Trusting that Mindy and Jody are not endgame, I think this was a good twist. I liked how they used the supporting cast and even liked Jody in this episode. Jeremy's acting advice was hilarious and, considering last week's Tony award recap of the actors' many appearances on Law and Order, it is indeed shocking that…

And Cold Case. I miss Cold Case. I have to say I much prefer Tracie Thoms with natural hair, though. She was barely recognizable in this episode. I watched every episode of Cold Case, and I couldn't figure out who she was without checking the credits. Sort of like when Jennifer Grey got a nose job.

But did he get feedback from them? We were never told, only that Monica was the only non-engineer who reviewed it. Maybe Jared's girlfriends deleted the invite.

Was that Bill Hader? Then definitely something's up. Cool.

Old Christine was my favorite JLD role by far, and as someone who has done her time on PTAs, very relateable. Yes, Christine was awful, but those other moms were even awful-er, and they all ended up being well-developed characters. I still sometimes find the show on late night and laugh.

True about the shipping (Her dating is sort of the point of the show). I thought that about 30 Rock, which was sort of the clone of MTM. Both were about clever young women who came to work in television, heading up a mostly male staff with a cynical male boss. But somehow, MTM, in the 1970s, didn't have to end with…

Credits are a weird thing. For example, Chris Noth, who played not only Big (Carrie's eventual husband) on Sex and the City but also Peter Florrick (Alicia's cheating husband) on The Good Wife was listed as a guest star on both shows. He was on about half the SATC episodes and 2/3 of the Good Wife episodes. Btw,…

Because we all know he is on another show, The Real O'Neals. But I hope he lasts as long as Cliff, at least.

S'okay. We agree about Kirstie Alley being preferable to Shelley Long, and that is what's important.

Yes, I'm sure they propped the show up for 6 seasons. Since Chris Messina obviously wants to move on, I guess they could hire another actor and pull a Darren Stevens with him. I'm looking on Wikipedia for Italian-American actors about his age. My favorite is Joe Manganiello (Sophia Vergara's husband). He had a…

Yeah, wow, I just looked up what he has coming up. In addition to no less than 3 current/summer movies (Neighbors 2, Angry Birds, and Suicide Squad), he has an upcoming comedy with Amy Schumer (He is listed 4th in the credits on IMDB) and, bizarrely, a movie about Watergate, where he is playing an undercover FBI…

Um, okay, obviously you are a huge fan of Chris Messina (and Shelley Long?) but Kirstie Alley was on 148 episodes of Cheers, while Shelley Long was on 123, so I think most people would disagree that Cheers failed without Shelley Long (Also, Kirstie Alley was so, so much better).

I think they hastened having her end up with Danny because the show was in perpetual danger of going off the air — kind of like how How I Met Your Mother had several possible "mothers" over the seasons,

I know he is a writer (Head writer?), but writers come and go too. And he is arguably having a better movie career than Chris Messina, with movies people actually see at mainstream theaters instead of art houses. I believe he sold a movie he wrote too. So I keep waiting to hear he is leaving. Since I'm a big fan,…

I was thinking Vulture (i.e. New York magazine) didn't have a problem with it but to each his own. The fact is, some comedy is going to push boundaries, or else every show would be The Middle (not that I don't like The Middle).

Yes. They referred to him by name, Dr. LeDreaux, which is how I recognized him. His whole face was obscured by a baseball cap. But that could be because I watched it on my iPad.

Dr. Bergdahl played by Dan Bakkedahl. I think he left due to a combination of getting a regular role on the new show Life in Pieces (He is an incredibly busy actor who is also recurring on at least two other shows, Veep and The Goldbergs) and no one really liking the character in the first place. Garrett Dillahunt…

Or both. As nice as it is that they finally found someone to play Mindy's mom, the fact is, she isn't Rhea Perlman. I just really like her and the dynamic between her and Mindy Kaling, just the contrast between Perlman, who is tiny and loud and Mindy, who is bigger and tiny-voiced, makes me laugh. But obv we disagree…

He wasn't there this season because of filming a movie, but I'd guess he just doesn't want to be in a weekly show anymore. It might be a coincidence, but today, a week after Chris Messina went recurring Universal announced a new 5-year contract with Mindy Kaling (not necessarily for this show but for this show or a…

Haha. I, for one, think the show has actually improved this season. I don't think Dillahunt completely fits in with the dynamic, but if they can resist the urge to have him and the main character get romantically involved (They just have no chemistry, and that is partly the way they have written the character, as well…