I didn't think he was dismissing them, so much as making a fascinating observation. I don't think that Beyonce allows herself to be dismissed anyhow.

Carmela
I agree that the scene with Rosalie felt "wrong," to me too. But I just thought it was because she was right about father Phil, and this confirmed it. He was totally getting off on the food-based sexual tension. And that made me wonder, how is it that Carmela is so able to accurately psychoanalyze Father Phil,…

Wow, Home Improvement. My dad fucking loved that show, to the point where he would set the VCR to tape it every Tuesday when he had to work. There's no point in even discussing this. My childhood was a cultural black hole.

I have a friend who hates The Office, Parks and Rec, and 30 Rock, but she loves The Goddamned Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother (as in owns the DVDs and watches them all constantly). I literally cannot comprehend what is wrong with her brain. But there is clearly something. And, yeah, it really does make me…

Also, she will blow just about anyone. It works both ways, mainly the latter, since this show stopped being about selling pot and started being about the demeaning sex a loooong time ago.

Winesburg, Ohio is definitely on the list for me.

500 Days of Summer
Not the whole thing, just that sequence with the split screen between expectations and reality. I can't tell you how many times I have lost my shit exactly because my fantastical illusions about what would occur did not match up to what did occur. Watching that was so cathartic.

I don't know about best ever, but I thought it was amazing. I usually don't like their brand of hip-hop, but that was one of those routines where I was riveted, in awe, and filled with a burning desire to be a dancer (which I am nowhere near being).

Christopher's Arc
Christopher's searching for his "arc" reminded me of a previous discussion on here, about how "The Sopranos" works as more of a short story than a novel. That episode ends with a kind of "arc" for Christopher; he gets his name in the paper, and feels he's accomplished something now (at least the end…

I agree with the original poster on this episode. I felt for the first time that I was a little smarter than the show wanted me to be. For example, I think most viewers knew why Allie was cutting herself the moment she did it, but the show delays the "reveal" even though it's not a reveal (to us) at all, especially…

I suppose Vince P. also wants credit for Kanye's upcoming "That's what Zarathustra said."

I tried not to read any of the above spoilers, so forgive me if I'm repeating. I just wanted to respond to the review about Melfi's keeping Tony on. Actually, I think this is fairly common practice for psychiatrists/ologists. They're taught about transference very early, and it is also assumed to be very, very common.…

Apology
I can't really think of the last time an artist apologized—lyrically, no less—for his previous work. As in, please don't count those two albums, I'm sorry, I'll do better. Anyone?

I preferred his follow-up, "I'm a Giant Douche, Fucking."

Oh god, I had forgotten about that Joey-Rachel thing. That was hideous and not one note of it rang true. So forced.

Friends is, at its best, a really well-crafted, actually funny ensemble comedy with developed, consistent, and well-acted characters. The episode mentioned is one of the best because it relies heavily on the shows strength—the relationships between and identities of the characters (duh—Friends).

" I dated a girl once who said it would've been a "good novella" without the digressive asides about rope, the size of the whale, whether it was a fish, etc. I almost punched her in the mouth."

Yeah, this one shocked me. How does something go from C+ to Awesome! in a few short months? Also, I saw it. It did not stand out to me as anything out of the ordinary. Passing entertainment, but unremarkable in any way.

That's interesting because April seems completely useless to me. I have never once found her funny or interesting, and I think she's a huge drain on what could be a funny show. Her character is simply a "type" with no actual depth or personality—different from all the other characters. And her shtick is just not…

"Oh, Liz likes to eat and does something goofy to get something she wants. Frank does something weird. Kenneth is a naive do-gooder."