Haha. Nope, I have never read or written anything about Hitchcock, other than stuff that makes it into the public consciousness, nor have I seen any of his movies. I did watch that HBO movie about Tippi Hedren last year, though.
And you are right, we do watch the show in different ways. It's got so much sh*t going on that I"m used to message boards that actually ask questions and people respond with clarifications about what's going on. The ones I used to like seem to have disappeared. That said, when Bill says "ERIC" twice, and we also see Eric lurking before and after Bill has said his name, and see him all bloody in the preview for next week, after Warlow is found attacked and bloody, I know for a fact that Eric did attack Warlow. That is no red herring and in fact is pretty obvious. Pretty easy stuff; no figuring needed, there.
It's the "I'm 5100 years old and signed a contract with your ancestor 300 years ago and have been in love with you and waiting for you for 6000 years" math that is categorically incorrect and annoying.
Kiss kiss. Love ya. :)
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland