I loved it while fully acknowledging that there was plenty of bad stuff (Vince Vaughn) right there on the surface. It just seemed like a richer vision of all-encompassing evil and corruption than season 1, with a more subtle occult undercurrent (tons of stuff related to Greek cult religion, Dionysus in particular) and…

I meant Manhattan Ave. above. I was on Kent, between Manhattan and Franklin, for about a year, then another GP place after that. We were neighbors, but to be honest I remember a lot of cookie monsters from the old neighborhood.

Now I have in my head the insanely catchy, Dolly Parton-inspired theme song to the terrible Berenstain cartoon that my daughter liked for maybe a week.

Heh, heh. Things are looking good for the… impson family.

I love when a gimmick account and an AV Club meme join together in blissful harmony.

I actually lived nearby nearby in Greenpoint, off Metropolitan, during that period because I didn't want to live in a place with no bank, grocery store, etc. Bedford Ave. in 1997 seemed almost laughably non-residential. I remember Planet Thailand well, though, along with a place across from the Bedford subway stop…

Weirdly enough, people were complaining in 1997 that it was gentrifying. These were people who moved there in like 1994 or something. It's the usual cycle in New York: complaining about everyone who moves to your neighborhood as much as ten seconds after you.

My age is Gen X. My student-loan debt is, unfortunately, millennial. I feel for these sad bastards. Good luck to them.

I lived there from '97 to 2001—Williamsburg for the first 1.5 years—and it was clearly gentrifying, but I kind of want to go back and see if it's just like the Brooklyn that people complain about on places like The A.V. Club every day. It can't be that much worse. Can it?

I take it all back. You guys are terrible.

Why does millennial culture need skewering? You guys are doing the best with what you've got.

Mine might be Louie drowning that cat in the tub in Stead's The Man Who Loved Children.

I know John Wick got a new dog at the end, but they're working on a sequel. I hope they provoke him in a different way this time.

Make that coffee to go.

He's no hard to say no to. On a related note, who the hell bought black-eyed peas?

In the early 70s? I remember the situation is that his father is rich, but not providing support to Tom and his mother. It's likely that the apartment either belonged to the entire family when Tom's parents were married, or they moved in when the father was providing support (and not throwing away Tom's things).

"Good luck with your Fourierism!"

Right after The Feelies played "Louie, Louie."

Dammit. Now I want to see this movie.

I know people blame the dialogue, but there are a lot of actors who could make such stylized nonsense work in their favor. Vaughn is definitely better when he says less.