It’s a triumph of adaptation. We all know what’s going to happen, yet they made it episodic and compelling, while compressing thousands of years of history into a coherent narrative.

Did anyone else see that shit? I was already on board, but holy fuck…

Like if everyone — but especially Dan Harmon — didn’t hate Chevy Chase so much at the time, Dean Pelton could have made a fine villain. But... you know... Chevy.

He’s a pillar of the show as far as I’m concerned, both as set dressing and antagonist.

But I guess my point is that most incels don’t want to be Ward Cleaver.

Yeah, IIRC he also helped revise scripts and actually got some notes in. Dude’s multi-talented.

Incorrect, unfortunately. He peddles a cure to incels’ frustrations, and echoes their beliefs by arguing against the pay gap, reaffirming traditional gender roles, being a dick to transpeople under the guise of opposing a political philosophy that doesn’t exist, and all but promising that if incels could just be Ward…

Ultimately he’s peddling traditional gender norms under the guise of self-improvement.  A bunch of idiots think that if they get their shit together, they’ll get June Cleaver and a white picket fence.

I... uh... yeah. I laboured through the books for nerd cred, and still distinctly remember this one passage where Tolkien expounds on Sam’s heart being ever so brimming with love for his master (pretty sure they’re in Mordor by then, post-Shelob, I think).

Rhea Seehorn only got one nom and zero wins for Kim Wexler. That have no idea what’s going on.

I was never into it for the boundary pushing. What hooked me at first was the joke pacing (as quick as Golden Era Simpsons), effective use of cutaways, and total disregard for continuity/plausibility as long as the humour was served (which again, Golden Era Simpsons did well, and The Critic pushed even further).

Obligatory stolen scene (and one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on any screen):

I get zero screeners and feel the same way!

[...] if I played a radical Islamic pedophile terrorist in a movie, I’d get nominated for an Academy Award.

Damn, dawg. Respect.

Think I’ll wait for it to hit streaming so I can watch it while taking an Analog Bubblebath with the Caustic Window open.

Aphex Twin: The Movie! Sweet!

I want my pink shirt back!

The clean break was mostly due to her being shunned by Scientology (declared a Suppressive Person).  Once you’re in that category, members like Cruise have to cease all contact.