I hope the show is done with concept episodes for the rest of the season (I will make an exception for the season finale and/or penultimate episode), but I also think it works to have Troy's final episode be a concept episode.

I pinged on Warriors with Chang's gang.

They have, but not by a character saying he or she lives in Colorado. There's been acknowledgement of it by, weirdly, the show's characters' Twitter accounts.

The storytelling has also been much stronger than it was last season. I could draw you a chart, but then I'd have to rewatch some of season four.

Oh, God, we've just discovered this week's, "YOU MISSED THIS OBVIOUS CALLBACK TO A ONE-OFF JOKE FROM SEASON ONE, YOU IDIOT!" haven't we?

I think my Hear This on Hey Rosetta was shorter. But very close.

I'm saying I see what they're talking about, but I disagree. What's wrong with that?

The character she's singing as is meant to be.

Did everybody miss the entire rest of the article, where I said I thought that argument was incorrect? I'm just saying I can see where they're coming from.

Is He's Just Not That Into You still culturally relevant? Sure, when the movie came out, but when's the last time anybody talked about that franchise?

A good, fresh story is a rare commodity, so I can understand why remakes and sequels are so popular. The problem is when anyone tries to force them. One of the reasons Rake sorta works is that Peter Tolan doing an Americanization of the original is a good match of producer to material, and you can sense Tolan would…

Well, when you posted this, it had been up for all of 15 minutes, so…

We're not doing a Readers' Choice for this theme, because the theme sort of resists it. We'll do Readers' Choice again on the next theme.

Well, it was intended to be shown first when shot. "Pilot" means more than just "first episode."

Grades ARE returning. It's not a switch that can just be flipped. It's a whole program that has to be written. As always, just be patient.

LOL, I clicked that accidentally.

Somebody's probably already mentioned this, but did you guys realize that Britta getting Pierce's iPod Nano was a callback to a joke from season one's "The Art Of Discourse" and that investing so much of your life in television is a hilariously pointless pursuit, because inevitably, you won't mention a callback joke…

I do not think downvoting is a big deal, but, then, I'm used to commenters being dicks to my face, so anonymity is an improvement.

The ratings drop was precipitous enough between seasons as to suggest the audience was tuning out. Obviously, the NBC of the time had enough problem areas that it was ultimately a good call for renewal (commercially, not just creatively), but the trend established in that season continued throughout the series' run.

It was decided by Sonia, Erik, and I. So it was both!