Grade bitching IS pointless.  Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the rebel base by the time this station is operational.  We willl then crush the Rebellion with one swift stroke!

Agree with everyone below about Cheers — it definitely had a dip in quality at some point after its stellar early seasons, but by the end it had rebounded in a strong way, and its final season was one of its best.  So many classic episodes from that run:  Woody becoming city councilman, Carla sleeping with Paul (and…

I thought the conversation about why they never dated was very well done.  The meta aspect was obvious, if only because it's not a conversation that would have felt natural otherwise.  The only reason these two characters WOULD have this conversation is because people watching the show have had it.

So much good stuff in this episode.  Everything with the stripper Lincoln was gold — his expression when April asked him if he still played the clarinet (which was brilliantly cut off by a commercial break), the fact that he never took off his beard, his complaint during the recovery of the buried artifacts.

So much good stuff in this episode.  Everything with the stripper Lincoln was gold — his expression when April asked him if he still played the clarinet (which was brilliantly cut off by a commercial break), the fact that he never took off his beard, his complaint during the recovery of the buried artifacts.

You messed up the chicken/egg thing at the start.  "Feeling bummed out because I was listening to it" and "listening to it a lot was making me feel bummed out" actually say exactly the same thing two different ways.

I came to this show pretty late, so I'm not sure how many permutations of Roger we've seen, but I tend to agree with the review.  Roger's "character work" was so well done in the episode where he accidentally fully became a nebishy type in an elaborate scheme to get out of paying for some gloves - and then…

I can't believe they brought Parker back in the very first issue.  ugh

I will have to remember, when I get old, that if I want to put a 20-something year-old girl at ease, I should strip off all my clothes and approach her slowly, saying "I just want you to be comfortable.  Let's do this!"

Personally, I think the episode just wasn't FUNNY, which was the real issue I had with it.  On the whole I've really enjoyed this season.

Agree with the criticisms.  This episode was off, in an otherwise strong final season.  Daryl's inexplicable sudden disinterest in Val, the bafflingly implausible details of Jim's career development, etc.

GO SOX!

Can someone please tell me what the heck happened between Maron and Jon Stewart?  I suppose it follows roughly the same path as what happened between Maron and Louis C.K., just comics who shared a rough perspective and then one broke huge.  But I've gotten the impression that Maron had a specific beef with Stewart…

How was Chrisoph Waltz a supporting actor in Django Unchained?  I mean, I know Django's name is the title of hte movie, but he had about 1/3 the lines and only very slightly more screen time (if that).

I'm really surprised at the hate for Cohen and Carter.  I haven't read anything but pans for them, but I thought they were among the better parts of the movie.  Genuinely funny in a way I never found the characters on stage — the forgetting of Cosette's name was repeated too often (i.e. repeated at all) but genuinely…

I'm really surprised at the hate for Cohen and Carter.  I haven't read anything but pans for them, but I thought they were among the better parts of the movie.  Genuinely funny in a way I never found the characters on stage — the forgetting of Cosette's name was repeated too often (i.e. repeated at all) but genuinely…

But the fact that you call it pop-pop just confirms that you're not ready.

But the fact that you call it pop-pop just confirms that you're not ready.

One thing I haven't seen addressed about these "middle-aged white guy antihero" stories is that they also tend to involve a little tweak to the basic premise of the main character.  It's always "He's X, but he's Y!"

I don't think I feel QUITE the same, but I basically agree.  I could not understand why Community was basking in such love at a time when I thought it had dipped considerably.  Way too many gimmicks, way too much assuming that we were all consumed by the meta-jokes and backstage drama.  When the show began, and built…