"Anthem," from the musical "Chess." Simple love for country. Good song. Difficult to sing well. It has everything a national anthem needs.

Has anyone ever seen James Marsden and James Franco in the same place at the same time?

Murray—Present: Sublimation of popular culture reference into older, more popular cultural reference recognized.

How many politically correct people does it take to screw in a light bulb?

I didn't think this was bad. I got a definite sense that there's some forward momentum now that Monroe is all-in on helping Nick. I would expect that this will put more of the Lieutenant's chess-pieces into play, since my guess is that he is all about maintaining the status quo ante. Juliet is asking questions that…

Now I am sad.

I'll bet Brandon Routh and Tom Cruise would make a nice couple.

Near Xanthian in its punniness.

I wish they could have done something about his turrible golf swing. It was funny when TNT did it; I'm sure SNL could do better, right?

Wait, Paul Thomas Anderson and Phillip Seymour Hoffman aren't the same person? Who knew?

I liked this better when it was called Foucault's Pendulum.

The word literally means … "glee."

I hope Sam Neill plays him in the biopic.

Did anyone notice that, when Pierce started singing, Britta, Shirley, and Annie adopted the "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" pose? Any screengrabs out there? That was a clever touch.

If only Regina had Henry's heart in a drawer somewhere. That could take the show in an interesting direction.

I thought it was interesting that she made a point of having Monroe do her, um, doggy-style.

Does Annie's Song fill up your senses, like a night in a forest?

Yeah … I studied her medical records to learn about more than her name …

A few things:

This might be the greatest thing we mere mortals could be privileged to witness. Keep it up, Todd! We're all rooting for you (to collapse in the most hilarious way possible)!