Prediction for tonight's grade: B-.  Todd will be disappointed in the silliness of the Abed plot, and how mechanical the episode feels.

And later he showed up to attack the school.

@Stephen77:disqus  , if you haven't watched Four Lions, you really, really should.  Actually, this goes for everyone.  It's great.

Rubber Dinghy Rapids, bro!

Random thought I had the other day; if there was a character quite similar to Pete Campbell (not necessarily on Mad Men) who was female, I bet the actor and the character would face unceasing amounts of vitriol.

I've never read Shogun, though I bought Noble House for €0.10 at a market some years back.  Probably the most efficient book I've ever purchased for price per page.  Pretty good novel, too.  I found Tai-Pan sometime later for 25 cents, but didn't enjoy it that much.

I'm not sure if the production codes indicate the right order, though (for example, "Lo Scandalo" had the code 304, even though it aired 8th last season).  There are a couple of smoking guns of continuity (notably Bilbo's death, but also a couple of other jokes, like the gas canisters I think, and one or two other…

I think that this review is still only #3 on the "Most Commented" list is a pretty good indicator of the apathy 'round here.

Party Down was a better adaptation of The Office than The Office was, so I think Adam Scott won out after all.

This would be a better show if it was called Bobrovsky.

His cover's been blown.  Chicanery has been a KGB double-agent this entire time.

I'm totally on board.  It doesn't get nearly enough credit.

I was hoping this was going to be about how Leslie isn't a good friend.  I am disappointed, although I agree with almost everything that was written..

If Community gets a fifth season, I can see things becoming better simply by the reduction in cast, with at least Chase and potentially Jeong gone.  Having a big cast can be very unwieldy (and Community has amply exhibited this in the past), and the simple ability to allocate more screen time to each character would…

I was not a fan.  It devolved into pure silliness like most conspiracy shows do.

It always seems like the show enters this bizarre parallel universe when the Dean or Chang does something, because nobody ever reacts to their actions realistically. I feel like season 4 has actually made significant amends in that regard (well, mostly with Chang).

Damn, "Equality Street" is catchy as hell.

Well, this episode had:

There are lots of cleavagey shots this season that I would like to Fishstick.  But I cannot.

Oh, definitely.  Minus the terrible decision to have him move next to Jeff (which thankfully has paid off in no substantial way), they're giving him an actual character, as well as a measure of competence.