I think you've stumbled on to the only way to keep Avery on this show in a way the audience enjoys.  Send him back to his dad's farm in Ohio, and take 5 minutes of every episode to show him hating his shitty life.  "I had a record deal!" he'll say, as the foreman tell him to shut the hell up and keep loading hay…

The Tree of Life was one of the weirdest theater going experiences I've ever had.  People were either really into it or storming out in a fury.  I really liked it, though I can understand others' frustration with it.  There was one sequence (dinosaurs, maybe?) where ten people got up and left, one after another, while…

If only the producers of Nashville would follow suit.  I genuinely don't get what the writers are going for with him.  They went out of their way to make him an immature, selfish dick who treats everyone terribly, and now we're supposed to care about what happens to him?

It's gone downhill, but every few weeks there's an amazing song.  So…. maybe?

Dante's especially the worst because up until last night, he was the good guy who just wanted Juliette and her mom to confront their issues and communicate, and also came through with some solid advice for Juliette when she needed it.  Then *bam*, he's actually a bad guy because that's what the plot needs tonight.

You're also missing the INSANE (in the best sense) safe sex ads by the Avenue Q puppets.  I can't even describe the one from last night without sounding like one of those homeless dudes screaming about government conspiracies on the subway platform.  The highlight is two colorful bears chanting "Unsafe sex!  Unsafe…

It was mostly Roxxxy, who has some makeup issues of her own.

I just figured that Coco had filled him in on all the rules of House Montrese:  Tang makeup, constant shit-stirring, and getting needlessly, instantly aggressive (especially towards House Monsoon).

Naw, I think it's pretty rational.

Step 1:  Give the show to Seth Meyers.
Step 2:  Cancel the show due to its terrible ratings.
Step 3:  No more Seth Meyers!

The problem I could see with a lot of these guys (Maron, Oswalt) is that you don't just get to interview people that interest you or that you respect.  You spend a lot of time chatting with Megan Fox about Transformers 2 or telling Jim Carrey that his new farting penguin movie looks real funny.  It's one of the…

Bledel gets better, but Rory-as-written gets worse (quitting Yale, the DAR + Birkin bag combo).

I thought it was a bit hilarious how the only detail the writers could come up with on this dude was that he was a womanizer.  Really, Stan, is this all you know about him?  And all your memories of him somehow involve him talking about sex?

Didn't Phillip and Elizabeth know that the FBI was going to target someone, even if they didn't know who?  I just figured they called in this vague threat and Arkady made up an excuse to stay in the Embassy that day.  Because yes, otherwise, what?  Capitalistic progress, indeed.

Haha- yes, I also instituted a "no Iraq, no Afganistan" rule around 2005.  I get it, New Yorker- it's terrible there!  I've spent 50 hours reading about how terrible it is, and I've done my time.  No more!

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus My read was that they saw that Henry was done with Anne, and ran to Cromwell to make sure their asses were covered.  He's a bit surprised when a couple of them call him for meetings.

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus  I think the book's version of Cromwell believes that Anne may have committed adultery.  He clearly is going to get rid of her either way (for his own sake and because Henry demands it), but he's still thinking of an annulment/a convent/some legal trick when her ladies…

It felt like Mantel losing her nerve, worrying that we wouldn't like Cromwell anymore if we saw him straight-up frame Anne.  It also felt like the least interesting narrative choice- why does Anne get disposed of so brutally?  Because Henry's that angry?  Because she made a lot of enemies on the way up?  Because…

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus  I've read lots of Alison Weir for the same reason.  And seen both the British and American versions of The Other Boleyn Girl… 

That sounds amazing- I hope they do some kind of simulcast-in-US theaters show like they sometimes do for National Theatre productions.