I have the feeling this sentiment, that you should like the difficult (and groundbreaking, unique, challenging, etc) work of an artist and not their more accessible stuff (especially when it's throwaway, an obvious cash-in, or doesn't have the true line-up) is kind of similar to parents and teachers demanding a higher…

Goggins is almost the anti-Mitchum. I only say this because Mitchum's eyes are unusually far apart, and Goggins' are too close together.

I said it elsewhere, but this episode really seems like it has the stamp of Conan O'Brien to me, almost more than any others. I have no idea if he even contributed to it (he was still "supervising producer", so he was on staff I guess) but there's dozens of gags that would be right at home on his NBC show in it's…

And yet, with this episode falling squarely between the releases of Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, perhaps "Sunshine and Lollipops" was the culturally correct choice? Not to mention hair metal's complete irrelevance in 1993…

I don't think Conan had much input at this point (or did he?) but this particular joke, as well as the "Homina" bit, really seem like his.

Speaking of which, I'm surprised my all-time favorite homer bit isn't in here, which is mindlessly, gleefully bashing a weather station for no good reason, then suddenly turning to Marge and saying "you got real pretty hair."

If said people are like the people I grew up around, they don't know this thing called "water". If you want to drink something clear and healthy (which you'd only do because you have the flu or something) you drink 7-Up.

I get all that, and it makes sense on paper. But from a sheer storytelling standpoint I don't exactly know what the assumed ID thing gets us— or, for that matter, him. It's not like he took an identity that opened the door to high society, he basically just took a middle class guy's name, worked hard and used his…

To my thinking, both Melfi in Sopranos and the Dick Whitman stuff are the least inspired things about their respective shows. Both could certainly be dropped completely and you'd still have almost everything that makes the show great. I also think the worlds themselves are what fascinate the creators, not the "gotcha"…

Well, Babylon 5 also benefited from being at the right place at the right time, in that syndication to local/independent channels was more or less a new frontier-slash-gold rush as Warner and others were trying to catch up to Fox. I guess you can argue the US TV angle, but it's not really the same market and it never…

Yeah, but it doesn't exactly fit, right? You don't call a season or series finale the "ultimate episode". It's the last, it's the final, it's the finale— it's the end. If anything you'd hear the most beloved or standout episode of a series described as "the ultimate."

Yeah, but it doesn't exactly fit, right? You don't call a season or series finale the "ultimate episode". It's the last, it's the final, it's the finale— it's the end. If anything you'd hear the most beloved or standout episode of a series described as "the ultimate."

Since I'm not tipsy any more I should add, "penultimate" is a perfectly fine word and it's not like it's used incorrectly or anything, I just think it's funny that I see it used so often by so many AV Club writers (especially regarding TV) and almost never encounter it anywhere else.

Since I'm not tipsy any more I should add, "penultimate" is a perfectly fine word and it's not like it's used incorrectly or anything, I just think it's funny that I see it used so often by so many AV Club writers (especially regarding TV) and almost never encounter it anywhere else.

You guys only used the word "penultimate" three times in this article. Let's try and shoot for five or more in part two, okay? Because it's not the AV Club I know and love unless a little "penultimate" is squeezed into every article about TV and then some.

You guys only used the word "penultimate" three times in this article. Let's try and shoot for five or more in part two, okay? Because it's not the AV Club I know and love unless a little "penultimate" is squeezed into every article about TV and then some.

The Hour is also a 2011 show in the UK, right? I could see that causing some confusion.

The Hour is also a 2011 show in the UK, right? I could see that causing some confusion.

It may not be wonderful, exactly, but I do find your overreaction and undeserved passive aggression kind of fascinating.

It may not be wonderful, exactly, but I do find your overreaction and undeserved passive aggression kind of fascinating.