@avclub-0fe01c8a5bcc308ca6bca874fd4caaab:disqus Thanks, buddy.  I appreciate the fact that even though there are gaps between our opinions, you treat those differences with respect. Busy weekend so I'm not getting around to this until now; dunno if you (or anyone) will read it.

@avclub-0fe01c8a5bcc308ca6bca874fd4caaab:disqus Thanks, buddy.  I appreciate the fact that even though there are gaps between our opinions, you treat those differences with respect. Busy weekend so I'm not getting around to this until now; dunno if you (or anyone) will read it.

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus Did I express contempt for anyone enjoying the show in my original post?  No.  Because I don't have contempt for anyone enjoying the show and I have ZERO interest in getting into a shrill internet argument about this show's merits, of which it has few.

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus Did I express contempt for anyone enjoying the show in my original post?  No.  Because I don't have contempt for anyone enjoying the show and I have ZERO interest in getting into a shrill internet argument about this show's merits, of which it has few.

@avclub-1ff70043c78f44fc8841bd8203c00ed3:disqus Yes, you can go and enjoy your huge-man-with-teenage-Zuko voice in peace.

@avclub-1ff70043c78f44fc8841bd8203c00ed3:disqus Yes, you can go and enjoy your huge-man-with-teenage-Zuko voice in peace.

There were a lot of strange/inexplicable/unintentionally funny things going on in this episode.  Like, really a lot.

There were a lot of strange/inexplicable/unintentionally funny things going on in this episode.  Like, really a lot.

Well, that happened.  Strangely, despite really liking Lin, I felt nothing.

Well, that happened.  Strangely, despite really liking Lin, I felt nothing.

While the verbal and conceptual acrobatics on display here are often entertaining, this feels like a really elaborate explanation for a show's decline in quality.

While the verbal and conceptual acrobatics on display here are often entertaining, this feels like a really elaborate explanation for a show's decline in quality.

Ah, 'The Wire.'  Probably the first episode that really made me pay attention to DS9.

Ah, 'The Wire.'  Probably the first episode that really made me pay attention to DS9.

Gosh, I like your style.

Gosh, I like your style.

My girlfriend couldn't get through the first scene.

My girlfriend couldn't get through the first scene.

One day thousands of years from now, when archeologists are sifting through the wreckage of our civilization - wondering, I imagine, what happened? -  they could be forgiven for concluding that we all drowned under a deluge of shrill, circular think pieces about a made-up thing called Girls.

One day thousands of years from now, when archeologists are sifting through the wreckage of our civilization - wondering, I imagine, what happened? -  they could be forgiven for concluding that we all drowned under a deluge of shrill, circular think pieces about a made-up thing called Girls.