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The Prisoner
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"HOT COSBY" - funniest new addition to our lexicon. A++++. Also, Caitlin appears in the next episode.

The campus consent joke was hilarious — PC pushback to PC PRINCIPAL is necessary. (I suppose "Hot Cosby" is off the list too?)

Best laugh was LITERALLY when Lowe said "literally"

Seriously. I hope Adam and Allison fired their agents for ruining their street cred with an earnest hipster vodka ad.

As for Hulu, their business model is horrible, and their "non commercial" "solution" is more of the same. First, the Hulu user interface: try to decide if you've watched an episode by fast forwarding — you may be able to find the spot, but you won't know until you've watched a couple minutes of commercials. Then,

One more first world problem, if I may…..requiring our A.V. Club sign on process to be so convoluted (sign in, refresh the page, scroll down to where you began…), and yet we are still thrown off and our browsers don't allow re-entry occasionally - and then I have to go to another browser and that works for awhile.

I actually really like this show but I wonder if you've been watching enough TV in the past? The plots are feeling very standard sitcom, even predictable (Gretchen tries to recreate her past with her friends but, strangely, they've all moved on - except for the homeless one / Edgar kisses Lindsay, Lindsay continues

This show may be done with a "wink," but a wink when wearing tons of
mascara on abnormally long false eyelashes, is unnecessary and so over the top that it just calls too much attention to something that is not much at all. Scream
Queens is pure garbage, and not the fun kind. As a hate-watch it
satisfies, but as a

It certainly bears the Murphy/Falchuk banner of quality, which means, NONE. Horrible, cloying, condescending — but worse, this damn show feels like half of a first draft, and they hated it so much they didn't bother to revise/polish. Laughing all the way to the bank, likely, amazed that it got picked up by being

Trump beat Colbert at his own game, playing That Trump character - you know, he's been doing it for over 35 years — hands at rest, fingers touching, head slightly cocked, eyebrows raised as if listening and processing for a spontaneous answer, lips pursed to eject said answer….. Had Colbert lobbed hardballs rather

Agree that it felt weird. If they wanted to tip the hat to the Hayes code of the golden days, better to lens from the floor, showing each of them with one foot on the floor. Instead we got awkward. But that wasn't enough to spoil another excellent episode.

It's part of what makes her so damn great. Showed up in season 1 and I realized how special she is.

I've seen a lot of hate for Mindy in AV club comments on other shows. I don't get it? Mindy is an original, valuable voice in comedy, dramedy, rom-com - etc. AND she can ACT! Breaking the "show dies once the leads get together" rule, Mindy Project soars with the union, which shows that all those writers for

Blech. That's a technical term meaning, "More of this shit the networks believe will save their dying asses?" I got sucked into the Blacklist in the first weeks due to Spader's pitch perfect Great Acting, but as soon as I realized he was in a different show from the horrible supporting cast (presumably hired

PS: The final episode need not have happened. Charlie was more of a caricature, and thus it is difficult to weep over his demise. Nearly EVERY flashback scene of Charlie setting up the playing field for ACN was old information, implied by the previous three seasons. It was a non-ending. Also, the Memphis song was

I'm VERY late to the show, and have just been through it the past two weeks, but these were really not very good reviews, Libby - more like, "notes from a hate watcher." So many noteworthy observations mired under vituperation and personal bias. As one commenter posted in another episode, "this isn't a review, it's

Trite pretending to be DEEP. Stick figure characters. Lush establishing shots from all over the world leading to vapid conversations in medium sized rooms. Darryl Hannah with plastic surgery so distracting it covers up her lack of acting talent. Every "social agenda" button out there being pushed. It's an

Exactly. Q) Why are the characters together? A) To do a scene.

No matter how many sumptuous establishing shots of dramatic locales the world over, when they lead to medium shots of bland wisps of character having trite conversation, it just fizzles. This show is unwatchable, and really feels like Netflix's first huge misstep. It's a "starfuck" on the highest level, to engage

Great idea, but he'll need to wait until Colbert has gotten in. I think Colbert is the only true heir to Letterman, but with a lot of Dick Cavett thrown in (some real smarty pants to go with the figurative of Letterman)