Right.  It is later revealed in "The Ride" that Paulie stopped paying for Green Grove but it wasn't clear from the end of this episode, which seemed to hint that Paulie was extorting Jason to pay the monthly fee.  I think the amount is just symbolic of the lost relationship/betrayal that Paulie feels for his mother. …

Yes!  A nice scene and she's the only medical professional in that hospital (except maybe the Asian doctor) who seems to actually be a little caring.  Tony tells her "he doesn't feel himself" and she tells him to "talk" to someone, like a social worker.  This sounds like the coma doc's "talk to your doctors back home"…

I have blue cross blue shield!

Christopher to Julianna in "Kaisha":

Good stuff!  I like the first two and don't think they're coincidences.  The last one seems like a real stretch although it is interesting there how they broke up the verses like that in those two scenes.

Gern, some people are still listening!  That was really well said.  I think the problem I have is that a lot of the arguments for Tony living seems to simply be "Chase wouldn't do that" or "That ending is too simplistic for Chase."   They seem to be projecting their own views of how they feel the show should end.  Or…

I thought that Richie rejecting the Bing girl was more about him not being able to get off from normal sex.  Later on in the season he holds a gun to Janice's head while they do it and Janice says "we're doing it the way you like it" (i.e. it was Richie's idea, not Janice's).  I  never thought he was gay and he…

I think you can also make the argument (if you believe Tony died) that the hit was revenge for Phil being popped in front of his family so MOG's delay was him waiting for Tony's whole family to arrive. The scenes do have a nice symmetry if you believe Tony died.

I agree about Tony's panic attacks being related to his conscience but I don't see any indication that Tony is having a panic attack at the Inn at the Oaks.

That is a good catch about what Finnerty's wife says on the phone.  I never thought of that before.  I agree that Tony's coma trip is about saving himself in this life, not the next.  In the next episode the reformed priest tells Tony that "salvation is not just about saving yourself in the next life but saving…

Don't forget Seinfeld and Cheers, my two favorite comedies in history!

I have seen every episode of this show multiple times but I honestly do not remember Sam "grabbing his crotch."  Was this something excised from syndication?

Wow. @Larrybaby  Great write-up here.   I actually think the two part opening of Season 3 may equal the two part finale of Season 2.  There is just so much great stuff in those two episodes.  Coach is at his best and Frasier is brilliantly introduced into the ensemble.   Shelly Long also looks striking after losing…

I would say it certainly is.  Sam and Rebecca became great "non-sexual" friends because they were a lot a like.  That type of platonic friendship would have been impossible between Sam and Diane.  The writers wisely didn't tread the same territory with Sam and Rebecca as Sam and Diane.  Rebecca was never really…

First Seinfeld ends and now Cheers will be gone for a few months?

"I can trust in the memory of my mother's love."

Anton!

I just have to say I have really been enjoying the debate about the ending especially between Todd and Lieutenant Buttocks.

As a self-proclaimed Cheers "expert" I generally agree with most of your points.  Long was absolutely brilliant and really added so much depth to the proceedings, especially early on. There is a humanity and sweetness to those early seasons that just can't be matched later on.

I can't believe you guys missed the best line from "Norm's Conquest" when Norm is going to go back to Emily's apartment and he asks Sam for some advice:
"Has there been any innovations in the woman's undergarment industry since 1965?"