-My wife kinda likes Forever. I haven’t watched it, because I couldn’t get past eye-rolling at the premise, but I kinda hope it works out anyway (it won’t). Just because I like the idea of seeing actors from bad superhero movies get redemption somewhere new, which is also a significant reason for my Brandon Routh excitement on Arrow.

-I think you’re mildly too harsh on Mulaney. The pilot was bad, at least in part because half the jokes were repeated verbatim from his standup specials but with far worse delivery, but I don’t think there’s anything there beyond saving, if it can stick around long enough. Mulaney’s “New in Town” standup was one of my favorite specials in recent years, and his SNL writing was legendary. I’m still leaving this reasonably high on my list just because of potential.

-Like you said, Selfie wasting Gillan and Cho is a painful sin. I tried the second episode anyway just to see if they’d let up a little on making Eliza the worst (and in doing so, maybe start to turn things around), but no, not really.

–Gotham is too high. 😉 But really, while I confess to not having watched half the television you have, I’m going to need an example of something dumber than two grown men who are professionally employed for their intellect not knowing that balloons eventually lose the ability to float. Until then, I’m sticking with calling that episode TV’s dumbest hour so far.

-I mostly really liked the Flash pilot. I haven’t seen the second episode yet, but I’m hopeful for a strong run. My main worry so far is the early-Smallville plot device of “all the bad guys got their powers from the same event that gave the good guy his.” That grew stale immediately for me on Smallville.

-I’m looking forward to having an informed opinion on Constantine in another week.

-I like your Mindy plan, and hearing about its improvement has me at least considering giving it another shot after dropping it early last season.

-I agree about New Girl getting better. I especially hope for more of Winston and Cece together plot/subplots, as I think they’re a really underrated pairing.

–Sleepy Hollow is ridiculous but crazy amounts of fun. Though I did think this week’s Pied Piper episode was maybe the worst ep of the series thus far, so I wonder if expanding the season length for S2 will prove to be a mistake; part of what worked so well in S1 was how tight the storytelling felt as a unified whole. I’m also worried that the Abbie/Ichabad romance is starting to feel inevitable, after hope for most of S1 that it’d stay refreshingly platonic. But oh well. Tom Mison rules, and yeah, John Noble forever.

-I love Arrow, though I haven’t seen its second episode this season yet either. My only disappointment in the premiere was making the Ollicity OTP into such a soapy melodrama, but I suppose that was always inevitable. If the show can actually succeed in its impending attempt to make Laurel cool, then there’ll be nothing it can’t do.

–Brooklyn Nine-Nine would probably be my #2.I love that show, and I love that it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down yet. Kyra Sedgewick’s arrival is giving us a fun rivalry for Braugher’s Captain Holt, and I already love watching Holt develop a combination of petty competition and his usual cool calmness.

–Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is my #1 too. It’s just awesome how great this show has become, and Reed Diamond is going to be a killer Big Bad this season.

-And finally, to give brief impressions on a show you haven’t gotten to yet, I’m enjoying Fox’s Gracepoint quite a bit. The dialogue is stilted and about half the characters don’t feel very believable, but the acting is just outstanding and the direction has consistently conveyed considerable tension even though there are only minimal plot developments each week. Plus, old Nick Nolte is a thing.