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An uneven episode, but I loved Dwight getting fed up and finally dealing with Gabe. Its kind of amazing how I can find myself rooting for Dwight, something that would never happen back in seasons 1-3. I still wish he was hooked up with Pam's friend again. I liked that short bit of his weirdness actually making him do

The original Robert California was funny. The way he spoke in poetic riddles that were really gibberish, and inspired everyone was good. I feel like the show just revealing he's a weirdo happened much too quick. That should have happened gradually. The wrestling thing was a "he sure is crazy" moment, with nothing

So it's true. The world WILL end in 2012.

I don't usually notice this stuff, but did Baldwin drop a few pounds? I seem to remember him getting kind of big the season before.

It has been spoiled already. Some promos from — maybe internet only — showed who he is and Tina talked about whether he'll be recurring or not. But I won't spoil it here. Though its not who you just suggested.

I was going to point out the same thing about Norm. In later seasons — and probably not even that much later — he may be kind of uncomfortable hanging around with a couple of gay people, but he'd just shrug and let it go. Getting upset would be too much work.

I feel like the changes in the characters — more bitter, hateful, and slowly hating each other — actually makes some sense. Whether it;s intentional or not, I think the superficial silly little lives the characters live don't seem so bad when they're younger. Then, after eight years of it, they get more pathetic and

I sometimes see The Susie, and wonder if the writers were inspired at all by a similar MASH episode. Hawkeye and Trapper invent a 'Captain Tuttle' for whatever reason, and they paint such a great picture people start pretending or imagining that they know the guy.

I always loved that last scene in Disney's version with Pete. While the quiet menace of the ghost in the other versions is in keeping with the original story, I feel like it was a Disney cartoon with Mickey Mouse of all sources that gave us the meaner, more badass ghost. He lights a match on the guy's gravestone,

Yes, that scene between him and George is really the first place it goes "dark". He hauls the guy up by his collar, shakes him around, calls him names and says "One of us is going to jail and its not going to be me." And they don't even have a real reconciliation scene. But its another heartbreaking scene because up

I generally don't want to be the kind of commenter who just says something negative, but since you brought it up… "Christmas Wrapping" makes me want to either run and change the station, or cause some physical harm to myself.

I think it's fairly obvious that she saw through Nucky's little let's get married speech. Yes, I do think he's fond of her and the kids, but he wasn't above using her to get out of this jam. And then he just casually says, "Now turn that land back over to me," which could have included a unspoken "…now that I'm done

I admit that early on, I never expected them to go this route, but any of these HBO style shows I watch don't really surprise me when this happens. I knew nothing of the Game of Thrones story before that surprise death in that show, but I really wasn't shocked by it.

In that weird part of my brain that makes me analyze old sitcoms, I often wonder if Night Court had come not along, what would the Harry the Hat character develop into? That's assuming he would have stayed on as a recurring character.

That would be nice, but back in the old days, especially someone raised in the old country, it wouldn't be an uncommon belief that bad things happen to you as punishment for your sins. Margaret was fine being an independent person deciding that what she was doing was ok, but that little bit of guilt she felt starting

Armisen's "talking in his own voice" Obama non-impression was inexcusable. His apparent complete disinterest was so distracting to me that the jokes barely registered. Getting cast as the current president is supposed to be kind of a big break for a cast member. Carvey, Hartman, Hammond and Farrell all ran with it

The part of the show where the characters analyze each other and their patients' personalities is kind of part of the premise of the show, as far as I can see. House is a good diagnostician because of his obsessive interest in solving mysteries, in any form. And that includes analyzing their lifestyles and

My problem with that was even more basic logic. She insists they move to a new house because of that room? I mean, they can't just remove the room, or take out the guns? She is so sensitive that even the house once having that room in the past will make her uncomfortable forever? Are there any people actually like

The problem I had with the episode was that it got to a point that Robert was making it so impossible for Andy to not hire her, that it was more frustrating as a viewer than for Andy. Me and my friend I was watching this with were saying, "oh my god, he won't let ONE thing Andy says work??"

I think that cold opening had a moment that could use more exploring. When Dwight acknowledges that yes, he knows Jim must push him over. At face value, its an acknowledgement that Dwight understands their relationship after all these years. But I kind of feel like it's a fourth wall breaking moment. It was this self