Good points. I always thought that Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown was a bit of an over-dramatic title (for your Life??!!, really??), especially for a G-rated Peanuts film, but I guess it actually fits quite well.

Oh yeah. External forces like you mention are definitely part of it; i.e. the social forces (family, friends, media, advertising) that, whether they are doing it consciously or not, are imploring you to conform to some nebulous idea of "normalcy," even while they are encouraging you to "be yourself." It's a wonder any…

I don't really think Gretchen bought it either when she said it to Jimmy in "Fists and Feet and Stuff," she was just taking a leap and had to justify it somehow. I wonder how much that moment is still on her mind, I mean she actually said, out loud, that she was willing to marry Jimmy. I'm hoping that'll come up again…

Since I think that SNL's political influence has been quite overblown for some time, it's obvious that Trump hosting will have little effect on anything. Everyone will talk about it for a day or so then pretty much forget about it.

Yeah, they doubled down on her condition by having her stalk a couple, almost kidnap a baby, and actually steal a dog. This is some fucked up shit.

True, but I think a bigger issue for many people is that they think they are simply "missing out" on whatever (not perfection per se, just something). And it can fill you with so much self-doubt it's paralyzing.

Oh my God, I didn't pick up on that because I was so focused on Gretchen but of course Rob saw Gretchen and Jimmy as a Fun Couple and just wanted to be around them. Holy shit this show is so good.

It's the old "grass is always greener" kind of thing. "Does person A or couple B have something I don't have or know something I don't know?" We fill ourselves with self-doubt, thinking or hoping someone else has The Answer. But of course the stark reality of it all is that nobody really "knows" shit and we are all…

My read is that they are just arguing again (about all that you mention and stuff they've argued about before), like any married couple has. The facade was lifted. Or more to the point, Gretchen's idealization was shattered.

Cor blimey. I'd love to quote it, but it's much better to just link to the actual thing:

He most assuredly meant LA in general. That was probably the best response to Jimmy's pretentious writer bullshit in the show's run. Such a small but effective burn.

Such great moments. Seeing Gretchen actually happy running with the dog and at the dog park. Proudly pointing out "her" dog, and laughing when another dog tries to go for her crotch. You want her happiness to be real, but being the sham that it was, her need to echo things Lexi said was both hilarious and…

I like how Lexi's line:

I also like how they set up some future problems (one already alluded to in the promo for next week) with the envelopes, which the moment Jimmy said, "Under no circumstances do I want these mailed" you know they are damn well getting mailed. (I can't wait to see what the love letter to Becca leads to.)

And has a fucking theramin player. That killed me.

I think we all kind of saw where the episode was going, that the balloon of the Perfect Hipster couple was going to be popped, but it was done in such a brutal way, Rob was so fucking casual with his confession it was hard to tell how serious he was about it all, and that probably made the gut punch for Gretchen even…

No really, I read it in a buke.

Also while on holiday, taking the baby out in a pram in the rain, wearing a pac a mac.

This is nothing compared to the time Jon Stewart had—- diarrhea.

Well, obviously.