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I thought there wasn't much reason to have a John Wick sequel, but this turned out to be an Empire Strikes Back-level sequel. The plot is excellent and the performances are outstanding. It's more stylized than the first, sometimes to the point of being extremely beautiful. Both of these movies have been extraordinary, and this is shaping up to be the trilogy of the decade.

• The worst episodes of the best TV shows.
• Ken Levine has written for M*A*S*H, Cheers, Fraser, Wings, and the Simpson seasons 2 & 3, among other things. He recently did one of the best episodes the Gilbert Gottcast has ever done.
• And that interview led me to Ken Levine's blog, which includes hypnotically good writing, like this article about Kevin James' new show going from extremely high ratings to crashing and burning after firing the funny woman from Childrens Hospital.