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The locker search scene was an interesting one, because of how deliberately racially charged it was.
They keep tiptoeing up to that issue and then sort of…backing off? I mean, there are tons of stereotypes flying around and Matthew called them "thugs," and then Sharee flat-out called the school racist, but that line

Because they don't see movies made by/starring/celebrating black people. Yeeeeah, I said it.

I watched this show immediately after finishing college, so I was heartily sick of Young Folks And Their Problems and did not really appreciate this show the way I might have done another time. So I don't know, am I just being unnecessarily mean, or was Wilson Cruz kind of a terrible actor? I totally respect the

Seth and Cecily giggling over that later on was the cherry on top.

Is that his schtick? I guess that's basically what he did in This Is The End when he was kinda-sorta parodying himself ("Dear God, it's me, Jonah Hill. From Moneyball"), but from what I understand he's actually legitimately pretty unpleasant and actually does take himself seriously now, so doesn't that sort of ruin

I tuned in pretty much entirely for Bieber jokes, so I was pretty annoyed at how brief that stuff was—where was Kate McKinnon-as-Biebs?!—but I'm actually kind of glad that nearly everything else sucked because now I can go on petulantly hating Jonah in peace. I mean, he didn't write the stuff, but he surely didn't

I'm always stunned and delighted at just how bawdy they can get in those sketches—presumably because it's 12:55? I don't know, but it's great.

I was cackling Amy Poehler-style at "is…it…warm??" Hands down best part of the show, imo.

My favorite of these is Ernest Borgnine as Kirk Douglas' dad in The Vikings when he's actually a month younger. And it's almost convincing.

Aw, I kinda love her comments about Magic City. That character had a lot of potential, shame it got axed. And it's a shame she was only on the later, suckier seasons of Gilmore Girls, because the early stuff was great.

BILLY BURKE IS 47?! OK, I would not have guessed that.

Wait, I'm sorry—maybe I missed it in last week's review or comments, but we're not gonna acknowledge/laugh at the absurdity of 37-year-old David Lyons and his 25-year-old son? I just…what? They could have made him 18-20 or just avoided saying his age and it still would've worked, but no. I'm a shameless Monroe stan

I'm still laughing at "what's a boy band?" But I'm the idiot who wants Sleepy Hollow to be nothing but Ichabod being confused at the 21st century and Abbie being entertained by it, so you can't go by me.

I saw an episode from way later in the season when we interviewed Kroll at my job, and without spoiling anything specific, I can tell you that it'll be quite a while before we hear what happened to Denise, but it's funny. This show has remarkably careful continuity. And if you call Liz anything other than Liz (i.e.,

The Angst-Scruff was really, really working for him. I don't want him to be sad about Carter forever, of course, but the fact that he's handling his grief through increased sarcasm and not shaving is delightful.

I love the boys to death, but if the entire rest of the series was just The Darkly Sapphic Adventures of Root and Shaw I would be 5000% okay with that.

I was cringing so hard during all of the scenes with Sharee [according to my caption], holy hell. That was some stereotypical Mauryesque mess. That plus giving Katherine a Sassy Gay Friend in the same episode…??? That was just baffling. The show's usually really smart about addressing those kinds of issues, so I have

I'll never get over how badly that plotline was handled—like, they had him attempt suicide for sweeps and then he was literally never mentioned again—but his performance was heartbreaking and it's great to see that he can do comedy well too. I cracked up at "OMEGA PSI!!" "Yeeeah, I got that."

I watched it again with commentary the other day (because I'm really cool, that's why), and there are so many details and foreshadowing hints that I missed even upon repeated viewings—the use of certain colors and shot frames and even the order they walk in. It's really quite clever.

Yeah, I had the same reaction. I was like "I know this is meant to look douchey and sorta sad, buuuut it's actually kinda hot."