The show is unique in the sense that it is a creator-driven show with a specific voice, and that creator is a young woman. It is not unique in the sense that it is yet another show about white people in New York. People's experiences may have equal value in some abstract sense, but in reality, this particular…

Censored, most likely. I started to watch the 2nd season premiere of The Borgias on YouTube and was totally taken out of the show when they slapped a huge blurry square over the boob of a woman in a bathtub.

Nice defense of the show, Todd, and it makes me feel a lot better about watching it. I still have my doubts that the "Louie model" will lead to cable networks taking bets on shows starring non-white leads/creators/writers, but I can hope. And good points about this actually being an incredible achievement in terms of…

I actually like the focus on rookies. It's the one thing I liked about Rookie Blue, the mediocre Canadian cop-soap. It's kind of a different angle from the 1800 other cop shows on TV.

Detroit 187 was moderately interesting in that they managed to leverage the setting fairly regularly and Michael Imperioli turned in a decent performance despite being stuck with a weird "quirky cop" role. Felt like there was too much Detroit cheerleading for them to really be honest about what life and crime is like…

This show was on when I was still in high school, and it felt like a revelation, miles away from Dawson's Creek bullshit. Although high school wasn't that bad for me, all my worst experiences were in middle school.

Genius. Why isn't this a thing?

I always imagined this was the case, but I figured it was too weird a possibility to be true. MIND BLOWN

"Do you mind if I do this with my pubes?"

Since Dan Harmon organizes every episode according to an actual formula, every episode of Community is formulaic.

Does it really need Blu Ray though? I don't think it looked that great when it aired. Transferring it to Blu Ray, if not kind of pointless, would make it look possibly better than it did when it was airing on HBO.

Big deal, I liquefied The Wire and injected it directly into my eyeballs.

Yeah, I started to feel strangely prudish feeling shocked at the fountain scene and the fondue scene…but they were kind of dirty.

I don't know how much further they can go with that character though, or how much he'd add other than just being an entertaining baddie. I don't expect to see him back; I think he served his purpose well.

I was distracted by similar considerations in the moment, myself. "Wait, does this mean Quarles has a freezer rented somewhere filled with frozen, money-stuffed pig corpses? What if he needs the money? Does he have to defrost the pig first?"

Swiss Army Cell Phone! Or, the SWACPhone! Now you owe me 51% of the enterprise.

I totally identify with Todd, though. Although it's partially his reviews that keep me watching. Beth Behrs is sweet and likable, Kat Dennings is usually amusing, and the two of them have great chemistry and are easy on the eyes. So I watch the episode, am invariably repulsed by half the jokes, and read Todd's writeup…

What definitive official rubber-stamped that hyperbole, I'd like to know?

Totally agree re: Nick. That's one of the things I love most about this show, how Lindsay falls in with Nick almost accidentally, it never really works at all, and then they split. It surprised me a lot when I first saw the show - "Oh hooray, Lindsay has a boyfriend! Waaaait…."

@avclub-104b761215d73eb331cce98b297b3aec:disqus The pattern is larger than this show. That's part of @avclub-037ed8678e09d18acfde720c59440d0f:disqus 's point.