I take it you weren't a Downton Abbey watcher - the resolution of over half the story-lines were stuffed into their "Christmas Specials"!

All I can say is that this season gets much better than this premiere episode (I zoned out a few times during some scenes, but the episode's end made up for that).

Too slow, ho!

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT, DELTA!!

I remember one woman loudly say in the theatre, the first time she sees one of them do their weightless thing:

Dammit, now *I'm* going to have Chaka Khan's "Whatcha gonna do for maaayyy" stuck in my head too.

ENOUGH, AV CLUB!!

I would check out a spin-off with an all-Black cast though:

I just saw Trump do a FUCKING RAISED FIST SALUTE at the end of his speech and my body actually involuntarily convulsed in disgust!

What do you think of the

Radiohead - Creep
Beck - Loser

Here's my special playlist for Obama:

To avoid offence, what Stephen Colbert's joke needed … was The Cocksucker proxy.

That medley of three songs that form the last track on Mama's Gun (called 'Green Eyes') is and always will be perfection.

More like Erykah Ba-DON'T, amirite?

I still remember in the first episode, when they all found out Sam had a 'white bae' - he made a hilarious comment along the lines of "damn Sam, if I knew you liked guys that light I woulda hollered" …so the show *does* acknowledge his complexion, and now you mention it, they *do* make him the most 'stereotypically…

"provides absolutely no character-based information"

Should I have? Possibly maybe …but look, what can I say, it's not up to you. You see, there's definitely no logic to human behaviour …

I love this interview with Jimmy Kimmel where Nia Long talks about rappers name-checking her:

"Before Rachel goes, she shares a SPOILER for the next season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Josh dies in a tragic rimming accident."