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Steve M. Lepore
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So, this whole thing ends with Jim FINALLY giving in and becoming boss at Dunder Mifflin, right? We're all going to be like "Wait, didn't he give up $10,000 of his own money for this?" in May, aren't we?

I believe this is the first time they've actually mentioned him since Pam joked about naming their second child "Michael Scott Halpert" in the Season 8 premiere.

Not the greatest episode, but an entire episode can be rendered necessary by a line reading from Neil Patrick Harris like "I have testified at FIVE competency hearings!". This episode probably used it's three male leads in my favorite formation of them, with Barney and Marshall in the dumb sidekick roles.

Oh, they've been doing it for years on the jumbotron. They had Warburton drop the puck Opening Night after the team won the Stanley Cup in '95.

I would love to see a Tegan & Sara/Lonely Island combo somehow.

I never would have thought of The Joy Formidable's "Whirring" as likely hip hop sample fodder.

An even better question would be why couldn't the documentarians just give Pam their footage from Cece's ballet recital?

An even better question would be why couldn't the documentarians just give Pam their footage from Cece's ballet recital?

Max Greenfield's reading of this line had me dying.

"No one can make you feel like a turd without your consent" - Eleanor Roosevelt.

The problem with Shameless is that there's no real grand plan at work here. This isn't Homeland or Game of Thrones or Mad Men. It's a black comedy and a black family comedy with no real boundary as to what can and can't happen. So every season premiere feels like the writing staff sends out feelers for what to do with

Craig Bartlett once pitched a pilot to MTV called The Patakis. Arnold and Helga dated for a while, but Arnold moved away (after having a dysfunctional relationship with Helga). Big Bob is retired after having heart troubles. Miriam is in AA. Olga is struggling as a stage actor. Phoebe and Gerald are dating. Helga's

I kind of hope that these TV Club 10's are like test pilots for getting them into TV Club Classic coverage, which I'd love to see for Hey Arnold.

Kermit yelling "You will bow before me son of God!" makes me crack up for a good minute on end every single time I see it.

Kermit yelling "You will bow before me son of God!" makes me crack up for a good minute on end every single time I see it.

I think Weeds was dropped and re-covered a couple of times.

I think Weeds was dropped and re-covered a couple of times.

"Look at me, I've got girlboobs!"

"Look at me, I've got girlboobs!"

Since it's looking like neither of their current shows will survive the season, I propose we give Nat Faxon and Jim Rash their own show together, and add Danny Pudi and Lucy Punch in as support players. There's got to be something here.