please
Can we please start putting Wiig in the same box as Molly Shannon? I can't stand her, and all this positive press she's getting is just encouraging Lorne to let her go wild. Or, uh, um, let her go mild. Ha!

drinking game
What's with the sudden use of "ass-tetic" this season? It's like, someone said it the first day and it burrowed into everybody's brain, and now hardly an episode goes by without three or four people saying it. I honestly don't remember it being said on any previous season (except perhaps by Tim, who has…

hope springs eternal!
Still holding back that half-grade, I see. I have a feeling, by the end of this season we will cross that line once and for all.

worst (double) episode ever
At the end of this ep, I thought, "Wow, a 2-episode season of Dexter." I once loved this show, but it's going down that dark road towards Heroes-ism this year.

Didn't know it was Madge until I got a good look at her arms. And even then, wasn't convinced.

Mmmmm…Mrs. Butterworth, you're so tasty!
I've never assumed that the appearance of Georgina Cookson in "A, B & C" was meant to imply she was Mrs. Butterworth. She's not listed as such in the credits, and I'm pretty sure that I've read somewhere that the filming order put this ahead of "Happy Returns" and she was just…

mmmm
U2's first song was tuneless crap. I couldn't pick it out of a line-up with John Cage, Tibetan monks, and a faulty florescent light…and I don't think that's what they were going for.

And finally…
Hey Yorgi! A-ha! Is he having a laugh? Oh, Rob!

music
Moving from Lima to Columbus doesn't give anyone from Ohio better taste in music. Just heed this as a stern warning.

IFC
I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the comments, but IFC is rerunning the series, 3 episodes at a time, on Fridays, set to conclude (I suppose) with the AMC premier. They are showing the typical order, so last night was Arrival, Chimes, and A, B, & C.

A friend in high school and I used to use that line as sort of a secret code. "Give Susan my regards" is always a good, innocuous password in a sticky situation.

At least we have (had/have) Futurama to fix these missed Harlem Globetrotters opportunities. (And possibly the new season of The Amazing Race.)

This is the only episode where I always feel, instead of 6's face racing up only to be stopped by the slamming bars, it should be his brains getting blown out. He is indeed SuperEveryman to even bounce back after such a mindfuck.

I let you keep the femur, but now, now I want my skull.

favorite prisoner line
Chimes happens to have my favorite line from the whole series…

re: your other point, I don't believe the purpose of The Village is to find out why 6 resigned at all. I don't think they care why he resigned. I believe they want him to 'confess' just like in a Stalin show trial. Once he does that, they will own him, and likely install him as another No. 2. (Other Villagers are…

Seems to me we all voted for "change" about a year ago. And our new No. 2 ran into the White House to tell us we were free to…free to…well, anyway. I don't think you need to go back to the 1960's to see relevance in this episode.

Well, what are you going to do about it, Whitey? Just sit there? Of course not! You are going to join with us: The members of the American National Socialist White Peoples' Party. An organization of decent, law abiding white folk, just like you!

some things never change
If you enjoyed this rant, I refer you to the excellent 2005 album, "Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues" by Lewis Black.

Clearly, it's The Supervisor saying "Orange Alert! Orange Alert!"