One thing I really enjoyed about the discussion of whether or not Sobek would’ve abandoned Earth to start over, is that it draws into focus this ongoing query for the series as a whole: when the world is so messed up, at what point do you give up and quite literally start over? Is it still salvageable and worth trying…

But in Fallout 3 my problem was that fighting was my only option for leveling up. And I couldn’t heal until I had leveled up, and I couldn’t fight without losing more health.

I’d say Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar in this photo are pretty well channeling the same feeling most of us have in hearing this news.

*shrug* Just reporting the games as I experienced them. It was years ago so I don’t remember the details. But whatever it was, they weren’t introduced early enough in the game for me to encounter it.

Fallout 3 was the third Bethesda game I tried (after Oblivion and Morrowind) in which I spent way too much effort trying to ease my way into the world and have it go absolutely nowhere.

Yeah, Eleanor’s super horny, and she expresses appreciation for hotness all across the spectrum.

I never got into the games (tried Fallout 3 once years ago and thought the design was completely inaccessible...I mean, it is a Bethesda game) - but between Jonah Nolan (I love me some Person of Interest) and the cast (Walter Goggins! Kyle MacLachlan! Ella Purnell!) I might actually check this one out.

He’ll just try to use food metaphors in his attempts at therapy...

I love that. I love when something great is unplanned, and the writers are just chasing something spontaneous and spinning gold.

Yeah, I try not to think too hard about it and then just kind of quietly celebrate when he’s no longer on-screen.

Given her run of movies in the past few years as a producer and/or actor, I’m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Him?

It also helps that Adam Scott plays a really funny straight man. It’s not always the most glamorous role to be, so I think some actors shy away from it. But Ben Wyatt is one of my favorite examples of someone who makes the reaction to other people’s lunacy hilarious.

It could’ve been a daring way to take the series, with Eleanor/Tahani rather than Eleanor/Chidi.

She makes so many comments about how hot Tahani is.

It doesn’t hurt that Eleanor was constantly hitting on Tahani.

Yes! And the show would throw in a lot of details on the side that let us know how much they knew about each other (especially the little things) and how they were influencing each other. Amy could help Jake mature in a way he desperately needs, and Jake helped her have more fun and not take everything so seriously.

Pam and Jim were way more interesting up until they became a couple.

One of my favorite moments of their relationship is when Dave shows up, and Ben is totally fine with them going out to dinner because he’s secure in his relationship and completely trusts Leslie (to the point that it’s not even an issue that’s articulated on-screen). And that trust is totally founded - when Dave locks…

Hey, it looks like avclub is no longer a part of GMG anymore?