I was at one of Dinosaur Jr.'s homecoming shows a few years ago, at Pearl Street in Northampton, MA. It was an incredible show, not only because of the setlist (http://www.setlist.fm/setli… but because it was such a celebration of the band.

Kind of weird that the NY Daily News link goes to a sports column from 2007.

You realize that "one-note" is an implication that they have no range, that they are showing very little variation in character and very little change over the course of the show, which, in the case of almost every significant player, is wildly false, right?

Born in 88 and got the joke.

I think the writing does too, for the most part. Mike, our protagonist, has a temper that doesn't typically fit his archetype. Hopper is shrewder than his, etc.

He's not a psychiatrist so he's not going to talk about bipolar or schizophrenia, but he'll jump right the fuck in on personality disorders.

I'm trying to figure out how people I know have watched this and found the characters to be "stock" and "one-note" and other similar criticisms. I just don't get it. Did they watch the same show I watched?

I had a spectacular moment of synchronicity watching this episode.

I feel like it's worth noting that the AV Club's reviews of music are often, shall we say, lacking.

And 80 pounds is probably overshooting things by 10-15 pounds. Children are not heavy.

That's because a lot of Italians seem to name their daughters Heather. Lord knows why.

Why can't I remember Martin Starr in Knocked Up?

you mean #8 is Gina Rodriguez

When they showed Hawkins Lab in the first episode, I went "Isn't that the lab that Mulder snuck into in like season…3?"

Silky's cadence and syntax make this line kill.

It's my favorite, but it's not the funniest or the best, if that makes any sense.

I'm guessing 2017 ends up being a 3 show year before it's all said and done. I don't know what #3 will be, but I bet it happens.

Jean Ralph Macchio

The more I watch this, the more Millie Brown reminds me of Jehnny Beth of Savages

What excuse on god's green earth is there to publish an article that uses the wrong their/there/they're?