Thank you.  
A high school grad (of a decent school) would know at the very least the antipode to Boston would be in the Southern Hemisphere, and that India is not, but that much of the Indian Ocean is, as jerodast points out.

My understanding of Emmy rules is that if you get your show in before May 31, you're eligible.  As such, as much as I can echo your sentiment, HeyBrother, I'm deathly afraid Dame Julia L-D and Veep are going to have a Fraser-like lock on things for quite some time.

I'll take it as you've laid it out, no particular order.

I have a hunch  we will be force-fed a great of deal of that next season, lots and lots of   city council angst Leslie Knope face.

"It's messy" might just come from the Ling character in Ally McBeal (Ling played by Lucy Liu), the billionaire dragon lady who the Greg Germann character is constantly trying to have sex with.  On a half-dozen occasions she stated her firm disinterest in sex and, when asked why, would always answer, "It's messy."

Probably loud, too:  "WHERE IS HE?!"

My money is on that Leslie still loses, though it's incredibly close.  I like the scenario  that the seduction of Chris is actually a devious maneuver to find a way to get the Newport campaign ahead again.

The funny thing about it is that Chris is so manic about everything that all of these shifts are believable.  When I read your summation, it's so true that he's just all over the place, but I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out.  Whoda thunk Rob Lowe had real comedy chops based on his previous screenography?

"Doesn't Like Horses…  She's lying, you, know."
"Yes, Grandfather."

Close enough.  For some reason, Claire is more in the background this season, perhaps due to the fact that, even though Julie Bowen gives one first class performance after another, people generally find Claire annoying, and the producers are listening.

It's a quadratic equation. ax (squared) times bx + c

Yeah, I don't think Aubrey Plaza knew Chris Pratt was going to go so full bore on the roar at the end of the open (*she was sitting on his lap).  She covered her ears and was wincing, and man did he go all out.  And his face — I laughed out loud and really hard.  I'm still tittering over it.  P&R definitely restores…

Just add Emily VanCamp and Mary McCormack

Many moons ago, 'twas a drummer with his own band named Sandy Nelson.  Like Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, had his own gigs and basically did covers as an excuse to play the drums like no one else — before the British Invasion and all.  Album called Sandy Nelson Live, perhaps done in Vegas where acts like his could…

I agree.  Bloody hell, Noel, this was a classic Fringe, all "A" or at least the minus, maybe a half-point off for Olivia not even being mentioned, even by the old team, even by Peter and Etta.  Now THAT's an alternative universe.

This has to be John Noble's Emmy year.

As an ad man, he knows how to direct a client and focus the audience.   By saying (with real authority) the place did not need a TV, he was saying the product is sufficient and doesn't need any other froo-froo to make it go.   Thus he gave "the whore house" (and the Madam) sound advice and respect.  She picked up on…

"Move along," and the rest of Walter's Mos Eisley refs were a howl, especially since he seemed to actually think he was using "the voice" — or was just so utterly indifferent to the uniformed threat that he was mouthing off at him.  Either one works for me.

Olive13 writes:
"I immensely enjoyed both of the previous special 19th episodes"

Terrific comment down below by soundandfury about how we haven't seen Olivia in amber in 2036, nor do we know if she is dead (I think).  What if she didn't get amberized or killed, but went into hiding?  Then, in 2036, the team finds her and an early 30-something Peter (having not aged in Amber) and his 20-something…