I don't really think Pete had turned it up on purpose— he usually doesn't have any problem making it obvious when he's rubbing it in someone's face. I think he's just that oblivious. I really believed him when he said he had nothing but good things to say about Ken— I'd dare say it was a sign Pete has matured, as he…

Disqus' corporate slogan should be "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."

We'd better see a Mets pennant for Lane at some point. Miracle Mets! Somebody must have remembered!

My best guess: A realization that Pete sort of pities him and/or doesn't really think he can make it as a writer. (And it either triggered Ken to confront the fact that he didn't believe he could make it as a writer, either, or that he would rather stick it to the people who spited and pitied him.)

Did your comment actually get deleted, or did it disappear in one of Disqus' black holes?

I was picturing the next word of the week would be "ascertain."

How fast has it really been, though? Ten years have passed in show time— and she was hired away and got a significant raise and promotion in that time, to boot, which I'm sure affected her standing when CGC and SCDP merged.

Yeah, well, Scooby Doo can doo-doo, but Jimmy Carter is smarter!

Maybe being a former child or teen actor is the kind of wearying experience that plays well in this world.

"He's somewhat closer and more emotionally honest with Roger, but that's about it."

Soon your day will come when drinking your whiskey cold masks the flavor too much for you.

I remember where I recognize her now! She was Rust's girlfriend in the one episode of True Detective where they accelerated from 1995 to 2002.

I don't think Ken has some preexisting Irish prejudice so much as he was frustrated that he never fit in during his time at M-E (likely in part because he wasn't Irish).

EDIT: I thought you were referring to an actor named Dennis Ford. But I looked up Greg Cromer (Doc Potterywood) and he played him this episode— I didn't recognize him.

Don doesn't jump off a building in the intro.

Also reasonable. I think there was a lot going on there.

Man, just like Homer, I used to laugh at that line, but now I realize it is the sad truth.

I don't understand what you are trying to say.

You're selfish because you care about clinging to your ideology more than its real-world effects. You're selfish because you think the right to be free from discrimination is an "entitlement" not as important as your greed. You're selfish because you put your own personal property before human rights.

Well, Salon is already bitching that he's a white male, so he's well on his way.