The hilarity of that episode is completely overshadowed by its sad ending.  "Let this abomination unto the Lord begin!" is not said nearly enough in casual conversation.

Over, under, over, then, you guessed it, under.  This chair is practically caning itself.

Not to mention the perfect line of "To alcohol!  The cause of and solution to all of life's problems."

Can't talk.  Robbed.  Go hell.

YES!  The chili pepper episode is my all-time favorite Simpsons episode, by far.  I can't tell you how excited I was when the season 8 DVD's finally came out.  Cannot get enough of Kent Brockman blowing on a train whistle.

To answer Ian Balls and Thrillho's questions, you can access HBOGO through any iPhone, iPad, or computer if you have a subscription to HBO through one of the large providers.  For instance, I'm going to my parent's home this weekend for Christmas, and will probably be checking out Enlightened on their computer instead…

To Todd, the AV Club, Dark Passenger Airbag, Tristiac, Delvis Crasho, and all the other commenters during this great run of recaps.  Nothing else matters (for around 30-45 minutes every Wednesday).

The whole thing's a fucking stagmire.

De Matteo and Imperioli both won Emmy's for this season.  Not sure what they submitted, but it must have been this episode.

Found it.

This episode has really grown on me since I first saw it.  I remember thinking, "Well, that was weird, but at least the end conversation was incredible."  In the times I've rewatched it and put together what everything means, it is a little on-the-nose, but it's shot well enough and it's funny enough to overshadow its…

Beat me to it.  Love that line and the nonchalant way it's delivered.  Atta boy, Mikey P.

Nobody does promos like HBO.  The one from 2006 (I think) that had characters from each show quoting lines, ending with Tony's "You're part of something bigger.  When are you going to learn that?" is a masterpiece.

The freeze frame is one thing.  The wipe to the next scene at the farm is what kills it for me.

Chris isn't related by blood to the Tony's, but after Dickie Moltisanti was killed when Chris was a baby, all these guys basically adopted him.

We've been talking for weeks about the freeze-frame, but beyond that, I had forgotten about how well-directed the rest of the episode is.  The slow pan across Tony, the way the camera holds on Chris as he's driving away from the farm, the quick zoom in on Tony after Johnny speeds away in the ol' Maserati.  Really…

Don't think they're going to be in at all for season 2.  The only thing left to shoot is scenes behind the Wall.  I'm really interested how that's all going to work, as Reek is an extremely important player in:

Aeron wasn't specifically cast.  The guy with Theon is just a random priest of the Drowned God.

The sad truth is that it would have been entirely likely that a small child would get some deadly disease or another in the early 1920's.  If not polio, then whooping cough or measles and so on and so on.  This show is historical fiction, and childhood death and disease would have been a very large part of rich and…

Breakfast is just another way to keep women down.  Deal-breaker.