I was expecting her to snap at Nick when he admitted that he felt victorious for getting her boyfriend jealous.

This is well understood.

It was a surprisingly poignant ending to an episode a long time ago, but I'm over this damn dog! As a dog, he was incapable of reflecting on the longevity of Fry's absence in the way a human could. In his limited headspace, it was perpetually five minutes ago that Fry left him.

I probably mis-characterized yours and @avclub-29501df08e5d9ae59e432e4f188d3735:disqus 's positions as more absolute than they actually are. Also, I never read the HDB comment you refer back to, but from what you describe of it, I can see where he's coming from, to a point.

Whether sexual tension develops between people depends greatly on the context in which are introduced, if their individual sexual needs are being met, how secure/insecure they are with themselves and/or one another, and unforseeable circumstances. To say that there will always be tension between (heterosexual) males…

"@StevenHyden you probably never listened to the record and then wrote a terrible review"

If all those shows you mentioned give something interesting to do for ~3 characters per episode, why would it only bother you for New Girl?

Community and P&R are not great about giving good stuff to their whole cast. They sideline or marginalize characters just as much as anybody, including New Girl. In any case, it's premature to say this or that story/character arc has been abandoned until the season is over because most of your complaints will become…

Those smaller kisses afterwards are like seals of approval for the more passion-driven kisses. They tell you, "I was not just playing along, and there's something between us beyond just this moment."

I generally dislike one-off grifter/drifter characters (Mark Ruffalo exempted) who drop in on their family members. You know exactly what you're getting: some childhood exposition, followed by charming asshole hijinks, and then a ready-made conflict drawn from old tensions brought to the surface.

Same here - introduced by the "Lost in Translation" scene and ever grateful.

The "Loveless" cover is like the Palestine of AV Club avatars, but with more accommodating claimants.

It's there to reset the mood before "Optimistic".

Also, when is the NYT going to publish a dating article validating the habits of shivering bedroom catatonics?

The dialogue was a Rorshach test. Your response to it implies that you approve of torture as an effective way to move refrigerators.

@avclub-de9878e9d33c60263a094abc94fab3f0:disqus "I've got big plans for after this" - also the only character with the perspective to look beyond the OBL mission (an understated contrast to Maya's final scene)

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus Oddly enough, I do feel delusional about my own mind and body sometimes.

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus He didn't mean @avclub-6ee934260c80f2e2f9098dcd3e44c032:disqus was necessarily lying but that he could have self-evaluated himself as having aspergers without a clinical diagnosis. Most of the anecdotes he gives as testimony aren't exactly specific to that psychological condition.

I didn't think the show would have him successfully catching the TD pass or kicking the field goal because there's not much inherent comedy in that, but it was surprisingly satisfying to watch. I felt some genuine vicarious camaraderie, which is more than I could say if Andy had dropped the catch or clunked the kick…

I didn't think the show would have him successfully catching the TD pass or kicking the field goal because there's not much inherent comedy in that, but it was surprisingly satisfying to watch. I felt some genuine vicarious camaraderie, which is more than I could say if Andy had dropped the catch or clunked the kick…