Hot take that I’m genuinely surprised is a hot take: I’m not even sure The Incredibles is a Top 10 Pixar movie.

I simultaneously need to talk about The Snowman (as a series reader in great need of catharsis) and never want to talk about it again. I don’t think I’ve ever been so surprised by how truly bad a movie was, and I don’t mean that as encouragement for anyone to see it ironically.

Game of Thrones is still good. One of the better shows on air. Immensely watchable and a tremendous spectacle. But I don’t know if it was one of the 10 best shows this year. Maybe Top 25. The sprint to the finish has been very noticeable. Characters not behaving true to self, plot holes, fast travel, lack of…

I should probably exercise better and more focused use of being out of the gray, but I just want to mention that Eric and Don Jr. are the best recurring characters on the show at present time.

The cold open was one of the least funny I can remember in some time. Franco wasn’t at his best, but I still enjoyed Little Pig Boy, Za and the homeless sketch. Scrudge wasn’t Kyle and Beck’s best work, but as always, I dug the commitment.

I just tore my ACL trying to recreate that pose on the right.

The performances in Darryl and WhiJo’s breakup were very good, and I appreciated both how they handled Paula’s family scenes and Rebecca’s initial approach to improving her mental health. The latter was particularly relatable.

You take that back. He’s wayyyyy past Jim Carrey in that regard.

But what about Hot Hot Heat’s Jingle Jangle?

I forget if it was this episode or the one after it, but David Tennant smiles and I’m like “Wait, whoa, is that the first time he’s smiled all series?!” Then I realized how crazy it was for David Tennant’s smile to be unrecognizable.

Beth’s little speech to Mark at the house was great and won me back over to full-on liking her again.

Yeah, more than anything, what I liked about Andromeda was just being back in the Mass Effect universe again. Felt good.

PlayerOne was not ready.

I mean, just make it togglable.

I voted Breer because unlike some of his contemporaries, he seems to legitimately be bothered by people calling him out for his bullshit.

Whereas the Bulls’ plan seems to be to find no good players and have their players actively hurt each other.

Pop, Carlisle, Stevens, Kerr, Spoelstra is my five.

There were other directions they could have taken it, but I greatly enjoyed it for what it was.

The AV Club
a solid 80 percent of—...wait.

So, was the gag about LD’s character in Fresh Takes just completely ripped from American Vandal, or...?