I'm hoping BKV brings the goods in the next episode of Under The Dome. He wrote the pilot, I have hope!

Ya, I dunno, I just can't get past the fact that the whole thing feels like a big Sorkin jerk-off fantasy to make himself feel better. I love the shit out of the writing on The West Wing and Social Network, but this show is literally an excuse for him to write pithy moralistic speeches for every news story of the past 2 years, which is like the writing self-indulgence equivalent of the visuals in a movie like Sucker Punch. His other work feels much more genuine in its character focus, and has more likeable characters, and dealing in hypotheticals gives you enough distance to where it doesn't distract from the narrative.

Also, Broadcast News and Network both exist already, and are both way more compelling and successful at conveying how a news station operates and critiquing the media culture surrounding it.

I was not a fan of the whole Return of Bruce Wayne arc at all.