The Fire Nation was not based on the Nazi Party. It was explicitly based on imperial Japan post-Meiji Restoration. You are certainly otherwise right about the allegory improving over time, although it was decent in season one.

The stuff with Tenzin and Bumi mostly felt inorganic to me because we also had Tonraq and Unalaq's rivalry established so soon after. Unalaq in his traditionalist mindset is an interesting character and fits well thematically, but the antagonism really feels forced and unnecessary. He could easily have been loving and…

Oh thank God I scrolled down before I had already posted a redundant Clone High reference. After all, the AV Club has too many references to it as it is.

There's been a few, mostly in the last couple seasons. I watched the first five seasons over the summer. Still can't remember any off-hand. Man, my memory sucks.

"YEAH, WELL, FUCK YOUR DOLPHIN, PAM!"

In regards to what you said above, I was talking about Venture Brothers, not Breaking Bad. Although I could totally burn through all 4 1/2 seasons and catch up on Netflix before the finale if I had to.

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I really want to start that too, but I'm going to wait until the series is finished and I'll be able to watch the whole thing at a fast rate.

I think Matt Weiner was asked about the idea of one in an interview recently and said something like "That's never fucking happening."

Ted sexually harassed her while drunk at an office party, leading to her quitting, which is why she hadn't been working for a while before getting pregnant with Holly.

I really don't care about the actors aging, especially if it's going to be made in the few years right after the show ends anyway. A prequel just sounds better to me. I just want a dark comedy about him doing his job, with some good character work for him and maybe some others along the way. I feel like it couldn't…

Last year, Gilligan had said that "if it's a prequel, as soon as it's greenlit, the first thing we're doing is trying to get Giancarlo and Johnathan back." Because he's a smart man.

I'm absolutely terrible about telling this kind of thing, but I really thought Dominic West was perfectly natural. I had to be to told that he was British (thankfully before that bit in season 2, for the sake of it having the full effect).

*Hugs* We've missed you, but I'm glad you're feeling better now.

Season 3 of Walking Dead does start off better, but it eventually falls apart so hard it's infuriating. Dude, get out now. It's not worth it.

I just hope Idiotking will shut up about how poorly fit Daario was now. Apparently, someone agrees with him, even if I don't understand it. They're probably doing it because they want someone with better acting experience for when the character has a larger role. Skrein was fine, but dude wouldn't have been prepared…

I feel like having a Nazi family is all the backstory we need. We could tell from Buyout that Todd really didn't grasp the gravity of his actions in the previous episode, in a disturbing type of childishness/naivety (his boyish curiosity regarding the tarantula, and now the weird crush on Lydia) and then we saw that…

Although they did rightly call Andrea being in this episode.

The main cast is credited for every episode regardless of whether or not they appear in it.

@avclub-87caf7c42aedbada42572e2374eed08d:disqus That may not be as far-fetched as it may seem at first thought. I will say no more unless asked to.