I normally hate anything involving mistaken identities or dramatic ironies, but Veep is funny enough that it doesn't really matter.

I still think this season is really funny, which is most of what should matter for a sitcom, and last week's episode showed that it still has that cleverly mean-spirited Iannucci edge. My big issue is that this season has been really, really heavy on Selina/Gary/Ben/Kent, who are obviously great, but Amy and Dan…

This show makes me overwhelmed with joy.

Elizabeth ruined Yung-hee and Don's life for a sample of a disease that never got beyond William. William longs for Philip and Elizabeth's American Dream, right as Philip and Elizabeth are told that their American life may be over. Paige is accidentally becoming a spy, even as her parents don't want her to. Basically,…

I'd feel bad for Big Head, but he got to keep both cannonballs. BOTH!

This had been a great season, right up until the writers were forced to clumsily tie all the stories together at the end (and they still missed some, like the fake Veronica in episode one). It seems to me like the writers finished episode nine before realizing that there were only ten episodes this season, rather than…

I love how Paige draws attention to Elizabeth's constant insistence that she's fighting for peace, when it's becoming clearer and clearer that most people on this show (Elizabeth included) may not believe that anymore.

But it's 30 more seconds of The Americans!

Five numbers. Elizabeth befriended and systematically destroyed the lives of two innocent people for five numbers… and I still root for Philip and her.

The Americans and Better Call Saul are definitely competing for Best Use of a Now-Obsolete Copier.

Please change your name.

Ratings are important for renewal (although FX seems to like this show enough to keep it going despite low ratings). For me, it's more that I need other people to talk to about the crazy shit that happens.

I thought we turned the Paige on puns.

On most shows, showing one character in prison for over a year (real-world time), going nowhere before being suddenly executed, would come across as poorly planned and cheap. On The Americans, it's just another example of the Emotionally Intense Slow Burn Leading To Sudden, Incredible What the Fuck Moment that this…

I was (and still am) a huge Liz fan, but the editing in this episode was on-point. Even it was clear that either she or Peter were going home, the emphasis on their total obliviousness of the actual situation at camp made for a really exciting story (even if I wish that the story had been about someone else's…

"Possibly one of the best bounty hunters in Southeast Michigan." Pure gold.

No No-Ho-Ho? Elisha Cuthbert deserved an Emmy for her wrapping paper fetish alone.

How much of the show did you miss? I have tickets for a partial view seat in January, and I was under the assumption that most of the action happens close enough to the stage that it wouldn't be that big of a deal.