It's about time somebody put Alcatraz out of its misery.

Will Natalie Portman be available again to defend Roman Polanski's ass raping?

I agree that the title "Straight Guys Talking'…." can be reductive, but there's a potential self-awareness there that can still work to undermine gender norms—-or at least call them into question through a touch of humor and play. But if this were on IMdB message boards or YouTube comments, then it wouldn't fly and…

So this isn't like that Shades of Gray book? shucks..

I'd say last night's episode was the worst of the season. It wasn't just un-funny, it was actively bad. And the Jennifer Coolidge "Sophie" character is officially the worst. Sophie really really likes the cupcakes?!?!?! Ohhhh, how funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree. It's actually not bad.

Let's hope so.

TBS wants to corner the market on urban city populations? Well, with something like SIX HUNDRED THOUSANDY MILLION cities on the planet, I hope TBS will program more than a couple Tyler Perry marathons.

Demi Moore's boob job, Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City," and every episode of the current season of The Office.

Oooooooooohhh. Meeesa can't tink of a single bad apple in da Prequel Trilogy mooovies.

Why no Designing Women questions? Because many of us weren't even born yet, gramps.

Will Chuck Norris keep me safe from Obama/Kenya/Terrorist-Fist-Bump/Hitler/Communism?

I have a load I'd like to deposit in Kurt Cobain's urn.

I get your point, but AV Club is also the place where NBC's painfully atrocious The Office is skirting by with C grades.

Genji I think you finally found your dissertation title: "Those Books Just Exhaust and Depress Me": Deep Thoughts on Not Reading Portnoy's Complaint, Confederacy of Dunces, and Catch 22.

VanDerWerff, maybe it's time for you to let someone else review this show. The Glee formula is basically "Pretty People Sing & Dance" + "Amusing Social Commentary." Even when it's not that great, I'll still watch the hell out of it. Can't say the same thing about Smash.

4. "Fully Operational Permanent Moon Colony by 2018: Newt Gingrich Rules!" Har har har!

Not enough closeup shots of Joseph Gordon-Levitt staring and emoting at something.

There's nothin' wrong with some homegrown ATM. Just ask Laurence Fishburne. I hear his daughter Montana's "film career" is really taking off.

Herb Alpert? Get off the interwebs, Gramps.