In the last few episodes, Raj has mentioned how unhappy his parents are with one another, etc. I'm thinking that the show is setting up a divorce (or separation) episode for Raj's parents. I saw an interview with the BBT writers when they said they wanted an episode when Raj's parents come to visit Raj and the gang,…

I thought this was a pretty terrific episode. If I sound surprised it's because I thought the last Newhart episode was the weakest ep of last season. But in this ep, they kept Newhart in the background and, as you say, the show was very well written, the interactions with the core cast was top-notch, and there were…

I could swear they've done that joke about three times before. They definitely did the same joke with Crayolas years ago, and it was a lot funnier.

I totally agree with you, and have written as much in comments above. I don't recall Coach remotely being like this in the pilot episode. This most recent episode was terrible - utterly unfunny. Even jokes that should have worked (spending all those "bunny bucks") didn't land. How can a show this young feel this tired?

Considering that the show's ratings have been significantly lower this season, maybe women don't find the relationship all that entertaining either.

Thank you for saying this. I haven't watched New Girl since season two, so watching this episode (which I did because I wanted to see the return of Wayans) was something of a shock. It's like the air has left the balloon. The episode was flat, had no momentum and, worse, no good jokes. I kept waiting for the episode…

Honestly, I thought Lamorne Morris was the only decent thing about this episode. I haven't watched New Girl since season two, but decided to check in because I wanted to see Damon Wayans reappear. But this was a BAD episode - tired, joyless, aimless, unfunny. I hope this season has generally been of a higher standard.

I read somewhere that HIMYM isn't technically a multicam. It isn't filmed in front of a studio audience, and a good part of each episode is shot single-camera-style (think the many cutaways). It's more like a combination of multi- and singlecam show, although everyone thinks it's wholly a multicam, because of the…

Personally I think that Cam from "Modern Family" is a more pernicious and annoying stereotyped character than Jack from W&G. At least W&G was honest about the fact that Jack was essentially a cartoon character.

The first two - maybe three - seasons were a lot of fun. But to say that the show "suffered a drop in quality about halfway through its run" is to be too generous. In fact, W&G ran out of creative steam a lot sooner than it should have (I'm no W&G devotee, but I recall that by season three the show was already…

How long did the episode take to shoot?

I'd take "Falling Down" over "Crash" (the Paul Haggis movie) any day. I remember A.O. Scott's review of "Crash" in the NYT, in which he said that the movie would be plausible only if Los Angeles had a population of about eleven people. "Falling Down" doesn't work for me, either, but at least it's an interesting (and…

I don't hate Mrs. Doubtfire, but aspects of the plot are insultingly stupid. That scene early on when Robin Williams loses his voiceover job because he complains about the cartoon character smoking: Not only is his complaint totally implausible, it is also absurd and ungrounded. (And the film has the temerity to couch…

Please don't give the movie "credit for being self-aware." One of the film's major problems is that it is altogether too self-aware - but in a cynical, market-driven, this-is-what-will-make-a-mega-hit way. It is Hollywood at its very worst. I don't think it's at all silly to suggest that if in fact the film was less…

Exactly! I have no idea how anyone can think otherwise. I had just turned 13 when this movie came out and even then I thought it was complete and utter garbage. The friend that I went to the movie with agreed. We were both bored out of our minds - and, let's be honest, if a movie like LAH bores the 13-year-old-boy…

This was an absolutely awful episode - one lame joke after another, stale set-ups, overly familiar subplots - and yet I thoroughly enjoyed it. Janney can do no wrong, and it is fun to watch her have fun. Farris was more comfortable in her role than in previous episodes; she did less scowling and delivered a more…

She really is gross. Please don't make her a recurring character. (And if you do, please do a better job of writing her lines.)

I just turned 34 and I still feel like I'm brain-damaged (only brain-damaged in a boring, depressing, non-sexy way).

Yeah, Sims, explain yourself!

I have never seen her in anything else, so I certainly have nothing against her. I just think that there is something contrived about that character - something that portends more tiresome stumbling blocks and subplots - that a lot of people here are reacting against. (There are plenty of precedents to this kind of…