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Joey and Rachel hooking up is when I really threw my hands in the air: "Yep, wow, there really isn't any air left in these tires."

Joey and Rachel hooking up is when I really threw my hands in the air: "Yep, wow, there really isn't any air left in these tires."

That's one of the brilliant bits of the episode - they throw what seems like three or four different red herrings at you in the first act, and it's so subtly done that you don't immediately realize that the episode has already laid the groundwork to ripping your heart out.

That's one of the brilliant bits of the episode - they throw what seems like three or four different red herrings at you in the first act, and it's so subtly done that you don't immediately realize that the episode has already laid the groundwork to ripping your heart out.

Therein lies, in fact, my number one criticism towards the show - none of the soapy relationship elements, none of the more outlandish mishaps, but just its constant, cruel need to prevent any of the characters from enjoying any modicum of happiness.

Therein lies, in fact, my number one criticism towards the show - none of the soapy relationship elements, none of the more outlandish mishaps, but just its constant, cruel need to prevent any of the characters from enjoying any modicum of happiness.

Ha, very true. Abby was a character whose scenes were perpetually dimly lit.

Ha, very true. Abby was a character whose scenes were perpetually dimly lit.

Big time. Nagra was definitely a late-era asset.

Big time. Nagra was definitely a late-era asset.

AND Alexis Bledel from Gilmore Girls. Good stuff.

AND Alexis Bledel from Gilmore Girls. Good stuff.

And up next, a remake of Suspiria!

And up next, a remake of Suspiria!

"You married, doc?"

"You married, doc?"

My goodness. What awful timing to be pregnant anywhere near the airing of that episode. Good on Mrs. Opinion for skipping it.

My goodness. What awful timing to be pregnant anywhere near the airing of that episode. Good on Mrs. Opinion for skipping it.

When it's used over a montage of Greene succumbing to a brain tumor, yeah.