I've also always tried to imagine how Kim might end up. I could see her eventually getting herself together after a period of running around, maybe dating guys in bands. The way [spoiler alert!] she and Milly bond over dogs they loved and lost made me see Kim as someone who might be tough in many ways but has a real…

Whether Jackie would relapse always seemed to me to be an inevitable part of the character's arc. I really enjoyed the season (despite the Akalaitis plot, despite the resident popping out her sexual harassment claim right on schedule) but I like it a lot less in retrospect if we're supposed to believe that Jackie…

This struck me as the TV equivalent of a really well done beach read — engaging, suspenseful, attractive characters — but not something you'll think much about after you put it down. In other words, sort of the perfect summertime TV show.

So what town on L.I. does this take place in?

The past that always kills me is simply when Los Perdidos makes the storm. That nod to the power of a poor theater, where the suggestion is all you need, and these homeless artists make it happen with simplicity.

I would tend to agree with all of that, except that I do give the druggie scenes some credit for helping set an atmosphere of disorientation and questioning reality that made the Grandma Ida scene so strikingly off-kilter. If not for that tone being so established, I don't know that it would have been so hard to tell…

Totally totally agree with this. We knew everything about what we saw happen there, we didn't need to see it acted out in full detail.

The "make your brothers dinner and put them to bed, gotta go, bye" attitude bothered me more than the leaving a 13 year old in charge to babysit for the evening, even today when though more sheltered and coddled, you still can find 13-14 year olds babysitting. But even more so in a luxury apartment building with a…

Same here. I always have loved Ellen. She's flawed in so many ways, and feels very real because of it.

The best part of this was in the pre-episode special — seeing Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski in their auditions. Watching him take that note about the sarcasm, and seeing their immediate chemistry, made it worth watching what was otherwise pretty bloated.

Felt this way too, but left me hopeful for great things to come.

So far the ventriloquist thing is getting in my way of loving this. I find it squicky.

I think if they're going to use that structure, what they'll probably have is lots of flash forwards so we can see how their relationship develops, even if the chronology of the season sticks to the Robin-Barney wedding. I can't believe they won't want to show us their relationship and I, for one, will feel cheated if…

Definitely. That's why this one felt a little unfresh to me.

Just agree with all of this.

Maybe this show needs a drag queens vs. burlesque queens runway-off.

Detox's film noir look blew me out of the water. Probably the highlight of the whole reunion show and a top look from any season.

That last scene is a bit confusing, but I always decided to read it as more of a "reunion episode" moment than an actual "next thing that happens in the chronology" plot advancement.

Saw a preview of The English Teacher and it was one of those films where you leave wondering how such a good cast can be put to work on such a disappointing little film.

I keep forgetting I'm watching the same person play scenes with herself, she's that good at differentiating between the characters. Yes, the hair and the makeup and clothes help sustain the illusion, but without such a skillful and thoughtful performance underlying, it just wouldn't work.