First time watcher here. I was somewhere in season 2 last week, but I've caught up now with the reviews now.
I really like the show although I think it sometimes suffers from being so influencial that i've seen the same sort of thing on shows that came later but I saw them first. Curb owes a lot to this show, 30 Rock…

@avclub-284452bdab5c8151f9f079dc367ceb6b:disqus You also have Dean's friend Kyle who loses a hand as Alan, the bully of the geeks, Logan as the guy whose car is spray painted by Kim, the woman with twin daughters who married twins at the Independence Inn as Millie's mum, and Rory's weirdly young college roommate as…

More the latter than the former, although it is mentioned frequently. There was an episode this season that focused on him having the ending to the last book in a series spoiled by his brother, which was resolved with quite a genuine speech about how much reading means to him.

Either Luke calls all the people that work in the dinner Cesar (except Lane) or they replaced the actor for that role too.

Brick from The Middle is a big reader without being a geek or an intellectual snob, he would rather read than socialize and episodes that feature a character trying to make him more "normal" don't equate his reading with his eccentricities.

I like how he always called it "trick or treats", it's such an odd little detail.

I agree but I like that she and Sam have the same rationalization for these kinds of traditions; they did them last year, why not this year? They're also the only ones who will sing Monster Mash at the dinner table, while Mr. Weir and Lindsay have the same perplexed/embarrassed look.

@avclub-912a5c5978ebf1e452a4ed30658aa102:disqus It's place in the timeline is firmly established. When Ayra is warging Nymeria she finds Catelyn's body, pulls it out of the river and is chased off by Beric's men.

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@avclub-a5645f9f05d250acc9e20bb01c4e8b08:disqus I agree there is a difference between how Luke talks about her and how he acts around her but I don't think he would bad mouth his little sister to her face.
I just don't think the gulf from her first impressions to the actual character we see is that big. I assume Liz…

I think it's like how if we just listened to Lorelei we would think her parents are monsters who set out to ruin peoples lives, but from seeing them we know that isn't true. So Luke, who is very dependable, sees his sister as verging on neglectful when really she is just flaky, and Jess is angry at her for sending him…

Well the other one was over the phone and we can't hear Taylor's voice so they're both pretty minor. Also, does the doughnut one count? Lorelei is standing there but she doesn't say anything for a while.

I counted six for "Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy", four Luke & Jess and two Luke & Taylor.

This is the (one of the?) first times we see Rory accepting an aspect of the life that Lorelei rejected in her doing the coming out ceremony. We don't see the entire conversation with Emily but I think Rory's slightly more into it than she lets on to be around Lorelei.

I think the Borgias are quite similar to the Lannisters. Mild spoilers for each follow…

He's too stoned to be that insightful. I think he genuinely thinks it's cool she can play an instrument and sing a song he recognizes, like when Mr Rosso plays that Alice Cooper song.

Soupy Norman should be on the list. It's Irish comedians re-dubbing a Polish soap opera and all the episodes are on you tube.
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I think it has one of the best theme tunes of any show and the full version is even better http://www.youtube.com/watc… .

I think the first scene in the series that passes is in 'Christopher Returns' when Luke and Dean play baseball and Kirk taunts them.

It's also very similar to how the Huntsbergers treat Rory in Season 5, and Richard goes ape shit when he finds out about that.