Shit. I meant *TV*.

That was Tahmoh Penikett
as Jack's father.

George Michael learning to drive
doesn't happen until the fantastic season two episode "Sword of Destiny."

Yeah, I'm definitely watching this for the first time, and I would have at least appreciated a spoiler warning.

Kraft Macaroni and Hamburger Helper
They're pretty much the staples of my diet.
Ah, the life of a grad student.

Dixon
Maybe this was because I was in eighth grade when this show premiered (shit, I feel old), but I always liked Dixon, and I think I might be most excited to spend time with his character above anybody else (though I was always a Marshall fan as well).

One fun hidden detail
The dude has his hand on Penny's ass

Actually
I would totally watched a Brian Williams-hosted Tonight Show.

Actually
I live in a world where bills exists AND getting my homework done is still my biggest worry. It's called "grad school."

Given that Archer is in his mid to lat 30's, then he was born sometime in the 70s. Thus the costuming actually works out.

The Man
Always keepin' the good folks down.

For a while there
I wasn't actually sure that was Chris Klein. I missed his name in the credits, and there must have been something weird going on with is haircut, because I spent like the first five minutes of his appearance having an internal argument with myself over whether that was or wasn't him.

Flo
Anybody else find it weird to see "Flo" from those Geico commercials playing a bit part as one of the "hot single moms"?

That last Walternate Scene
He's talking to alt-Brandon, and Brandon asks Walternate if he misses being a scientist. That glimmer in Walternate's eyes was killer. John Noble played the shit out of that scene, letting the audience peak behind the tough exterior Walternate had built up, and see the inquisitive scientist…

Just to jump on the bandwagon
Please keep doing these write-ups.

A More Thematically consistent episode
Don't get me wrong. I have enjoyed the hell out of every episode thus far. And I believe some of the previous episodes were better than this one. But the whole of this episode seemed much more thematically linked that the others (insofar as "aren't our families fucked up?" can be…

Building a World
You mention in the write-up for the first episode how you like shows that build their worlds, and I have the feeling that's what this show is doing - it's just doing it first before it handles any meaty bits of plot.

Dallas Facts
The "Dallas Metro Mall" does not actually exist.

Rob Corddry.

Personally
I thought this episode was fantastic.