You say "but" as if the second sentence is incompatible with the first!

@avclub-da496e2db2e50a068b4ae5549d4ae1b0:disqus — if done right, there can be something incredibly charming and arousing about a well-timed "May I?" Especially if it's said in a husky, low voice. It can't be overused, of course — let's say, no more than once a month — but overall, I would say it's the rare prompt for…

Or at least of all the rom-com parodies, which sometimes aren't in the opening scenes (I think). I would watch that supercut many times!

It's interesting, because I really disliked TMP's pilot but now laugh at it more than I laugh at New Girl, and I really enjoyed New Girl in the first season, but this season many of the jokes have felt forced and/or rushed to me.

@avclub-22cfdce02d35728058686d49fc89a63b:disqus ,   as an Indian myself, I can tell you that I really related to that part of the episode — you can be all for you familial culture's traditions and everything, but at the end of the day sometimes that means you're on a horse, in LA, dressed in an outfit that will have…

Given the very last shot of the preview for the next episode, I'm cautiously optimistic about 4) happening.

I actually took this a step further and assumed that he wasn't ready, and that's why he told his mom this — I mean, he could easily have come out to her but said "Oh, that friendship is totally platonic, nothing would ever happen if he slept over." Instead he told her everything, which to me signals that he was…

I don't think knowledge of mechanics is necessary for a romantic crush (or even a sexual one, if you're older but ignorant). After all, when you meet another person who's attractive, you don't go "Oh, I can't judge this person's attractiveness until I see their genitals", you go "Oh, hey, this person has a very…

The show seemed to be implying that Jimmy's "friend" Adam would be the one making a pass at her. I don't think the Times editor has evinced any special interest so far.

Yeah, Todd really got that wrong.

There's a blog called xkcdsucks that I think helped amplify a lot of hate, and possibly also originated some of it. I'd recommend reading the very early posts if you're interested — they have much more cogent analysis of each comic and some thoughts on what could have made it better. I ultimately ended up agreeing…

@Fluka:disqus , as a former physics student myself I actually have a whole theory/rant on the nerd things BBT gets right — namely, in season 1 there were a lot of nerdy conversation that were very similar to conversations I had in college with other physics nerds. Obviously a lot of other things were wrong (I still…

I'm actually one of the people who has hated everything else this season because it didn't feel like Harmon, and this is the first episode I've liked. I actually suspect the overlap between people who didn't like previous episodes of this season and people who liked this episode is fairly high*; as someone else in the…

This is so well phrased that I quoted the entire first paragraph to a friend of mine to explain what I enjoyed about this episode. Thanks!

This was hands down the best episode of season 4 yet. I'm completely shocked by all the negative responses.

Exactly! It was supposed to be that dumb! Have you people never watched Sesame Street?!

I demand more descriptions of Patricia face theater!

Someone up above mentioned Dmitry, and now I'm really missing last season's designers. Comrade Snape and Elena! Oh, how I wanted a buddy cop drama out of them.

Perhaps I mistook the tone, but I thought he was just exaggerating his perfectionism, rather than actually having OCD.

I have no idea of your gender, sir or madam or other, but I'm convinced that there's a conspiracy between the women's clothing industry and purse designers/manufacturers to keep all women's pockets maximally useless so that we must all spend extra money on purses. So there is society fucking us right back.