I like the way everyone talks to Chris as if he's developmentally disabled. He's what, 12? And at best everyone talks to him like he's 5. Mike is particularly good at it:

I'd never really thought much of anything about Lucy Liu (aside from the rumors from a decade ago that Bill Murray refused to do the Charlie's Angels sequels because she was such a terror on the first movie). So it's wasn't exactly disappointing or surprising, but I was pretty appalled when she made some poor racist…

I'd never really thought much of anything about Lucy Liu (aside from the rumors from a decade ago that Bill Murray refused to do the Charlie's Angels sequels because she was such a terror on the first movie). So it's wasn't exactly disappointing or surprising, but I was pretty appalled when she made some poor racist…

David Shore once said that was surprised that he never heard a peep out of Fox about airing an episode where a 12 year old got an abortion.

David Shore once said that was surprised that he never heard a peep out of Fox about airing an episode where a 12 year old got an abortion.

I found "One Day, One Room" overwrought, but was surprised that the excellent first season House episode "Kids" wasn't on this, especially since the pilot of The Mob Doctor made it and the episodes had similar storylines, though House did it first and better, IMO. The patient of the week is a 12 year old swimmer who…

I found "One Day, One Room" overwrought, but was surprised that the excellent first season House episode "Kids" wasn't on this, especially since the pilot of The Mob Doctor made it and the episodes had similar storylines, though House did it first and better, IMO. The patient of the week is a 12 year old swimmer who…

I fail to see how the Angela/Senator/Oscar subplot is dark or cynical, as opposed to just a one-note joke (her obliviousness to his sexuality when they met) that's turned cruel. And the US Office has been able to go to darker cynical territory before (like with Dinner Party) with success. But it hasn't approached that…

I fail to see how the Angela/Senator/Oscar subplot is dark or cynical, as opposed to just a one-note joke (her obliviousness to his sexuality when they met) that's turned cruel. And the US Office has been able to go to darker cynical territory before (like with Dinner Party) with success. But it hasn't approached that…

I liked the Dwight prank. It was a good callback and actually funny.

I liked the Dwight prank. It was a good callback and actually funny.

I think people were split in the first season but by the time of The Reichenbach Fall most people seemed to like him. The sheer minduck of the Richard Brook scene I think swayed a lot of AVC commenters who didn't like him in The Great Game.

I think people were split in the first season but by the time of The Reichenbach Fall most people seemed to like him. The sheer minduck of the Richard Brook scene I think swayed a lot of AVC commenters who didn't like him in The Great Game.

The only relative of Sherlock's that features in the Doyle stories is his brother Mycroft, and then a cousin that's mentioned in passing. Nothing is known about their parents. I don't recall any true adaptation (one based on Doyle, as opposed to the loose pastiche of this show, House, The Mentalist, Monk, etc.)…

The only relative of Sherlock's that features in the Doyle stories is his brother Mycroft, and then a cousin that's mentioned in passing. Nothing is known about their parents. I don't recall any true adaptation (one based on Doyle, as opposed to the loose pastiche of this show, House, The Mentalist, Monk, etc.)…

Didn't everyone who even half paid attention to the pilot immediately predict that it would be revealed that Irene Adler was the woman who broke Sherlock Holmes's heart back in London which sent him on a tailspan into rehab? To the extent that a few people were actively clinging to the hope that the series would do…

Didn't everyone who even half paid attention to the pilot immediately predict that it would be revealed that Irene Adler was the woman who broke Sherlock Holmes's heart back in London which sent him on a tailspan into rehab? To the extent that a few people were actively clinging to the hope that the series would do…

Over and over and over again, they give us scenes where Sherlock and John are mistaken for gay, and it's always played for laughs, and John always protests but no one ever listens.

Over and over and over again, they give us scenes where Sherlock and John are mistaken for gay, and it's always played for laughs, and John always protests but no one ever listens.

None of the scripted shows, comedy or drama, aired after the Super Bowl have ever gotten a ratings boost from it like the reality shows have, so I'm not sure why people think it matters. Criminal Minds, House, The Office and Glee were the last scripted shows to air after the game, and none of them saw any effect. The…