It’s reportedly a comedy “exploring the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view.”

I’m also confused - did she actually abuse her nephews, or did she just offer that claim for purposes of potential blackmail later?

Haven’t seen the episode yet, I’m still at work reading this recap, but it occurs to me that it might have been equally impactful for Moira’s fiance to have been an ex-fiance. That would have alleviated the feeling that this story was shoe-horned in. (Though I think I do remember them saying something in season one…

Exactly! Everyone is telling this guy to get new friends, but it’s not the friends that are the problem, it’s him and his wife letting insecurity rule their lives!

RICH PEOPLE DON’T NEED HELP FINDING SHOES, us poor people do. Give us affordable options!

RICH PEOPLE DON’T NEED HELP FINDING SHOES, us poor people do. Give us affordable options!

Can someone explain this to me? Kicker was trying to LOSE on purpose but he ended up winning anyway because the other guy saw Kicker was trying to lose and then let Kicker WIN?

And with growing scientific evidence that fish feel pain,

Agreed. As I get older I’m increasingly interested in growing as a person and improving in my weak spots, and I want a relationship now to better understand things about myself that I can really only learn when connected to someone else romantically. But do I need that relationship to last forever? No. It would be…

This is slightly off topic, but one thing that always bothers me about singlehood narratives (and I’m not necessarily talking about this one because I think the author does touch on this) is that when single people say they want a relationship the advice is always - “GET COMFORTABLE WITH BEING SINGLE” no matter the…

“Make new friends” is much easier said than done once you’re 25+, have a career, and live in a city like Los Angeles where people are skeptical of other people. Making new friends is just as difficult as dating, in my opinion.

I see what you’re saying about confidence, but it’s likely you’re interpreting that differently from how the author intended. I also seek confidence, but not that braggidocious confidence you see in movies. My idea of confidence in an adult is having a clear understanding of what is and isn’t important so you can walk…

Anxiety.

I actually think the blonde is fine, it looks weird because her eyebrow color is muted. If they were darker brown and she had some eye make-up on, I think this would work!

Over the top. It’s the industry term for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video and other online streaming services. I wrote this comment while at work so I’m using work lingo like an asshole 

Nah, I think you’re underestimating how desperate these companies are for new material and viewers. Seriously, a friend works in the industry and he said his OTT (won’t say which) was in a tizzy the minute Brooklyn 99 was announced to be dropped.

People don’t have to clamor for something to end up watching it en masse. The quality/buzz will say whether it’s a sound investment or not. No one was clamoring for GOT, and that was a property that had a fanbase 10+ years old! LOTR has brand obsessives that have racked up 6 times longer than that! Keep in mind the…

Nah, that’s still definitely going to pay off.

This review by Jeff Jenson on Entertainment Weekly does an amazing job describing what made this show work (start on page 2 to read his personal side of the review). He actually worked with Lindeloff to write a film around the time this show came out, and writes that this show helped him deal with the death of his…

It’s a vernacular thing, right? “I’m not in the mood” just naturally sounds selfish, but the slightly different “I don’t feel like I can going out today” (as you’ve suggested) sounds much more thoughtful. 

OMG YES! I remember now! Thanks!