Breaking our own rules because we can't be confined to our own ideas. This is our very first director retrospective, and since he's been in the headlines lately, JJ Abrams gets our attention.We talk about JJ's beginnings as a screenwriter, a TV show creator, and how Tom Cruise buying "Alias" boxsets lead to JJ's film directing career. We trace the evolution of Abrams from "Felicity" to "The Force Awakens."Then we round it all out by giving a week-old hot take on the "Star Wars Episode IX" news.