His height made it particularly distracting, as he had to noticeably look up to read many of the cards.

Worked for Shaggy…

— Thus far, it seems several are in agreement with the thesis that Macklemore sucks, so while my language might be aggressive, I don't know that I'm ruining everyone'slife by criticizing.

Think it's more of a New York joke than a Harvard/snobby/elitist joke (which is why it seemed to play so well to the SNL audience).  I find that the experience portrayed in the sketch is true (but exaggerated, obviously) of just about every Starbucks I've encountered in Manhattan.

Had no idea (and in fact got into a heated message board argument about it) that Kevin Hart could remotely be considered an unknown to the young adult demographic (which I'm assuming would reflect most people on the AV Club).

He's absolutely, absolutely terrible.  Smug, talentless little douche bag.  I'll also never understand why the obnoxious, unfunny, condescending "Thrift Shop" is such a big hit…or why this Wanz character is getting away with totally ripping off the late Nate Dogg's gimmick.

Couldn't believe how lazy that Walking Dead sketch was (and how bad the impressions were).  They seemed to put so much more effort into the Homeland sketch from earlier this season (and I enjoyed it), but TWD is exponentially more popular and had the power to actually resonate if there had been any sort of parody…

I guess this was kind of my issue, though.  From reading some interviews, it seems like they want to portray his eventual "reveal" to Juliette as a big deal.  But if he doesn't aggressively present himself as a psychic anymore…and no one really plays into that side of his character…how do they make that big reveal…

I'm sure it can be rationalized from a storyline perspective, but it ultimately felt like Nashville was just taking the coward's way out and refusing to leave two characters in painful, guilt-driven misery at the end of an episode.

The Gus food jokes started to be a little much by the episode's midway point.  Dule Hill is so great, and he shines as long as he's given an inch of latitude to do something interesting with the character.  He didn't have that, and while I was laughing with him at first, he started to grow a bit annoying here.

Yeah, I was pumped by the Lebanese girl callback.  That was a way to reference a past episode that felt fun and natural, unlike all the forced stuff during the previous episode.

I laughed hysterically through most of the Barney/Ted "playbook" efforts, but insofar as the humor was kind of juvenile, I was sure I was going to come here and see a C+ review.

— Completely disagree with Todd's take on episode eight.  While I loved the Russo storyline in that episode, the Underwood thing was atrociously lame and forced and was probably a low-point for the season (at least prior to the sleuth-wackiness with the three reporters in the final two episodes).

@avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus I initially shared your thought about the Watershed Act.  Frank 100% *DID* want this to get passed (and his wife 100% *DID* betray his demand to convince those two congressmen to vote Yay), so on the surface, it would seem like he wanted the cornerstone of Russo's…

There is a difference between "product placement" and the cartoonishly-insincere shilling House of Cards did for the Vita.

@avclub-6b82db951d04ee44f78ff35120344410:disqus - Remember that the teachers WERE on strike, so even if they weren't the picketers, they were still positioned against the bill.

It's hard for me to think back since I'm on episode 10 and already know how the issues here resolve themselves, but I don't remember ever being particularly confused about Underwood's motivations (as far as sabotaging certain congressmen/executives, etc).

Agreed.  It was, more than ever, a confirmation that the show wants to treat the "legal" stuff as nothing more than a device for creating character drama.

Feel like I've noticed this with Suits before, but there seemed to be a missing scene or two.  I'm fine with Louis "coming clean" to Rachel off-camera, but what I'm not fine with is what exactly transpired between the moment Jessica threatened Mike and the moment he and Harvey were in the bathroom.

Strongly considered watching this for Jessica Lucas (way too gorgeous to be as under-the-radar as she is), but man, I just don't think I can put myself through it.