it doesn't feel as abruptly introduced as it could have been and allows for great little character moments from Tigh, Cottle and especially Roslin. Truthfully, it's also probably the last time Lee and Kara's relationship (see clip below) didn't seem like it was based on creating needless drama out of thin air.

30 Rock, "Hardball," 2/22/07

30 Rock's stellar first season is full of gems, but this has always been my favorite. One of 30 Rock's best ongoing devices is bringing in real NBC personalities to give the show's universe a semi-fictional air (the best, in my opinion, have been Lester Holt announcing that the Black Crusaders are after Tracy, and any time Brian Williams is on.) This episode's use of Chris Matthews and Tucker Carlson, as Jenna appears on Hardball to apologize for an unintended slight against America's troops, results in some of Jane Krakowski's best work as Jenna. The subplots of "Jack loves negotiating" (which culminates in the clip below) and "Kenneth joins Tracy's entourage" (featuring what I believe is the first appearance of "I love x so much I want to take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant." - the first "x" is cornbread, and Jack McBrayer's quiet "Pregnant cornbread...?" is an unbelievably great line reading) make this an example of 30 Rock firing on all cylinders.

Friday Night Lights, "Mud Bowl," 3/28/07

FNL's first season march to the state championship provided a lot of great moments, but "Mud Bowl" was the best. A train accident leads to a chemical spill that disrupts the Panthers' home field advantage, the coach finds a replacement in a cow pasture (with live cows!) and pouring rain turns the field into a mud pit during the climactic game - all fabulously serving FNL's homegrown/verité aesthetic. The show has always used filming in Texas to its advantage, but this is the episode where the show really dug into its non-Hollywood, non-soundstage location and brought up a gem.

Best of the 00s: Best TV Music Moments

Television offers so many different examples of the rich potential in uniting images and music - both original to the show and previously recorded. This list seems a little intense, but here's my chronologically-ordered rundown of some of my favorite television music moments of the decade:

"Lady" - Styx and Nick Andopolis (Jason Segel), Freaks and Geeks - "Boyfriends and Girlfriends" (1/16/00)

It seems fitting that this particular moment came only a few weeks into the decade, because Freaks and Geeks still feels so formative to me as a television viewer. There isn't much to say about this that I haven't already, but I'll add that I love that nearly a decade later I can still see Jason Segel being goofy on television on a weekly basis.

"Heat Wave" - Martha and the Vandellas, American Dreams - "Pilot" (9/29/02)

A few weeks ago, I was reading a quote from Jon Hamm where he observed that Mad Men is not American Dreams, particularly referring to the latter's featuring black characters within its narrative. The musical moment here, which comes about four minutes into the clip below, highlights the fundamental difference in tone between the decade's two major depictions of 1960s life - while Dreams featured many of the conflicts that defined the 60s, it also placed some value on a sense of warmth and community. The explosive sense of joy that came when "Heat Wave" kicked in, emblematic of the show's use of popular music, made this a truly wonderful pilot.

"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - Clay Aiken, American Idol - "Season Two Wild Card Performance Show" (3/4/03)

True Confessions Alert: When the second season of Idol aired, I was sixteen years old and I loved Clay Aiken. I was never one of those fans that was deeply invested in his mythic heterosexuality - I just though he had a beautiful singing voice, and voted for him every single week. There are other performances I could have chosen (this past week's Community reminded me of how much I liked his "Somewhere Out There," and he had one of the few non-terrible finale songs in many seasons of the show) but I went with the wild card performance that got him into the top 12.

"Shakin'" - Rooney, The O.C. - "The Third Wheel" (1/7/04)

Before they added the Bait Shack in Season Two and built performances by popular musicians into the show, the first season episode featuring this performance by Rooney felt novel. (To me - I mean, I wasn't old enough to have seen the same kind of thing on previous teen shows.) It also remains a favorite for introducing me to a band I continue to love.

"If You Leave" - Nada Surf, The O.C. - "The Goodbye Girl" (3/3/04)

Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas has been behind several TV music moments that prompted me to then purchase said music - I believe this was the first. She chose several gorgeous covers for moments on The O.C. - Ryan Adams' take on "Wonderwall," Petra Haden's "Yellow" - but this may have been the best. It featured the departure of a great character before that kind of thing took the show downhill, and drew upon the John Hughes music legacy without feeling forced.

"It Ain't Easy Being White" - G.O.B. and Franklin Delano Bluth (Will Arnett), Arrested Development - "Righteous Brothers" (4/16/05)

Was there ever a more perfect representation of G.O.B.'s all-consuming self-absorption than Franklin? This song serves as just one example of what made Arrested Development totally unlike anything else on television.

"Muffin Top" - Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski), 30 Rock - "Jack-Tor" (11/16/06)

I think it says a lot about popular dance music of the decade that this is what a parody of it sounds like. Props to Jane Krakowski for her 100% commitment to Jenna's insanity and total lack of self-knowledge.

Muffin Top - Celebrity bloopers here

"Let's Go to the Mall" - Robin Sparkles (Cobie Smulders), How I Met Your Mother - "Slap Bet" (11/20/06)

I think with How I Met Your Mother, a lot of people can't get past their association of the multi-camera setup and the laugh track as relics of a bygone age of comedy. It's too bad for them, because then they miss awesome stuff like "Let's Go to the Mall," the denouement of perhaps the show's best episode. It is simultaneously hilariously goofy and insanely catchy, making it a winner in every way.

"Open Your Eyes" - Snow Patrol, The Black Donnellys - "Pilot" (2/26/07)

This comes from a time when Snow Patrol seemed to be everywhere, particularly "Chasing Cars." This is an example of a song that I heard previously on another show (Grey's Anatomy in this case) but in this specific circumstance, it made me sit up and pay attention. The cascading notes that close the song, paired with the pilot's framing of the violent origins of a destructive crime family, gave the scene a dire, apocalyptic air that I still remember even though the show was short-lived.

"Wild World" - Cast, Skins - "Everyone" (3/22/07)

To some extent, this moment is emblematic of how significant music can be to a show, and how much can get lost in translation. The music rights for Skins, a British show, don't apply to the U.S. releases of the show, which in most places just means that popular songs get switched out for genre-similar approximations. However, the DVD version of the first season finale cuts out this moment - where members of the cast sing the Cat Stevens classic - out completely, causing a scene jump that makes little narrative sense. On top of that, it's also a unique, beautiful moment that serves as an example of what makes Skins so excellent.

YouTube won't let me embed: Link

"All Along the Watchtower" - Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica - "Crossroads, Part Two" (3/25/07)

"Crossroads, Part Two" was the first BSG episode that I ever watched on a television (as opposed to my computer) and the closing moments featuring this song epitomized that increase in quality. The ties between the people BSG depicted and people today was always sketchy - references to "Earth" and Greek gods made it clear that we weren't totally distinct, but bringing in Bob Dylan to *spoiler alert!* introduce four of the final five Cylons was a gamechanger. BSG composer McCreary's take on "Watchtower" is hauntingly beautiful, and though the associated backstory introduced in the show's fourth season never completely worked for me, the closing shot of this episode zooming in on our Earth is one of the show's best.

Someone's super-litigious, as I can't even find the associated clip on YouTube. This is one of many coupling McCreary's take on the song with pictures from the show: Link

"Sweet Dreams" - Eurythmics, So You Think You Can Dance - "Season Three Top Six Performance Show" (8/8/07)

The third season of SYTYCD is still my favorite - I think it was the one group of dancers that had an ideal balance between technical ability, versatility and personality. This is my all-time favorite routine of the show - the moment where Neil does the "plange" (my phonetic spelling) propelling himself up and over Sabra on the table, it felt like time was standing still.

"Hopelessly Devoted to You" - Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth), Pushing Daisies - "Dummy" (10/10/07)

There's a moment at the end of the Pushing Daisies pilot where Ned and Chuck hold their hands behind their backs, pretending to be holding each other's hand, where when I originally watched it I thought to myself, "I think I love this show." This moment, from the second episode, is when I thought to myself, "I know I love this show."

"Stripper" - Sohodolls, Gossip Girl - "Victor Victrola" (11/7/07)

From yet another Patsavas-supervised show, this moment functioned as the genesis for a great TV couple in Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass, and also served notice that Gossip Girl was decidedly departing from its source material.

"Mr. Roboto" - Jeffster (Scott Krinsky and Vik Sahay), Chuck - "Chuck vs. The Ring" (4/27/09)

This moment, from Chuck's second-season finale, represents the kind of go-for-broke spirit that defines the show's tone and makes its fans love it so fervently. That this was written and made it to air well before the creative personnel knew that the show would be renewed for another season just makes it that much better.

"Don't Stop Believin'" - Cast, Glee - "Pilot" (5/19/09)

Just when it starts to feel like network television is stagnating, something like Glee comes along. The pilot builds all the way up to this joyous burst of song, which managed to make "Don't Stop Believin'" feel fresh even at the close of a decade where it appeared regularly across channels and shows.

Lessons

I feel like 16 and Pregnant would be enhanced as a portrayer of cautionary tales if it ended with J. Walter Weatherman saying "And that's why you always use protection."

The Holy Trinity

Jason's increasingly creepy relationship with the Newlins on True Blood (only one of the many, many excellent things about this new season) reminded me of this: