McGinley's one of my favorites… nothing fancy, he just knew how to make a guitar solo fit snugly in a song… and I can't believe I forgot the elegiac outro to "Alcoholiday"…

The two things in this episode that push me into a "Tony's dead" conclusion are the looming painting of the Inn at the Oaks behind him at Holsten's, and Meadow, the "guardian angel" of the Seven Souls poem at the start of the season, who calls him back from the inn, can't get into Holsten's to "save him" this time.…

The two things in this episode that push me into a "Tony's dead" conclusion are the looming painting of the Inn at the Oaks behind him at Holsten's, and Meadow, the "guardian angel" of the Seven Souls poem at the start of the season, who calls him back from the inn, can't get into Holsten's to "save him" this time.…

The emotion in the guitar on "Powderfinger" is something to behold.

Two of my favorites are Raymond McGinley's solos on the Teenage Fanclub songs "Commercial Alternative" and "Neil Jung" (the outro).
Also, Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne" is up there (particularly the outro), as well as Richard Thompson's solo in "Man in Need".

I think it was to show that Bobby was starting to take initiative. Tony had said early in the episode that the "brother-in-law thing" would only take him so far, that each man is judged on his own merits. At the end of the episode, Bobby kicks up the seven grand (or a cut of it) to Tony, who seems pleased.

Mostly agreed. Probably a D at best. Horrible episode.

Has anyone noticed how in the next scene after the Curb clip when Bobby goes to talk to Tony in the Bing, Bobby is wearing "Chet's shirt" from Curb (it was a Ted Danson storyline, Season 3 premeire I think).

Another Winston classic. Everything with the bunny money was gold, especially them all wearing excess gear at the police station. Yeah, it would be nice if he had more to do, I suppose, but for now I'm enjoying the hell out of Lamorne Morris.

The funniest would be Jacy Catlin (@ieatanddrink).

Thrilled that Winston is getting funnier and funnier, but annoyed at Schmidt getting less and less so. Nick and Jess remaining more than bearable as a couple. If some new foils/characters aren't introduced pretty soon we could have some serious wheel-spinning going on, though.

You could also read it as Walt admiring that his pupil, Jesse, had put to practice what he was taught.

A Cal vs. UCLA college football game on a Sunday night? Sunday night the 10th, which was the first weekend of the NFL season? The real Cal-UCLA game was Oct. 6th of 2012. Ugh… reminds me of the Sports Night episode where they reported on a Duke-North Carolina basketball game that took place over Thanksgiving (they…

The two control room guys watching Will's 9/11 coverage with wide, glistening eyes was a laugh-out-loud moment. Sorkin assigning hero status to the likes of Will McAvoy and Matt Albie is really cheapening the West Wing for me, in hindsight.

Way late on this reply, but there was the episode where Josh, Toby and Donna missed the motorcade, and Sam had to staff the president, and at the end of the day he said something about how he wanted to be in the room, that's where the action is (in other words, to do what Josh did). Not that the producers thought this…

Way late on this reply, but there was the episode where Josh, Toby and Donna missed the motorcade, and Sam had to staff the president, and at the end of the day he said something about how he wanted to be in the room, that's where the action is (in other words, to do what Josh did). Not that the producers thought this…

The Dundies is an all-time classic. Michael trying to sing OPP, Ping, Dwight "sucking the funny out of the room", Bushiest Beaver, etc… in many ways it was the quintessential Michael Scott episode. Also hilarious was the tape of a previous year's Dundies that Pam was watching, with Michael doing Mamba No. 5 - "a…

"Heat Lightning" might have been my favorite record of 2012. Dark, disturbing, yet moving and hopeful.

I consider Sirens of the Ditch to be uneven with some great highlights… The 400 Unit album was very solid with less highs and less lows, it is probably my favorite… I thought Here We Rest was good, not great. This one feels like a step up… more assured and quieter, like one of Ryan Adams' more subdued works… although…

I guess I'm in the minority, but my three favorites so far are Slipped, Humiliation and Pink Rabbits. Damn earworms.