I think this is going to be the narrative for at least the next few weeks, sadly. Along with a lot of comparisons to Veep (which I didn't like much). I really don't get why people are freaking out so much, outside of unconscious sexism, but it's happening and it's part of the show's external narrative now.

Once you get past the all caps, Film Crit Hulk is honestly one of the best writers on the pop culture Internet these days. His piece on tangible details really makes me look at film and people's responses in a whole new way. Just takes a little effort, is all.

Interesting - I feel the exact opposite. The only characters I liked here were the young asshole guy and the press secretary, and all the characters sort of sounded the same and talked  without any real rhythm in their voices at all. Everyone's delivery felt very flat. Really love Girls, though - it feels much more…

I get that those are the sort of guys that some women fall for, but he just gets under my skin. I dunno, it may be some kind of Nice Guy reaction (a stereotype I see myself falling into on occasion) but I find him incredibly unlikeable and I don't know what Dunham finds attractive about him. To each their own, I…

Dude, don't just come here to be a dick.
(repeat ad infinitum below)

Oh God, I pulled that up on my computer and I'm just sitting there, absolutely sure my roommate can here it through the walls. And it sounds so like  a porno… I almost turned it off. That was so grossly funny.

@avclub-1881baeccb7399f3452cd7f37cdb2b29:disqus Yeah, I completely buy it, but I still relate to Charlie more. That bit where he's pissed off about calling them sluts as he's walking out? That nailed the character for me. I think we're going to see them break up, because I think Marnie's going to learn that she's…

I like this episode quite a lot more than last week's. The characters are differentiating themselves a little bit, and the show seems to have lost some of that incredibly bleak air that it had in the pilot. While normally I'd say that was a bad thing, since I feel like that tone was what had a lot of critics comparing…

Well, of course, how does anyone know we're telling the truth commenting about having it here? I think that the fact that we're not trying to excuse any sort of behavior here gives us some credibility, but that could just be a ruse.

Yeah, sadly, I think that's a thing that's happened, and I think a lot of it evolves out of Internet culture where people tend to be bigger assholes than in real life. Then, when someone calls them on their jackassery, they try and cover themselves by saying "oh, I've got aspergers, it's not my faaaaaault." I think a…

Not to be a dick, but didn't the show say Abed had Aspergers in the pilot?

I always just had King Paul.

Look, man, I don't entirely disagree with you, but I think that you're rationalizing some of this through your own experiences and it's coming off as a bit angrier than might be necessary. I've got a mild form of Asperger's myself - I dropped a big comment down below about how much I related to everything that Abed…

OK, so I know nobody's going to see this until the regulars start swarming the comment threads, but I just watched the episode and I really want to put my thoughts out where I could see them.

Dude, seriously, don't worry about that. Pretty sure I'm only like six months older than you, and I didn't have sex until a few months ago. Just let it happen when it happens.

Yeah, while I've got three roommates, they pretty much keep to themselves, to the point I sometimes go days without seeing them. It actually gets really lonely walking into our living room and not seeing anyone for days on end. I have to invite people over just so the place doesn't seem so sad and empty. I would hate…

@avclub-b7a8211586995578af1a2a97cfd214ca:disqus I like it a lot, though I realize that it's a little too twee for some people. I just love how all the events in the movie come about like some giant Rube Goldberg machine. Makes the whole thing feel like something just shy of divine intervention.

Nonono wait, then the priest reveals that he's trying to take over the Vatican to… teach evolution? Or stop evolution from being taught? And that's what the antimatter was for.

Doesn't that one end with blandly handsome priest parachuting out of a rocket or something to send the antimatter off into space?

@avclub-7fd1d5cec910c61b1864a51eb7e18cbc:disqus Those are both good points that I completely forgot about.