I don't know, they can't really shake it up, unless they do something to fuck it up. That's just kind of how love stories go — they're full of tension and passion and blah de blah and they end with the characters in question getting together. Love stories don't linger at the point where they're opening up the…

maybe this is picky
But they played music over the Jim & Pam montage, which was really weird to me. That's totally against the show's stylistic rules, and it made it feel more like some weird "looking back at the memories" documentary that would be shown during right before a series finale or something.

I suppose so — though I wouldn't accuse you of completely consciously, intentionally forcing good reviews. You did just say in the comment above:

You've imagined a free ride for the Office when it hasn't even been reviewed yet.

mmmhmm — kind of generous

I saw two clips of his show the other day that really impressed me. One was his final-word-on-the-subject commentary about the late night drama. He said he feels like he's expected to join in on the fight since he hosts a late night show, but he''s not going to blab on about it because it's totally insignificant…

that is so something I'd do … and I did it

I am achingly gay, and I'm gonna fuck your dad.

red sun no. 5
Anyone else obsessed with Red Sun No. 5? I find it achingly gorgeous. Also Lewis Takes of His Shirt is another small obsession of mine lately. As is this performance in heavy rain where the techs wanted him to stop so he doesn't get electricuted: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

You know, I'm so tired of hearing about how much more sophisticated British audiences are because their shows are so much darker. That's such an illogical argument, and people that think they're more sophisticated than most everyone else (which just seems like a symptom of a lack of self-awareness and a need to feel…

college realism
So, he said the frat house was at "Penn," which I can only imagine stood for "Pennsylvania Fine Arts" as the only other Penn in Philadelphia is University of Pennsylvania. I have a hard time believing Dennis got like a 4.0 or a near-perfect SAT score in high school… cos that's like one of the top 10…

bendiagram — I'm not even sure if I've spent any real life time with anyone from Australia… if I did, itw as pretty fleeting. I have seen that episode of the simpsons. So your argument is totally plausible

But it seemed like the number of times he said "yeah it was me", even with the "I'm kidding" chuckle, would have made it clear … unless I missed some thing where they played it off. That was before the exchange.

Yeah, but why didn't he just say "yes" or "no" is the question, really. I don't get why he was all "oh damn I don't know what to do!" in his reaction.

I'm not great with knowing the ins and outs of celebrity characteristics, so I was thinking "is Julianne Moore from Australia?" (and continued to do so until I read this review). She sounded like Keitha the Australian from Flight of the Conchords. I could totally hear her saying "I gotta go murder a brown snake in the…

Best line of the night

I actually think AV Club's pretty right about this show this season. The last episode was a big relief, and this episode did feel like a let down from what seemed like a possible return to form. I mean it does its job as a comedy, but the thing that's kind of mildly annoying is that it's a fairly empty show that is…

the plots + gayness
I liked the episode a good bit, though I would say I kind of wish it had more time. There were a lot of small plots going on, and thus some of them ( the Oscar crush thing, in particular ) felt really rushed. I was mildly confused with an aspect of the Andy secret santa plot — why did Angela ask…

OK, a characterization that kind of bothers me in this episode… A couple weeks back in the murder mystery episode, wasn't the whole rationalization for dicking around that he was providing a little escapism from the bad news to keep it from being overwhelming? Why would he spill the news at the christmas party in this…

Turtle flu. ( w/ serious face )