Yeah, that version of my comment is obviously superior.

I think a lot of this is on Scott Patterson.

"Windfall" is Farrar's one song masterpiece.  The rest of Trace is also worth your time.

I was thrown by that line, too -  it felt like set-up for a pretty meh joke rather than a considered character trait.

I always felt that Rory's character arc said a lot about class, though it was never clear how much of that was intentional.

They pulled off the graduation.  That scene, and Lauren Graham's fact (and Scott Patterson's face, secondarily) made the whole thing a success.

That's why we have Internet Friends!

Yeah, I hate what Logan did to Rory.

Me too.

See, I totally disagree about Jeff and Annie.  The fact that their relationship was a terrible idea was what made it good comedy and good character work.

See, I totally disagree about Jeff and Annie.  The fact that their relationship was a terrible idea was what made it good comedy and good character work.

(To note, I am a huge Community fan who happens to be posting in this thread after my least favorite episode of the show.  That is annoying.  Sorry.)

Reactionary doesn't mean "overreacting".

Yup.  This is a joke that should have landed - the little details Jeff mentioned at the end, where she built out the lie with a scattering of his(?) hair by the sink, that could have given Annie's funny role-play the depth that could have brought it around for weird and awkward to completely adorable.  But the writing…

Wrestling fans more than exist above the Mason-Dixon line.  They thrive in Canada.  There are regularly storylines about anti-American wrestlers who love Canada instead, there are stables of wrestlers who work together out of Canadian solidarity.  Something like 1/3 of pro wrestlers are Canadian.

Book of Mormon is about missionaries who come to an African village, convert the natives, and bring peace and happiness.

Yup.  And previously, Friday Night Lights.  Jason Katims knows how to make high-quality network drama.

Oh, yeah.  That thing you said, it's thing I meant to said.

That's fair.  I kind of changed my mind halfway through the post - there's nothing wrong with being a bleak but low-stakes comedy.  Veep is good at being that, and its cast is fantastic.

There's a basic terminology problem here.  "Partisan" refers to the existing party structure of the US.  Obviously satires like Team America attack both parties, and indeed so do Stewart and Colbert.
The problem with the Capitol Steps and the Tonight Show (and, I'd argue, Veep) is that they are non-*ideological*.…