Hooray validation
I'm glad I wasn't the only one hoping that the Forman's mother reveal was a con. I was hoping that Orlando Jones was scheming.

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I never got the hang of Thursdays
Between this announcement and the finalization of Conan O'Brien's departure from The Tonight Show, I've had better Thursday news days. At least The New Pornographers are putting out a new record. All that said, while I don't know what side of the stage I'm going to stand in front of…

I was going to say, Carson Daly isn't even doing his show in studio anymore, from what I've seen. Can't we just bump Leno to 1:35 am and be done with it?

He's very slowly getting away
Can someone explain to me how Alpha has escaped, in this last episode and last season's tv-finale, from a situation where there are many people, presumably armed and trained in the line of security and/or law enforcement? Or from that rooftop, where there was the explosion? Is he magic?…

Also in the revisionist history category, I notice that in many Weezer reviews, Maladroit gets better and better with each passing year/new album. I've seen the word "underrated" bandied about. I look forward to people lamenting the loss of the 2002 Weezer who were posting all of their studio exploits online via their…

A.V. Club, you're sleeping on the couch tonight
Putting down Nick Hornby to raise up Chuck Klosterman just does not sit right with me. Maybe we'll talk tomorrow.

Also, maybe Joan can end up being George Mason, being exposed to radiation and safely detonating a nuclear bomb to save the other mad men. In a couple of years, her password can be 'Hendrix'.

I'd think the Joan signal would look like an exaggerated number 8, with a stylized hairdo on top. Also, if Joan is wearing pants, will Sal get to wear skirts next season? The 60's are getting wild.

Damn, I'm probably going to have to build a Joan Holloway signal to shine into the night sky now. What a great concept.

Joan's entrance was fantastic
I felt as though Roger was Jack Bauer season 4, calling the only man he could trust. And, of course, in Roger's case, said man is a woman. Forgiving mixed metaphors, I wanted her to go on to knock down Dark Willow, and any number of other cool things. As you note, pretty thrilling to see…

Voices
I feel as though the 'House is crazy' card is one of the only things I wouldn't drop from this week's deck. The implications of sleeping in the room of your best friend's dead girlfriend, whose death indirectly sent you on the path to psychosis such to the point where you were hallucinating said girlfriend, are…