DAMN IT
I still demand Sean Connery as Khomeini.

John from Cincinnati
Who am I kidding. I still don't know what the show was trying to do.

Iranian characters
Who is playing Khomeini? Sean Sean Connery?
What about Sean Penn for a young Rafsanjani?

WELL? ANSWER ME! ANSWER ME? Please…. its so cold here.

NEXT episode
When is the next review going to be ready?

Her anger was a result of her suddenly being violently attracted to George.

Basically one is the father of the Arabs and the other is the father of the Jewish people.

Context
Considering the tone of most tv shows and media in the immediate months after 9/11 were basically "BOMB THEM BOMB THEM BOMB THEM", this episode was surprisingly level-headed and reasonable (despite being preachy).
Remember there was a heavy super-"patriotic" atmosphere at the time and people like Bill Maher…

My parents hated it too, but then they realized the rest of the TV shows out there weren't much better so Simpsons were allowed in the house again.

They had a huge True Grit spoiler. The idiots.

Skating
For me the most interesting point was to see that Steve Carell is a pretty good skater.

Montana
Garry Shandling always wanted to retire to Montana.

Forgive me for not knowing, but what is everyone referring to when they're talking about the queen of Jordan.

Goddamn eezlams coming to our country, taking our superhero's jobs and taking our women.

Her children will feel alot better when theyre making 6 figures and laughing at the unmotivated slacker who is serving you lobster stuffed with hundred dollar bills to be washed down by liquid gold champagne.

Considering the husband is Jewish, they'll leave it be.
Hollywood only changes the races when the main male characters are supposed to be Asian.

all too familiar
We've seen this before many times, but didn't they just give away the entire film in that trailer?

The best group reaction is when:

salty dog?
Is that what it was called?

Forgot
Mad Men + Lupe Fiasco's next album.