Andrew O'Hehir on July 22 —
— and on July 27 —
"Unless th' Almighty Maker them ordain
His dark materials to create more Worlds …
Into this wilde Abyss the warie fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and look'd a while,
Pondering his Voyage…."
— John Milton, Paradise Lost , Book II
For Benedict Cumberbatch as a "warie fiend,"
see posts now tagged Both Hands.