Could have been Kaili as well. Maybe he was a serial killer with a Help! fetish.

SHATTERED! SHATTERED!

I think in the last episode of season 1, when Ann shows up for the first time (talking sluggishly to George Michael at the banana stand while Maeby watches), she is played by someone other than Mae Whitman. By the next season, they had recast the role.

I was thinking Kitty Genovese too, but I'm glad I was wrong.

KNIFEBROOM!

He forgot his mantra.

Ted looks like the lovechild of Gus Fring and Dustin Hoffman.

Pimpbot?

The cute, as a species, don't age well.

I think The Bob The is talking about the original Degrassi.

Mike + the Mechanics is the worst thing that has ever happened, and yes, that includes Hitler.

I liked his pronunciation of Madison: "My son works on Medicine Avenue!"

Spoilers, then: There was lots of discussion about ketchup on hotdogs, some of it quite contentious.

I thought it was when you have to carry your canoe over land. Weird thing to name an episode after.

I did think it was funny that among all of her ex-colleagues, Peggy was least awkward with the guy who impregnated her.

But never Countdown to Christmas Party Time.

FYI, that picture is from their last-ever photo session at John's house in the summer of 1969. Pictures from that day were used on the cover of the Hey Jude album, which was released in 1970 (not on the Hey Jude single, which was indeed released in '68).

I think Frank's plan was for Russo to relapse, but the murder was improvised. After falling off the wagon, Russo was supposed to slink shamefully back to his House seat and then, probably, to obscurity. But he threatened to snitch, so Frank killed him.

memaxar, I agree with all that you wrote, but what was the point of the watershed bill? Frank really wanted to pass it, ostensibly to help Russo. Clearly he didn't actually want Russo to win, so why did he push so hard for the bill? Just to stick it to Sancorp?

Yes, I remember listening to a long interview with him on NPR in which he explained that "Nuclear" was about his late girlfriend, the daughter of a famous actress, but he refused to say who she was (or who the actress was).