I'm not a fan of Campari either, but — the bug-spray aftertaste reminds me of how a bad strong IPA tastes. For some reason, it seems to be acceptable in some beer-drinking circles for their DIPAs/IIPAs to taste like ointment. They're supposed to be bitter, but they're not supposed to be shit.

Yeah, Coe was excellent. If he's unable to do the voice anymore (he is in his 80s), then maybe it's time for Woodhouse to be killed off — because whoever did the voice this episode really didn't even come close to nailing it.

I noticed that as well. It threw me off for most of the episode.

@avclub-9ff7c9eb9d37f434db778f59178012da:disqus Have you read his letter to Archbishop O'Brien defending gay marriage? That plus his willingness to push for major progressive issues really has given me some respect for the guy, even if he's not at the top of my 2016 list.

I agree with that — the problem being compounded now by Chevy Chase seeming less interested than ever (maybe he needs to be fueled by rage at Dan Harmon in order to be funny in his old age?) and the writers not seeming to know what to do to keep the show fresh.

That's the one.

Brunt. Eff. Cee. Ay.

"The Suitcase", "The Constant", and "Two Cathedrals" are my three favorite drama TV episodes ever.

I'm pretty sure the point was that Britta is a terrible therapist but that she "gets" Jeff — not because she actually knows anything about psychology, but because they have a meaningful friendship.

I think that's even worse than Lizzy Caplan being with Matthew Perry.

That was a terrible episode. Just…terrible.

@avclub-31210eb8fc8fc178ae4b6675e9288842:disqus For starters, he just mumbled most of his lines.

They're supposed to be goofy. The difference is, there was just no heart in these. They were just bad and added nothing to the episode at all.

The characters were recognizable. The writing wasn't strong, Chevy Chase was completely phoning it in, and the third act was completely flat, but every member of the main cast had a proper characterization for the first time this season (although Britta didn't get a whole lot to do).

I would enjoy Troy/Britta a lot more if it featured more Gillian Jacobs in her underwear. But those actors, great and wonderful as they both are, have all the sexual chemistry of a wet noodle being exposed to helium.

Chevy Chase obviously not giving a shit was more obvious in this episode than it has been the rest of the season, to the point of being distracting — so I didn't really love the Canada jokes, because he was mumbling them like he was just really tired of the whole thing.

The entire last 10 minutes or so of the episode lost me. I was enjoying it — not loving it, but enjoying it — through the Dean explaining to the Germans that they couldn't celebrate their own culture, and then the scene after that lost me.

This episode was very reminiscent of "Competitive Ecology" for me. I didn't hate it the way I hated that episode, but it wasn't great, and it did remind me of that terrible episode.

No kidding. It was funny when the Dean donned outlandish costumes once or twice a season, but it's been every episode this season in which he's appeared, IIRC — and it was quite a few episodes last season as well.

Pretty much agreed with all of this. The Winger speeches this week were horribly bad; I would have settled for "endearingly cheesy" or even "light and campy" but these were just terrible.