Agreed on the difference between the characters' inherent "core," but, man, some of Rudd's work in that scene was distinctly Andy-esque. From the delivery on, "Drop out. Just drop out. Drop out. Please, drop out," etc., to Newport's reactoin to banging his head on the booth ("Ow! It's not padded!"), I couldn't shake…

As always, enjoyable episode, BUT, if you remove Paul Rudd's Bobby Newport from that dinner scene and replace him with Chris Pratt's Andy…same character. If Rudd stays on for a significant arc, I hope they flush him out a bit. One Andy on this show is just enough Andy on this show.

Complaints about gender objectification from a woman who spent a majority of the pilot episode of her sitcom dressed as a slutty nurse.

Part Lost, part Shawshank, part Ghostbusters, AND Alcatraz-in-the-Woods looks like Endor? Count me a fan!

Yeah. The Meany point is the most apt. His character has been whitewashed so badly that I'm not even sure if I should consider him an antagonist at this point. There have been several moments in which I suspect we're meant to sympathize and / or root for him. That can't be…

Loved the music cues in this ep. The "Get on Your Feet" bit was unbelievably funny, obviously, but let us not ignore the great use of R.E.M.'s "Stand" in Ben's claymation movie. The abrupt cut-off ("STAND in the -") was pretty great too.

The Swede's sufficiently creepy, and Durant's a sufficient blowhard, but Bohannon? Mount serves the role, but the character has become predicitable and dull. His moral code has evolved into "I only do the right thing, all the time, no matter the context." That is, frankly, no fun…especially for a show with a premise…

Giving this ep a "B" signals some severely low expectations for the show overall. That Barkley is a weak host should not warrant compliments for effort. He just shouldn't be hosting.

The scene with Noonan and his daughter (where she confronts him about his drinking) was like a shitty script out of a "Dramatic Scenes for Your High School Drama Class" textbook. Complete with an almost-open-hand-to-the-face-stopped-and-precariously-held-mere-inches-from-the-cheek moment! Add that to the list of…

My favorite moment in this episode is during Andy's monologue to the camera while in the Big Brother house. At one point, when he's already let his disdain for the industry fly, he looks up and says to the audience, "And fuck you for watching." It was a moment when Andy and Ricky were one person. That whole episode…

I vote the Kevin / Ava "I love you" exchange as the most unconvincing "I love you" exchange in the history of television. A three episode arc + Jason Lee will never equal a believable "I love you."

For what it's worth, all these months later, I think it's a really, really solid album. The tracks don't rest on their laurels (musically, at least) and I'm impressed by the ways in which a lot of the melodies rise and fall. In other words, I like that you don't know exactly where a song is going to go. The build on…

Certain hosts seem to move through their sketches while giving off the vibe that they have required every movement, every line-reading, and every reaction to be planned out for them. Buscemi looked and sounded like one of those hosts to me. There wasn't one moment in which he appeared to be comfortable or confident.…

There was an out-of-context flashback a couple of weeks ago with Zach Quinto's character talking to a friend / sister type about his failing relationship while eating at a restaurant. It wasn't dated with a  title card like other flashbacks, and I thought it was annoying then that they weren't consistent with…

They call me Bohannon. I'm the brooding sort, but underneath the gruff exterior is a moral decency just waitin' to show itself.

Definitely getting the vibe that Rick vs. Shane is intended to be the post-apocalyptic equivalent of the Ralph vs. Jack conflict, but there's something inherently wrong with that idea (if the writers do intend it): In Lord of the Flies, Ralph was trying to hold on to to the behaviors of a civilization that still…

I hate the whole, "It wouldn't be okay if you did it to [insert name here]" angle. It reduces the already ridiculous, sophomoric issue to whiny fingerpointing. Why inject this with defensive insecurity? Just be insulted. "Insulted" is fine in this case. Deal with it as such.

Minor but irritating: Why would Dale be suspicious of Shane's story of what happened to Otis? The undead walk the post-apocalyptic Earth in search of human flesh, but it's Shane's story about Otis's death that is just too much to take at face value? Very convenient, writers. Christ, Shane DID leave the guy for dead…

Don't you die on me, Mike! You hear me?! Don't! You! Die on me!

After watching, I'm deathly afraid that "Over-the-Top" Maya Rudolph has murdered (and possibly eaten) "Subdued and Nuanced" Maya Rudolph (who totally does exist, I've seen her). If this show insists on Rudolph mugging every second she's on camera, this could start grating very quickly.