This is the most perfect thing I think I have ever read in an AVClub Orphan Black comments section.

At least the spotlight for your own narcissism* pays off in spades.

Eh, I'll take the snow-related weirdness if it means they film The Americans on the east coast instead of Los Angeles. I also like how the winter gives everything a dark, grimy early '80s feel — much more so than if they shot the show in July.

This was my first laugh-aloud of the day. Thanks for that!

Yup, and I can see it being something as heartbreaking and simple as the Jenningses on a family outing, like the carnival or ice cream or shopping. D.C. is a big town, but it's still quite realistic for Martha to just happen to run into Phillip with the kids. And when that happens… yikes. (Even worse if Phillip…

How common would it have been for a pushing-retirement-age cardigan guy like Lou Avery to start proclaiming admiration for Bob Dylan? Especially one who celebrates the establishment with a cartoon like "Scout's Honor"? I mean, I'm sure it's possible — Lou and his hidden depths! — but it just seems so unlikely.

Yeah, the snow is disconcerting, but I don't mind too much. The production staff does a remarkable job of still making it look relatively DC-ish (especially the drab, gritty '80s vibe). Filming in the DC area would be ideal but extremely unlikely, considering the uproar when House of Cards wanted another season's…

As many, many people have said, the beauty of The Americans is in how it makes us cheer on the Russians and want them to win. Then again, we also have the benefit of hindsight. Elizabeth and Phillip would seem very different if we didn't already know that they'll eventually lose the war.

Yup. An excellent example of one of those nuns is on Orange Is the New Black.

Indeed. Gaad's dickishness toward Stan is second only to his dickishness toward Arkady… who just stands there and half-smiles like a mofo. (I'm totally turning into a fangirl for the Russians on this show.)

I was disappointed by Kate's death because I had a sneaky suspicion that she killed Leanne and Emmett. Maybe the others were killed because they somehow blew their covers, or Kate is mixed up in some nasty stuff. Whatever. Larrick as the murderer seems too easy, and something about Kate always felt a bit off.

So… kinda like The Night Circus but with more death? Could be interesting. I'll have to check the YouTube preview this weekend.

Yeah, and Scandal only ended early because of Kerry Washington's pregnancy. I'm not used to having so little (new) to watch in just the second week of May… and with another four and a half months until the fall premieres. It's gonna be a long summer, even with some of the networks' new summer programming.

"Not mad, just disappointed." Story of poor Paige and Henry's lives vis a vis their parents. Aww.

Commercials were when Jack took potty breaks and hit up the dollar menu at the Taco Bell drive-thru.

If John Oliver doesn't find a way to get Andy and possibly Chris onto Last Week Tonight (even for just a tiny cameo), then there shall be hell to pay. Okay, sure, it's a longshot and unrealistic, but I am not known for my rationality.

He did have a name: Oaken! (And I'm a bit ashamed that I know this fact, given that I am a happily single woman in her '30s with no children.)

He's the cure for the common screenwriter!

I would love to know the Donnie recruitment process. Was he chosen as Alison's handler just because he was her college (high school?) boyfriend, making it more convenient? Or was he chosen independently then put into a position to get her to fall in love with him? If it was the former, then, well, can't win 'em all.…

FWIW, it was apparently a popular name in the late '90s. I teach high school and have four students named "Ansley" or "Ainsley". (I also have seven "McKenzies", and I think all the other girls were named some variation on "Caitlyn".) Then again, this is Atlanta, so their parents might've just been inspired by our…