Between this and Covert Affairs (which is probably an overall better application of the formula anyway) I think it's almost safe to say that European location shooting is pretty much a waste when the audience either can't tell it's shot in Europe, or needs the cast to hang around landmarks to be brow-beaten into being…

Well nice of you to finally show up Will. I guess punctuality wasn't a driving requirement during your paper route tenure?

Did anybody else catch the Modern Family/Oreo double-plug commercial?

I like to think that it's one of the kids talking to one of their kids How I Met Your Mother-style.

I wonder if say Modern Family would benefit from the same style of storytelling (or if the mockumentary format precludes that).

false equivalency? Isn't that what the right complains about the left all the time? Yeah, creating a hall of mirrors of hypocrisy seems to be the right's favorite hobby.

…Noah Werner. It's Noah Werner.

…well, how about an episode where Haley and Alex actually act like sisters, eh? Eh? …eh?

…I honestly didn't notice that.

More like this.

1. "Some ratings analysis or other proved that this was actually TV’s most watched show" At this point I'm going to make a (I submit entirely reasonable) guess that it's because Sofia Vergara - and yes, Sarah Hyland too - make great eye candy.
2. Restaurant Stakeout appears to be Restaurant: Impossible meets Donald…

…so…the series finale for House was a bunch of guys driving into a circle and smashing into things creating pretty explosions, right?

Yes, yes she did.

"You can tell Ruby’s had a profound life change because she’s dressing in
flannel shirts and jeans instead of a crop-top and booty shorts. She
also gets those crimped red stripes out of her hair for that
extra-managerial look. (Also, they were hideous.) Ruby explains that her
initial anger was really just confusion…

What? No mention of NINJA WARRIOR?!?!

Raylan would so kick Don's ass.

…also, Raylan Givens wins TV. In perpetuity. 

…what's really sad is that I can easily and instantly recognize that poster in the background as Party Down…and I've yet to actually have seen one second of that show.

I'm going to have to disagree with you here, Phil - the bar scene you mentioned in particular being very much a "telling, not showing" moment. I know the normalcy is to prefer subtlety - but Person of Interest (like a lot of CBS' lineup) was not sold on subtlety. Agreed on showing up on vulnerability with Elias - the…

That's like being in Harlan County, KY and being named Boyd Crowder or Raylan Givens. You become obligated to fuck shit up.