Ah, I didn't know about the "all episodes at once" plan. I had thought cutting the show to a miniseries was a creative decision but sadly I think you're probably right.

I've seen Company XVI's Cinderella twice now, and it's astonishing the shape those men are in. I am going to force my future son to take ballet so he'll be in better shape than I ever was.

Burn off? It's scheduled for Sunday night, not Friday or Saturday. Sunday night is "prestigious TV" night.

I have to say, even this review can't dampen my excitement for this show. At the very least, I'm sure that those of us actually in the NYC performing arts scene (although I'm very tangentially connected to the ballet scene) will find something of value here. I hope the show is much better than this review suggests.

Snoopy! The Musical is, IMO, far superior to YAGMCB. Larry Grossman's music is terrific. "Just One Person" blows away "Happiness."

I have nothing to add that hasn't already been said, but wow. How did this show go from good sitcom to great sitcom to one of the best shows on TV period? I think it's telling that the community grade is a straight A right now.

Yeah, his church is definitely Episcopalian. I haven't noticed anything particularly Lutheran about the way he talks, although I know many Lutheran pastors would probably cite Job as their favorite book too (we're a gloomy bunch.)

This is the episode where the show went from "promising" to actually good. I wanted to like this show from the get-go, but this is the first episode that I have really loved. Great job.

You mean Episcopalian.

Hester Street is such a great movie. It was on my list for a long time and I finally watched it about four or five years ago and loved it. She's phenomenal in it.

FWIW, from her album, it certainly seems like Rachel Bloom enjoys problematic jokes. If this show becomes popular at all (unlikely, although I'm hopeful), she might see some of the same backlash that Amy Schumer went through this summer.

Do you need to watch shows where the main character always makes the right decisions and has no flaws whatsoever? Because if so, I'm sorry that you've missed so many fantastic TV shows of the past decade or so.

I never thought I would use Hulu but once I subscribed, I find myself using it constantly.

Aww, I didn't even pick up on that. Now I need to rewatch all of Eli Stone.

Erik, I hope you told her that literally every commenter on this site is in love with her.

Hey, at least this episode was actually funny. I still don't think it's A- material, but certainly funnier than the previous two episodes by far.

I definitely didn't mean to dismiss Fresh Off the Boat, which I watch and enjoy. I intentionally chose a network sitcom that I thought was pretty good, but I can't imagine this level of analysis being applied to particular episodes of that show. Overall, sure, you could write a thesis on race in sitcoms using the…

Vikram, fantastic review!! I wish all the reviews on this site were so terrifically incisive, but I guess there's not nearly this much to unpack in a standard episode of, say, Fresh Off the Boat.

Impossible to feel sorry for Edgar when he gets to take up close and personal sexy photos of Lindsay.

I mean, I was born in 84, so I really wasn't listening to pop music till I was 10 or 11. Anything from the early 90s probably missed me. 94-98 were my golden years as far as pop music goes, and I vividly remember being in my room, hearing "Wannabe" for the first time on the radio.