First off, awesome that you met Bobcat. I love him and World's Greatest Dad (most of his directed work I'm eh on, and I haven't seen Shakes or this new film yet). More importantly, however, is that you are adorable, man.

It's still *good*, of course, but it's among my least favourite Simpsons episodes out of the series' proper run. It has a pretty weak, unfitting story for The Simpsons.

I certainly hope that's not what he means. It came off to me like he was referring to the. .ordinariness (holy shit that's a word? It's so clunky) of the daughter's death. It's narratively banal too, I guess, but it works so well, damn it.

I have never liked Bullock in a role of hers before, so I was definitely in that position with this film. Of course I saw it anyway because Alfonso Cuaron. And you know what? She was great. I thought she gave a wonderful performance here, I cared deeply about her and Clooney alike.

And I have the utmost respect for that, but I hate that show. I couldn't finish season 1.Everything about Lost's last seasons that I know makes them sound like I'd hate them even more.

Eh, that's fair. That's like me with Late Registration, don't love it nearly as much as everyone else seems to.

I love The College Dropout as much as anyone, but My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the best hip-hop album in the last decade and by far his best work.

Lost and Kanye is such a perfect comparison, as much as I dislike Lost. Although, is he trying to suggest Kanye's later works *aren't* his best? 'Cause that's bullshit.

Secret Diary of Desmond Puh-feiffer, motherfucker.

Edit: Okay, okay, there've been very reasonable and thoughtful arguments here in favour of that sci-fi fantasy fusion. I was just making a stupid, snappy statement to poke fun at Lost as I so enjoy doing.

I mean, my kingdom for a fucking green pen!

I can't believe I forgot Babylon, you're absolutely right on it being equally horrifying, but I don't regret thinking of Evander Geddes and Ben's family first. That entire sequence with Ben in the forest, with those traps, is fucking nerve-wracking.

Okay, that's fair. Peekaboo would be more appropriate. Crawl Space is just my go-to on that. That ending. .

Argh, so many choices. Any episode of Carnivale, but especially Creed, OK, the one with the mask-maker, or Old Cherry Blossom Road. Avatar's The Puppetmaster. Anything from Twin Peaks. Seconding Mystery Date and Courage.

Crawl Space? Ozymandias?

"For this Roundtable and this Roundtable only, things already covered by TV Club are eligible, so you’re not just limited to the episode of Little House On The Prairie with the mime rapist."

Oh god, I remember her. That obnoxious voice. And she was in a season eight classic, to boot.

The problem with the episode is that it handles death so casually compared to something like Round Springfield, the rest of the plot is just Homer trying to set Ned up on dates.

The pay dispute was in regards to Maude's actor, not Fat Tony's.

@Scrawler2:disqus I dislike seasons 9 and 10 too much overall, I'm afraid, but I don't consider it really worth debating over, and you have my sympathies, given that I'm stuck as one of few defenders of season 8 and am in continual, on-and-off debate with idiotking over it.