I didn't think this episode was all that great at first but now I've had a day to think about it. I think it was mostly that I couldn't get over how awkward the death of Aunt Ginny/actual Francis Bay was handled, but it was handled awkwardly in-character. It wasn't a riotously funny moment, but it was a sweet if not…

I've rarely seen a bad episode of a "Japanese visitor" plot - and this includes the King of the Hill two-parter. It's just the stark seriousness of their culture that's so ripe for playing off "straight man" gags (and to show that they themselves have a good sense of humor it includes all of the episodes I've seen of…

If you've seen Ty Burrell in any other of the roles he's done - Dawn of the Dead, Black Hawk Down, etc - you'll realize he's almost an inhumanly capable character actor for practically any role, so yeah, props to whoever got him into the show. I don't think it's a small stretch to say the show's built around his…

I was ready to come in here saying that tonight's been a disastrous night for ABC but given that this is the lowest-scored comedy tonight, maybe I just need to pay more attention. What has to be said, and partially in defense against your Michael Scott-ization of Phil, is that Ty Burrel in particular deserves props…

I don't know what's more fucked up - the idea that Sean is actually comparing the use of music made for one movie in another movie to fucking rape (I'm calling in Godwin's Law) or the comments discussions that frankly I have no fucking clue what they're going on about down there (or up there, relative to the position…

I'm glad you liked it, Brandon, but personally I'm not feeling it. Actually I'm kinda surprised you liked it because the whole "misunderstanding between two different scenarios" felt trite and stupid to me. Not for homosexuality but I couldn't get past the "NARC undercover in high school" angle, even when this show…

But she looks younger. I guess I should've put a hyphen in there.

(something I've been meaning to ask for a while) one of the things that most confuses me about this show is…why exactly is the Evil Queen, umm…evil? Other than literally crushing the heart of the sheriff, she's done nothing evil whatsoever in Storybrook. And while that certainly was an evil thing, it took how many…

Exactly.

Oh, and, obligatory.

Fun fact: Levittown is often recognized as the first "suburbia." The downside, of course, is that by statistical virtue of its age if nothing else that it's also probably one of the first places to experience the suburban version of urban burnout. The economic downturn of the 80s - and then today - means that the…

that's the point - everything people say about Ariel Winter is pretty much in creeper territory. Going to her IMDb page makes me want to take a shower.

Where's the Sons of Guns review you apparently promised? It's way better than The Middle, Suburgatory, Modern Family, and Happy Endings combined just because it's got guns, and guns rock.

The number of Spaceballs quotes so far is pathetic. You call yourselves nerds?

Don't forget Sarah Hyland and Ariel Winter.

ROCKIN' IT IN FLYOVER COUNTRY, YA'LLS!

LOL!

Yeah, I have to admit I, uhh…yeah, Tessa's hot. Between this and Haley on Modern Family it's made me wonder if ABC's figured out how to hedge their bets to make sure people keep coming.

I find your Suburgatory/Modern Family comparison interesting - I just got done in Modern Family's review comparing that show to Last Man Standing and what Todd said about the lattermost's show lack of stakes and how Modern Family has a similar lack of stakes/focus on rich beautiful people. Suburgatory a more…

Wow, 50 RD's already. Anyway, glad you liked this one Donna. I've got nothing to say on this specific episode but on the show as a whole: