Tommy said so, so, so .. so what?

Someone needs a History Lesson.

Why don't you get a haircut, sister?

Agreed.

I think you can pretty well figure out what's Gob's saying in "Afternoon Delight."  Buster's tirade in "Bringing Up Buster," however, remains a wonderful mystery.

Exactly.  I went a generation back from what was intended, I think: not proto-shoegaze but proto-proto-shoegaze.  The primordial ooze from which shoegaze took its form.

"Lucille exhaling her smoke into Buster's mouth is inspired."

I think I agree with that.

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I think it's the fourth one.  Just re-watched "Flight" last night, but I've only seen the other ones once through so far.

I've never seen Workaholics either, but I do know it's fairly popular.

So here's my take on Michael's transformation.  Clearly the portrayal is different, tonally and otherwise, from where we left him at the end of S3.  But he's not meant to be the same Michael he was at the end of S3 (well, except for the parts that are a direct continuation of S3); he's Michael after getting punched in…

The first six episodes of Season 2: "The One Where Michael Leaves" through "Afternoon Delight."

I read Tim Goodman's piece and agreed with the basic thrust, but gosh was it fluffy.  Have to say I far prefer Todd's piece, much as it pains me to prefer thoughtful but lukewarm faint-praise to (seemingly) heartfelt effusion.

@avclub-41e23e24ee2670c4128cd7e5e5ee42ab:disqus  Kitty being left with a cooler of George Sr.'s pre-monkey-drug sperm.  Even though we see Kitty again in Season 3, that whole thing about her wanting to have a Bluth baby got dropped.

Yup.  And it highlights a fact unrecognized by many fans of the original series: that Michael was never really the "great guy" he wanted everyone (himself included) to believe he was.

Todd, I find myself goggling at that statement, but perhaps only for personal reasons.  I did not find AD all that funny when I tried to watch it during its initial run; in fact, I thought it off-putting and not nearly as clever as everyone said it was.

Wait.  What's the best comedy of the 90s?

I'd argue with the point that reviewers are coming at this from a "more critical perspective" than the fan-base, especially this fan-base.  Most of the mainstream takes I've seen thus far (Todd's review being one of the better and fairer examples) have been pretty knee-jerk and hollow.

I just wish we found out which clown he had to fire.