Sisters was kind of awesome
Ashley Judd not only played Swoozie Kurtz's daughter, her character was also married to Paul Rudd (under the delightfully improbably name Kirby Quimby Filby). Plus, Sela Ward was in that show and more of Sela Ward is always a good thing.

My friend D. went to the same high school as Gillian Anderson, and was friends with her younger brother. We were watching this episode and right at that "pumper truck" line, D. said to the screen, "You forgot to tell him about the electric blue mohawk you had at the time."

Where, man, WHERE?

Oh god, an episode where Leonard's mom meets Sheldon's mom would be a slice of fried gold. With Penny to mediate and Amy to exacerbate. Yes, please.

SHIT! I mean praising with faint damns. Dorothy Parker, mea culpa.

Good night!
"He even makes Californication, a show I rarely like, sort of watchable through sheer force of his comic charisma."

Great to see Joshua Malina
Jeremy Goodwin puts his arm around Sheldon Cooper? MY NERD WORLDS ARE COLLIDING.

God I miss Science Court
It's not about counting the minutes, Professor, it's about putting in the tiiiiime. Moooo.

What's up with the History Channel these days?
Seriously, they should change their motto to "We give up."

My vote for theme night is The Kinks. But I'll second CZ for Dolly Parton as mentor. I'd also vote for Dolly as President of Earth.

On the subject of the "traditionally powerless in the days when the series was set"
…let's not forget Sol. There's one particularly bittersweet moment, when Bullock is, as often happens, regretting some hot-headed thing he did during the day. Bullock says he shouldn't have been so rude to Hostetler. Sol hits just the…

Did she burn one on the way over?
Why are her eyes so red?

Oh, Brandon Tartikoff
How we miss you.

Sheer MILQUETOAST!

Thanks a lot, Haysoos. Guess who's sleeping with the lights on tonight?

No love for any of the bands from Velvet Goldmine? Polly Small, Brian Slade, The Wylde Rattz, etc.? Also, that chick in Better Off Dead.

No, Zack, you're not wrong about this episode. Geordi was a creepy stalker, and Brahms shouldn't have forgiven him. She should have reported him and had him sent in for a psychiatric evaluation. Then again, I actually had a creepy stalker in high school, so maybe I'm letting my own history get in the way here.

Yes, certainly a black armband day for Mr. Postlethwaite. You were awesome, sir, and will be missed.

Oh, Kelly Rutherford. Like Teri Polo, you deserve a better career.

Because Lord Bowler owns you all
I think it would be neat to cover an episode of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. It aired right before the X-Files, which debuted the same year, and Brisco actually got better reviews but was canceled after one season. Might be fun to compare the two shows, and talk about the…