I read this without knowing any behind-the-scenes details and assumed that by 'meta' you meant the viewers' relationship with the show.

I disagree with quite a lot of this (especially that last scene, that was great TV, dammit!) but… the heart Likes what it Likes.

I disagree with quite a lot of this (especially that last scene, that was great TV, dammit!) but… the heart Likes what it Likes.

I still don't get these Simpsons writeups at all.  They're almost entirely composed of descriptions of exactly what you see when you watch the episode- they just seem to function as reminders that the episode and the jokes in it existed.

I still don't get these Simpsons writeups at all.  They're almost entirely composed of descriptions of exactly what you see when you watch the episode- they just seem to function as reminders that the episode and the jokes in it existed.

Dammit, this is never going to stop being funny, is it?

Dammit, this is never going to stop being funny, is it?

Ah, rapping about how much money one has.  I'm not a fan, but it's easier to accept if the rapper grew up in a deprived area where the acquisition of wealth is a sign of success.  It's slightly harder to take coming from Tom Hanks' son.

Ah, rapping about how much money one has.  I'm not a fan, but it's easier to accept if the rapper grew up in a deprived area where the acquisition of wealth is a sign of success.  It's slightly harder to take coming from Tom Hanks' son.

But they already jumped the shark AND fell off the wagon last season.  And I'm down with the execution attempt.  It's nonsense, granted, but I think it's fun nonsense.

But they already jumped the shark AND fell off the wagon last season.  And I'm down with the execution attempt.  It's nonsense, granted, but I think it's fun nonsense.

I loved how she couldn't have been much further than the next room when Dexter launched his illegally-blackmail-a-crime-writer effort.

I loved how she couldn't have been much further than the next room when Dexter launched his illegally-blackmail-a-crime-writer effort.

There weren't many of them, so it was probably either possible serial killers or competent police.

There weren't many of them, so it was probably either possible serial killers or competent police.

Oh mothers, tell your children
Not to do as I have done
Put pens in their mouths and chew on them
In the house of a suspected murderer with something to gain by killing them and whose modus operandi is obscure poisons

Oh mothers, tell your children
Not to do as I have done
Put pens in their mouths and chew on them
In the house of a suspected murderer with something to gain by killing them and whose modus operandi is obscure poisons

It's certainly the only zombie film that taught me the important life lesson that Rock n' Roll knows no boundaries.

It's certainly the only zombie film that taught me the important life lesson that Rock n' Roll knows no boundaries.

I think it's actually coming out of a small lull about now- this one beat last week's one for my money.  And it looks like Isaak's going to come out shooting next week, so I think they can stick a solid B+.