I stayed at the Four Seasons a few years ago. I am by no means rich (though I did have a good-ish year that year.) And it’s a lovely spot.

Great example! It makes me want to ask the reviewer “Well what kind of life did you use to lead that you recognized where the poem was from?” (Though I assume they at least had to look it up and weren’t quoting from memory :P ).

I’m an English grad student, so I’m allowed to say that it’s a very English grad student…

(I should also point out that in the books of Tales of the City, and I think the series as well, Anna Madrigal quotes from poem several times.  I’m not just making an arbitrary mental connection because Armond’s actor was in the last Netflix iteration of the franchise, but Armond would be *very* familiar with those…

Yeah--I was only half serious.  I still think Greg is genuinely sick, but as you say, having him be the body would feel like a lazy cheat.

I think it might be Mike White being a clever writer: the cough IS just a sincere/innocuous coughing fit that old dudes get all the time, but Tanya’s insecurities made her think he’s faking it to avoid her, and we the viewers up to this point have seen Tanya’s world through the filter of her insecurities - which made…

That’s true - this episode showed she’s way more self-aware than she lets on. Almost TOO self-aware, in that it causes her crippling self-doubt about all of her perceived shortcomings.

Yeah and his excuse of “oh it’s the cigars” definitely seemed like a quick cover-up. However he seemed like a pretty strong and confident swimmer for someone on death’s door! 

Exactly - Paula gets to live out her freshman dorm “eat the rich” fantasy while still naively enjoying a rich-person vacation and suffering none of the consequences that Kai will.

LOL, I always reel a bit at that take as well. I currently work at a restaurant with a dishwasher who will regularly quote entire poems, particularly from Old World literature. What was his life like before he was a dishwasher at our restaurant? He was a dishwasher at other restaurants, enjoying audio recordings of…

Greg did the whole soap opera “cough” fit right?  He’s actually staying on at the hotel and living for every moment because he’s about to die?  And it’s him in the box?

I’d prefer to go with “King Vidiot” from Joysticks.

Yes, this is the big thing the show asks you to suspend your disbelief on—that how in the world did Rachel fall in love with Shane. I did it a few episodes back and am greatly enjoying that story. Alexandra Daddario is a fantastic actor.

Fun, tense episode. It says something (I’m not sure what) that as awful as these characters are, I’m kind of rooting for them. Except for Shane of course. And Olivia.

It very decidedly is not. It's cringey, but an absolute delight. Inventive, funny, insightful and ultimately sweet. Give it a try, you won't be sorry. 

Absolutely. I get why people might feel ripped off, but I wish movies just over, or *gasp* just under an hour weren’t so taboo. I watched Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr and Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid recently; both under an hour and both often considered among the finest comedy films of all time, still remembered a…

It was originally a 5 minute short, but you’re right, this feature version is still fairly brief. It feels about right, though, for a fairly simple story and (mostly) a single location.

Nah, it’s not that cringe-y. The vibe is more awkward than embarrassing, and I quite enjoyed the whole thing.

“The result lives at the intersection of a dance number, a chase sequence, and a bottle episode.”

The combination of “Screenshot of the lead character holding a bagel” and “Glamour shot of the lead character holding a bagel” up top is hilarious.

He’s been awful about her for a long time. Actually, he’s just been awful for a long time, period.