That is actually a common trope.  Anything anyone does on a computer on TV or in a movie will have a very large visual icon or animation, and some kind of progress bar, so you can see that it is happening.

1.) It's been said before, but Miami Metro is the worst police force on television. There appear to be four detectives in the homicide unit, and one of them is owned by the Russian mafia. There is a big fat binder full of unsolved homicides. In the past couple of weeks they've released a serial killer and a mafia…

1.) It's been said before, but Miami Metro is the worst police force on television. There appear to be four detectives in the homicide unit, and one of them is owned by the Russian mafia. There is a big fat binder full of unsolved homicides. In the past couple of weeks they've released a serial killer and a mafia…

Mthompson25,

Mthompson25,

There has never been a Creed episode, or even a real Creed subplot.  I think it would be interesting to go to his funeral and meet his family.

There has never been a Creed episode, or even a real Creed subplot.  I think it would be interesting to go to his funeral and meet his family.

For a long-running show in its final season, "The Office" seems to be treading water.  Almost nothing happened this week, and a huge chunk of the episode was dedicated to two kinds of nothing happening:

For a long-running show in its final season, "The Office" seems to be treading water.  Almost nothing happened this week, and a huge chunk of the episode was dedicated to two kinds of nothing happening:

I think this episode's plot gets bonus points for plausiblity:

I think this episode's plot gets bonus points for plausiblity:

I would like to see this wedding photographer's Yelp reviews:

I would like to see this wedding photographer's Yelp reviews:

The cereal mascots merely have nothing to do with cereal.  Kids cereals are all just cereal, sugar and freeze-dried marshmallows, so the mascots and cartoon commercials are the only way to differentiate among them.

The cereal mascots merely have nothing to do with cereal.  Kids cereals are all just cereal, sugar and freeze-dried marshmallows, so the mascots and cartoon commercials are the only way to differentiate among them.

No rebranding campaign can fix the fact that this is a food restaurant whose mascot and namesake is disease-carrying vermin.  The only way the Chuck E. Cheese concept could be worse is if they called it Chuck E. Coli.

No rebranding campaign can fix the fact that this is a food restaurant whose mascot and namesake is disease-carrying vermin.  The only way the Chuck E. Cheese concept could be worse is if they called it Chuck E. Coli.

Siri, is it raining?

Siri, is it raining?

I don't think it's HBO's fault.  In the fall, everyone was talking about how this was the year of the female comedians, with Whitney and New Girl and 2 Broke Girls and Are You There Chelsea all debuting on networks. And all those shows were disappointing, at least creatively.  I think GIRLS paid off that narrative…