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Yeah, I ended up hating all the lingering shots of the 50 male characters that could possibly be the guilty ones at the end of every episode.
The season started really well, but it got very messy as it went on. I also hated how much screen time they were giving Mark Latimer at the beginning, but then the resolution

I agree. It may not have been its best, but I really enjoyed this season. I also liked that this episode gives us a quite clear idea of why Selina would go back to running for president over and over again with the different flashbacks. In fact, I can't understand what's so frustating about this finale, when they've

Oh I know it's a theme within the story. I just meant that that bit of dialogue and what happens next is just Hawley laughing at our theories about Gloria not being real.

Loved this episode and just love the hell out of this season.
Oh and by the way: "So I've got this theory, in private, that I don't actually exist." That's Noah Hawley, laughing at the Internet and in our faces. So damn good.

I'd add to this that the nature of the truth and how the stories we tell can be variations of the truth and still be true is actually the entire show's theme, this season is just really emphasizing it A LOT.
Remember how back in season 1 everyone was telling stories about the Sioux Fall massacre and then we got to

Another excellent episode. Does anybody else think that the use of "Major Tom" could have been a nod to Deutschland 83? That show heavily featured the whole Able Archer thing and since we won't probably get that in The Americans (we're now past November 20th), it felt like a nice shout-out.
Anyway, if you haven't, you

Not only that, but the episode had a scene where they do probability magic to see different possible outcomes, which is similar to what happens in the Community episode called "Remedial Chaos Theory". I definitely think it was intentional, which is pretty cool.

What an incredible episode indeed, and the "sex with Clovers" line had me laughing for minutes.
By the way, this episode kind of confirmed that Grant and the production of the show actively manipulate the reviews Forrest gets, right? That second review must have been just about drinking milk, but that wouldn't have

I'm interested too. And if Alexander contracted HIV, the story his mother made up about him having "a very contagious virus" suddenly becomes tragically and ironically true.

It was funny that the family didn't even wait for him to have dinner and they just sent him over to Ted Jr's, like they all forgot he existed.
But yeah, I liked the character in the first season because the relationship he was building with Daniel was interesting enough, but this season, it seems the writers decided

Anyway, I think Cooperative Polygraphy vs. The Strategy will make a really interesting final round, unless Todd wants to keep messing with us and picks TGW.

Get the pitchforks.

Parks and Recreation - "Moving Up"
Community - "Cooperative Polygraphy"
Masters of Sex - "Catherine" or "Brave New World"
Shameless - "Iron City"
Portlandia - "Celery"
The Killing - "Six Minutes" (yes, that was an outstanding hour of television).
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an