B+ means "very good, just below the level of the best this show can do." And talk about widely divergent reactions — there's threads here with "worst episode ever" and threads with "A all the way, what's wrong with you Donna for giving it a B?"

Hoser Nut. Sigh. And giggle.

Thanks, shoulda checked, will fix. RIP indeed.

A wink, but a huge exaggerated play-it-to-the-back-row one. Basically I just found it easier and clearer to call him Hurley rather than Steve.

Clueless Neophyte, the Atlanta games were the first time the Paralympics used the same venues, and they saved the phoenix mascot idea for that event. Which is apropos, and it was a nice design.

I yield to no one in my admiration for COUGAR TOWN (seriously), but I disagree that the obviousness of the double entendres is a fatal problem for "Glitter." The disconnect between how nice the Canadians assume the show is and how dirty the Americans assume it is wouldn't be nearly as sharp if the show were subtly or…

I always get that wrong, and I really should look it up every time to make sure. Thanks for the correction.

It's culturally creepy in a society where sexual attraction to one's parents or children is an absolute taboo, you've got to admit. Perfectly normal and indeed unavoidable, but we've made it as difficult to deal with as we possibly can.

Good catch, gogiggs — I rewound and listened twice, but the little-boy inflection masked the spoonerism for me. Even funnier that way.

The TV writers (under the guidance of our new TV editor) are having a discussion about what the grades mean. We seem to have a consensus that B range grades mean "good, solid episodes, not the best but quite respectable." You may disagree with whether season 6 has been characterized by such episodes, but whenever I…

I'd say he debunks conventional wisdom as much as he passes it along. In this book, for example, he spends a few pages in the chapter on "The Nursery" giving the history of the commonplace that childhood did not exist before the Victorian era and alerting the reader to the current scholarly consensus that this is a…

I was so distracted during the Troga scene by trying to imagine how slow Mitchell was walking on the treadmill. I actually don't think the actor was walking at all, but it was some great pantomime.

It was really sweet this time. I appreciated the repeat for my benefit.

A monument to inattention
Obviously this is a really embarrassing post to leave out there. I decided not to revise it (although I have changed the grade) because I figured it would be just as bad to engage in revisionism as to be so hilariously wrong in the first place.

I loved that moment, but couldn't find a good way to describe it.

Well, that's certainly worth a statue.

I howled at Luke's first delighted mention — "I used to throw up a lot! Remember Buckety?" Fixed the reference in the post; thanks to those who pointed it out.

I am on record as a total douche. Proud to bear the Mosby name.

Well, you're going to get some hop-ons.

Yep, this is moonlighting for me, although it's a long-term relationship. I do work a lot with popular culture in my scholarship, so it's not totally divorced from my day job.