I think it works as a great set-up episode, but only a good stand-alone. That said, Ron fucking Swanson throwing a chair at the innocent bystanders, and the whole opening "we're back" montages made me ridiculously happy.

Actually got to agree the Generalissimo on this one. Some great moments:
Creed's cartwheel resolution
Kevin being force-fed/hiding broccoli under his tongue.
Michael Scott dancing with himself
Creed's "aw fuck you!" upon Erin completing a cartwheel (biggest laugh for me out of any Office moment this year)
The look of joy…

changshafu - you sound like you spend a lot of your time frowning and harumphing.

Or Snooki eating a raw potato was the Community paintball episode of Jersey Shore. I don't understand why people have such issues with the concept of television shows being graded against their own potential and not against completely unrelated shows.

Also, the preview for next week episode made it look like Volkoff isn't going to just greet evil dark-haired Sarah with hugs and gumballs. Apparently, they'll make her kill Casey to prove her rogueness, so we'll see how that works out.

Ride a tandem bicycle with me across Europe!

Flaubert - I loved Freedom, but it's really hard to describe it without it sounding like preciously topical bullshit. But it's as hard to put down as a Steven King novel, and has some incredible character development.

"Nobama" and "Republicunts"? Glad to see someone else takes their political discourse lessons from Maureen Dowd.

FDR on Til Death.

Meatloaf and Jonah Hill

It's hot, but also uncomfortably raw. Especially if you're watching it with family like this guy was.

In fairness though, Sean Connery from the 1980s looks exactly like present day Sean Connery. Once you rock the gray beard, you transcend age.

Jordo - totally agree with you on the characters and the intended effect. Hell the dumpster was just showing where Buffy's relationship had been the whole time. It's not clean and it's not exactly a blast to watch.

*SPOILERS?* Not sure if this happened yet, but the scene where Spike goes backdoor on Buffy within sight of her friends at the Bronze will always be the nastiest low point of that storyline for me. I just felt like I had to take a shower after watching that.

Yeah, it'll be like having terrible children, without having to disown them!

Pretend "act a" isn't there please. Who do I have to fuck to get an edit button around here?

Plus cameras. People have done way worse than act a engage in a little whorery to get a sliver of fame. See: Fear Factor, More To Love, etc.

His DNA will be extracted by scientists creating a douchebag theme park. But things will go awry because YOU CAN'T CAGE NATURE!

Motherfucking Springsteen.

I'll never forget. I was trying to escape from Terror Island. I could either try and sneak past the armed guards and turn to page 36 or try crawling through the vents and turn to page 73. The vents are a no brainer right?