Thank you.

Thank you.

"Silkwood"?

"Silkwood"?

Perhaps neither here nor there, but this episode has always reminded me of Alexander Payne movies.  The Midwest setting, the cluttered interiors, the melancholy and family issues.  Not a bad episode at all, just different.  Better than another random crisis-of-the-week for sure.

Perhaps neither here nor there, but this episode has always reminded me of Alexander Payne movies.  The Midwest setting, the cluttered interiors, the melancholy and family issues.  Not a bad episode at all, just different.  Better than another random crisis-of-the-week for sure.

Pizza Dome!

Pizza Dome!

Ha, no, I meant Connie Britton from Friday Night Lights, but I don't know the IRL name of Doug, Bruno's other sidekick from the start of season 3.

Ha, no, I meant Connie Britton from Friday Night Lights, but I don't know the IRL name of Doug, Bruno's other sidekick from the start of season 3.

The scene where Danny is talking about his trip to Bermuda, the long zoom down the hallway, then the cut to CJ only when Danny stops talking, that's one of the best intersections of dialogue and visual storytelling the show ever did.  When I watched the show in its original run, I really didn't like Danny, but…

The scene where Danny is talking about his trip to Bermuda, the long zoom down the hallway, then the cut to CJ only when Danny stops talking, that's one of the best intersections of dialogue and visual storytelling the show ever did.  When I watched the show in its original run, I really didn't like Danny, but…

"Thus with a kiss, I die." (conks head on Rory's chest)  God that cracked me up.

"Thus with a kiss, I die." (conks head on Rory's chest)  God that cracked me up.

You got that right.

You got that right.

Sad, yes.  Heartbreaking?  No.  Ralph's infatuation wasn't grounded in the reality we share.  It's more pathetic than tragic.  That's why the episode can find a happy ending- there's not such a quick recovery from true heartbreak.  Heartbreaking is Homer sitting out under the stars after his mom leaves at the end of…

Sad, yes.  Heartbreaking?  No.  Ralph's infatuation wasn't grounded in the reality we share.  It's more pathetic than tragic.  That's why the episode can find a happy ending- there's not such a quick recovery from true heartbreak.  Heartbreaking is Homer sitting out under the stars after his mom leaves at the end of…

Lots of other people have hit on these points, but here goes:

Lots of other people have hit on these points, but here goes: